原文
"Redheaded snippet," croaked Ginger mockingly.
Mr. Harrison shook his fist at the parrot.
"You ornery bird," he muttered, "I almost wish I'd wrung your neck when my brother the sailor brought you home. Will you never be done getting me into trouble?"
Anne ran home blithely and recounted her adventures to Marilla, who had been not a little alarmed by her long absence and was on the point of starting out to look for her.
語彙など
- snippet:小さな人物
- croak:しわがれ声を出す
- mockingly:あざけるように,からかって
- fist:こぶし
- parrot:オウム
- ornery:意地の悪い
- mutter:つぶやく
- wring:ひねって殺す
- get someone into trouble:(人)に迷惑をかける
- blithely:楽しげに
- recount:詳述する
- not a little:少なからず,たいそう
- alarm:心配させる
- on the point of:今にも〜しようとして