MOTHER, I do want to leave off my lessons now. I have been at my book all the morning.
妈妈，我真想现在不做功课了。我整个早晨都在念书呢。
You say it is only twelve o'clock. Suppose it isn't any later; can't you ever think it is afternoon when it is only twelve o'clock?
你说，现在还不过是十二点钟。假定不会晚过十二点罢；难道你不能把不过是十二点钟想象成下午么？
I can easily imagine now that the sun has reached the edge of that rice-field, and the old fisher-woman is gathering herbs for her supper by the side of the pond.
我能够容容易易地想象：现在太阳已经到了那片稻田的边缘上了，老态龙钟的渔婆正在池边采撷香草作她的晚餐。
I can just shut my eyes and think that the shadows are growing darker under the madar tree, and the water in the pond looks shiny black.
