蕾妮和我看起來不像姐妹……不是一眼就能看出來的那種。人們可以看出拉切爾和露西是，因為她們有一模一樣的雪糕似的厚嘴唇，她們家所有人的嘴唇都是那樣的。可我們不是那種像法。我和蕾妮，我們相像的地方比你能看到的多。比如我們的笑聲。不是拉切爾和露西一家人那樣羞澀的傻笑，像冰淇淋鈴聲 一樣，而是突然的、吃驚的笑，像一疊盤子打碎了的感覺。還有其他一些我沒法說清楚的地方。
一天我們經過一座房子，我心想，它看起來像我過去在墨西哥見過的房子。我不知道為什麼。這房子和我記憶中的房子沒有什麼地方是一模一樣的。我甚至不知道為什麼我這麼想。可它就是給我那種感覺。
看那房子，我說，它看著像是墨西哥的。
拉切爾和露西看著我，好像我在發傻一樣。可還沒等她們笑出來，蕾妮就說：沒錯，那就是墨西哥式的。而那恰恰是我當時的想法。
Nenny and I don''t look like sisters……nht away. Not the way you tell with Rachel and Lucy who have the same fat popsicle lips like everybody else in their family. But me and Nenny, we are more alike than you would know. Our laughter for example. Not the shy ice cream bells''giggle of Rachel and Lucy''s family, but all of a sudden and surprised like a pile of dishes breaking. And other things I ''t explain.
One day we were passing a house that looked, in my mind, like houses I had seen in Mexico. I don''t know why. There was nothing about the house that looked exactly like the houses I remembered. I''m not even sure why I thought it, but it seemed to feel right.
Look at that house, I said, it looks like Mexico.
Rachel and Lucy look at me like I''m crazy, but before they let out a laugh, Nenny says：Yes, that''s Mexico all right. That''s what I was thinkily.