原文
Mr. Harrison had brought Ginger back, averring that the poor bird would
be lonesome; and Anne, feeling that she could forgive everybody and
everything, offered him a walnut. But Ginger's feelings had been
grievously hurt and he rejected all overtures of friendship. He sat
moodily on his perch and ruffled his feathers up until he looked like a
mere ball of green and gold.
"Why do you call him Ginger?" asked Anne, who liked appropriate names and thought Ginger accorded not at all with such gorgeous plumage.
語彙など
- aver:断言する
- lonesome:ひとりで寂しい
- walnut:クルミ
- grievously:ひどく
- reject:拒否する
- overture:申し出
- moodily:不機嫌に
- perch:とまり木
- ruffle:(鳥が羽を)逆立てる
- appropriate:適切な
- accord:調和する
- gorgeous:豪華な
- plumage:羽