13 Phronsie’s Big Adventure

CHAPTER 13 Phronsie's Big Adventure Phronsie settled right into life at the Kings's household. But each day, while Polly, Jasper, and the boys had their lessons, Phronsie had no one to play with. So, Mr. King made sure that Phronsie had a new doll each day. One day while Phronsie played tea party in the far corner of Marian's bedroom, Polly rushed in, waving a letter in the air. Phronsie overheard

第13章弗朗西的大冒险弗朗西在国王的家里安顿下来。 但每天，当波莉、贾斯帕和孩子们上课时，弗朗西却没有人陪她玩。 所以，金先生确保弗朗西每天都有一个新娃娃。 一天，弗朗西在玛丽安卧室的角落里玩茶话会，波莉冲了进来，在空中挥舞着一封信。 Phronsie听到

Polly say that she had forgotten to give Thomas, Mr. King's butler, her weekly letter to the Little Brown House to take to the post office. "Mamsie will be so disappointed, I can't bear it," Polly cried. "We'll send out the letter tomorrow, my dear," Marian said, putting down her sewing. "But she'll be expecting it tomorrow," Polly said, practically in tears. "Now, Polly, your mother wouldn't want you to be upset and miss your piano lesson over this. Leave the letter in the hallway, and Thomas will take it into town tomorrow for the morning mail," Marian said, comforting Polly. "I guess I must," Polly said, leaving to meet her music teacher in the drawing room for her piano lesson. Marian returned to her sewing. A thoughtful expression came over Phronsie's face. She kissed each of her dolls good-bye and pattered out the hallway and down the stairs. There, she found

波莉说她忘了把每周寄给布朗小房子的信交给托马斯，让他带去邮局。 波莉叫道：“玛西会很失望的，我受不了。” “我们明天把信寄出去，亲爱的，”玛丽安放下针线活说。 “可是她明天就等着我呢。”波莉说，几乎是哭了。 “波莉，你妈妈不会希望你因为这件事而心烦意乱，错过钢琴课的。 把信放在走廊里，托马斯明天早上会把它带到城里去送信。”玛丽安安慰波莉说。 “我想我必须去。”波莉说着，去客厅见她的音乐老师上钢琴课。 玛丽安继续做她的针线活。 弗朗西脸上露出沉思的表情。 她跟每个娃娃吻别，然后啪嗒啪嗒地走出走廊，走下楼梯。 在那里，她发现

the letter to Mamsie that Polly had been holding. "Mamsie will feel so bad when she doesn't get Polly's letter. I know the way to the post office. I've been there with Grandpa King," Phronsie said to herself. Phronsie picked up the letter and slipped out the door. Nobody saw the little girl going down the driveway. At the gate, she looked up and down the street trying to remember which way she had gone with Grandpa King. Phronsie started out and immediately turned down the wrong street, but she continued on and on, carefully holding the letter from Polly. At last, Phronsie reached the main street. She didn't come to the post office, so she kept on going. Phronsie kept turning, corner after corner, ducking out of the way of the crowds of people who were walking up and down the street. A woman carrying a big basket bumped into Phronsie. She knocked off Phronsie's bonnet, sending it into the middle of the coach-filled

波莉手里拿着的给玛西的信。 “如果玛姆西没有收到波莉的信，她会很难过的。 我知道去邮局的路。 我和金爷爷去过那里。”弗朗西自言自语道。 弗朗西拿起信，溜出了门。 没有人看见那个小女孩沿着车道走。 在门口，她上下打量着街道，试图回忆起她和金爷爷走的是哪条路。 弗朗西出发了，立刻拐错了路，但她小心翼翼地拿着波莉的信，继续往前走。 最后，弗朗西来到了大街上。 她没有到邮局，所以她继续往前走。 弗朗西不停地转弯，一个拐角接着一个拐角，躲开街上来来往往的人群。 一个提着大篮子的女人撞到了弗朗西。 她敲掉了弗朗西的帽子，把它扔到满车的马车中间

street. Without thinking, Phronsie ran into the middle of the road to get her bonnet. "Look out!" someone called. "Stop!" shouted another. The crowd gasped as a powerful pair of horses, whose driver could not stop them in time, came racing along the street, straight toward Phronsie. "The little girl will be killed!" cried someone from the crowd. Phronsie sprang between the horses' hooves and reached the curb on the other side of the street just in time! Phronsie fell into a crowd of men. "What's this?" asked a man as Phronsie bumped against him. "That was a narrow escape! This little girl was nearly killed a moment ago—careless driving," said another. "Bless me!" said a third. "Phronsie, is that

