Matthew Cuthbert is Surprised
In one une of the 1 9th century
about 1 8 years ago,
on a boat heading towards Canada and Prince Edward IsIand, . . .
a red-haired girI . . .
prepares for her new Iife with a hopeful heart.
The story happens on this isIand, . . .
when an elderIy pair of siblings in 'Green Gable' .
decide to adopt a young boy
On the one hand, the older brother Matthew Cuthbert is neatIy attired ,
driving the carriage to Bright River station
to receive the boy
Matthew is not used to coming in contact with strangers, . . .
especiaIly strange beings like femaIes and girls!
Likely this is the reason he is single for over 60 years.
On the other hand, his sister MarilIa aIso remained single,
assisting her brother Matthew to maintain 'Green GabIe'.
They Iived peacefuIly every day.
MarilIa is working hard to prepare for the boy's arrivaI
As Mrs. RacheI Lynde watched the back of Matthew's carriage go off, . . .
she happiIy went to 'Green GabIe' to inquire from MariIla the happenings
What? Adopting a young boy?!
Yes, Mrs. Lynde!
But MariIla why the sudden decision?
You never mentioned anything to me before this?
Mrs Lynde, we have considered this matter for a Iong time.
Ever since Iast Christmas when we knew
Mrs Spencer was to adopt a girl from the orphan asylum .
But you have no need to do this?
You are both aIready advanced in age.
Mrs Lynde, it is because of this reason!
Brother is rather old , his heaIth is not as before
So if we adopted a teenage boy, . . .
not onIy can he heIp with Brother's work, . . .
we can also give him the warmth and proper education of a home
He wouId arrive today? Yes!
We have gotten Mrs Spencer's telegram notice.
The train is arriving .
Bright River Station !
Stationmaster!
Then wait patiently here for someone to fetch you !
Aunty!
Aunty, thank you!
SalIy be carefuI, be a good chiId !
Ok!
MarilIa, let me teIl you honestly, . . .
l feeI you are doing a dangerous thing .
You are bringing a strange child you know nothing of home!
I worry about this too.
But Mrs. Spencer is a reliable person,
and Brother feIt warmIy for this matter
MariIla don't you Iet your guard down
I heard a mere orphan girl
put strychnine in a weIl in New Brunswick
and murdered her adopted family!
And that's only a girI !
But we are not adopting a girI
Why wouId there be a girl!
Such wishfuI thinking .
Come to think of it, that chiId is quite pitifuI !
MariIla and Matthew cannot take care of children,
but are adopting one.
The 5:30 train .
You must be Mr. Cuthbert!
How late you are,
the train has left 30 minutes ago.
I cannot return home for dinner because I needed to wait for your arrival!
Then . then. .
Your guest has been waiting for long .
Look, she's sitting right there.
l asked her to wait at the carriage, . . .
but she says there's more room for creativity outside
What a strange girI !
GirI? You must be mistaken!
I haven't come to receive a girI
ActuaIly Spencer. .
lsn't that right? She's the one Mrs Spencer asked me to take care of.
Why is this so? I wanted a boy .
Maybe it was a mistake!
Why don't you ask the girI yourseIf.
Maybe they were out of boys?
l guess she can give you a definite answer
I have something eIse on ! !
PIease wait, I . . .
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You must be Mr. Matthew Cuthbert of 'Green GabIe'?
It realIy was you ! PIeased to meet you!
l was worrying what could have happened . . .
to have delayed you
lf you hadn't showed up tonight,
I would have gone to rest at that cherry tree there.
l wouIdn't be a bit afraid, . . .
and it wouId be lovely to sleep in a wild cherry-tree
aIl white with bloom in the moonshine, don't you think?
Like you were dwelIing in marbles haIls
l was quite sure you wouId come tomorrow,
if you didn't turn up tonight
l'm sorry l was Iate, Iet me take your bag
I can handIe this
AIthough my life fortune is inside, it isn't heavy at alI
And if mishandled , the strap wouId break
Look!
That's why, let me take it myself
This way?
l'm very glad you've come,
even if it wouId have been nice to sIeep in a wild cherry-tree.
But thank you anyway.
We've got to drive a Iong piece, haven't we?
l love driving
lt seems so wonderful that l'm going to Iive with you . . .
and belong to you.
I've never beIonged to anybody--not realIy.
Is that the one?
l dislike the orphan asyIum
It's terrible there,
no space for imagination at aIl.
OnIy orphans beside me.
l wouId imagine that the girl beside me was realIy the daughter of an earI,
who had been stoIen away in her infancy by a cruel nurse
who died before she couId confess.
lt's more interesting like this.
But I onIy have time at night, and not in the busy day
Perhaps because of my weak nature, I reaIly am weak!
ust skins and bones on me.
So I dream that I could fatten up, . . .
with some dimples on my face
Can we set off?
Yes! Thank you
I wiIl make myself Iook like a Iady.
Let's go!
The girI didn't seem to need to rest, so she kept talking in the journey
And Matthew was surprised he grew to Iike this girl
from his habit of disliking girls
Why are the roads here alI red?
WelI, l dunno
It's alI right. We can find the truth out Iater.
It must be boring to live if we knew everything .
Then there wouId be no room for imagination
Did I say too much?
Should l stop?
Please telI me if it is needed ,
l wilI stop.
Though it wilI be difficuIt.
Speak up alI you Iike, l don't mind
ReaIly? That's great!
l go aIong pretty welI with UncIe
People do find me very irritating .
They laugh at my exaggerated speech.
But if you had a good idea, . . .
you wouId express it in exaggeration, won't you?
lt should be so, it's rather normaI
I heard from Mrs. Spencer that Green GabIe' is surrounded by trees,
I was so happy. I reaIly Iove trees
There were onIy 2 or 3 weak trees in the asylum ,
in whitewashed cages, no different from the orphans
So l often telI those trees: . . .
Oh ! PitifuI trees! !
lf onIy you grew with the other trees in the forest,
with rivers around and birds singing on your branches, . . .
you wouId grow to be stronger
I felt very bad Ieaving them this morning .
ls there a river near 'Green Gable'? l forgot to ask Mrs. Spencer.
There is a smaIl one behind the house
That's great!
I aIways dreamt l couId Iive by the riverside, . . .
but never thought it wouId come true
Now it reaIly has
I finaIly feel truIy happy,
but not compIeteIy. Because. . .
What coIour do you think this hair is?
ls it not red?
Right! lt is red .
Now you see why I can't be compIeteIy happy.
l don't mind the other things - the freckIes, green eyes and my skinniness
l can imagine them away.
I can imagine
l have a beautiful rose-Ieaf compIexion and IoveIy starry violet eyes.
But l cannot imagine my red hair away.
I think to myseIf,
Now my hair is a gIorious bIack, as the raven's wing .
But aIl the time I know it is just plain red
and it breaks my heart
It wilI be my lifeIong sorrow.
l read of a girI once in a noveI . . .
who had a Iifelong sorrow Iike me
but it wasn't red hair.
She had golden hair.
Ah! ! Mr Cuthbert!
Mr Cuthbert!
Mr. Cuthbert! !
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Are you tired? Very hungry too?
We'Il arrive soon
Mr. Cuthbert, . . .
what was that white pIace we passed by just now?
You mean that appIe tree-laid avenue?
It realIy is a pretty place
Pretty? More than that, . . .
beautifuI' wouIdn't describe it wholIy. It's indescribable.
This is wonderful!
So wonderfuI it hurts here, Uncle do you feel so too?
Oh? I have no such feeling .
But l do!
l feeI Iike this when I see something beautiful.
But this place is just known as the Avenue. .
Right! Why not caIl it the 'White Way of Delight'?
Such an imaginative name!
White Way of Delight?
If l see a name or pIace l dislike,
I would give it new name
UncIe, you can caIl that the White Way of Delight' next time too!
But are we reaIly arriving?
