雙語暢銷書《我是馬拉拉》第20章:誰是馬拉拉?(4)
My mother made our usual breakfast of sugary tea, chapatis and fried egg.
We all had breakfast together – me, my mother, my father, Khushal and Atal.
我們大家一起吃早餐——我、母親、父親、胡沙爾和阿塔爾。It was a big day for my mother as she was going to start lessons that afternoon to learn to read and write with Miss Ulfat, my old teacher from kindergarten.
那天是母親的大日子。當天下午，她要開始跟着我幼兒園的老師烏爾法小姐學習讀、寫我們的語言。
My father started teasing Atal, who was eight by then and cheekier than ever.
父親打趣阿塔爾，他當時八歲，臉皮比以前更厚了。'Look, Atal, when Malala is prime minister, you will be her secretary,' he said.
“等着看，阿塔爾，等哪一天馬拉拉成爲總理，你來給她當祕書。”父親說。Atal got very cross.
阿塔爾聽了很生氣。'No, no, no!' he said. 'I'm no less than Malala.
“我不要，不要，不要！”他說，“我纔不會輸給馬拉拉。I will be prime minister and she will be my secretary.'
我要成爲總理，讓她來當我的祕書。”All the banter meant I ended up being so late I only had time to eat half my egg and no time to clear up.
這些玩笑話耽誤了我不少時間。後來，我只能匆匆吞下半個雞蛋，也沒時間整理儀容便趕去學校了。The Pakistan Studies paper went better than I thought it would.
巴基斯坦研究的考卷比我想象的要簡單。There were questions about how Jinnah had created our country as the first Muslim homeland and also about the national tragedy of how Bangladesh came into being.
考題包括真納怎樣將巴基斯坦建成第一個伊斯蘭國家，以及孟加拉國的獨立所造成的國家悲劇。It was strange to think that Bangladesh was once part of Pakistan despite being a thousand miles away.
畢竟兩國之間相隔千里，我總是覺得很難想象孟加拉國曾是巴基斯坦領土的一部分。I answered all the questions and was confident I'd done well.
我寫出了所有問題的答案，也對自己的答案充滿信心。I was happy when the exam was over, chatting and gossiping with my friends as we waited for Sher Mohammad Baba, a school assistant, to call for us when the bus arrived.
考試結束了，我很開心，一邊跟朋友們閒聊，一邊等着學校助理謝爾·穆罕默德·巴巴通知我們巴士來了。
