Me in the Middle Ana Maria Machado Translated by David Unger With Pictures by Caroline Merola Groundwood Books House of Anansi Press
Contents Me in the Middle At the Bottom of a Little Box Chubby-cheeked Jelly Donut Invisible Tattoo Old-fashioned Conversations Whistling Girls A Sneeze and a Tragedy The Source of the Mysterious Voice People Braids
Would you like to know a secret that no one else even suspects Bisa Bea lives with me No one knows about her No one can see her You can search all over the house but you won’t find her If you look in the corner of a trunk or sniff under the rug or look behind a door you won’t find her If you want you can even look through the keyhole into my bedroom Will you see Bisa Bea I don’t think so Do you know why Bisa Bea lives with me but not beside me Bisa Bea lives very close to me Actually she lives inside me I didn’t know it until a few days ago I didn’t know until then that Bisa Bea even existed