Yes! ust about one more miIe
l'm gIad and l'm sorry.
I'm sorry because this drive has been so pleasant
and I'm always sorry when pleasant things end
Something stilI pIeasanter may come after,
but you can never be sure. Experience telIs me reaIity is often not so.
But l'm gIad to think of getting home.
I've never had a reaI home since l can remember
It gives me that pleasant ache again just thinking of it now
Matthew begins to sober up.
He wishes time couId stop,
that the girl may never find the truth out
The girI knows not his inner turmoil,
but basks dreamily in the sunset scene.
After the beautifuI Iake, Matthew finaIly returns to 'Green Gable'
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Marilla cuthbert is Surprised
Matthew cuthbert had intended to welcome his adopted boy at the station.
But there was a red-haired, skinny girl there instead.
How beautiful!
l didn't think l could see such a wonderful lake.
Why is the carriage trembling so much?
l really like this feeling.
Please stop here for a while?
That pear tree is like a girl clothed in white, ...
viewing her reflection upon the lake.
lt'll be late if we don't set off soon
Let's set off!
Goodnight, Mr. Lake of Shining Waters.
l say good night to my favourite things, ...
because l feel it would make them happy.
Look! That lake is like smiling in gratitude.
That's Barry's Pond.
But l feel 'Lake of Shining Waters' is more suitable.
Right! This is the kind of thrill.
l get a thrill when l think of a good name.
Do you get that too Uncle?
lt always kind of gives me a thrill to see them ugly white grubs...
that spade up in the cucumber beds. l hate the look of them.
Oh, l don't think that can be exactly the same kind of a thrill.
But why do other people call it Barry's pond?
l reckon because Mr. Barry lives up there in that house.
Green Gables' is right behind it.
Has Mr. Barry any little girls?
Well, not so very little either... about my size.
He's got one about eleven. Her name is Diana.
What a perfectly lovely name! Like the name of the moon goddess!
There's something dreadfully heathenish about it too!
We're pretty near home now. That's Green Gables over...
Oh, don't tell me please!
Let me guess.
l'm sure l'll guess right.
That's it, isn't it?
That's right!
But you should have heard of it from Mrs. Spencer?
No, not really. She didn't tell me anything about the house.
All she said might just as well have been about most other places.
But just as soon as l saw it, l felt it was home.
Oh, it seems as if l must be in a dream.
When a horrible feeling would come over me and l'd be afraid it was a dream.
My arm must be black and blue now, ...
for l've pinched myself so many times today.
But it lS real and we're nearly home.
Listen to the trees talking in their sleep.
What nice dreams they must have!
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Matthew cuthbert, who is she? Where is the boy?
There was no boy. There was only her.
No boy! But there MUST have been a boy.
We sent word to Mrs. Spencer to bring a boy.
There must have been a mistake somewhere.
But this girl was brought by Mrs. Spencer.
l've verified it with the stationmaster.
You didn't see Mrs. Spencer?
Well... because l was late...
So l brought her back.
What is going on here?
You don't want me!
You don't want me because l'm not a boy!
l might have expected it.
Nobody ever did want me.
l might have known it was all too beautiful to last.
Oh, what shall l do? l'm going to burst into tears!
The girl cried her heart out.
Matthew and Marilla looked deprecatingly at one another, ...
because they knew not what to do.
Finally Marilla stepped up.
Well, well, there's no need to cry so about it.
Yes, there is a need.
You would cry, too, Aunty.
lf you were an orphan and had come to a place you thought was going to be home...
and found they didn't want you because you weren't a boy. Aunty would cry too.
Don't cry anymore! You can stay for one night here.
Um... What is her name?
Well... l have yet to ask her.
What is your name?
Please call me cordelia.
call you cordelia? That is your name?
lt's not exactly my name, ...
but l would love to be called cordelia.
lt's such a perfectly elegant name.
l don't know what on earth you mean.
lf cordelia isn't your name, what is?
Anne Shirley.
But please do call me cordelia.
lt can't matter much to you what you call me...
if l'm not staying for long, can it?
And Anne is such an unromantic name.
Unromantic fiddlesticks!
Anne is a good name, you have no need to be ashamed of it.
l'm not ashamed of it, only l like cordelia better.
l often imagine that my name was cordelia.
When l was young l used to imagine it was Geraldine.
But if you call me Anne please call me Anne...
spelled with an E.
What difference does it make how it's spelled?
Oh, it makes SUcH a difference!
lt sounds so much nicer.
When you hear a name can't you see it in your mind, like it was printed out?
l can.
lf you'll only call me Anne spelled with an E...
l shall stop insisting on cordelia.
Very well, then, Anne spelled with an E, ...
can you tell us how this mistake came to be made?
Were there no boys at the asylum?
Oh, yes, there was an abundance of them.
But Mrs. Spencer said specifically you wanted a girl.
You don't know how delighted l was. You would never understand.
l couldn't sleep all last night for joy.
Why didn't you tell me at the station?
lf l hadn't seen the White Way of Delight...
and the Lake of Shining Waters...
it wouldn't be so hard.
What on earth does she mean?
She... she's just referring to...
some conversation we had on the road,
l'm going out to put the mare in, Marilla. Have tea ready when l come back
Did Mrs. Spencer bring anybody over besides you?
She brought Lily Jones for herself.
Lily is only five years old and she is very beautiful and had nut-brown hair.
lf l was very beautiful and had nut-brown hair would you keep me?
No. We want a boy to help Matthew on the farm.
A girl would be of no use to us.
Take off your hat. l'll lay it and your bag on the hall table.
Why won't you eat anything?
l can't.
l'm in the depths of despair.
can you eat when you are in the depths of despair?
l've never been in the depths of despair, so l can't say
Weren't you? Did you ever try to imagine about it then?
Never tried.
Then you wouldn't understand this feeling. A very uncomfortable feeling.
Like having a lump comes up in your throat, and you can't swallow anything.
Not even if it was a chocolate caramel.
l had one chocolate caramel once two years ago...
and it was simply delicious.
l've often dreamed since then that l had a lot of chocolate caramels, ...
but l always wake up just when l'm going to eat them.
l do hope you won't be offended because l can't eat.
Everything is extremely nice, but still l cannot eat...
l guess she's tired.
Best put her to bed, Marilla!
That's a good suggestion!
Do you have a nightgown?
l have two, ...
but they're fearfully skimpy. There's never enough of these in the asylum.
l hate skimpy night-dresses.
One can dream they're lovely trailing ones with frills around the neck, ...
that's one consolation.
Don't be spouting nonsense, quickly dress and go to bed!
l'll come back in a few minutes for the candle.
lf you did it yourself, you'd likely set the place on fire.
Good night
How could you say 'good night'?
You know it must be the very worst night l've ever had!
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This is what comes of sending word instead of going ourselves.
We'll have to drive over and see Mrs. Spencer tomorrow, that's certain.
This girl will have to be sent back to the asylum.
Yes, l suppose so.
You suppose so?
You should be doing it!
Well now, she's a real nice little thing, Marilla.
lt's kind of a pity to send her back when she's so set on staying here.
Matthew cuthbert, you don't mean to say you think we ought to keep her!
Well, now, no, l suppose not...
not exactly.
l suppose...
we could hardly be expected to keep her.
l should say not.
What good would she be to us?
We might be some good to her.
Matthew cuthbert, ...
has that child bewitched you?
Of course not. She was a really interesting child.
You should have heard her talk coming from the station.
Oh, she can talk fast enough.
lt's nothing in her favour, though.
l don't like talkative children, ...
and we don't need an orphan girl.
Right! We need to return her to where she came from.
l could hire a French boy to help me, ...
and she'd be company for you.
l'm not suffering for company. And l'm not going to keep her.
All right! Just as you wish.
l'm going to bed.
Gazing at the scene of the cherry bloom and dandelion outside the window, ...
Anne finally regained her happy heart.
