原文
"Then I dare you to do it," said Josie defiantly. "I dare you to climb
up there and walk the ridgepole of Mr. Barry's kitchen roof."
Anne turned pale, but there was clearly only one thing to be done. She walked toward the house, where a ladder was leaning against the kitchen roof. All the fifth-class girls said, "Oh!" partly in excitement, partly in dismay.
語彙など
- defiantly:挑戦的に
- ridgepole:はり材,棟木
- ladder:はしご
- lean against:〜に寄り掛かかる
- excitement:興奮
- dismay:動揺,狼狽