名著欣賞《芒果街上的小屋》第28期:小腳之家

《芒果街上的小屋》 一本優美純淨的小書，一本“詩小說”。由幾十個短篇組成，語言清澈如流水，點綴着零落的韻腳和新奇的譬喻，如一首首長歌短調，各自成韻，又彼此鉤連，匯聚出一個清晰世界，各樣雜沓人生。所有的講述都歸於一個敘述中心：居住在芝加哥拉美移民社區芒果街上的女孩埃斯佩朗莎。生就對弱的同情心和對美的感覺力，她用清澈的眼打量周圍的世界，用美麗稚嫩的語言講述成長、滄桑、生命的美好與不易和年輕的熱望與夢想，夢想有一所自己的房子，夢想在寫作中追尋自我，獲得自由和幫助別人的能力。

The Family of Little Feet
　　There was a were r arms were little,and their hands were little,and their height was not tall,and their feet very small.

　　The grandpa slept on the living room couch and snored through his feet were fat and doughy like thick tamales,and these he powdered and stuffed into white socks and brown leather shoes.

　　The grandma's feet were lovely as pink pearls and dressed in velvety high heels that made her walk with a wobble,but she wore them anyway because they were pretty.　　　　　

　　小腳之家

　　有一家人。都是小個。他們的胳膊很小，他們的手也很小，他們的個頭也不高，他們的叫非常非常小。

　　爺爺睡在客廳的沙發上，牙縫裏漏出鼾聲。他的腳又白又胖，像厚厚的玉米肉糉，他把它們撲上粉，套上白襪子，塞進棕色皮靴裏。

　　奶奶的腳像粉紅珍珠一樣好看，穿着天鵝絨的高跟鞋，走起路來一歪一扭。可她還是穿着它們，因爲鞋子漂亮。