原文
"My ankle," gasped Anne. "Oh, Diana, please find your father and ask him
to take me home. I know I can never walk there. And I'm sure I couldn't
hop so far on one foot when Jane couldn't even hop around the garden."
Marilla was out in the orchard picking a panful of summer apples when she saw Mr. Barry coming over the log bridge and up the slope, with Mrs. Barry beside him and a whole procession of little girls trailing after him. In his arms he carried Anne, whose head lay limply against his shoulder.
語彙など
- ankle:足首
- gasp:あえぎながら言う
- hop:ピョンピョン飛ぶ
- orchard:果樹園
- panful:鍋一杯
- procession:行列,行進
- trail:〜の後をついて行く
- limply:グニャグニャした,弱々しい