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99回目。
チャプター8の32~37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。
マリラはアンの仕事ぶりをチェックした後、お祈りを暗記するように言って。。
【本文】
“I like this,” she announced at length. “It’s beautiful. I’ve heard it before—I heard the superintendent of the asylum Sunday-school say it over once. But I didn’t like it then. He had such a cracked voice and he prayed it so mournfully. I really felt sure he thought praying was a disagreeable duty. This isn’t poetry, but it makes me feel just the same way poetry does. ‘Our Father who art in heaven, hallowed be Thy name.’ That is just like a line of music. Oh, I’m so glad you thought of making me learn this, Miss—Marilla.”
“Well, learn it and hold your tongue,” said Marilla shortly.
Anne tipped the vase of apple blossoms near enough to bestow a soft kiss on a pink-cupped bud, and then studied diligently for some moments longer.
“Marilla,” she demanded presently, “do you think that I shall ever have a bosom friend in Avonlea?”
“A—a what kind of friend?”
“A bosom friend—an intimate friend, you know—a really kindred spirit to whom I can confide my inmost soul. I’ve dreamed of meeting her all my life. I never really supposed I would, but so many of my loveliest dreams have come true all at once that perhaps this one will, too. Do you think it’s possible?”
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