She used to draw when she had time. Now she draws with a needle and thread, little knotted rosebuds, tulips made of silk thread. Someday she would like to go to the ballet. Someday she would like to see a play. She borrows opera records from the public library and sings with velvety lun九_九_藏_書gs powerful as morning glories.

我本來可以出人頭地的，你知道么？媽媽說著嘆了口氣。她一輩子都住在這個城市裡。她會說兩種語言。她會唱歌劇。她知道怎麼修理電視機。可她不知道坐哪條地鐵線去市中心。在等對的那趟車來的時候，我緊緊攥著她的手。

Shame is a bad thing, you know. It keeps you down. You want to know why I quit school? Because I didn't have nice clothes. No clothes, but Ihttps://read.99csw.com had brains.

Today while cooking oatmeal she is Madame Butterfly until she sighs and points the wooden spoon at me. I could've been somebody, you know? Esperanza, you go to school. Study hard. That Madame Butterfly was a fool. She stirs the oatmeal. Look at my comadres. Shhttｐs://ｒeａd.９９ｃsｗ.ｃｏme means Izaura whose husband left and Yolanda whose husband is dead. Got to take care all your own, she says shaking her head.

然後又沒頭沒尾地說上了：

Then out of nowhere：

唉。她氣惱地說著，又攪起麥片來。我那時是個聰明人。

今天煮燕麥片時，她是蝴蝶夫人，直到她嘆了口氣，用木勺指著我。我本來可以出人頭地的。你知道么？埃斯佩朗莎。你去上學，用功學習。蝴蝶夫人是個傻瓜。她攪了攪燕麥。看看我的姐妹們。她說的是跑了丈夫的伊佐拉和死https://read.99csw.com了丈夫的約蘭達。全得靠自己撐著。她邊說邊搖頭。

羞恥感是不好的，你知道。它會讓你心情不好。你想知道我怎麼輟學的嗎？因為我沒有好衣服。沒有衣服，可我有腦子啊。

I could've been somebody, you know? My mother says and sighs. She has lived in this city her whole life. She can speak two languages. She can sing an opera. She knows how to fix a T. V. But she doesn't know which subwread•９9ｃsw•comay train to take to get downtown. I hold her hand very tight while we wait for the right train to arrive.

Yup, she says disgusted, stirring again. I was a smart cookie then.

她過去有時間就常畫畫。現在她用針和線畫畫，編織的玫瑰花苞、絲繡的鬱金香。有一天她想去看芭蕾舞。又有一天她想去看戲。她從公共圖書館里借來了歌劇唱片，用醇厚的嗓音唱起來，歌聲像朝陽一樣蓬勃。