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soy xavier de cuba. mi hijo pepe de 3 años es travieso. no quiere comer en la mesa. prefiere comer en el piso. yo le digo a pepe que < < that > > el monstruo < < monster > > está dentro de la casa. así < < that way/then > > pepe come en la mesa.

based on the information in the text and what you learned from the lesson, what cultural practice is this text referring to?

ratón pérez
coco
quinceañera
doce uvas

Coco

Explanation:

A popular monster for Latinamericans is "El Coco" that eats the bad childrens, i.e., the boys and girls that disobey their parents

Based on cultural information, the being to which the text refers is:

Monsters of Latin American culture.

The "Coco" is a monster created by popular Latin American superstition based on a monster that hides under the bed of bad children and when they go to sleep at night, he comes out and scares them, or in other cases makes chilling noises and move the bed a little.

This monster has been created since ancient times to scare bad children so that they begin to behave well with their parents, at school or with people in general, which has been an effective method, since that story, together with fear Intrinsic to darkness, it has kept many children from "going astray."

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