原文
"Gracious heavenly Father, I thank Thee for the White
Way of Delight and the Lake of Shining Waters and Bonny
and the Snow Queen. I'm really extremely grateful for
them. And that's all the blessings I can think of just
now to thank Thee for. As for the things I want,
they're so numerous that it would take a great deal of
time to name them all so I will only mention the two
most important. Please let me stay at Green Gables;
and please let me be good-looking when I grow up.
I remain,
"Yours respectfully,
Anne Shirley.
語彙など
- gracious:やさしい
- heavenly:神々しい,無上の
- thee:汝を(古語)
- extremely:極度に
- blessing:恩恵,幸運
- as for:〜については
- numerous:非常に多い
- a great deal of:かなりたくさんの
- name:〜の名前を挙げる
- mention:〜について述べる
- good-looking:顔立ちの良い,きれいな
- grow up:生長する