MIEDOS Y MANIAS

Rita andaba siempre encogida y arrastrando los pies. Y no era porque le hicieran daño los zapatos, ni tampoco porque le pesara demasiado el abrigo en invierno, no. ¡Lo que Rita llevaba a la espalda y le pesaba tanto era una montaña enorme de miedos, manías y vergüenza! ¡Y se puede hacer tan poco con tanto peso encima!

Rita always hunched over and shuffled when she walked. And this was not because her shoes hurt
her feet, or because her winter coat was too heavy. No, not at all. What Rita carried on her back and
what weighed so much on her was a giant mountain of fears, anxiety and shame!
It's hard to do things with so much weight on top of you.