15 Vanity Gets the Best of Anne

CHAPTER 15 Vanity Gets the Best of Anne One April night, as Marilla walked home, she noticed that spring had finally arrived. Flowers were starting to bloom, waking up after a long winter's sleep. Marilla felt happy without knowing why. She could see Green Gables through the trees. It looked so beautiful with the setting sun reflected in the windows. "It will be nice

一个四月的夜晚，玛丽拉走在回家的路上，她注意到春天终于来了。 经过漫长的冬天的沉睡，花儿开始绽放。 玛丽拉不知为什么感到高兴。 她可以透过树林看到绿山墙。 夕阳反射在窗户上，看起来很美。 “会很好

to sit beside the warm fire," Marilla thought. She had asked Anne to have the tea ready for five o'clock. Life at Green Gables was so different since Anne arrived, Marilla thought as she smiled to herself. When she entered the kitchen she found no fire and no tea. She was both disappointed and irritated. "Where is that girl?" she muttered as she took off her second-best dress to prepare supper. Matthew came in from plowing and was waiting for his tea. He watched Marilla stamp about the kitchen, banging pots and complaining about Anne. "She's off somewhere with Diana, forgetting all about her chores. Her head is full of nonsense and you just never know what she'll do next. She had no right to leave the house when there was work to do. I must say, it surprises me— it's not like Anne to be so disobedient."

坐在温暖的火炉旁，”玛丽拉想。 她让安妮准备好五点钟的茶点。 自从安妮来了以后，格林·盖布尔斯的生活就大不一样了，玛丽拉笑着想。 当她走进厨房时，发现既没有火，也没有茶。 她既失望又恼火。 “那个女孩在哪儿？”她一边喃喃自语，一边脱下她第二好的衣服准备晚饭。 马修耕完地回来了，正在等他的茶。 他看着玛丽拉在厨房里走来走去，敲打着锅，抱怨着安妮。 “她和黛安娜到什么地方去了，把家务事全忘了。 她满脑子都是胡言乱语，你永远不知道她下一步会做什么。 有工作要做时，她无权离开家。 我得说，这真叫我吃惊——安妮不像会这么不听话的人。”

"Well, I dunno," said Matthew, sitting patiently in his corner. "Maybe she has a good reason." "Matthew Cuthbert, I knew you would take her side!" Suppertime came and went with no sign of Anne. Marilla expected her to run through the door, breathless and full of apologies. But the house was quiet and dark. Marilla went to look for a candle in Anne's room. Lighting it, she turned around to see Anne herself lying on the bed, facedown in the pillows. "Goodness me," said Marilla. "Have you been asleep?" "No," came the muffled reply. "Are you feeling sick?" Marilla asked. She went to feel Anne's forehead. Anne moved her head away. "Oh please, Marilla, go away and don't look at me! I am in the depths of despair! My life is absolutely

“嗯，我不知道，”马修耐心地坐在角落里说。 “也许她有一个很好的理由。” “马修·卡斯伯特，我就知道你会站在她那边！”晚饭时间来了又去，没有安妮的踪影。 玛丽拉以为她会喘不过气，满怀歉意地跑进门来。 但房子里安静而黑暗。 玛丽拉去安妮的房间找蜡烛。 点燃蜡烛后，她转过身来，看见安妮自己躺在床上，脸朝下埋在枕头里。 “天哪，”玛丽拉说。 “你睡着了吗？”“没有。”那人低声回答。 “你不舒服吗？”玛丽拉问道。 她去摸摸安妮的额头。 安妮把头移开。“哦，求求你，玛丽拉，走开，不要看着我！”我在绝望的深处！我的生活绝对是

ruined. It's over!" "Anne Shirley, whatever is the matter with you? Get up right this minute and tell me." Marilla pulled back the covers from Anne's bed. She held the candle up to get a better look as Anne slowly pulled herself up. "Look at my hair, Marilla," she whispered. "My goodness," Marilla gasped. "What have you done? Your hair is green!" It wasn't an ordinary green, like the color of grass or trees. It was a dull brownish green with streaks of the original red. Marilla thought she had never seen a color so ugly in all her life. "Yes, it's green," moaned Anne. "I thought nothing could be as bad as red hair. I now know it's ten times worse to have green hair. Oh, Marilla, I feel so awful!" "I knew life was too quiet in this house. It's been months since your last scrape." Marilla