街。弗朗西想也没想就跑到路中间去拿她的帽子。 “小心！”有人喊道。 “停下！”另一个喊道。当两匹马力强劲的马沿着街道直奔弗朗西而来时，人们倒吸了一口气。车夫没能及时把它们停下。 “小女孩会被杀的！”人群中有人喊道。 弗朗西跳到了马蹄子之间，及时地来到了街道另一边的路沿上！弗朗西倒在一群人中间。 “这是什么？”当弗朗西撞到一个男人时，他问。 “好险啊！”刚才这个小女孩差点被撞死——粗心驾驶。”另一个人说。 “上帝保佑！”第三个人说。“是弗朗西吗？

you?" asked Mr. King. His face went deathly pale. "Grandpa!" Phronsie cried out. Without another word, Mr. King scooped up Phronsie into his strong arms as if he would never let her go. "What in heaven's name are you doing here, child?" Mr. King asked. Phronsie explained about Polly's letter to Mamsie. Mr. King shuddered at the thought of what could have happened to Phronsie. "Well, I'll make sure that Mamsie gets her letter, my child. Let's get you home safe and sound, now," Mr. King said tenderly, as he hailed a coach. When Mr. King arrived home with Phronsie, no one had realized she was gone! "How could this have happened?" Mr. King roared. He explained about Phronsie's near- escape under the hooves of the horses. Polly grew pale at the thought. She held

你呢？”金先生问。他的脸变得死一般苍白。 “爷爷!”弗朗西叫道。 金先生二话没说，把弗朗西抱在他强壮的手臂里，仿佛永远不会让她离开。 “你到底在这儿干什么，孩子？”金先生问。 弗朗西解释了波莉给玛西写信的事。 金先生一想到弗朗西可能发生的事，就不寒而栗。 “好吧，孩子，我一定让玛西收到她的信。 现在，让我们把你平安地送回家吧，”金先生温柔地说，同时招呼了一辆马车。 当金先生带着弗朗西回到家时，没有人意识到她不见了！“怎么会发生这种事？”金先生吼道。 他解释了弗朗西在马蹄声下差点逃脱的事。 波莉想到这里，脸色变得苍白。 她举行

Phronsie close in her lap. "I don't care about doing lessons. I'll never let you out of my sight again," Polly promised. "It's okay, Polly," Phronsie said, patting Polly's cheek. "Mamsie will get her letter. You'll see. Grandpa will take care of it." "Oh, Phronsie!" Polly cried, hugging her tight. Mr. King realized how much both little girls needed and missed their mother. So, Mr. King came up with another plan, and he wrote it in a letter to Mrs. Pepper. Several nights later, when the rest of the house was asleep, Phronsie woke up suddenly. She heard a noise downstairs. "Grandpa!" Phronsie thought to herself. "I want to see Grandpa."

弗朗西依偎在她的膝上。 “我不在乎做什么功课。 我再也不会让你离开我的视线了。”波莉保证道。 “没关系，波莉。”弗朗西拍拍波莉的脸颊说。 “玛西会收到她的信的。 你会看到。爷爷会照顾它的。” “哦,Phronsie !”波莉叫道，紧紧地抱住她。 金先生意识到两个小女孩是多么需要和想念她们的母亲。 所以，金先生想出了另一个计划，他在给佩珀太太的信中写了这个计划。 几个晚上后，当房子里的其他人都睡着了，弗朗西突然醒了。 她听到楼下有声音。 “爷爷!”弗朗茜心里想。 “我想见爷爷。”