11 Polly Takes a Trip

CHAPTER 11 Polly Takes a Trip The Peppers tried their hardest to figure out a way to thank Jasper and his father for what they had done. Ben and the little boys sent handmade boxes and carvings. Polly and Phronsie baked little cakes and decorated them with Polly's flowers. All winter, letters filled with messages from the Peppers and news from Jasper flew back and forth between the two

第十一章波莉出门了小辣椒们想尽办法感谢贾斯帕和他父亲所做的一切。 本和小男孩们送来手工制作的盒子和雕刻品。 波莉和弗朗西烤了小蛋糕，用波莉的花装饰。 整个冬天，珀珀家的信和贾斯帕的消息在两人之间飞来飞去

houses. "There's just no way to thank him properly, Mamsie," Polly said, with her bird Cherry perched on her shoulder. "I can hardly wait till summer when Jasper comes back." "Write him a letter all by yourself and tell him so, Polly," Mrs. Pepper said. "Jasper and Ben write ever so much better than I do, Mamsie," Polly worried. "Well, someday soon we'll have enough money to send Ben to a proper school. Then we'll save up some more and send you, too," Mrs. Pepper vowed, bending her head over her sewing. Polly was quiet. "What's wrong, Polly?" Mrs. Pepper asked, looking up from her work. "Well, if Ben goes to school and learns about everything first—will he be ashamed of me because of all the things I don't know?" Polly asked slowly, her lips trembling.

房屋。波莉说，她的小鸟“樱桃”停在她的肩膀上。 “我都等不及夏天贾斯珀回来了。” “你自己给他写封信，告诉他，波莉，”佩珀太太说。 “贾斯帕和本比我写得好多了，玛姆西。”波莉担心地说。 “好吧，总有一天我们会有足够的钱送本去一所像样的学校。 然后我们再存一些，把你也送过去。”佩珀太太发誓说，低下头做针线活。 波莉沉默了。“怎么了，波莉？”佩珀太太停下手头的工作，抬起头来问道。 “嗯，如果本去学校，先学会所有的东西，他会因为我不知道的事情而为我感到羞耻吗？”波莉嘴唇颤抖着，慢慢地问。

"Of course not, Polly, dear," Mrs. Pepper said, biting off a loose thread. Then Mrs. Pepper returned to her sewing with great energy, as if the faster she sewed, the faster Polly would be able to go to proper school with Ben. Meanwhile, at Jasper's house, things were in an uproar. Jasper, his older sister Marian, and her sons, Van, Percy, and Dick, were pleading with Mr. King to arrange their summer plans. Jasper had told sister and his nephews all about Polly and the rest of the Peppers. They were as eager to meet the Peppers as Jasper was to see them again. "I simply do not want to go anywhere this summer," Mr. King grumbled. "We have a perfectly lovely home, and I should like to stay and enjoy it," he said. Jasper looked so sad, that kind-hearted Marian felt she had to do something. "Why not invite one of the children to stay with us?" she

“当然不会，波莉，亲爱的。”佩珀太太说着，咬掉了一根松线。 然后，佩珀太太又以极大的精力重新开始缝纫，好像她缝得越快，波莉就能越快地和本一起去正规的学校。 与此同时，在贾斯帕的家里，一切都在骚动。 贾斯帕和他的姐姐玛丽安，还有她的儿子凡、珀西和迪克，正在恳求金先生安排他们的暑假计划。 贾斯帕把波莉和其他珀珀一家的事都告诉了妹妹和他的侄子们。 他们渴望见到佩珀一家，就像贾斯帕渴望再次见到他们一样。 “今年夏天我哪儿都不想去，”金抱怨道。 “我们有一个非常可爱的家，我想留下来享受它，”他说。 贾斯帕看起来很伤心，好心的玛丽安觉得她必须做点什么。 “为什么不邀请一个孩子和我们一起住呢？”她说

suggested. "How about Ben?" "I want Polly," Jasper pouted. He sounded just like Phronsie when Jasper and Prince rescued her from the nasty organ man. "Father? May Polly Pepper come to stay with us a while?" Jasper asked. Mr. King looked sharply down his nose over his eyeglasses at Jasper. He was surprised at how pale and thin the boy looked. Perhaps it might do him some good to have the girl here, Mr. King thought to himself. "Please, Father?" Jasper begged. Grumbling, Mr. King set aside his newspaper and said, "Fine. We'll send for the girl. I'll write the letter to Mrs. Pepper myself. Tell Thomas he can take the letter with the afternoon mail." Mr. King set about writing a long letter. In it, he outlined a plan for Polly to live with the Kings for the whole school year and get an education. There would be music lessons, French lessons, reading, writing, and math lessons. Polly

