《小妇人》第12期_第3章 劳伦斯家的男孩(2)

　　'Should they smoke like that？'asked Beth．
　　'It's the wetness drying，'said Jo．
　　'What a strange burning smell！'said Amy．
　　'I'll take the papers off now，'said Jo，'and you'll see lots of little curls．
　　She took the papers off-and，to her horror，the burnt hair came off with them！
　　'Oh，oh！What have you done to my hair！'cried Meg．
　　'I always get things wrong，'said Jo unhappily．'I'm so sorry．I suppose the tongs were too hot．'
　　Don't worry，'Amy told Meg， who was crying．'Just tie your ribbon so that the ends come on to your forehead a little，and it will look quite fashionable．'
　　At last，Meg and Jo were ready and went off to the Gardiners'house where Mrs Gardiner welcomed them kindly．Meg immediately began to enjoy herself with Sallie，but Jo wasn't interested in girlish talk and stood with her back carefully against wall，watching the dancing．Soon Meg was asked to dance，then Jo saw a big red-haired boy coming towards her and she quickly went through a door into a small room．Unfortunately， another shy person was already hiding there and she found herself looking at the'Laurence boy'．

“它们应该像这样冒烟吗？”白丝问。
　　“这是湿头发正在干燥。”琼答道。
　　“像是烧焦的味道！”艾米说。
　　“我现在就把纸拿下来，”琼说，“你们就会看到许多的小卷。”
　　她把纸拿了下来——令她惊骇的是，烧焦的头发随之显露了出来！
　　“噢，噢！你对我的头发干了什么？”麦格哭了。
　　“我总是把事情弄糟，”琼沮丧地说，“真抱歉。我想是夹子太烫了。”
　　“别着急，”艾米对正在哭泣的麦格说，“把发带系上，这样发梢就会靠近额头一些，看上去很时髦。”
　　最后，麦格和琼总算准备好了。她们到了加迪那家，受到了加迪那太太友好的欢迎。麦格马上就跟萨丽玩了起来，可琼对女孩子婆婆妈妈的谈话不感兴趣，于是，她小心地倚墙而立，观看着舞会。不久麦格就被邀请去跳舞，琼看到一个红头发男孩正向她走来，她就迅速通过一扇门溜进一间小屋子。不幸的是，另一个怕羞的人已经躲在了那里面，她发现她眼前面对的是“劳伦斯家的男孩”。