Gabrielle Zevin: "Bicaralah, 'kata Myrna yang memiliki kumis putih...

"Bicaralah, 'kata Myrna yang memiliki kumis putih berbulu halus. "Pendengaranku tidak begitu baik." "Aku tertembak di kepala." Liz menoleh ke Thandi. "Aku pikir kamu bilang kamu tidak ingat bagaimana kamu mendapatkan lubang di kepalamu." Thandi meminta maaf. "Aku baru ingat." "Ditembak di kepala!" Kata Florence-scratchy-voice. "Oy, itu kasar." 'Ah, tidak ada yang istimewa. Terjadi cukup teratur di mana saya berasal, “kata Thandi. 'APA?' tanya Myrna dengan kumisnya. "Katakan ke telinga kiriku, itu yang bagus." 'AKU BILANG, "ITU ADA KHUSUS," Thandi berteriak /"

--- Gabrielle Zevin

Versi Bahasa Inggris

Speak up,' says Myrna who has a fuzzy white caterpillar of a moustache. 'My hearing's not so good.' 'I WAS SHOT IN THE HEAD.' Liz turns to Thandi. 'I thought you said you didn't remember how you got the hole in your head.' Thandi apologizes. 'I just remembered.' 'Shot in the head!' Florence-scratchy-voice says. 'Oy, that's rough.' 'Aw, it's nothing special. Happens pretty regularly where I'm from,' Thandi says. 'WHAT?' asks Myrna with the moustache. 'Say it toward my left ear, that's the good one.' 'I SAID, "IT'S NOTHING SPECIAL,"' Thandi yells/