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Morning at Green Gables
Red-haired girl Anne Shirley...
entered into Green Gables with hope.
But alas, Matthew and Marilla wanted a boy who could help out.
Therefore, Anne would be returned to the asylum...
Why aren't you dressed yet?
Oh, isn't it wonderful!?
lt's a big tree and it blooms great, ...
but the fruit don't amount to much never...small and wormy.
l don't mean just the tree.
Of course it's lovely.
it blooms as if it meant it.
but l meant everything, ...
the garden, orchard, brook and the woods, the whole big dear world.
Don't you feel as if you just loved the world on a morning like this?
l can hear the brook laughing all the way up here.
l'm so glad there's a brook near Green Gables.
Perhaps you think it makes no difference to me, ...
a mere visitor, but it does.
l'll always remember the brook at Green Gables even if l never see it again
Without a brook, l'd be haunted by the uncomfortable feeling.
l'm not in the depths of despair this morning.
l never can be in the morning.
lsn't it a splendid thing that there are mornings?
But l feel very sad.
l've just been imagining that...
it was really me you wanted after all and that l would be very happy!
But the worst of imagining things is that...
the time comes when you have to stop and that hurts.
That's really painful!
You'd better get dressed and never mind your imaginings.
Breakfast is waiting.
Wash your face and comb your hair.
Leave the window up, and the quilt there...
and be quick.
Good morning Uncle!
Good morning!
l'm pretty hungry this morning.
The world doesn't seem such a howling wilderness as it did last night.
l'm so glad it's a sunshiny morning.
But l like rainy mornings too.
No matter how the morning, ...
you don't know what's going to happen through the day, ...
and there's so much scope for imagination.
But l'm glad it's not rainy today...
because it's easier to bear up under affliction on a sunshiny day.
l must work hard.
lt's all very well to imagine yourself living through them heroically,
but it's not so nice when you really come to have them, is it?
For pity's sake hold your tongue.
You talk entirely too much for a little girl.
Breakfast's ready.
Anne kept silent during the meal, ...
yet because of that Marilla felt uncomfortable.
Matthew spoke nothing, as usual, so the breakfast was a quiet one.
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May l begin keeping them away?
Um! Let me help you wash them.
can you wash dishes right?
Pretty well.
l'm better at looking after children. But you haven't any for me to look after
l have no plans to keep another child, you alone give me a headache.
l really don't know what Matthew is thinking.
l think he's lovely. He is so very sympathetic.
He didn't mind how much l talked.
l felt that he was a kindred spirit as soon as ever l saw him.
You're both queer enough, if that's what you mean by kindred spirits.
Yes, you may wash the dishes.
l've got enough to attend to this morning.
l'll have to drive to White Sands this afternoon to see Mrs. Spencer.
You'll come with me and we'll see what went wrong.
After you've finished the dishes go upstairs and make your bed.
Yes.
lt's up to you now.
Aunty, leave it to me.
Your bedsheet are badly done compared to the dishes.
That's because l've never slept on such a comfortable bed.
Just slap it like this and it'll be done.
Really! can l try it?
After making your bed, you can go out to play until noon.
Aunty, can l really?
Remember to remove your dust and wipe the mud on your feet before coming in.
l'll be careful.
What's wrong?
l daren't go out.
lf l won't stay here, it would be pointless liking Green Gables even more.
lf i go out to play, ...
l'll definitely make friends with the trees, flowers and river, and like them.
lt's hard enough now, so l won't make it any harder.
l want to go out so much... everything seems to be calling to me,
Anne, Anne, come out to us.'
Anne, Anne, we want a playmate'
They're keeping calling me, ...
but it's better not.
lf l am to leave, ...
l should not be loving the things here.
That was why l was so glad...
when l thought l was to live here.
l thought l'd have so many things to love and nothing to hinder me.
But that brief dream is over.
l am resigned to my fate now, ...
so l don't think l'll go out for fear l'll get unresigned again.
What is the name of that geranium on the window-sill, please?
That's the apple-scented geranium.
Oh, l don't mean that sort of a name.
l mean just a name you gave it yourself.
Didn't you give it a name?
May l give it one then?
Let me see...Bonny would do...
may l call it Bonny while l'm here? Oh, do let me!
Goodness, l don't care. But where on earth is the sense of naming a geranium?
Even if they are only geraniums, a name makes them...
seem more like people.
Would it not be cold to call it a geranium and nothing else?
You wouldn't like to be called nothing but a woman all the time.
So l named that cherry-tree outside my bedroom window this morning.
l called it Snow Queen because it was so white.
Of course, it won't always be in blossom, ...
but one can imagine that it is, can't one?
l never in all my life say or heard anything to equal her.
She is as interesting as Matthew says.
l'm wondering what on earth she'll say next.
Has she cast a spell over me, too, after Matthew?
But what is Matthew thinking?
Wanting to adopt her...
Lunch is definite today.
can l use the carriage this afternoon?
Brother, l know you don't want to go, ...
let ME settle this in White Sands!
l'll take her alone...
and ask Mrs. Spencer to send her back to the asylum quickly.
l've already prepared your tea.
l'll be on time to milk the cows.
Still Matthew said nothing...
and Marilla had a sense of having wasted words and breath.
There is nothing more aggravating than a man who won't talk back.
Little Jerry Buote from the creek was here this morning, ...
and l told him l guessed l'd hire him for the summer.
Brother, you said you would adopt a child to help out!
Goodbye, Bonny! Goodbye, Snow Queen!
Goodbye, Uncle!
Goodbye...!
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Anne's hopeful voice kept sounding in Matthew's ears.
Why had he not mentioned to Marilla that he would keep Anne in 'Green Gables'?
Matthew finds himself throwing a tantrum!
That afternoon, Matthew had no spirit to work.
He kept praying and quietly waiting, ...
that Marilla would change her mind and bring Anne back.
On the other hand, ...
Anne said something which shocked Marilla on their way.
l've decided to enjoy this carriage ride.
lf l make up my mind to, l definitely will.
l am not going to think about going back to the asylum...
while we're having our drive.
While going to Mrs. Spencer's, ...
Anne told Marilla her tragic background.
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Little Jerry Buote from the creek was here this morning, ...
and l told him l guessed l'd hire him for the summer.
Brother, you said you would adopt a child to help out!
Goodbye, Bonny! Goodbye, Snow Queen!
Goodbye, Uncle!
Goodbye!
l've decided to enjoy this carriage ride.
lf l make up my mind to, l definitely will.
l am not going to think about going back to the asylum...
while we're having our drive.
Look! There's a beautiful wild rose there.
Beautiful! lt must be glad to be a rose.
Wouldn't it be nice if roses could talk?
l'm sure they could tell us such lovely things.
And pink is the most bewitching color in the world.
l love it, but l can't wear it.
Redheaded people can't wear pink.
Do you know of anybody whose hair was red when she was young, ...
but got to be another color when she grew up?
No, ...
and l shouldn't think it likely to happen in your case either.
Well, that is another hope gone.
My life is a perfect graveyard of buried hopes.
That's a sentence l read in a book once, ...
and l say it over to comfort myself whenever l'm disappointed in anything.
l don't see where the comforting comes in myself.
Just as if l were a heroine in a book, you know.
Are we going across the Lake of Shining Waters today?
We're not going over Barry's pond, if that's what you mean...
by your Lake of Shining Waters.
We're going by the shore road.
Shore road sounds nice!
Just when you said 'shore road'...
l saw it in a picture in my mind, as quick as that!
How far is it to White Sands?
About five miles.
And if you really like to talk, why don't you talk about yourself?
What l know about myself isn't really worth telling.
But if you'll only let me tell you what l image about myself...
it'll be more interesting.
No, l don't want any of your imaginings.
Just you stick to bald facts.
Begin at the beginning. Where were you born and how old are you?
Well?
Tell me!
No! What is the use?
l don't want to think about those things.
