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A MAY DAY PRINCESS
五一公主
Myrtle Jamison Trachsel
梅特尔·贾米森·特拉克塞尔
Philip Carey started out to make himself a desk.
菲利普·凯里开始要给自己做一张桌子。
He had been planning it for a long time.
他早就计划好了。
Then suddenly he changed his plans, and he and his chum, David, did a thing that made them very happy
然后他突然改变了计划，他和他的朋友大卫做了一件让他们非常高兴的事，
because they made someone else happy.
因为他们让别人高兴了。
At last Philip Carey had found the box he needed.
最后菲利普·凯里终于找到了他需要的箱子。
He delivered groceries all one Saturday afternoon to pay for it.
他整个星期六下午都在派送食品杂货，终于攒够了买箱子的钱。
Now the box was safely deposited in his back yard, and he and David, his chum, were admiring it.
现在这个箱子被安全地放在他的后院里，他和他的朋友大卫都很喜欢它。
“These four strong pieces and the corners will make the legs,” Philip said,
菲利浦说：“这四块结实的木块和四个角可以做成桌腿，”
“and the three sides will furnish enough boards for the rest.”
“这三面可以为桌子的其余部分提供足够的木板。”
All through the winter as Philip had worked in his manual-training class at school, he had thought of making a desk for his own room.
整个冬天，菲利浦一直在学校的手工训练课上努力学习，他曾想过为自己的房间做一张书桌。
He called up to his little sister, sitting by her window: “Hello, Margot. Isn’t this a dandy box?”
他对坐在窗边的妹妹喊道：“你好，玛戈特。这不是个漂亮的箱子吗？”
Margot turned her curly head and smiled down at him;
玛戈特转过头来，朝他笑了笑，
then her eyes strayed to the next yard, where Edgar Stone was painting his sister’s doll buggy.
然后她的目光转向了隔壁的院子，埃德加·斯通正在给他妹妹的玩具车上漆。
“I’m putting on two coats of flat paint and one of enamel,” Edgar had told the boys.
埃德加告诉男孩们：“我要涂两层平漆和一层搪瓷。”。
“My sister wants to be in the flower parade on May Day.
“我妹妹想参加五一花车游行。
She and Mother are making paper flowers for decorating the buggy.”
她和母亲正在做纸花装饰玩具车。”
Philip and David had scarcely heard this explanation when it was offered, but they thought of it as they noticed the wistful look in Margot’s eyes.
菲利浦和大卫刚听到这番解释，他们就想到了他们之前注意到玛戈特眼中流露出的渴望。
“Gee!” said David softly.
“哎呀！大卫轻声说。”
“I know Margot would like to be in the parade. But of course she can’t, poor kid.”
“我知道玛戈特想参加游行。但是她当然不能，可怜的孩子。”
