你永远不能拥有太多天空

文/桑德拉·希斯内罗丝 译/杨明怡 绘/夏日已尽

你永远不能拥有太多天空

文/桑德拉·希斯内罗丝 译/杨明怡 绘/夏日已尽

You Can Never Have Too Much Sky

Everybody in our family has different hair. Carlos' hair is thick and straight. He like a broom①broom 英 ［bruːm］ 美 ［brum］ n. 扫帚；金雀花 vt. 扫除 vi. 桩顶开花或开裂， all up in the air. And me， my hair is lazy. My Papa's hair is doesn't need to comb②comb 英 ［kəʊm］ 美 ［kom］ n. 梳子；蜂巢；鸡冠 vt. 梳头发；梳毛 vi. （浪）涌起it. Nenny's hair is slippery③slippery 英 ［'slɪp（ə）rɪ］ 美 ［'slɪpəri］ adj. 滑的；狡猾的；不稳定的——slides out of your hand. And Kiki， who is the youngest， has hair like fur.

But my mother's hair， my mother's hair， like little rosettes④rosette 英 ［rə（ʊ）'zet］ 美 ［ro'zɛt］ n. 莲座丛；玫瑰形饰物；［建］ 圆花饰， like little candy circles all curly and pretty because she pinned it in pincurls⑤pincurl 手指卷法all day， sweet to put your nose into when she is holding you， holding you and you feel safe，is the warm smell of bread before you bake it，is the smell when she makes room for you on her side of the bed still warm with her skin， and you sleep near her， the rain outside falling and Papa snoring⑦snoring v. 打鼾；鼾声；正在打呼噜（snore 的ing形式）. The snoring， the rain， and Mama's hair that smells like bread.

You can never have too much sky. You can fall asleep and wake up drunk on sky， and sky can keep you safe when you are sad. Here there is too much sadness and not enough sky. Butterflies too are few and so are flowers and most things that are beautiful. Still， we take what we can get and make the best of it.

我们家里每个人的头发都不一样。爸爸的头发像扫把，根根直立往上竖着。然而，我的头发很懒惰。它从来不听发夹和发带的话。卡洛斯的头发又直又厚。他不用梳头。蕾妮的头发滑滑的——会从你手中溜走。还有奇奇，他最小，茸茸的头发像毛皮。

只有妈妈的头发，妈妈的头发，好像一朵朵小小的玫瑰花结，一枚枚小小的糖果圈儿，全都那么卷曲，那么漂亮，因为她成天给它们上发卷。把鼻子伸进去闻一闻吧，当她搂着你时。当她搂着你时，你觉得那么安全，闻到的气味又那么香甜。是那种待烤的面包暖暖的香味，是那种她给你让出一角被窝时，和着体温散发的芬芳。你睡在她身旁，外面下着雨，爸爸打着鼾。哦，鼾声、雨声，还有妈妈那闻起来像面包的头发。

你永远不能拥有太多的天空。你可以在天空下睡去，醒来又沉醉。在你忧伤的时候，天空会给你安慰。可是忧伤太多，天空不够。蝴蝶也不够，花儿也不够。大多数美的东西都不够。于是，我们取我们所能取，好好地享用。