原文
"'Wayside' is a dear sort of little spot. The house is small and white,
set down in a delightful little hollow that drops away from the road.
Between road and house is an orchard and flower-garden all mixed
up together. The front door walk is bordered with quahog
clam-shells--'cow-hawks,' Janet calls them; there is Virginia Creeper
over the porch and moss on the roof. My room is a neat little spot 'off
the parlor'--just big enough for the bed and me. Over the head of my
bed there is a picture of Robby Burns standing at Highland Mary's
grave, shadowed by an enormous weeping willow tree. Robby's face is so
lugubrious that it is no wonder I have bad dreams. Why, the first night
I was here I dreamed I COULDN'T LAUGH.
語彙など
- wayside:路傍
- hollow:くぼ地
- drop away:下に落ちる
- orchard:果樹園
- border:境を成す
- quahog:ホンビノスガイ（マルスダレガイ科の二枚貝）
- clam shell:クラムシェル
- Virginia creeper:バージニア･クリーパー,アメリカヅタ
- moss:コケ
- weeping willow:シダレヤナギ
- lugubrious:痛ましい