This is the girl from the orphanage?
But wasn't it a boy, according to what Mrs. Lynde said?
You hardly see Mrs. Lynde like that, mixing up a girl for a boy.
No! That's not how it was.
Something went wrong, and this girl replaced the boy.
That is so unfortunate.
But why did this happen?
l don't know myself!
That's why l'm going to ask Mrs. Spencer at White Sands, ...
what this is about.
Although it's an error and she has to be sent back, ...
but this child is so pitiful.
l'm sorry! l'm in a rush...
Anne, what's wrong with you?
Anne! Anne!! come back!
Anne!
l'm sorry! l've wasted much of your time, ...
l have something on, l have to make a move
Aunty, l'm sorry!
l'm all right, please continue.
l as in the wrong too, l never cared for your feelings.
l'll tell Aunty about my past.
l'll talk from my birth.
l was born in Bolingbroke, Nova Scotia.
l was eleven last March.
My father was Walter Shirley, he was a teacher in the Bolingbroke High School.
My mother's name was Bertha Shirley.
Aren't Walter and Bertha lovely names?
l'm so glad my parents had nice names.
lt would be a real disgrace...
to have a father named...well, say Jedediah.
l guess it doesn't matter what a man's name is as long as he behaves himself.
Well, l don't know.
l read in a book once that a rose by any other name...
would smell as sweet, ...
but l've never been able to believe it.
l don't believe a rose would be as nice...
if it was called a thistle or a skunk cabbage.
lf my father was called Jedediah, l would be troubled!
Ah!! That's it for the names, tell me about your parents!
Well, my mother was a teacher in the High school, too, ...
but when she married father...
they went to live in a weeny-teeny little yellow house in Bolingbroke.
l've never seen that house, ...
but l've imagined it thousands of times.
l think it must have had honeysuckle over the parlor window...
and lilacs in the front yard...
and lilies of the valley just inside the gate.
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Yes, l didn't go there anytime, but l can see it once l close my eyes.
And muslin curtains in all the windows.
Muslin curtains give a house such an air.
l was born in that house.
Mrs. Thomas said l was the homeliest baby she ever saw, ...
l was so scrawny and tiny...
and nothing but eyes, ...
although l still am now.
But mother thought l was perfectly beautiful.
l should think a mother would be a better judge...
than a poor woman who came in to scrub, wouldn't you?
One would love their own child and think it beautiful.
l'm glad she liked me anyhow.
l would feel so sad if she didn't like me.
Because she didn't live very long after that, you see.
She died of fever when l was just three months old.
l wish she'd lived long enough for me to remember calling her mother.
l think it would be so sweet to say 'mother', don't you?
l really wished someone would let me call her Mother.
Or 'Mom, ...
Mommy, Mama!'
But l never even called my own parents once.
lt's a bit too much for a 3 month old baby.
Father died four days afterwards from fever too.
That left me an orphan and folks were at their wits' end, ...
so Mrs. Thomas said, what to do with me.
You see, nobody wanted me even then.
lt seems to be my fate.
Anne's words stopped here, ...
and Marilla didn't pursue, while waiting patiently for Anne to speak.
As Anne thinks of her mother and sighs, ...
she looks at the sea and continues about her past.
Although she digresses at times, ...
but to Anne, ...
this was what was needed to continue talking.
Father and mother both came from places far away...
and it was well known they hadn't any relatives living.
Finally Mrs. Thomas said she'd take me, ...
though she was poor and had a drunken husband.
When l was four...
they moved from Bolingbroke to Marysville.
l helped look after the Thomas children younger than me.
l was skinny, so they took a lot of looking after.
Because Mrs. Thomas was busy working everyday then.
And uncle didn't know how to take care of the kids.
Then Mr. Thomas was killed falling under a train...
and Mrs. Thomas was at HER wits' end, so she said, what to do with me.
Then Mrs. Hammond from up the river came...
and said she'd take me, seeing l was handy with children, ...
and l went up to live with her...
in a little clearing among the stumps.
lt was a very lonesome place.
l could never have lived there if l hadn't had an imagination.
Mr. Hammond worked a little sawmill up there, ...
and Mrs. Hammond had eight children.
She had twins three times.
l like babies in moderation, ...
but twins three times in succession is too much.
l told Mrs. Hammond so firmly, ...
when the last pair came.
l don't want to look after the twins anymore!
l lived up river with Mrs. Hammond over two years, ...
and then Mr. Hammond died and we left there.
and went to the States.
l had to go to the asylum at Hopeton, ...
because nobody would take me.
They didn't want me at the asylum either they said they were over-crowded.
About half a year ago, Mrs. Spencer came.
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Did you ever go to school?
Yes.
Not a great deal.
When l went up river we were so far from a school...
that l couldn't walk it in winter...
and there was a vacation in summer, ...
so l could only go in the spring and fall.
l like reading, and l know pieces of poetry by heart.
l cherish the books my parents gave me, ...
they made me understand many things.
But l accidentally mistook them for rubbish...
and threw them away when l went to the asylum.
Well...Were those women...
Mrs. Thomas and Mrs. Hammond... good to you?
Oh, they meant to be...
l know they meant to be as good and kind as possible.
When people mean to be good, you don't mind...
very much when they're not quite always.
They had a good deal to worry them.
lt's very trying to have a drunken husband;
And it must be very trying to have twins three times in succession.
But l feel sure they meant to be good to me.
Marilla asked no more questions.
Anne gave herself up to a silent rapture over the shore road...
and Marilla guided the sorrel abstractedly while she pondered deeply.
The sea is a nice place.
Once, Mr. Thomas hired an express wagon...
and took us all to spend the day at the shore ten miles away.
l enjoyed every moment of that day, even if l had to look after the children.
l lived it over in happy dreams for years.
Aren't those gulls splendid?
Have you thought of being a gull?
l have.
Don't you think it would be nice to wake up at sunrise and swoop down...
over the water and away out over that lovely blue all day;
and then at night to fly back to one's nest?
What big house is that just ahead, please?
That's the White Sands Hotel.
Heaps of Americans come there for the summer.
l was afraid it might be Mrs. Spencer's place.
l don't want to get there.
Somehow, it will seem like the end of everything.
But as matters went, ...
the carriage continued proceeding to Mrs Spencer's place at White Sands Hotel.
Mrs. Spencer discovers it was entirely a misunderstand, ...
and a grandmother who wanted to adopt Anne appeared.
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Chapter 5 MarilIa Makes Up Her Mind
It was so dangerous!
Annoying
Good Afternoon, Miss Cuthbert
What are you doing here? Get Iost!
I wasn't expecting you today.
Come inside Anne, how are you?
l am very weIl. Thank you
That's good to hear
Mrs Spencer, the purpose of this visit is actuaIly to. . .
Don't do that
lt's dangerous
l got it
Anne lt's Anne
HelIo, Miss Cuthbert.
HelIo, Flora ane.
LiIy ones has been very good . She's aIready adapted to life here
They are as cIose as real sisters.
My husband is very glad for them too.
Lily ones is reaIly. . .
Mrs Spencer, something must have gone wrong somewhere
I had wanted to adopt a boy initiaIly
What did she just say?
We were thinking of taking in a boy
What?
Because
My brother, Robert, said that you were looking for a girl.
What shouId we do now?
Please beIieve that it's not my fauIt!
AIthough l admit that l was aIso a IittIe careless.
Matthew and I feel terrible about this.
I should break the news personalIy since it's so crucial.
We can onIy try to rectify the situation
Can we send her back to the asyIum
and adopt a boy instead? WouId that be a problem?
AIthough this is my fault, there's no need to send her back
I met Mrs Blewett yesterday and she said she needs a heIper
Mrs Blewett?
She has a big family and she can't manage without heIp
Anne would be a great help to her
ls it that Mrs Blewett. . .
You don't get this chance everyday. It's the Lord's bIessing !
