ほぼ週一で赤毛のアンの原文を少しずつ朗読しています。
今回は97回目。
チャプター8の26段落の朗読です。
【前回までのおさらい】
マシューとマリラの兄妹はファームの手伝いのため孤児の男の子を迎え入れることにしましたが、やって来たのは赤毛の女の子!
アンが可哀そう過ぎて、気が進まなかったマリラもアンを引き取ることを決意しました。
お祈りすら知らなかったアンを、マリラはしっかりしつけなきゃ!と意気込みました。
翌朝、マリラはついにアンを引き取ることを告げると、アンは大感激です。
マリラはアンにお祈りカードを取ってくるように言いますが、なかなか帰って来ないので様子を見に行くと、アンは絵の前で空想の世界に旅立っているようで。。
【本文】
“That,” she said, pointing to the picture—a rather vivid chromo entitled, “Christ Blessing Little Children”—“and I was just imagining I was one of them—that I was the little girl in the blue dress, standing off by herself in the corner as if she didn’t belong to anybody, like me. She looks lonely and sad, don’t you think? I guess she hadn’t any father or mother of her own. But she wanted to be blessed, too, so she just crept shyly up on the outside of the crowd, hoping nobody would notice her—except Him. I’m sure I know just how she felt. Her heart must have beat and her hands must have got cold, like mine did when I asked you if I could stay. She was afraid He mightn’t notice her. But it’s likely He did, don’t you think? I’ve been trying to imagine it all out—her edging a little nearer all the time until she was quite close to Him; and then He would look at her and put His hand on her hair and oh, such a thrill of joy as would run over her! But I wish the artist hadn’t painted Him so sorrowful-looking. All His pictures are like that, if you’ve noticed. But I don’t believe He could really have looked so sad or the children would have been afraid of Him.”
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