毁了。一切都结束了!”“安妮·雪莉，你怎么了？” 马上起来告诉我。” 玛丽拉拉开安妮床上的被子。 她举着蜡烛看得更清楚，安妮慢慢地爬了起来。 “看看我的头发，玛丽拉，”她低声说。 “我的天哪，”玛丽拉喘着气说。 “你做了什么？”你的头发是绿色的！”它不是普通的绿色，像草或树的颜色。 那是一种暗褐的绿色，带有原先红色的条纹。 玛丽拉觉得她一辈子都没见过这么难看的颜色。 “是的，它是绿色的。”安妮呻吟道。 “我认为没有什么比红头发更糟糕的了。 我现在知道绿头发比绿头发糟糕十倍。 哦，玛丽拉，我感觉太糟糕了！”“我知道这所房子里的生活太安静了。 你上次刮伤已经好几个月了。” 玛丽拉

stood tall beside Anne. "All right now, what happened?" "I dyed it." Anne began to cry again. "He told me it would turn my hair a beautiful raven black. Miss Stacy says we should trust people unless they've given us cause not to, and I had no reason not to. But Marilla, my hair isn't a beautiful raven black, is it? It's a hideous, horrible green!" Marilla took her by the shoulders. "Who are you talking about, Anne?" "I bought the dye at the general store when Matthew and I were in Carmody. The clerk said he'd reduce the price for me, as I only had fifty cents and it cost seventy-five. I followed all the directions, and used the whole bottle, but when I saw what color my hair was—oh, Marilla, whatever will I do?" "I'm glad you can see what your foolishness has brought you, Anne." Marilla

他高高站在安妮旁边。“好了，发生了什么事？”“我染的。” 安妮又哭了起来。“他告诉我，它会把我的头发变成美丽的乌鸦黑。 史黛西小姐说我们应该相信别人除非他们给了我们不相信的理由，而我没有理由不相信。 但是玛丽拉，我的头发不是漂亮的乌黑，对吧？ 这是一种可怕的、可怕的绿色！”玛丽拉抓住她的肩膀。 “你在说谁，安妮？”“我和马修在卡莫迪的时候在杂货店买了染料。 店员说他会给我打折，因为我只有50美分，而它要75美分。 我按照说明做了，用完了整瓶，但当我看到我头发的颜色时——哦，玛丽拉，我该怎么办呢？”“我很高兴你看到你的愚蠢给你带来了什么，安妮。” 玛丽拉

patted her gently on the back. "You really must think things through more carefully." She set about washing Anne's hair. She tried several times but the color didn't change. Poor Anne exclaimed, "I will never live this down! I am the unhappiest girl in Prince Edward Island!" Anne was inconsolable. She stayed home from school and washed her hair every day. Only Diana knew her secret, but kept her word and told no one. Finally, Marilla decided that the only solution was to cut her hair. This made Anne very sad. But she knew Marilla was right. "Please cut it off at once, Marilla. Oh, I feel that my heart is broken. This is such an unromantic affliction. Girls in books lose their hair in fevers or sell it to get money for some good deed. There is nothing comforting in having your hair cut off because you've

轻轻地拍了拍她的背。 “你真的必须更仔细地考虑事情。” 她开始给安妮洗头。 她试了几次，但颜色没有改变。 可怜的安妮惊呼道：“我永远不会忘记这件事！我是爱德华王子岛最不幸的女孩！”安妮伤心欲绝。 她每天不上学呆在家里洗头。 只有黛安娜知道她的秘密，但她信守诺言，没有告诉任何人。 最后，玛丽拉决定，唯一的解决办法就是把头发剪短。 这使安妮非常伤心。但她知道玛丽拉是对的。 “请马上把它剪掉，玛丽拉。 哦，我觉得我的心都碎了。 这是一种不浪漫的痛苦。 书里的女孩会在发烧的时候掉头发或者卖头发来换钱做善事。 剪掉头发没什么好安慰的，因为你已经