《芒果街上的小屋》第11章


One day I"ll own my own house; but I won"t forget who I am or where I came from。 Passing bums will ask; Can I e in? I"ll offer them the attic; ask them to stay; because I know how it is to be without a house。
Some days after dinner; guests and I will sit in front of a fire。 Floorboards will squeak upstairs。 The attic grumble。
Rats? they"ll ask。
Bums; I"ll say; and I"ll be happy。
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芒果有时说再见
我喜欢讲故事。我在心里讲述。在邮递员说过这是你的邮件之后。这是你的邮件。他说。然后我开始讲述。
我编了一个故事,为我的生活,为我棕色鞋子走过的每一步。我说,“她步履沉重地登上木楼梯,她悲哀的棕色鞋子带着她走进了她从来不喜欢的房子。”
我喜欢讲故事。我将向你们讲述一个不想归属的女孩的故事。
我们先前不住芒果街。先前我们住鲁米斯的三楼,再先前我们住吉勒。吉勒前面是波琳娜。可我记得最清楚的是芒果街,悲哀的红色小屋。我住在那里却不属于那里的房子。
我把它写在纸上,然后心里的幽灵就不那么疼了。我把它写下来,芒果有时说再见。她不再用双臂抱住我。她放开了我。
有一天我会把一袋袋的书和纸打进包里。有一天我会对芒果说再见。我强大得她没法永远留住我。有一天我会离开。
朋友和邻居们会说,埃斯佩朗莎怎么了?她带着这么多书和纸去哪里?为什么她要走得那么远?
他们不会知道,我离开是为了回来。为了那些我留在身后的人。为了那些无法出去的人。
Mango Says Goodbye Sometimes
I like to tell stories。 I tell them inside my head。 I tell them after the mailman says; Here"s your mail。 Here"s your mail he said。
I make a story for my life; for each step my brown shoe takes。 I say; 〃And so she trudged up the wooden stairs; her sad brown shoes taking her to the house she never
liked。〃
I like to tell stories。 I am going to tell you a story about a girl who didn"t want to belong。
We didn"t always live on Mango Street。 Before that we lived on Loomis on the third floor; and before that we lived on Keeler。 Before Keeler it was Paulina; but what I remember most is Mango Street; sad red house; the house I belong but do not belong to。
I put it down on paper and then the ghost does not ache so much。 I write it down and Mango says goodbye sometimes。 She does not hold me with both arms。 She sets me free。
One day I will pack my bags of books and paper。 One day I will say goodbye to Mango。 I am too strong for her to keep me here forever。 One day I will go away。
Friends and neighbors will say; What happened to that Esperanza? Where did she go with all those books and paper? Why did she march so far away?
They will not know I have gone away to e back。 For the ones I left behind。 For the ones who cannot out。
【由。。【】整理,】
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