An Old-Fashioned Girl - Chapter 4

"IT'S so wainy, I can't go out, and evwybody is so cwoss they won't play with me," said Maud, when Polly found her fretting ¹ on the stairs, and paused to ask the cause of her wails ²., ,"I'll play with you; only don't scream and wake your mother. What shall we play?", ,"I don't know; I'm tired of evwything, 'cause my toys are all bwoken, and my dolls are all sick but Clawa," moaned Maud, giving a jerk to the Paris doll which she held upside down by one leg in the most unmaternal manner., , ,"No, I should n't, 'cause she'll look nicer than my Clawa. Her clothes won't come off; and Tom spoilt'em playing ball with her in the yard.", ,"Would n't you like to rip these clothes off, and have me show you how to make some new ones, so you can dress and undress Clara as much as you like?", ,The old lady is always fretting over something unimportant. 那位老妇人总是为一些小事焦虑不安。,The child burst into loud wails. 那个孩子突然大哭起来 。