Esperanza, Rachel, Lucy, and Nenny are hanging out together in "And Some More." They start out talking about different kinds of snow and move to talking about people's different names. Esperanza says that clouds have names like "cumulus;" but Rachel and Lucy are not as scientifically minded, so they start giving the clouds names of people. The girls continue naming clouds with different people's names until Rachel says that one of the clouds looks like Esperanza's fat face. The conversation escalates as the word "ugly" gets thrown into the mix, along with "your mama". Eventually Rachel threatens never to come back again and Esperanza tells Nenny to get the broom because there is "too much trash in our yard today" (37).
This vignette shows how children's conversations can develop into an argument quickly. Not only that, but name-calling and saying whatever comes to one's head in a verbal argument can sometimes cause one to say things that they might regret later. At other times, as mostly seen with kids rather than with adults, the argument is forgotten quickly and the friendship resumes the next day. For example, the next vignette after "And Some More" shows the girls having a good time together with some high heels in "The Family of Little Feet." The argument from the previous vignette doesn't hold for very long as young friends can easily forgive and forget.
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