“Mother, do you love me just a little?” “I love you as much as I love your brothers and sisters. Why?”
“Mother, remember Nardinho? The hippo’s nephew?” “Yes,” she laughed.
“His mother made a fine suit for him. It’s green with white stripes.
It has a waistcoat that buttons up to the neck. But he’s grown out of it.
And he doesn’t have a younger brother who can use it. And he wants to sell it. Can you buy it?”
“Oh, child! Things are so difficult!” “But he said you can pay in two instalments.
And it isn’t expensive. It won’t even cover the cost of making it.”
I was repeating Jacob the Money Lender’s words. She was quiet, doing the maths.
“Mother, I’m the hardest-working pupil in my class. The teacher says I’m going to get a distinction.
Please buy it for me, Mother. I’ve haven’t had new clothes for such a long time...”
Her silence was unsettling me. “Look, Mother, if you don’t, I’m never going to have my poet’s clothes.
Lalá can make me a tie with a big bow like this out of a piece of silk she’s got...”
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