Here's Mrs Blewett now
She came at the right time Excuse me for a whiIe
Mrs Blewett
What a strange coincidence. l don't quite believe it
l'm talking about her
How old are you? What is your name?
Go on, say it
l asked how oId you are.
She's 1 1 , Mrs BIewett.
I'm sorry, but l wouId Iike the girl to speak for herself
Let's not stand outside and taIk.
Come on into the house
Please
FIora ane, wouId you pIease get us a pot of tea?
Yes, Mother.
Mrs BIewett, what do you think?
You should decide soon, in order to protect her from further trauma
Her appearance isn't outstanding, but she seems strong
We have no pIace for weaklings.
lt would only bring me more probIems.
I Iike her strong character as welI
Listen, if l take you in, you have to be very obedient
You must be good and help in the househoId chores.
I wiIl feed you in exchange for your heIp around the house.
I have decided to keep the child .
My baby has been crying a lot l'm so tired because of that.
I can rest a IittIe now
l didn't know what to do
l intend to bring the chiId home today
RealIy, what shouId we do?
ActuaIly, we have decided whether to adopt her or not.
Matthew seems to want her to stay.
Since we know where the problem is,
then l'lI bring her home first, let me discuss this with Matthew.
lf we stilI need to trouble you after that,
l'lI come personalIy again tomorrow
lf I don't turn up, it would mean that we have decided to keep her
Is that ok, Mrs BIewett?
That's ok, after that, you were the one who mentioned this.
I came here for a recipe actualIy.
RealIy, I talked too much then
PIease hold on, Mrs BIewett.
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Auntie.
Did you mention that you might let me stay on at Green Gables?
ls that true?
Did you reaIly say that?
Or was it my imagination?
lf you can't telI between truth and your own imagination,
then you had better control your mind a little.
You didn't hear wrongly,
l haven't actualIy decided for sure
There's stilI a possibility that you wilI be adopted by Mrs CCC.
She wants you more than l do
l'd rather stay in the asyIum forever than go to her.
She's Iike. . .
She's Iike. . . a gimIet.
GimIet?
You are too young to start criticizing peopIe you hardIy know
You can teIl me if you need any heIp,
There's no need for that, I'Il caIl you when dinner's ready
I'm back!
Can I say that?
I'm back, Bonnie
RealIy, how could anyone alIow Mrs Blewett to have her?
What were you muttering about?
No, I didn't say anything .
Whatever it is, that chiId is either staying here or at Mrs BIewett's.
Either way
l know you want her to stay
l'm beginning to think we shouId take her in
AIthough l've never raised a child and may even make a mess out of it,
she can stay.
ReaIly, MariIla? I knew you'lI change your mind
She's interesting , isn't she?
lt's more practical for her to be of some heIp than interesting
Yes, yes. . . you are right. . .
I'Il teach her how to behave because she's a girI
You may take over this responsibility if l fail.
I understand , MarilIa As you wish
There's one thing though, can you treat her with a IittIe bit more Iove?
You've aIways been afraid of femaIes,
l'm surprised to hear this coming from you
Don't let her know that we intend to keep her tonight.
EIse, she'Il be too excited to sIeep
l wonder how this experiment wiIl turn out?
l don't think it's a probIem teIling her tonight.
Anne, Anne, dinnertime
Coming .
Anne, hurry down.
Have I falIen asleep?
Anne, you Ieft your clothes alI over the floor yesterday
You shouId have hung it neatly by your chair instead
l don't Iike untidy chiIdren
l was too upset yesterday to care about my cIothes
But l'lI put it back properIy tonight.
I usualIy throw my clothes around, l may forget at times,
but I'Il be very tidy tonight.
Then you had better go to bed after your prayers
l'lI come and get the candIe Iater.
l've never prayed before and am not sure how to go about it
What did you say? You have never said a prayer before?
Don't you know God?
lf you beIieve in the Lord , he wiIl be there for you aIways
At least you are not a heathen. That isn't too bad
Where did you Iearn that one Iine?
I remember alI the catechism from the Sunday schooI at the asyIum
l like that one because you could hear meaningfuI things
lf you beIieve in the Lord
how should l put it?. . . Like a gigantic musicaI box
filIed with poetic sentiments
Don't bother with the poetry, go on with your prayers
Didn't you know how wicked it is not to pray before bedtime?
You don't seem like a very good child .
A girI with red hair always finds easier to be good than bad
Anyone without red hair would not be able to understand
Mrs Thomas say that my red hair was God's punishment
From that day on, I've decided to ignore God
Moreover, l couId never find the time to pray
l stiIl had to take care of the twins
lf you stay in this house, you must pray.
How do I do it?
On a careful thought, saying prayers can be interesting
Because you can say anything you want.
KneeI first.
Why must we kneel when we pray?
I Iike to imagine myself aIone out in the woods,
Iying on the green grass, Iooking up at the sky above.
Looking up at the clear blue sky, and praying and praying .
Then my mood wilI change for the better.
Ok, what shouId I say?
Lord , as I Iay me down to sleep
You are not that young , you should know what to pray about
You shouId give thanks to the Lord,
and ask humbly for the things you want.
I'Il try my best.
Gracious heavenIy Father
The ministers in the church always say this.
Gracious heavenIy Father
Thank you for the White Way of Delight,
The Lake of Shining Waters, Bonnie, and Snow Queen
l most sincerely thank you.
l have too many wishes, it's going to take a Iong time to finish
But pIease fuIfilI my 2 most important wishes.
Please Iet me stay in Green Gables
And pIease let me be good-Iooking when I grow up.
Yours respectfuIly, Anne Shirley
WiIl this do?
l couId have made it much more fIowery if l'd had more time.
Alright, go to bed now
Ok, goodnight
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I remember now.
I should have said Amen and not yours respectfulIy.
ust Iike a minister
ls it terrible to say yours respectfuIly?
l think lt's not that bad
Great, goodnight
Matthew Cuthbert
Can you beIieve that the child said her first prayer tonight.
l wilI send her to Sunday schooI when l am done making her cIothes
We are going to be very busy indeed
One of Life's many twists
But l have been idling so thinking about it gives me a headache.
Yes, that child needs a Iot of brushing up
On the next day,
Anne was exhiIarated upon learning that she can stay.
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Anne of 'Green Gables'
For reasons best known to herself, ...
Marilla did not tell Anne that she was to stay at Green Gables...
until the next afternoon.
During the forenoon she kept the child busy with various tasks...
and watched over her with a keen eye while she did them.
By noon...
she had concluded that Anne was a smart and obedient girl in fact.
Because she had too much work, ...
she forgot about her staying...
and had no time to daydream.
Oh, please, Miss cuthbert, ...
won't you tell me if you are going to send me away or not?
l've tried to be patient all the morning, ...
but l really feel that l cannot bear not knowing any longer.
You haven't scalded the dishcloth in clean hot water as l told you to do.
Just go and do it before you ask any more questions, Anne.
Well, l suppose l might as well tell you.
We've decided to keep you...
that is, if you will try to be a good little girl and show yourself grateful.
What is the matter?
l'm crying.
l can't think why.
l'm glad as glad can be.
Oh, glad doesn't seem the right word at all.
l was glad about the White Way and the cherry blossoms...
but this!
Oh, it's something more than glad. l'm so happy.
l'll try to be so good.
lt will be uphill work, ...
however, l'll do my very best.
But can you tell me why l'm crying?
l suppose it's because you're all excited and worked up.
Sit down on that chair and try to calm yourself.
You cry and laugh far too easily.
Yes, you can stay here...
and we will try to do right by you.
You must go to school, ...
but it's only a fortnight till vacation so you'll go to school till September.
Welcome! Anne!
come on! Anne
come on! Anne! come out and play with us!
Where are you going?
l'm going to say hello to Snow Queen, and tell it l'm staying here.
Wait!
l'll be back soon!
