原文
"Oh, Davy!" Anne choked back an unholy shriek of laughter. "Would you
call it fun to see poor little Dora fall down the steps and get hurt?"
"She wasn't MUCH hurt," said Davy, defiantly. "'Course, if she'd been killed I'd have been real sorry, Anne. But the Keiths ain't so easy killed. They're like the Blewetts, I guess. Herb Blewett fell off the hayloft last Wednesday, and rolled right down through the turnip chute into the box stall, where they had a fearful wild, cross horse, and rolled right under his heels. And still he got out alive, with only three bones broke. Mrs. Lynde says there are some folks you can't kill with a meat-axe. Is Mrs. Lynde coming here tomorrow, Anne?"
語彙など
- choke back:抑える,こらえる
- unholy:神聖でない
- shriek:叫び声
- get hurt:怪我をする
- defiantly:ふてくされて
- hayloft:干し草置き場
- turnip:カブ
- chute:滑降斜面路,落とし樋
- box stall:畜房,(うまやの)仕切り
- cross:怒りっぽい
- meat-ax:肉切り包丁