Jo put an arm around her sister．Now try it，Beth，she said．
琼用一只手臂搂住她的妹妹。现在就试试，白丝，她说。
Beth sat down and began to play，
白丝坐下来开始弹琴，
and everyone thought it was the most perfect piano they had ever heard．
每个人都认为这是她们听过的最好的钢琴。
Youll have to go and thank him，said Jo，with a smile，
你得去谢谢他，琼说，面带微笑。
knowing that Beth was much too shy to do anything like that．
她深知白丝太害羞了，肯定不会去做那种事。
But Beth surprised them all.Ill do it at once，she said bravely，
可白丝让大家都吃了一惊。我马上就去，她勇敢地说，
and away she walked，through the garden and into the big house next door．
然后她就走了，穿过花园，来到隔壁的大房子。
She went up to the old gentlemans study and knocked on the door．
她走到楼上老先生的书房，敲了敲门。
Come in，said Mr Laurence．
请进，劳伦斯先生说。
Beth went in．I came to say thank you，sir，she began，in her quiet little voice．
白丝走了进去。我来向您说声谢谢，先生，她开始用她那平静细小的声音说话。
But he looked so friendly that she ran and put both her arms around his neck and kissed him．
可他看上去如此慈详，她跑过去用双臂搂住他的脖子吻了他一下。
The old gentleman was so surprised that he nearly fell off his chair．
老先生太吃惊了，他几乎从他的椅子上掉了下来。
But he was very pleased indeed by that shy little kiss，and soon the two of them were talking like old friends．
可他实际上被那个羞涩的轻轻的吻弄得很高兴，不久他们俩就像老朋友一样地散步了。
Later，he walked home with Beth．
之后，他陪白丝走回家。
The girls，watching with great interest from the window,could not believe their eyes．
其他的孩子们从窗户中以极大的兴趣看着这一幕，简直不敢相信她们的眼睛。
Well，Meg said，I do believe the world is coming to an end！
哎，麦格说，我相信世界末日就要到了。
关于《小妇人》
《小妇人》是大众文学中的经典作品，全书贯穿了善良仁爱、追求道德完美的精神，歌颂了家庭的伦理观念和邻里间的助人为乐。
