一雙深邃的棕色大眼睛,身上穿著一件繡著粉紅色玫瑰花邊的亮閃閃的粉白色連衣裙。“這難道不是您所見過的最美的瓷娃娃嗎?”我對媽媽說,“我想要她。”
我太蠢了,我對自己說。這些瓷娃娃至少要100美元,我敢打賭。於是,我瞥了一眼貼在瓷娃娃上的價格標簽:14.99美元!
售貨員再次幫我確定這個價錢不是我的錯覺。太幸運了!我把這個心愛的娃娃從隔板上拿下來並帶著她一起來到收款台。
我把這個娃娃放在收銀機前,開始在口袋裡摸索那20美元。但是突然,一個問題滑過我的腦海。我到底在乾什麼?我想。我並不喜歡收集瓷娃娃,但為什麼我會買這麼一個瓷娃娃回家呢?我準備把她放回貨架上。就在這時,我無意將瓷娃娃身後的價格標簽翻轉過來。就在那裡,在標簽的另一麵印著幾個字,那是這個瓷娃娃的名字:琳達。
Angel sister
天使妹妹
My sister was watching me sym pa thet i cal ly as I burst into tears for what an noyed me. Hold ing my hand firmly in hers, she sat by my side with out uttering a word.
Willingly or not, I had been her sister for 13 years since I was 7 years old. Due to her arrival, I then child ish ly thought that I was thrown into a world of darkness, anger, frus tra tion and self-pity. Once a lovely girl, I felt con demned by this fate to becoming a desolate1 burden---- all the adults around complimented the newly-born, charming crea ture while ne glect ing my presence.
A cloud of jealousy hung over my once peaceful heart. I muddled through each day by sharing all I had previously had enjoyed alone. And all I had to cling to was to hit her and shout at her on our parents”back.
My sister was so scared of me that each time when she was left alone with me, I could notice her trembling---- and that pleased me even for years. But, I also knew that she re spect ed me from the bottom of her heart---- though I nev er ad mit ted that until that day when I par tic i pat ed the examination. My par ents as well as my sister all came to bolster morale for me outside the school gate. I passed the line that separated the examinees and the supporters, and walked on nearly 100 meters, I suddenly heard my sister’s voice:
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“Your pen-box! Sister, you forget your pen-box!”
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