7 Here Comes Naughty Nan

CHAPTER 7 Here Comes Naughty Nan One day when Dan had been gone for almost a month, Jo met Father Bhaer after school and said, "I have an idea." Father Bhaer smiled. "Well, my dear, what is it?" "Daisy needs a friend to play with. You know that as well as I do, and I think the boys have

第七章淘气的奶妈来了一天，丹已经走了将近一个月了。放学后，乔遇到了巴尔神父，乔说：“我有个主意。” 巴尔神父笑了。“喂，亲爱的，是什么事？”“黛西需要一个朋友一起玩。 你和我一样清楚，我想孩子们也知道

been quite sad with Dan gone. We need to find a new student. The boys might be on better behavior if we have another girl around, so I think we should ask Nan Harding to stay." Father Bhaer laughed and said, "Naughty Nan?" "Yes," Jo insisted. "She's been running wild since her mother passed away. It would do the boys a world of good. I know her father would like her to come to Plumfield—I asked him the other day while I was in town." Father Bhaer bent his head and considered his wife. Jo continued, "I think it'll be good for Daisy as well. She's getting too prim and proper here by herself. And she'll help Nan not to be so wild." "That does make sense," Father Bhaer agreed. "My only worry is that Nan will turn into another firecracker like Dan." "So shall I tell Nan to come and stay?" Jo asked.

丹走了，我很伤心。 我们需要找一个新学生。 如果我们身边多一个女孩，男孩们可能会表现得更好，所以我想我们应该让南·哈丁留下来。” 巴尔神父笑着说：“淘气的奶妈？”“是的，”琼坚持说。 “自从她母亲去世后，她就一直疯疯癫癫的。 这对孩子们大有好处。 我知道她父亲希望她到普朗菲尔德来——那天我在城里的时候我问过他。” 巴尔神父低下头，打量着他的妻子。 琼接着说：“我想这对黛西也有好处。 她一个人在这里太拘谨了。 她会帮助南不要那么狂野。” “这确实说得通，”巴尔神父表示赞同。 “我唯一担心的是南会变成另一个像丹一样的爆竹。” “那我要不要叫南过来住？”乔问。

"Of course, dear, of course!" The next day Jo returned to Plumfield with more than her usual packages from town. A small ten-year-old girl jumped down from the wagon and burst into the house shouting, "Hello, Daisy! Where are you?" Daisy came out to greet her guest. "I'm here to stay," Nan shouted. "Papa says I must, and your aunt came to carry me away, and my box comes tomorrow, and isn't it great fun?" Daisy nodded slowly and watched as Nan danced around her. Daisy asked quietly, "Did you bring your big doll?" "Oh, yes. She's around somewhere, and I even brought you this bracelet that I wove just 'cause I know we didn't part on the best of terms when I was here last. But all that's going to change now that I'm here full-time. It's going to be grand." Daisy thanked Nan for the friendship bracelet, and Nan shouted, "Let's go see the boys out in the barn!"

“当然，亲爱的，当然！”第二天，琼从城里带了比平常更多的包裹回到了普卢姆菲尔德。 一个十岁的小女孩从马车上跳下来，冲进屋里喊道：“你好，黛西！你在哪儿？”黛西出来迎接她的客人。 “我要留在这里，”南喊道。 “爸爸说我必须去，你姨妈来把我带走了，明天我的箱子就到了，这不是很有趣吗？”黛西慢慢地点了点头，看着南在她周围跳舞。 黛西平静地问：“你把你的大娃娃带来了吗？”“哦,是的。 她就在附近，我还给你带来了我编织的手镯，因为我知道上次我在这里的时候我们的关系不太好。 但这一切都将改变，因为我现在是全职员工。 这将是一场盛大的婚礼。”黛西感谢南送的友谊手镯，南喊道：“我们去看看谷仓里的孩子们吧！”

With that, Nan skipped off, swinging her hat with such might that it broke off from its strings and was left behind where it landed in the grass. Daisy followed reluctantly behind her. "Hullo, boys!" Nan shouted. "I'm going to stay!" The boys cheered as she came up to stand beside Tommy, who was sitting on the fence trying very hard not to cry. A ball and bat were on the grass beneath his feet. Nan shoved him a little on the shoulder. "Come on, I'll play. I can hit the ball pretty far, and it's a nice day for it. What's wrong with you?" "We're not playing anymore. The ball hurt my hand," Tommy sniffed. "I don't cry about anything. It's babyish," Nan said. Tommy sniffed again and said, "Go and pick a bunch of nettles then, if you're so strong." "I will," Nan said as she stomped over to a

