芒果街上的小屋第27篇

　　Those who don't

　　Those who don`t know any better come into our neighborhood scared.They think we`re dangerous.They think we will attack them with shiny knives.They are stupid people who are lost and got here by mistakes.

　　But we aren`t afraid.We know the guy with the crooked eyeis Davey the Baby`s brother,and the tall one next to him in the straw brim,that`s Rosa`s Eddie V.,and the big one that looks like a dumb grown man,he`s Fat Boy,though he`s not fat anymore nor a boy

　　All brown all around,we are safe.But watch us drive into a neighborhood of another color and our knees go shakityshake and our car windows get rolled up tight and our eyes look straight.Yeah.That is how it goes and goes.

　　那些不明白我们的人进到我们的社区会害怕。他们以为我们很危险。他们以为我们会用亮闪闪的刀子袭击他们。他们是些笨人，不小心迷了路走到了这里。

　　可我们不害怕。我们知道那个斜眼的是戴夫小宝的弟弟，站在他旁边戴着草帽的高个儿是罗莎家的埃迪·V.，而那个大个，看上去像个沉默的大人的，他是胖孩，虽然他不再胖了也不再是小孩。

　　到处都是棕色的人，我们是安全的。可是看看我们开进另一个肤色的街区时，我们的膝盖就抖呀抖，我们紧紧地摇上车窗，眼睛直直地看着前面。是的，情形一直一直是这样。