HILDA’S VISIT

 Hilda came over to the blue house one day. Jan’s mother was busy. She was washing her pretty blue dishes. She was all alone.

“Where is Jan?” asked Hilda.

“Jan has gone to town with Rink and the cart,” said Mother.

“Where is Katrina?”

“Katrina has gone over to the windmill to get water,” said Mother.

“She will be home soon.

 

“Come in, Hilda.”

So Hilda went in and sat down in Jan’s little red chair. “Katrina said she would come and play with me. I will wait for her,” said Hilda.

“Where are you going to play?” asked Mother.

“We are going to play by the canal¹,” said Hilda, “and Karl says he will take us to ride in the boat.”

“There is Katrina now,” said Mother. “See! she has two pails² of water. How careful she is! She does not spill³ a drop!”

Katrina was very glad to see Hilda. She set her pails of water on the broad shelf in the kitchen.

“Here is the fresh water, Mother,” she cried;[40] “now you can have a nice cool drink.”

 

Then she and Hilda ran away to play with Karl and Kassie down by the canal.

1 canal   

n.运河；水道；管；沟渠；vt.开运河

参考例句：

• South America is joined to North America by a canal.南美洲和北美洲由一条运河连在一起。
• The ship is sailing towards Europe through the Suez Canal.这条船正通过苏伊士运河驶往欧洲。

2 pails   

n.桶，提桶( pail的名词复数 )；一桶的量

参考例句：

• Families upstairs have to carry pails to the hydrant downstairs for water. 住在楼上的人家得提着水桶去楼下的水龙头打水。 来自互联网
• We brought some spades, pails and saplings with us. 同学们拿着铁锨、水桶和小树苗上路了。 来自互联网

3 spill   

n.溢出，溅出，涌出，摔下，暴跌，溢出量，木片，小塞子；vt.使溢出，使散落，洒

参考例句：

• The coffee is so full that it might spill over.咖啡太满可能会溢出来。
• He took a spill when he rode the horse.他骑马时从马上跌了下来。