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CHAPTER X. A SURPRISE FOR MRS. SNOW
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The next time Pollyanna went to see Mrs. Snow, she found that lady, as at first, in a darkened room.
“It's the little girl from Miss Polly's, mother,” announced Milly, in a tired manner; then Pollyanna found herself alone with the invalid1.
“Oh, it's you, is it?” asked a fretful voice from the bed. “I remember you. ANYbody'd remember you, I guess, if they saw you once. I wish you had come yesterday. I WANTED you yesterday.”
“Did you? Well, I'm glad 'tisn't any farther away from yesterday than to-day is, then,” laughed Pollyanna, advancing cheerily into the room, and setting her basket carefully down on a chair. “My! but aren't you dark here, though? I can't see you a bit,” she cried, unhesitatingly crossing to the window and pulling up the shade. “I want to see if you've fixed2 your hair like I did—oh, you haven't! But, never mind; I'm glad you haven't, after all, 'cause maybe you'll let me do it—later. But now I want you to see what I've brought you.”
The woman stirred restlessly.
“Just as if how it looks would make any difference in how it tastes,” she scoffed3—but she turned her eyes toward the basket. “Well, what is it?”
“Guess! What do you want?” Pollyanna had skipped back to the basket. Her face was alight. The sick woman frowned.
“Why, I don't WANT anything, as I know of,” she sighed. “After all, they all taste alike!”
“This won't. Guess! If you DID want something, what would it be?”
The woman hesitated. She did not realize it herself, but she had so long been accustomed to wanting what she did not have, that to state off-hand what she DID want seemed impossible—until she knew what she had. Obviously, however, she must say something. This extraordinary child was waiting.
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invalid
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| n.病人,伤残人;adj.有病的,伤残的;无效的 | |
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fixed
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scoffed
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| 嘲笑,嘲弄( scoff的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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chuckled
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| 轻声地笑( chuckle的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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broth
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| n.原(汁)汤(鱼汤、肉汤、菜汤等) | |
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craved
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| 渴望,热望( crave的过去式 ); 恳求,请求 | |
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amazement
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contentedly
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tripe
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| n.废话,肚子, 内脏 | |
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inquiry
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| n.打听,询问,调查,查问 | |
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irritably
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raving
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| adj.说胡话的;疯狂的,怒吼的;非常漂亮的;令人醉心[痴心]的v.胡言乱语(rave的现在分词)n.胡话;疯话adv.胡言乱语地;疯狂地 | |
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awfully
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triumphantly
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| ad.得意洋洋地;得胜地;成功地 | |
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sarcastically
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| adv.挖苦地,讽刺地 | |
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blithely
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missionary
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| adj.教会的,传教(士)的;n.传教士 | |
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crutches
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dreary
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fore
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joyously
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proceeding
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attic
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scampering
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| v.蹦蹦跳跳地跑,惊惶奔跑( scamper的现在分词 ) | |
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cedar
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dispensing
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decided
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exultingly
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imminent
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inexplicable
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| adj.无法解释的,难理解的 | |
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gasped
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| v.喘气( gasp的过去式和过去分词 );喘息;倒抽气;很想要 | |
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