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"Well, it was partly a zacksident," explained Davy. "He stuck his head
in on purpose but the rest of him fell in zacksidentally. We was all
down at the brook and Prillie Rogerson got mad at Paul about something
. . . she's awful mean and horrid anyway, if she IS pretty . . . and said
that his grandmother put his hair up in curl rags every night. Paul
wouldn't have minded what she said, I guess, but Gracie Andrews laughed,
and Paul got awful red, 'cause Gracie's his girl, you know. He's CLEAN
GONE on her . . . brings her flowers and carries her books as far as the
shore road. He got as red as a beet and said his grandmother didn't do
any such thing and his hair was born curly. And then he laid down on
the bank and stuck his head right into the spring to show them. Oh,
it wasn't the spring we drink out of . . ." seeing a horrified look on
Marilla's face . . . "it was the little one lower down. But the bank's
awful slippy and Paul went right in. I tell you he made a bully splash.
Oh, Anne, Anne, I didn't mean to say that . . . it just slipped out before
I thought. He made a SPLENDID splash. But he looked so funny when he
crawled out, all wet and muddy. The girls laughed more'n ever, but
Gracie didn't laugh. She looked sorry. Gracie's a nice girl but she's
got a snub nose. When I get big enough to have a girl I won't have one
with a snub nose . . . I'll pick one with a pretty nose like yours, Anne."
語彙など
- zacksident:accident(?)
- stick:〜に突き刺す
- on purpose:わざと
- zacksidentally:accidentally(?)
- brook:小川
- get mad:腹を立てる
- mean:意地悪な
- horrid:ひどく嫌な
- anyway:とにかく
- curl:巻き毛,カールする
- rag:ぼろ,雑巾
- clean:偽りのない
- go on:好きである
- beet:ビート,砂糖大根
- spring:泉,湧水
- horrified look:恐怖の表情
- slippy:滑りやすい
- bully:素晴らしい,弱い者いじめ
- splash:しぶき,はね散らすこと
- crawl:はう
- muddy:泥だらけの
- snub nose:獅子鼻,団子鼻