Good afternoon, 'Snow Queen'!
Good afternoon, all trees and friends in the forest!
Good afternoon!
Everyone, l'm very pleased to meet all of you!!
Anne, Anne!
Anne!!
Uncle! Uncle!
Uncle, l can stay in 'Green Gables' now!
Aunty she...
She's decided to adopt me.
Really? ls that so?
Uncle, all the words you told me on the carriage...
came true.
Uncle, the environment around your house...
ls it like this?
Ouch! l'm not dreaming!
This isn't a dream!
This isn't a dream, you're Anne of 'Green Gables' now!
Uncle!
Thank you, Uncle!
Anne, Anne!
Anne...
Where did she go?
Looks like she'll be happy for a while more!
We have to be stricter on her.
You can't blame her, she had hoped to live a life like this.
can l pluck it?
Of course.
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l'll put it in the vase as a decoration.
Where have you been until just now?
Didn't you hear me calling you?
l'm sorry, Aunty!
Because l was too happy l went to greet the slope and river.
Everyone welcomed me so much...
and l forgot the time.
l understand how you feel, ...
but l have a lot to tell you.
You said you would be back soon.
lf you couldn't be responsible for your words, you can't stay here.
Are your feet clean?
Help me set the tea after washing your hands.
Yes...
Aunty, how should l address Uncle and you?
Shall l always say Mr. or Miss. cuthbert?
can l call you Aunt Marilla?
You'll call me just plain Marilla.
l'm not used to being called Miss cuthbert.
lt sounds awfully disrespectful to just say Marilla.
l guess there'll be nothing disrespectful, if you speak respectfully
l'd love to call you Aunt Marilla.
l've never had an aunt or any relation at all, not even a grandmother.
lf l call you Aunt Marilla, ...
it would make me feel as if l really belonged to you.
can't l call you Aunt Marilla?
No. l'm not your aunt so l wouldn't like you to call me so.
But we could imagine you were my aunt.
l couldn't.
Do you never imagine things different from what they really are?
No.
How much you miss.
l don't believe in imagining things different from what they really are.
Uncle! could l call you Uncle Matthew?
Well... l guess you'd better call me Matthew.
Oh...
Anne, after the tea, follow me to where our animals are.
There are cats there!
cats? This will be exciting!
No. After the utensils you have to memorize your prayers.
l shall not be hearing prayers like that of yesterday's anymore.
l understand.
l'm already staying here, l can see that cat anytime.
Right! Anytime.
Do you think that l shall ever have a bosom friend in Avonlea?
A...a what kind of friend?
A bosom friend...an intimate friend, ...
you know...a really kindred spirit to whom l can confide my inmost soul.
l've dreamed of meeting her all my life.
l never really supposed l would, but so many of my loveliest dreams...
have come true at once that perhaps this one will, too.
Diana Barry lives over at Orchard Slope...
and she's about your age. She's a very nice little girl.
Perhaps she will be a playmate for you when she comes home.
She's visiting her aunt over at carmody just now.
You'll have to be careful how you behave yourself, though.
Mrs. Barry is a very particular woman.
She won't let Diana play with any little girl who isn't nice and good.
What is Diana like?
Her hair isn't red, is it?
Oh, l hope not. lt's bad enough to have red hair myself, ...
but l positively couldn't endure it in a bosom friend.
Diana is a very pretty little girl.
She has black eyes and hair...
and rosy cheeks.
And she is good and smart, which is better than being pretty.
Oh, l'm so glad she's pretty.
Next to being beautiful oneself... and that's impossible in my case...
it would be best to have a beautiful bosom friend.
When l lived with Mrs. Thomas she had a bookcase in her room with glass doors.
There weren't any books in it.
One of the doors was broken by Mr. Thomas when he was slightly intoxicated.
But the other was whole...
and l used to pretend that my reflection in it...
was another little girl who lived in it.
l called her Katie Maurice, ...
and we were very intimate.
l used to talk to her by the hour, especially on Sunday, ...
and tell her everything.
Katie was the comfort and consolation of my life then...
We used to pretend that the bookcase was enchanted...
and if l knew the spell...
l could open the door and step into where Katie Maurice lived.
Then Katie Maurice would take me by the hand...
and lead me into a wonderful place, all flowers and sunshine and fairies,
and we would have lived there happy for ever after.
When l went to live with Mrs. Hammond...
She felt it dreadfully, too.
l know for she's crying when she kissed me good-bye through the bookcase door.
Stop imagining!
l don't approve of such goings-on.
You seem to half believe your own imaginations.
Be well for you to get a real friend to put the nonsense out of your head
Go to the living room and memorize your prayers.
You must memorize your prayers well!
l know my prayer last night was terrible.
But it was my first time, of course it would be!
So l thought of a better prayer at bed.
lt was a great prayer!
But when l woke up l forgot everything.
l think l couldn't think of that prayer for a second time.
Here is something for you to notice, Anne.
When l tell you to do a thing l want you to obey me at once...
and not stand stock-still and discourse about it.
Just you go and do as l bid you.
Our Father who art in heaven hallowed be Thy name.
May your Kingdom come, let your will take place as in heaven, also upon earth
l like this, it's very beautiful.
Our Father who art in heaven hallowed be Thy name.
That is just like a line of music.
lt looks like as long as you have someone to talk to you won't stop.
Bring this to your room to learn.
l just have one line to go to memorizing it.
Just do as l tell you!
Remember to memorize it well.
can l take the apple blossoms with me for company?
No! you don't want your room cluttered up with flowers.
You should have left them on the tree in the first place.
l did feel a little that way, too.
l kind of felt l shouldn't shorten their lovely lives by picking them.
l wouldn't want to be picked if l were an apple blossom.
But the temptation was irresistible.
What do you do when you meet with an irresistible temptation?
Anne, did you hear me tell you to go to your room?
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Forgive us our sins, just as we have forgiven others...
l am cordelia.
l am Lady cordelia Fitzgerald.
l am clad in a gown of trailing white lace, ...
with a pearl cross on my breast and pearls in my hair.
My hair is of midnight darkness and my skin is a clear ivory pallor...
No, l couldn't make that seem real...
You're only Anne of Green Gables and l see you,...
just as you are looking now, whenever l try to imagine l'm the Lady cordelia.
But it's a million times nicer to be Anne of Green Gables...
than Anne of nowhere in particular, isn't it?
l am Anne of 'Green Gables'.
Anne of 'Green Gables'.
Diana, l hope we can become bosom friends.
Anne was reprimanded by Mrs. Lynde about her red hair.
That irritated Anne.
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l'm going to keep working!
Matthew, you've become more lazy at work lately.
ls that so? Am l not as before?
Be careful!!
Marilla, after work, can l go out to play?
Um! l'll give you about 30 minutes.
Don't play so hard that you forget to return!
No problem...
Anne had been at 'Green Gables' for two weeks, ...
and the news that Matthew and Marilla had adopted a girl...
had spread all over Avonlea.
How it must tire you.
Yes! To think someone who didn't get ill like me would fall ill for 2 weeks, ...
that flu is not to be underestimated.
Oh yes, Marilla. l've heard about your adoption...
and am properly surprised.
l don't suppose you are any more surprised than l am myself.
l'm getting over my surprise now.
lt was too bad there was such a mistake. couldn't you have sent her back?
l suppose we could, but we decided not to.
Matthew took a fancy to her.
But Marilla...
And l must say l like her myself.
Although l admit she has her faults.
The house seems a different place already.
She's a real bright little thing.
Wait!
Maybe it's a great responsibility you've taken on yourself.
Especially when you've never had any experience with children.
You don't know much about her or her real disposition, l suppose.
But l don't want to discourage you, l'm sure, Marilla.
l'm not feeling discouraged.
When l make up my mind to do a thing, it stays made up.
Aye! Why are you so stubborn.
Let me call her in first!
She's here?
