第82章 豌豆花 The Pea Blossom(第4/7 頁)

the two children, and it was not an easy thing to support both of them; but the good God helped me in my work, and took one of them to himself and provided for her.

現在我很想留著剩下的這個孩子，可我想她們是不該分開的，我生病的女兒很快也要到天上去找她姐姐了。”

Now I would gladly keep the other that was left to me, but I suppose they are not to be separated, and my sick girl will very soon go to her sister above.”

但生病的女孩依舊待在原地，一整天她都靜靜地、耐心地躺著，而她母親則外出幹活去了。

but the sick girl still remained where she was, quietly and patiently she lay all the day long, while her mother was away from home at her work.

春天來了，一天清晨，陽光明媚地透過那扇小窗戶照進來，把光線灑在房間的地板上。

Spring came, and one morning early the sun shone brightly through the little window, and threw its rays over the floor of the room.

就在母親要去幹活的時候，生病的女孩盯著窗戶最下面的一塊玻璃 ——“媽媽，” 她喊道，“從窗戶往裡偷看的那個綠色的小東西會是什麼呀？它在風中晃動呢。”

Just as the mother was going to her work, the sick girl fixed her gaze on the lowest pane of the window— “mother,” she exclaimed, “what can that little green thing be that peeps in at the window? It is moving in the the wind.”

母親走到窗戶邊，把窗戶半開著。

the mother stepped to the window and half opened it.

“哦！” 她說，“居然有一顆小豌豆在這裡生根發芽，長出綠葉來了。它怎麼會掉進這個裂縫裡的呢？嘿，現在這兒有個小花園能讓你解解悶兒了。”

“oh!” she said, “there is actually a little pea which has taken root and is putting out its green leaves. how could it have got into this crack? well now, here is a little garden for you to amuse yourself with.”

於是，生病女孩的床被挪得離窗戶更近了些，這樣她就能看到那株正在