说着，南蹦蹦跳跳地跑开了，她使劲地甩着帽子，结果帽子从绳子上掉了下来，落在了草地上。 黛西不情愿地跟在她后面。 “喂,小伙子们!”南喊道。 “我要留下来！”当她走过来站在汤米身边时，男孩们欢呼起来，汤米正坐在篱笆上，努力忍住不哭。 他脚下的草地上有一个球和球棒。 南轻轻地推了推他的肩膀。 “来吧，我来玩。我能把球打得很远，而且今天是个打球的好天气。 你怎么了？”“我们不再玩了。 球弄伤了我的手，”汤米闻着鼻子说。 “我不会为任何事情哭泣。 这太幼稚了，”南说。汤米又闻了闻，说：“既然你这么强壮，就去摘一束荨麻吧。” “我会的，”南边说边跺着脚走到一个

nettle plant, grabbed it, and held on for dear life regardless of the sting. "Pooh, you're just used to it," Tommy said. "Now go and run your head into the barn, then you'll cry." Nan did just that, and her head hit the barn with such a crack that Tommy thought for sure she would cry. But when Nan stood back up, her face was dry. The boys just stood and stared. They didn't know whether to be shocked or impressed, for who runs their head into a barn? "Ho, I don't mind, because I ain't a little girl, and it didn't hurt much." Nan pressed her hand to her forehead where a terrible bruise had already started to form. Just then the dinner bell rang, and all the children trooped back to the house. When Father Bhaer asked for Nan's hand so he could say grace, she told him that it hurt too much. Before long, the whole story of the nettles and the barn came out. Father Bhaer looked to

荨麻，抓住它，并抓住了宝贵的生命，不顾刺。 “呸，你只是习惯了，”汤米说。 “现在去把你的头冲进谷仓，然后你会哭的。” 南照做了，她的头撞在谷仓上，发出一声巨响，汤米以为她肯定要哭了。 但当南站起来时，她的脸是干的。 男孩们只是站在那里盯着看。 他们不知道是震惊还是感动，因为谁会把头撞进谷仓呢？ “噢，我不介意，因为我不是小女孩，而且也不怎么疼。” 南用手捂住额头，那里已经开始形成一块可怕的瘀伤。 就在这时，吃晚饭的铃响了，所有的孩子都成群结队地回到了家里。 当巴尔神父向南伸出手祈祷时，她告诉他这太疼了。 不久，荨麻和谷仓的整个故事就讲出来了。 巴尔神父看了看

his wife with a smile in his eyes and said, "Perhaps this is one for you to handle." Jo smiled at the boys and said, "Do you know why I asked Nan to come to school here?" "To torture me," Tommy said. "No, to help make little gentlemen out of you. I think you've shown that you do need it, after all." Tommy bent his head down over his plate as Demi shouted, "How can she help us? She's such a tomboy!" Jo answered, "That's just it—she needs as much help as you do." "Will she become a gentleman, too?" Jo's son, Rob, asked. Tommy laughed and said, "You'd like that, wouldn't you, Nan?" Nan's hand and head hurt, and for a moment she thought she should have shown her courage in other ways. "No, I wouldn't! I hate boys." Jo laughed. "Well, I'm sorry if you do hate

他的妻子眼中带着微笑说：“也许这件事你来处理吧。” 乔微笑着对男孩们说：“你们知道我为什么叫南来这里上学吗？”“折磨我，”汤米说。 “不，是为了把你们培养成小绅士。 我认为你已经表明了你确实需要它。” 汤米低下头看着盘子，黛米喊道：“她怎么能帮我们？” 她真是个假小子！”乔回答说：“就是这样——她和你一样需要帮助。” “她也会成为一个绅士吗？”乔的儿子罗布问道。 汤米笑着说：“你会喜欢的，是不是，南？”南的手和头都痛了，有那么一会儿，她想她应该用其他的方式来显示她的勇气。 “不，我不愿意！”我讨厌男孩。” 乔笑了。“好吧，如果你讨厌我，我很抱歉