芒果街上的小屋美麗的和殘酷的

美麗的和殘酷的

　　我是一個醜丫頭。我是那個沒人來要的丫頭。

　　蕾妮說她不會一輩子等一個丈夫來要她，密涅瓦的姐姐生了個寶寶，才離開了她媽媽的家，可她不想走她的路。她想要事事隨她的意，她要挑挑揀揀。蕾妮長著漂亮的眼睛。如果你很漂亮，那麼說當然就很容易了。

　　我媽媽說等我長大點的時候，我澀澀的頭髮會變得清亮，我穿的上衣會一直乾淨整潔。可我決定不要長大變成像別人那麼溫順的樣子，把脖子擱在門檻上等待甜蜜的枷鏈。

　　電影裡總有一個嘴唇紅紅、美麗又殘酷的女人。是她讓男人發狂，是她大笑著讓男人落荒而逃。她的力量是她自己的。她不會放棄它。

　　我已經開始了我自己的沉默的戰爭。簡單。堅定。我是那個像男人一樣離開餐桌的人，不把椅子擺正來，也不拾起碗筷來。

　　I am an ugly daughter. I am the one nobody es for.

　　Nenny says she won't wait her whole life for a husband to e a her, that Minerva's sister left her mother's house by having a baby, but she doesn't want to go that way either. She wants things all her own, to pid choose. Nenny has pretty eyes and it's easy to talk that way if you are pretty.

　　My mother says when I get older my dusty hair will settle and my blouse will learn to stay , but I have decided not to grow up tame like the others who lay their necks ohreshold waiting for the ball and .

　　In the movies there is always oh red red lips who is beautiful and cruel. She is the one who drives the men crazy and laughs them all away. Her power is her own. She will not give it away.

　　I have begun my own quiet war. Simple. Sure. I am one who leaves the table like a man, without putting back the chair or pig up the plate.

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