This is the Moth Radio Hour.

I'm your host Jay Allison, producer of this radio show.

In this hour, stories of identity, fabricated, forged,

and forgotten. First up is Judith Sampere Alibero from our 2014 Moth Community Showcase.

The showcase features some of our favorite stories told through our community workshop.

Those favorites include this story which revolves around a forged bus pass in London.

Here's Judith, live from the Housing Works Bookstore in New York City.

Hello, my name Judith.

I'm a Spanish, and a much honor.

But, well, maybe you want me to talk in English, right?

I don't know.

Maybe you can understand me better.

All right, so before telling you my story, I need to tell you a little bit about my culture.

I'm from Spain, so I'm going to let you know how the Spaniards are.

The Spaniards will love to get things for free.

The more we can get, the better.

Just imagine you have a bowl of candies, and the Spaniard will get one one for themselves and one for the cousin one from the father,

for the father, the sister, the daughter, for all the whole family. If there is nobody in the room,

they will take all the candy and the ball because it will look amazing in the living room.

Well, when I was 25, I was an artist student in London and I was broke.

As you can imagine paying rent or paying for food, it was struggled and certainly was paying for transport.

One day I was waiting for my bus at the stop,

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