Then, turning to me, my father asked what he could make for me. It came into my mind without thinking. "A trunk," I said. "But you have a trunk already. You have your mother's trunk," he said to me. "Yes but I want my own trunk," I said back. "Very well. A trunk is your request. A trunk you will have," he said.
Annie John, Jamaica Kincaid
Annie John, Jamaica Kincaid
Annie John, Jamaica Kincaid
Then, turning to me, my father asked what he could make for me. It came into my mind without thinking. "A trunk," I said. "But you have a trunk already. You have your mother's trunk," he said to me. "Yes but I want my own trunk," I said back. "Very well. A trunk is your request. A trunk you will have," he said.