Gabriella Castillo/Treasures

The following is an incomplete list of all of the treasures associated with Gabriella on the Purple Moon Place website.

Gabriella's Chinchilla
''"This is my baby chinchilla, Chinta. Chinchillas are almost extinct in their native homelands, high in the Andes mountains…so high you and I could hardly breathe there! People hunted chinchillas for their very soft fur until the government passed laws against it. And now lots of people raise them for pets, so you see them everywhere. Chinta has very tiny little paws, but he will grow to be a fat butterball if he doesn't stop stealing corn chips. You may not believe this, but the only kind of bath Chinta ever takes is a dust bath! That's right -- two times a week I have to put a bowl of special dust in his cage, so he can roll in it. He needs lots of exercise, too, but you could never put him outside because he is very fast and he can squeeze into the tiniest little cracks. He would be gone in about two minutes. So I play with him in my room sometimes, and we put a wheel in his cage so he can run until he's exercised. I wouldn't want to exercise that way, though."''

Gabriella's Souvenir Photo
"I'm sure you recognize the kids in this photo! It was taken when I visited my aunt in America and went to Camp Luna. I had the best time there! We raced canoes and slept in bunk beds and made friendship bracelets out of beads. My friend Rockett even sang and danced in a talent show! Rockett was the best…but I can't say I liked Nicole Whittaker very much. She is like some of the rich women in Lima, always talking about themselves and acting like queens, like you were so nothing they couldn't even SEE you unless they wanted a favor. But lots of the girls were nice, like Ginger and Sharla . And that boy Ruben -- he was VERY nice to me."

Lost Treasures

 * "This is my very special flute..."
 * "Let me tell you about llamas..."
 * "There are pigeons outside my favorite church..."