Anne of Green Gables. Аня из Зелёных Крыш. Адаптированная книга на английском языке.

Cuthbert, tell me if you are going to keep me or not.”

“You forgot to wash the towel[59 - [?ta??l] – полотенце],” said Marilla. “Please do that and don’t ask any questions.”

Anne washed the towel, came to Marilla and asked her question again.

“Matthew and I decided to keep you. But you need to be a good girl.”

Anne started crying and said she was happy. She told she would do her best. “How should I call you? Mrs. Cuthbert?” asked Anne.

“No, you can just call me Marilla.”

“Marilla, do you think I will have a friend in Avonlea?”

“There’s a girl called Diana, she’s about your age and she lives not far from school.

You might be friends. But you need to be a good girl and don’t talk foolish[60 - [?fu?l??] – глупые] things. Her aunt won’t let Diana play with a girl who isn’t nice.”

“What’s Diana like? Her hair isn’t red, is it?” asked Anne.

“Diana is a very pretty little girl. She has black eyes. She’s good and smart. It will be good for you to have a real friend, so you stop your daydreaming.

”

“I’m glad she’s pretty. Oh, look, there’s a bee. If I wasn’t a girl, I would like to be a bee.”

“Yesterday you wanted to be a seagull,” sniffed[61 - [sn?f] – фыркнуть] Marilla. “Now, stop talking, go to your room, learn the prayer[62 - [pre?] – молитва] and stay there until I call you to help me with tea.”

Exercise: Match the words.

towel

seagull

to sniff

to daydream

foolish

Chapter 9

Anne spent two weeks at Green Gables and then Marilla’s friend, Mrs.

Rachel came to visit them.

Mrs. Rachel told Marilla every detail about the flu[63 - [flu?] – грипп] she had had. Then she finally asked about what she came for.

“I’ve heard about you and Matthew. I’ve heard about the mistake with the boy. Couldn’t you send that girl back?” she asked.

“I think we could, but we decided not to. She has her faults, but I like her and she’s a real bright little thing,” answered Marilla.

Marilla asked Anne to come and see her friend.

Anne came running after her walks in the garden, her face red, freckles[64 - [?frekl] – веснушка] more than ever and hair redder than ever before.

“Well, they didn’t pick you for your looks, that’s for sure[65 - тебя приютили не из-за красоты, это уж точно],” was Mrs. Rachel’s comment. She was famous for telling what she wanted without any fear. “Marilla, she’s so skinny and her hair is like carrots! Come here little child… so many freckles!”

Anne came to Mrs.