初见贝琪

字幕原文

As Tom passed Jeff Thatcher's house, he saw a new girl in the garden. 汤姆路过杰夫·撒切尔家时，他看到花园里有个新来的女孩。

She was lovely, with yellow hair and two long braids and a white summer dress. 她很可爱，一头金发，两条长长的辫子，穿着一条白色的夏日连衣裙。

In one moment, a girl named Amy Lawrence vanished from Tom's heart. 一瞬间，一个名叫艾米·劳伦斯的女孩从汤姆心里消失了。

He had thought he loved Amy with all his heart. 他曾以为自己全心全意地爱着艾米。

now she was like a stranger. 现在她就像个陌生人。

He watched this new angel in secret until he saw that she had noticed him. 他偷偷地看着这位新来的天使，直到发现她注意到了他。

Then he began to show off in all sorts of silly boyish ways. 然后他开始用各种傻气十足的男孩方式炫耀自己。

He wanted her to admire him. 他想让她崇拜自己。

He did dangerous tricks on the fence and balanced a straw on his nose. 他在篱笆上表演危险的特技，还在鼻子上平衡一根稻草。

He kept this up for a while, hoping she would stay. 他这样持续了一段时间，希望她能多待一会儿。

At last, the girls started toward the house. 最后，女孩们开始朝房子走去。

Tom felt a deep sadness as she reached the door. 当她走到门口时，汤姆感到一阵深切的悲伤。

But just before she went in, 但就在她进门前，

she tossed a flower over the fence, 她把一朵花扔过了篱笆，

a little purple pansy. 一朵小小的紫色三色堇。

Tom ran to the flower, then stopped. 汤姆跑到花旁边，然后停住了。

He pretended to look at something down the street. 他假装在看街上的什么东西。

Slowly, he moved closer to the pansy. 他慢慢地靠近了那朵三色堇。

At last, his bare foot rested on it, 最后，他的赤脚踩在了花上，

his toes closed around it, and he hopped away to a corner. 他的脚趾合拢夹住了它，然后他一蹦一跳地躲到角落里。

He quickly buttoned the flower inside his jacket, close to his heart. 他迅速把花扣进夹克里，紧贴着他的心。

He stayed by the fence until dark, hoping she would come again, but she did not. 他一直待在篱笆旁直到天黑，希望她能再来，但她没有出现。

In the end, he walked home slowly, his head full of dreams of love. 最后，他慢慢地走回家，脑海里充满了爱的梦想。