Her recent graduation from a skinny piccaninny with brief skirts and stiffly wrapped braids into the dignity of a long calico dress and starched white turban was an intoxicating affair.
不久前她还是个皮包骨头黑
妞,穿着
短裙,扎着呆板
发辫,如今俨然一派保姆
模样,穿着印花
连衣长裙,戴着浆洗得硬挺
雪白头巾。