長腿叔叔

最近再次回味讀了書中幾篇，即使書已看過幾遍，還是會被Judy樂觀有趣的信逗得開心，被內容引發微笑。。

下面這篇是她剛進入大學，各式各樣的新鮮事讓她急於找人分享，怕叔叔嫌她煩所以承諾短時間內不會再寫信打擾他。

Dear Daddy-Long-Legs,

I'm in the basket-ball team and you ought to see the bruise on my left shoulder.  It's blue and mahogany with little streaks of orange.  JuliaPendleton tried for the team, but she didn't get in.  Hooray!

You see what a mean disposition I have.

College gets nicer and nicer.  I like the girls and the teachers and the classes and the campus and the things to eat.  We have ice-cream twice a week and we never have corn-meal mush.

You only wanted to hear from me once a month, didn't you?  And I've been peppering you with letters every few days!  But I've been so excited about all these new adventures that I MUST talk to somebody; and you're the only one I know.  Please excuse my exuberance; I'll settle pretty soon.  If my letters bore you, you can always toss them into the wastebasket.  I promise not to write another till the middle of November.

                   Yours most loquaciously,
                                           Judy Abbott

線上閱讀(英文版):

Daddy Long Legs
/Jean Webster