I don't remember whether I cried at that moment, but my sisters did. They ran with me back to my bed, and there we all cried till I became indignant. That helped some. I got up, dressed, and driving my sisters away趕跑, I went out alone into the stable, and there, all by myself, I wept. My mother came out to me and she tried to comfort me. But I wanted no comfort. She left me and went on into the house with sharp words for my father.
My sisters came to me, and I was rude. I ran away from them. I went around to the front of the house, sat down on the steps, and, the crying over, I ached. I was wronged, I was hurt. And my father must have been hurt, too, a little. I saw him looking out of the window. He was watching me or something for an hour or two, drawing back the curtain so little lest I catch him, but I saw his face, and I think I can see now the anxiety upon on it, the worried impatience.
After an hour or two, I caught sight of a
NEW WORDS
miserable n. misery
a. causing unhappiness; very unhappy 悲慘的
merry
a. cheerful, full of lively happiness, fun, etc. 歡樂的，愉快的
pony
n. a small horse 矮種馬；小馬
boot
n. 長統靴
candy
n. (AmE) sweets 糖果
sticking
n. 長（統）襪
chimney
n. 煙囪
eve
n. 前夕
fireplace
n. 壁爐
mixed-up
a. (different things) put together 混合的，混雜的
limp
a. soft; not stiff or firm 軟的；松沓的
kneel knelt
v. go down or remain on the knee(S) 跪下
indignant
a. angry at sth. unfair 氣憤的；憤慨的
stable
n. building for keeping and feeding animals, esp. horses 馬廄 adj.穩定，平穩
weep
v. cry 哭泣；流淚
rude n. rudeness
a. not at all polite 粗魯的，不禮貌的
wrong
vt. treat unjustly 委屈
curtain
n. 窗簾
lest +虛擬
conj. for fear that+虛擬 唯恐，以免 =in case……not
anxiety
n. fear caused by uncertainty about sth. 焦慮
impatience
n. inability to wait calmly 不耐煩，急躁
patience