她们正在招募新生篮球队，我要去争取这个机会。没错，我是长得很瘦小，不过我反应很敏捷，身体强壮，当其他人跳到半空中时，我可以从她们的脚底下抢到球。练球很有意思。下午，操场前满树红叶、黄叶，空气中充满了燃烧落叶的气味，大家又叫又笑的。这是我所见到的最快乐的女孩们了，而我是其中最快乐的一个。

I meant to write a long letter and tell you all the things I'm learning (Mrs. Lippett said you wanted to know), but 7th hour has just rung, and in ten minutes I'm due at the athletic field in gymnasium clothes. Don't you hope I'll get in the team?

本来打算写封长信跟您谈谈我的功课(李皮太太说过您想知道的)。不过第7堂课刚结束，再过10分种我就要换好运动服在空地上集合了。您希望我会入选吧？

Yours always, Jerusha Abbott

您永远的乔若莎•艾伯特

PS.

又及：

Sallie McBride just poked her head in at my door. This is what she said: 'I'm so homesick that I simply can't stand it. Do you feel that way?'

莎莉•麦克白刚才探头进来说：“我想家想得快受不了了，你呢？”

I smiled a little and said no; I thought I could pull through. At least homesickness is one disease that I've escaped! I never heard of anybody being asylum-sick, did you?

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