芒果街上的小屋-17

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Our good days(1)
    If you give me five dollars I will be your friend forever. That's what the little one tells me.
    Five dollars is cheap since I don't have any friends except Cathy who is only my friend till Tuesday.
    Five dollars, five dollars.
    She is trying to get some body to chip in so they can buy a bicycle form this kid named Tito. They already have ten dollars and all they need is five more.
    Don't talk to them, says Cathy. Can't you see they smell like a broom.
    But I like them. Their clothes are crooked and old. They are wearing shiny Sunday shoes without socks. It makes their bald ankles all red, but I like them. Especially the big one who laughs with all her teeth. I like her even though she lets the little one do all the talking.
    Five dollars, the little one says, only five.
           
    如果你給我五塊錢,我會(huì)永遠(yuǎn)做你的朋友。那個(gè)小的這么對(duì)我說
    五塊錢很便宜,因?yàn)槲覜]有任何朋友,除了凱茜,她是我星期二之前的朋友。
    五塊錢啊,五塊錢。
    她想找人湊錢,那樣,他們可以從那個(gè)叫提陀的小孩哪里買一輛自行車。她們已經(jīng)十塊了,他們?cè)偬砦鍓K錢就夠了。
    只要五塊。她說。
    別喝他們說話。凱茜說,你難道看不出來(lái)他們聞起來(lái)像掃把?
    可是我喜歡她們。她們的衣服又皺又舊。她們穿的锃亮的禮拜天的鞋子,卻沒穿短襪。鞋子把她們的光腳踝擦得紅紅的。我喜歡她們。尤其是那個(gè)大的,小的時(shí)候露出一口牙齒。我喜歡她,盡管她讓小的出來(lái)說話。
    五塊,小的說,只要五塊。