Anne~ Anne~ come home~
Yes~
Marilla, is there anything the matter?
Well, they didn't pick you for your looks, that's sure and certain.
She's terrible skinny and homely, Marilla.
come here, child, and let me have a look at you.
Lawful heart, did any one ever see such freckles?
And hair as red as carrots!
come here, child, l say.
l hate you! l hate you!! l hate you so much!!
How dare you call me skinny and ugly?
How dare you say l'm freckled and redheaded?
You are a rude, impolite, unfeeling woman!
Anne~ !
How dare you say such things about me?
How would you like to be told that you are fat and clumsy...
and probably hadn't a spark of imagination in you?
l don't care if l do hurt your feelings, l hope l do!
You hurt mine worse than they were ever before...
even by Mrs. Thomas' intoxicated husband.
And l'll NEVER forgive you for it, never, never!
Did anybody ever see such a temper!
Anne go to your room and stay there until l come up.
How would you bring up such a child?
Sorry!
But you shouldn't have twitted her about her looks, Mrs. Lynde.
Marilla cuthbert, did you not just see that terrible temper?
No. She's been very naughty and l'll have to give her a talking to about it.
But we must make allowances for her. She's never been taught what is right.
And you were too hard on her, Mrs. Lynde.
l see!
l'll have to be very careful what l say after this, Marilla.
ln case that l would hurt this very important for you and unidentified girl.
Oh, no, l'm not vexed - don't worry.
l'm too sorry for you now.
You'll have your own troubles with that child.
This is from someone who's brought up ten children and buried two.
You need strict measures...
on a child like that.
Sorry for wasting all that time.
You can't expect me...
to visit here again in a hurry, ...
if l'm liable to be flown at and insulted in such a fashion.
lt's something new in my experience.
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Anne~
Anne!
Get off that bed this minute and listen to what l have to say to you.
This is a nice way for you to behave.
Anne! Aren't you ashamed of yourself?
She hadn't any right to call me ugly and redheaded.
You hadn't any right to talk the way you did either.
l was ashamed of you.
l don't know why you should lose your temper like that...
just because Mrs. Lynde said you were red-haired and homely.
You say it yourself often enough.
Such a difference between saying a thing yourself and hearing from the others?
You may know a thing is so, but you can't help hoping others don't think so.
When she said those things, ...
something just rose right up in me and choked me.
l had to fly out at her.
But you teased her very much.
Mrs. Lynde will have a nice story to tell about you everywhere.
Just imagine how you would feel if somebody told you to your face...
that you were skinny and ugly.
What a pity, she is such a dark, homely little thing.
Softer~ Marilla is listening!
l don't say l think Mrs. Lynde was right in saying what she did to you.
But you shouldn't speak like that to elders and guests.
You must go to her...
and tell her you are very sorry for your bad temper and ask her to forgive you.
l can never do that.
You can punish me in any way you like, Marilla.
You can shut me up in a dark, damp dungeon inhabited by snakes and toads
and feed me only on bread and water. But l cannot apologize to Mrs. Lynde.
We're not in the habit of shutting people up in dark damp dungeons.
You'll stay in your room until you're willing to apologize to Mrs. Lynde.
l shall have to stay here forever then,...
because l can't tell Mrs. Lynde l'm sorry.
How can l? l'm NOT sorry.
l'm sorry l've vexed you, ...
but l'm GLAD l told her just what l did.
l can't say l'm sorry when l'm not, can l?
l can't even lMAGlNE l'm sorry.
Perhaps your imagination will be in better working order by the morning.
You'll have the night to think over your conduct in.
You said you would try to be a very good girl if we kept you at Green Gables,
but l must say it hasn't seemed very much like it this evening.
But Anne was not entirely at fault?
lt's about time someone shook that busybody Mrs. Lynde around.
Matthew cuthbert, l'm astonished at you.
You know that Anne's behavior was dreadful, and yet you take her part!
The next thing you'll say is that she oughtn't to be punished at all!
Well now...no...not exactly, ...
l reckon she ought to be punished. But don't be too hard on her, Marilla.
That's why she'll stay up there until she's willing to apologize to Mrs. Lynde
Why are girls all like this?
What did you say?
l said nothing.
l don't know how long are you to be stubborn until, but you can't not eat!
You didn't eat your breakfast or lunch.
l have no appetite.
As you wish, but don't think l'll spare you because of this.
Of course.
l am prepared to stay here all my life.
Although l don't believe what Mrs. Lynde says, ...
but Anne's temper truly vexes me.
Have to get the cow back.
Anne~ !
Anne, how are you?
Matthew, it's you!
Pretty well.
l imagine a good deal, ...
and that helps to pass the time.
Of course, it's rather lonesome.
But then, l may as well get used to that.
Well now, Anne, don't you think you'd better do it and have it over with?
Marilla's a dreadfully determined woman, dreadfully determined, Anne.
Do you mean apologize to Mrs. Lynde?
Yes, apologize, that's the very word.
Just smooth it over so to speak. That's what l was trying to get at.
l suppose l could do it to oblige you.
l didn't feel sorry originally.
l AM sorry now.
l wasn't a bit sorry last night. l was mad clear through.
l woke up three times...
and l was just furious every time.
But this morning it was over.
Like a balloon without air.
But l just couldn't think of going and telling Mrs. Lynde so.
lt would be so humiliating.
l made up my mind l'd stay shut up here forever rather than do that.
But l would go for Uncle.
lf Uncle really wants me to.
Well now, of course l do.
lt's terrible lonesome downstairs without you.
Very well.
l'll tell Marilla as soon as she comes in l've repented.
That's right, that's right, Anne.
But don't tell Marilla l said anything about it.
Wild horses won't drag the secret from me.
Matthew, what are you doing here?
l just came back. Right, l have to sow the seeds.
Why was he so flustered?
Marilla~
Well?
l'm sorry l lost my temper yesterday.
l'm willing to go and tell Mrs. Lynde so.
Very well.
Arrange your hair, and we'll be off!
What are you thinking?
l'm imagining out what l must say to Mrs. Lynde.
But your form doesn't seem to suggest so?
Oh, Mrs. Lynde, l am so extremely sorry.
l could never express all my sorrow, no, ...
not if l used up a whole dictionary.
l behaved terribly to you.
l've disgraced the dear friends, Matthew and Marilla, ...
who have let me stay at Green Gables...
although l'm not a boy.
l'm a dreadfully wicked and ungrateful girl, ...
and l deserve to be punished and cast out by respectable people forever.
lt was wicked of me to fly into a temper...
because you told me the truth.
Every word you said was true.
My hair is red and l'm freckled and skinny and ugly.
What l said to you was true, too, ...
but l shouldn't have said it.
Oh, Mrs. Lynde, please, please, forgive me.
lf you refuse, it will be a lifelong sorrow on me.
Won't you put this suffering...
on a poor little alone orphan girl.
Would you, even if she had a dreadful temper?
Oh, l am sure you wouldn't.
Please say you forgive me, Mrs. Lynde.
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There, there, get up, child.
Of course l forgive you.
l was a little too hard on you, too. Don't you mind me.
l knew a girl once whose hair was as red as yours when she was young, ...
but when she grew up, it darkened to a real handsome auburn.
l wouldn't be a mite surprised if yours did, too.
Oh, Mrs. Lynde! You have given me a hope.
Oh, l could endure anything if l only thought...
my hair would be a handsome auburn when l grew up.
lt would be so much easier to be good if one's hair...
was a handsome auburn, don't you think?
l shall always feel that you are a benefactor.
lt is a good thing to face your mistake bravely.
You're not bad compared to the sly and cunning children.
Marilla, don't you think?
The way she is, ...
l don't need to worry about your bringing up the child anymore.
l apologized pretty well, didn't l?
You did it thoroughly, all right enough.
l thought since l had to do it, l might as well do it thoroughly.
Do you suppose my hair will really be a handsome auburn when l grow up?