建议。“本怎么样？”“我要波莉。”贾斯帕噘嘴说。 他的声音听起来就像贾斯帕和普林斯把弗朗西从讨厌的管风琴人手里救出来时的声音。 “父亲?波莉·佩珀能来和我们住一会儿吗？”贾斯帕问道。 金先生从眼镜上方严厉地俯视着贾斯帕。 他惊讶地发现那个男孩看起来如此苍白和消瘦。 也许把这姑娘留在这儿对他有好处，金先生心里想。 “请父亲吗?”贾斯帕恳求。 金先生抱怨着，把报纸放在一边，说：“好吧。 我们会派人去找那个女孩。我将亲自给佩珀太太写信。 告诉托马斯，他可以把这封信和下午的邮件一起带走。” 金先生着手写一封长信。 在信中，他概述了一个计划，让波莉整个学年都和金一家住在一起，接受教育。 有音乐课、法语课、阅读、写作和数学课。 波利

would receive everything that Mr. King provided for his very own son. Three-quarters of an hour later, the letter was ready. But, Polly didn't come! A polite letter of thanks from Mrs. Pepper did. In the letter, Mrs. Pepper stiffly explained that she could not accept such an enormous favor. Mr. King stormed and fussed, begged and pleaded. Kind-hearted Marian sent her own gentle letter to Mrs. Pepper. Still she would not let Polly come. It was only when Mr. King wrote that Jasper was in failing health and that only Polly could cheer him up that Mrs. Pepper agreed that Polly really must go. Now it was her turn to help Jasper. The news that Polly was moving to a big city spread quickly through Badgertown. On the day Polly was supposed to leave, all

会得到金先生给他儿子提供的一切。 三刻钟后，信准备好了。 但是，波莉没有来！佩珀太太一封礼貌的感谢信就做到了。 佩珀太太在信中生硬地解释说，她不能接受这么大的恩惠。 金先生暴跳如雷，满腹牢骚，苦苦哀求。 好心的玛丽安也给佩珀太太写了一封温柔的信。 她还是不让波莉来。 直到金先生写信说贾斯帕身体不好，只有波莉才能使他振作起来，佩珀太太才同意波莉一定要去。 现在轮到她帮助贾斯帕了。 波莉要搬到大城市去的消息很快在獾镇传开了。 就在波莉要离开的那天

her good friends were there to help load her trunk onto the stagecoach and see her off. Everyone was happy for her. Everyone except Polly herself! When the time came to go, Polly burst into tears. "I can't," Polly said, trembling and pale. "I can't leave Mamsie with all the work." "But don't you see, dear," Mrs. Henderson said kindly, taking Polly aside. "You will be helping your mother twice as much if you get a good education." "Oh, Polly, if you give this up, there will never be another chance," Ben said, his voice choked with tears. "But it isn't right," Polly said. Finally, Mrs. Pepper spoke up. She put her hands on Polly's shoulders. There was a look on her face that Polly had never seen before. "Polly, my dear, if you don't go and learn as much as you possibly can, I think my heart will

她的好朋友在那里帮她把箱子搬上公共马车，送她离开。 每个人都为她感到高兴。 除了波莉自己！到了临走的时候，波莉哭了起来。 “我不能。”波莉说，浑身发抖，脸色苍白。 “我不能把所有的工作都留给玛西。” “可是你不明白吗，亲爱的，”汉德森太太亲切地说，把波莉拉到一边。 “如果你接受了良好的教育，你将会给你母亲带来双倍的帮助。” “哦，波莉，如果你放弃了，就再也没有机会了。”本说，他的声音被泪水哽咽了。 “但这是不对的。”波莉说。 最后，佩珀太太开口了。 她把手放在波莉的肩膀上。 她脸上有一种波莉从未见过的神情。 “波莉，亲爱的，如果你不去尽可能多地学习，我想我的心会的