原文
"Mrs. Harmon Andrews prize pig that she talked so much of died in a fit.
Mrs. Lynde says it was a judgment on her for pride. But I think it
was hard on the pig. Milty Boulter has been sick. The doctor gave
him medicine and it tasted horrid. I offered to take it for him for a
quarter but the Boulters are so mean. Milty says he'd rather take it
himself and save his money. I asked Mrs. Boulter how a person would go
about catching a man and she got awful mad and said she dident know,
shed never chased men.
語彙など
- prize:見事な
- in a fit:発作的に
- horrid:ひどく嫌な
- quarter:25セント
- mean:けちな