芒果街上的小屋-35

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And some more……
    I like coffee, I like tea.
    I like the boys and the boys like me.
    Yes, no, maybe so. Yes, no, maybe so…
    One day you wake up and they are there. Ready and waiting like a new Buick with the keys in the ignition. Ready to take you where?
    They're good for holding a baby when you're cooking, Rachel says, turning the jump rope a little quicker. She has no imagination.
    You need them to dance, says Lucy.
    If you don't get them you may turn into a man. Nenny says this and she believes it. She is this way because of her age.
           
    我喜歡咖啡,我喜歡茶。
    我喜歡男孩呀男孩也喜歡我。
    是也不是也許是。是也不是也許是……
    某一天,你醒過來,他們就在那里了。一切就緒,等在那里,像一輛嶄新的別克,鑰匙插在點火器上。一切就緒帶你去哪里呢?
    瑞秋說,你做飯的時候,他們可以幫你托住孩子,說著變把跳繩晃的更快了。她一點想象力都沒有。
    你需要用他們來跳舞。露西說。
    如果你沒有他們,就會變成男人。蕾妮這么說,她也是這么以為的。她這樣是因為她的年齡。