I am Mei Ling (1) (Chapter 5)

08年3月12日新版本

 

Chapter 5 I Didn’t Cry

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I played with the cute baby.

Mom had to go and cook.

After a few minutes,

The baby had a tired look.

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The adorable baby

Was put to bed in her room.

Suddenly, I felt very bored,

Standing like a silly broom.

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It seemed that the bad feeling

Was worse than bored a lot.

Maybe, it’s called loneliness.

Adults often use this word, I thought.

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Then, I heard pleasant music

That I couldn’t ignore.

For the second time that day,

I began to explore.

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I followed the music

Up to the living room.

It was warm, bright, fancy

And smelled of sweet perfume.

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The living room was beautiful

And all the furniture was new.

A person was watching TV.

He was the young man, I knew.

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He picked my family up

At the airport yesterday.

A big dog lay by him, glaring,

As if I were some sort of prey.

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The man was the owner of this house.

Yesterday, my mom had told me,

“Although the basement was ugly,

We have to pay him a large fee.”

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He rented each basement room

At a very high price per day

To newcomers like my family

As a temporary place to stay.

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He was doing a kind of business.

He is a very “smart” man.

He also made a lot money,

By sending people with his van.

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Like most other immigrant families,

We knew no one here and were nervous.

My dad had to pay him a lot

For the room and his kind of service.

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I found a big urn on a table.

I cautiously paused a bit.

But I’m a curious young girl

So quickly I went up to see it.

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On the front part of the urn,

A girl statue held a pot.

Water kept falling from it.

My curiosity was caught.

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The water fell into the urn.

Where did it come from and where did it go?

Why didn’t it overflow the urn?

I really, really wanted to know.

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The falling water, I couldn’t help

Stretching one of my fingers to feel.

It was a bit cool but very smooth.

I wondered if the water was real.

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The music suddenly stopped.

That really gave me a scare.

I looked at the young man.

He threw me an angry stare.

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He shouted loudly at me.

His voice quivered in the air.

“Little girl, don’t touch anything!

Go back to the basement and stay there!”

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The dog’s tail angrily shook.

He stood up and then came at me.

I felt so terrified

That at once, I started to flee.

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In a hurry, mistaking a step,

I rolled down the stairs from up high.

Accidentally, my shoe fell off.

My foot was sore but I didn’t cry.

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