Our Good Days - Pt. 1

If you give me five dollars I will be yourfriend forever. That's what the little one tells me.

Five dollars is cheap since I don't haveany friends except Cathy who is only my friend till Tuesday.

Five dollars, five dollars.

She is trying to get somebody to chip in sothey can buy a bicycle from this kid named Tito. They already have ten dollarsand all they need is five more.

Don't talk to them, says Cathy. Can't yousee they smell like a broom.

But I like them. Their clothes are crookedand old. They are wearing shiny Sunday shoes without socks. It makes their baldankles all red, but I like them. Especially the big one who laughs with all herteeth. I like her even though she lets the little one do all the talking.

Five dollars, the little one says, onlyfive.

如果你给我五块钱，我会永远做你的朋友。那个小的这么对我说

五块钱很便宜，因为我没有任何朋友，除了凯茜，她是我星期二之前的朋友。

五块钱啊，五块钱。

她想找人凑钱，那样，他们可以从那个叫提陀的小孩哪里买一辆自行车。她们已经十块了，他们再添五块钱就够了。

只要五块。她说。

别喝他们说话。凯茜说，你难道看不出来他们闻起来像扫把？

可是我喜欢她们。她们的衣服又皱又旧。她们穿的锃亮的礼拜天的鞋子，却没穿短袜。鞋子把她们的光脚踝擦得红红的。我喜欢她们。尤其是那个大的，小的时候露出一口牙齿。我喜欢她，尽管她让小的出来说话。

五块，小的说，只要五块。