沙提亚在帮助一个愤怒的十五岁女孩时，写下了这首诗。这个女孩对于自己和人生的意义有很多的疑问。

Virginia came to write this poem when she was working with an angry fifteen-year-old girl who had a lot of questions about herself and what life meant.

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低悬着的胡椒树的树叶分开了，一个大约有十五岁的女孩从里面钻了出来。

The hanging fronds of the pepper tree parted and a girl of about fifteen ducked out.

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一个十五岁的高个儿女孩，戴着普通的太阳帽，穿着印花布的连衣裙，问我“用不用烟草”——意思是我要不要嚼烟草。

A strapping girl of fifteen, in the customary sunbonnet and calico dress, asked me if I "used tobacco" - meaning did I chew it.

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