原文
The fat pony jogged over the bridge in Lynde's Hollow and along the
Green Gables lane. Marilla's face was rather grim. It was ten miles from
East Grafton and Davy Keith seemed to be possessed with a passion for
perpetual motion. It was beyond Marilla's power to make him sit still
and she had been in an agony the whole way lest he fall over the back
of the wagon and break his neck, or tumble over the dashboard under the
pony's heels. In despair she finally threatened to whip him soundly when
she got him home. Whereupon Davy climbed into her lap, regardless of
the reins, flung his chubby arms about her neck and gave her a bear-like
hug.
語彙など
- pony:ポニー,小馬
- jog:ゆっくり走る
- rather:幾分,やや
- grim:険しい
- possessed:とりつかれた,所有して
- passion for:〜への情熱
- perpetual motion:永久運動
- agony:苦痛
- lest:〜しないように
- wagon:四輪車
- tumble over:転ぶ
- dashboard:(馬車･馬そりなどの前部の)はねよけ,ダッシュボード
- heel:かかと
- in despair:絶望して
- whip:〜を鞭で打つ
- soundly:激しく
- whereupon:〜するとすぐ
- lap:膝
- regardless of:〜にかかわらず
- rein:抑制力
- fling:投げつける
- chubby:丸ぽちゃの
- hug:抱擁