Oh, if pa would only come home! She could not endure the suspense another moment. She looked impatiently. Down the road again, and again she was disappointed.

噢，只要爸爸回来就好了！她一刻也不能再忍受这焦虑了。她又一次焦急地看看大路尽头，又一次失望了。

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She wants to, but Pa says he's too dangerous.

她想骑的，但是爷说骑那匹太危险了。

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She looked at Pa sitting on the bench by the hearth, the firelight gleaming on his brown hair and beard and glistening on the honey-brown fiddle.

她看见爸爸坐在灶台旁的长凳上；火光照亮了他的棕色头发和胡子、在蜜褐色小提琴上一闪一闪。

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