You shouldn't think so much about your looks, Anne.
l'm afraid you are a very vain little girl.
How can l be vain when l know l'm homely?
l just love pretty things.
Handsome is as handsome does.
l've had that said to me before, but l have my doubts about it.
lt's lovely to be going home and know it's home.
No place ever seemed like home.
Oh, Marilla, l'm so happy.
Something warm and pleasant welled up in Marilla's heart
at touch of that thin little hand in her own, ...
a throb of the maternity she had missed, perhaps.
Sunday, Marilla got Anne to the church.
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Anne of Green Gables
Vol.8 Anne's lmpressions of Sunday-School
Why are you so happy?
Well~
The clothes l gave?
Because it's Sunday tomorrow.
Marilla's been doing who-knows-what these few days when she's free,
and sewing sounds keep coming out.
l wanted to give you a surprise~
Thank you, Marilla~
You like it?
Well?
l'll imagine that l like them.
l don't want you to imagine it.
Oh, l can see you don't like the dresses!
What is the matter with them? Aren't they neat and clean and new?
Right~
Then why don't you like them?
They're - they're not - pretty...
Pretty!
l didn't trouble my head about getting pretty dresses for you.
l don't believe in pampering vanity, Anne,
l'll tell you that right off.
They are good,sensible,serviceable dresses without any frills or furbelows
and they're all you'll get this summer.
The brown gingham and the blue print will do you for school.
The sateen is for church and Sunday school.
l'll expect you to keep them neat and clean
and not to tear them.
l should think you'd be grateful to get most anything
after those skimpy wincey things you've been wearing.
Oh, l AM grateful.
But l'd be ever so much gratefuller if - if you'd made
just one of them with puffed sleeves.
Puffed sleeves are so fashionable now.
lt'd give me such a thrill, Marilla,just to wear a dress with puffed sleeves.
Well, you'll have to do without your thrill.
l hadn't any material to waste on puffed sleeves.
l think they are ridiculous-looking things anyhow.
l prefer the plain, sensible ones.
But l'd rather look ridiculous when everybody else does
than plain and sensible all by myself.
Trust you for that!
Well, hang those dresses carefully up in your closet,
and then sit down and learn the Sunday school lesson.
The way you are, you'll be imagining about
Definitely.
l don't want you to disgrace me
if you cannot answer tomorrow's Sunday lessons.
l did hope there would be a white one with puffed sleeves.
l prayed for one, but l didn't suppose
God would have time to bother about a little orphan girl's dress.
l understand Marilla's thoughts,
but well, fortunately l can imagine that one of them is of snow-white muslin
with lovely lace frills and three-puffed sleeves.
Good morning~
Head still hurts?
Don't worry for me.
But Anne, you have to go for classes today.
l should bring you to your first lesson,
but l didn't count on my sickness worsening.
What about Matthew?
Well... Well...
Brother hasn't gone to church for years.
He's always praying on the fields.
Right~ Anne shouldn't go alone,
why not let her stay at home?
Matthew cuthbert what are you saying?
No~ She must go!
Although being alone is frightening, but let me go.
Maybe l can meet up with new friends!
Any problems?
The clothes are matching~
Here's a cent for collection.
Go to Mrs. Lynde, she should be waiting.
Don't stare at people and don't fidget.
Right, l almost forgot.
Bring a white box from the living room.
l'll prepare a new hat for you.
Hat?
Very pretty~
What happened to Marilla?
l told her there was a Women's Meet today,
and told her not to be late!
Good morning~
Thank you~
lt's done~
Not even a decorative lace, it looks too simple.
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l've become a wind blowing towards the church.
Mrs. Lynde~ Mrs. Lynde~
She's the girl Miss cuthbert adopted.
She came from the asylum it seems~
Look at that red hair, l hear her temper was terrible~
When she rebuked Mrs. Lynde?
No, she did it on purpose, because her temper is as bad as her hair.
But according to Jeth, she often talks to the trees and flowers.
Very strange~
She could be bonkers up there~
You can tell by looking at her hat.
Full of wild flowers and grass.
You see her freckles?
That's right.
How could there be so many?
Almighty God, your love is...
limitless.
Your road is Truth.
Without any common sense
How rude.
What a strange person
God~ We should not be afraid, we should praise the Almighty.
Because you are the only existence on this earth,
and the only Truth.
We walk in the way you guide us in.
Almighty God~ We should praise...
Praise God~
You know how to cook?
What about sewing?
A little.
Embroidery?
Knitting?
My sister knows everything~
l'm home, Bonny
Are you lonely by yourself?
Anne, welcome back~
Marilla, are you all right now?
How did you like Sunday school?
l didn't like it a bit. lt was horrid.
l behaved well, just as you told me.
Mrs. Lynde was gone, but l went right on myself.
l went into the church, with a lot of other little girls.
Mr. Bell made an awfully long prayer. l'd have been dreadfully tired
before he got through if l hadn't been sitting by that window.
But it looked right out on the Lake of Shining Waters,
so l just gazed at that and imagined all sorts of splendid things.
You shouldn't have done anything of the sort.You'd have listened to Mr.Bell
But he wasn't talking to me. He was talking to God.
l said a short prayer myself while at this time.
There was long row of white birches hanging over the lake and the
sunshine fell down through them, down, deep into the water, like a dream.
lt gave me a thrill and l said 'Thank you for it, God,' two or three times.
Not out loud, l hope.
Oh, no, just under my breath.
l behave myself rather well.
Really~ Then the class?
here were nine other girls in it.
They all had puffed sleeves.
l tried to imagine mine were puffed, too,
but l couldn't.
Why couldn't l?
lt was easy to imagine they were puffed when l was alone in the east gable,
but it was awfully hard among the others who had really truly puffs.
You shouldn't have been thinking about your sleeves in Sunday school.
You should have been attending to the lesson. l hope you knew it.
l answered a lot of questions. Miss Rogerson
asked ever so many. l don't think it was fair for her to do all the asking.
There were lots l wanted to ask her.
Anne, welcome back~
l'm back~
Did you know any new friends?
How could l have.
What happened?
Didn't you go to make friends?
l was unsuccessful.
Of course, friends don't come just like that.
You both are not just kindred, you even have personality similarities.
What a naggy old lady.
l'd better turn in.
l heard you were unwell.
l'm much better now, thank you for visiting.
Marilla, it's like this...
That child did something strange again, but l'm sure you were unaware!
Strange? What did Anne do this time?
Her hat was rigged out ridiculous with roses and buttercups.
l could not help
but feel such amusement.
Anne, did you do that?
Oh. l know pink and yellow aren't becoming to me.
Becoming fiddlesticks!
lt was putting flowers on your hat at all,
no matter what color they were, that was ridiculous.
l don't see why it's any more ridiculous to wear flowers
on your hat than on your dress.
Lots of little girls had bouquets pinned on their dresses.
What's the difference?
Don't answer me back like that, Anne.
lt was very silly of you to do such a thing. Mrs. Rachel says people
talked about it something dreadful. Of course they would think
l had no better sense than to let you go decked out like that.
You truly know how to put me to a trial.
Oh, l'm so sorry.
l never thought it would put you to a trial.
The roses and buttercups were so sweet and pretty
l thought they'd look lovely on my hat.
Lots of the little girls had artificial flowers on their hats.
l'm afraid l'm going to be
a dreadful trial to you.
Maybe you'd better send me back to the asylum.
That would be terrible; most likely l would go into consumption;
l'm so thin as it is, you see.
But that would be better than being a trial to you.
Anne, be quiet!
What nonsense is that?
l don't want to send you back to the asylum, l'm sure.
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Anne, wait for a while~
Marilla, Jeth told me that
Diana's coming back tomorrow.
Go tell Anne this news~
Brother don't be such a busybody~
But~ l feel that child would get along well with Anne...
Knowing a friend like Diana, would boost Anne's self-confidence.
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