Neighbour Rosicky (Excerpt IX)《邻居罗西基》（节选九）

Mary very soon got into town to see Doctor Ed， and then she had a talk with her boys and set a guard over Rosicky. Even John， the youngest， had his father on his mind. If Rosicky went to throw hay down from the loft， one of the boys ran up the ladder and took the fork from him. He sometimes complained that though he was getting to be an old man， he wasn’t an old woman yet.

玛丽很快就到镇上见过了埃德医生，回来后跟孩子们谈过一次话，叫他们时时盯住罗西基。（剩余4790字）