原文
"That may make me feel badly tomorrow, Josie," laughed Anne, "but just
now I honestly feel that as long as I know the violets are coming out
all purple down in the hollow below Green Gables and that little ferns
are poking their heads up in Lovers' Lane, it's not a great deal of
difference whether I win the Avery or not. I've done my best and I begin
to understand what is meant by the 'joy of the strife.' Next to trying
and winning, the best thing is trying and failing. Girls, don't talk
about exams! Look at that arch of pale green sky over those houses
and picture to yourself what it must look like over the purply-dark
beech-woods back of Avonlea."
"What are you going to wear for commencement, Jane?" asked Ruby practically.
語彙など
- violet:スミレ
- come out:花が咲く
- hollow:くぼ地,谷間
- fern:シダ(類)
- poke:突き出す
- do one's best:最善を尽くす
- strife:争い,闘争
- next to:〜の次に
- arch:弓形(のもの)
- picture:頭[心]の中に描く,想像する
- purply:紫色がかった
- beech wood:ブナの森
- commencement:卒業式,学位授与式
- practically:実際的に