Inside the box, Sunee saw something uncommon. It was a red silk umbrella. She had never seen anything like it! "Shipping a package overseas used to take a lot of time," said Grandmother "Packages traveled by train and ship. It could take many months to get a package from across the ocean. How long did your package take to arrive?"

在盒子里，苏尼看到了一些不寻常的东西。那是一把红色的绸伞。她从来没有见过这样的东西！“过去寄一个包裹到海外要花很多时间，”祖母说，“包裹要乘火车和轮船。大洋彼岸收到包裹可能需要好几个月的时间。你的包裹花了多长时间到达？”

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I sat down in the streetcar — and there against the seat was a beautiful silk umbrella with a silver handle inlaid with gold and necks of bright enamel.

我在有轨电车里坐下来，发现座位边有一把漂亮的丝质伞，银把手上面还镶嵌着金子和亮丽的小片珐琅。

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You are just as likely to have one on the day after you have come into a large fortune as on the day after you have left your new silk umbrella in the train.

你只是很有可能在你获得一大笔财产之后的这一天有这种感觉，正如在你把新的丝绸伞落在火车上的后一天一样。

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The priestess glowers under a red silk umbrella.

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In search of an umbrella, she ducked into a kimono shop and in a corner she discovered some beautiful earrings crafted from kimono silk scraps.

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