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Silver Zero Subs
Kikoeru kashira
Do you hear? Hooves beating
Original story by Lucy Maud Montgomery
AKAGE NO ANNE
Hizume no oto
A carriage goes through the gentle hills
Yuruyakana oka wo nutte
Kaketekuru basha
Someone comes to pick me up
Mukae ni kuru no mukae ni kuru no ne
And takes me
Dare ka ga
Watashi wo tsureteyuku no ne
Shiroi hana no michi he
To the avenue with white flowers
To the home of wind
Kaze no furusato he
He takes me
Tsureteyuku no ne
I'm sure
Tsureteyuku no ne
An Affair of Honor
Everyone wait!
I don't oppose playing daring but don't do dangerous things.
Don't worry, Diana.
Daring is not just a boy's game.
You're right.
That's right. Yesterday I won against my brother when we jumped the river.
You jumped the river? Is that true?
Amazing!
Then, Ruby Gillis, will you accept my challenge?
Yes, Sophia Sloane. Of course I will.
But what should I do?
Well... Let's see...
That will do. You will climb that tree.
Climb to the biggest branch.
That's nothing.
That tree is full of fat green caterpillars.
Really? Is that true, Diana?
Yes, it's true.
Then...
You will deny my dare because of caterpillars, Ruby?
Very well. Then it's over.
No. I'll do it. I won't lose because of caterpillars.
Ruby, are you serious?
Just watch.
A week after the tea at the manse, Diana Barry gave a party.
They had a very good time and nothing untoward happened until after tea.
Daring was the fashionable amusement among the Avonlea small fry just then.
You really did it, Ruby!
She really did it.
Ruby Gillis!
I Sophia Sloane, readily admit defeat.
You'd better come down quick, or the caterpillars will appear.
Anybody can climb a tree.
Then Josie Pye dared Jane Andrews to hop on her left leg around the garden
without stopping once or putting her right foot to the ground.
Jane Andrews gamely tried to do, but gave out at the third corner.
I can't do it.
Oh my. You're too weak if you give up so easily, Jane.
Come on, admit your defeat.
Then, Josie, will you accept my dare?
Of course, Anne Shirley.
Then, Josie Pye,
please walk along the top of the fence all the way to where I am.
Anne remembered that Josie Pye had amazing balance
and regretted in her heart but could do nothing.
This was too easy.
Anne Shirley...
...do you admit your defeat?
But Josie, I don't think it's such a very wonderful thing to walk a little, board fence.
I knew a girl in Marysville who could walk the ridgepole of a roof.
I don't believe it!
I don't believe anybody could walk a ridgepole.
YOU couldn't, anyhow.
Couldn't I?
Then I dare you to do it.
Show me that you can walk the ridgepole of Mr. Barry's kitchen roof.
What's wrong? Didn't you say you could do it?
Come on, I dare you.
T-That's horrible!
This is too much!
Very well, Josie Pye.
I, Anne Shirley, accept your dare!
Anne!
Don't you do it, Anne. You'll fall off and be killed.
That's right! Never mind Josie Pye!
She's right! This is no longer a game!
No. I must do it.
My honor is at stake.
Anne, you fool.
I shall walk that ridgepole, Diana, or perish in the attempt.
If I am killed you are to have my pearl bead ring.
Anne!
Josie! Take your dare back!
Don't worry, she won't dare to do it.
She's just pretending she can do it. She'll come down halfway.
Anne!
Oh God!
Anne! Don't do it!
Oh God!
I'm not afraid! I'm not afraid!
Why should I be afraid?
Anne! Anne!
Anne!
Anne! Anne!
What's wrong, Ruby?
Anne, are you killed?
Oh, Anne, speak just one word to me
and tell me if you're killed.
Anne!
Anne, you are not killed?
Diana...
Anne!
I am not killed.
But I think I am rendered unconscious.
Where? Oh, where, Anne?
Anne! What's the matter?
It hurt...
Where have you hurt yourself?
My ankle...
Diana, find your father immediately.
Yes!
Father! Father!
Anne, are you all right?
Poor Anne.
Does it hurt?
Oh God!
Mr. Barry, what has happened to her?
About that, Miss Cuthbert...
Don't be very frightened, Marilla.
I was walking the ridgepole and I fell off. I expect I have sprained my ankle.
Ridgepole?
But, Marilla,
I might have broken my neck.
Let us look on the bright side of things.
Anne! I might have known you'd go and do something of the sort
when I let you go to that party!
Bring her in here, Mr. Barry, I'll tell Matthew to go for the doctor.
Mercy me, the child has gone and fainted!
Matthew, hastily summoned from the harvest field,
was straightway dispatched for the doctor in Carmody.
As the doctor did his checks, Matthew stood at the stairs, sick with worry.
What Matthew feared came true.
The injury was more serious than they had supposed. Anne's ankle was broken.
And it would take around six weeks for her to recover.
When Marilla went up to the east gable, where a white-faced girl was lying,
she remembered that afternoon when she saw Mr. Barry carrying Anne.
In the sudden stab of fear that pierced her very heart,
she realized what Anne had come to mean to her.
She was very fond of Anne.
But now she knew that Anne was dearer to her than anything else on earth.
Marilla.
Are you awake?
Aren't you very sorry for me, Marilla?
It was your own fault.
And that is just why you should be sorry for me.
Because the thought that it is all my own fault is what makes it so hard.
If I could blame it on anybody I would feel so much better.
But what would you have done, Marilla,
if you had been dared to walk a ridgepole?
I'd have stayed on good firm ground and let them dare away.
Such absurdity!
But you have such strength of mind, Marilla. I haven't.
I just felt that I couldn't bear Josie Pye's scorn.
She would have crowed over me all my life.
It was just your pride at work!
I think I have been punished so much that you needn't be very cross with me.
It's not a bit nice to faint, after all.
And the doctor hurt me dreadfully when he was setting my ankle.
I won't be able to go around for six or seven weeks
and I'll miss the new lady teacher.
She won't be new any more by the time I'm able to go to school.
And Gil...
Everybody will get ahead of me in class.
Oh, I am an afflicted mortal.
But I'll try to bear it all bravely
if only you won't be cross with me, Marilla.
There, there, I'm not cross.
You're an unlucky child, there's no doubt about that.
But as you say, you'll have the suffering of it.
Now, try and eat some supper.
In September, the new term came.
But, for a long time
Anne won't be able to attend the lessons given by
the fist female teacher in Avonlea, Miss Muriel Stacy.
Anne kept imagining what the new teacher looked like,
but it only made her want to see the teacher even more with her own eyes.
Marilla, today begins the new school term.
I wonder how will the new teacher greet the students?
I wish Diana would hurry back to tell me.
I tried to imagine how the new teacher is, but I couldn't.
Because I don't know her, and imagination needs ingredients.
Then, I'm going!
And don't throw a tantrum, no matter what happens.
I'll be all right.
I'm going, Snow Queen!
Be careful not to fall!
Don't worry!
Marilla remembered the first day Anne went to school one year ago.
Anne! Anne! Diana is here to visit you!
Thank you, Miss Cuthbert.
Anne, it's me. May I come in?
How is Miss Stacy?
Don't be so anxious.
How are you, Anne?
How could you, Diana?
You know I led a mundane life now.
That's why I come to visit you everyday.
Thank you, Diana.
Tell me, how is Miss Stacy?
Young? Pretty?
She's a fabulous young teacher.
That's great.
But I can't imagine her just by fabulous alone.
Wait.
First, how is her hair?
Fair curly hair.
And her eyes?
Fascinating blue.
And what kind of clothes does she wear?
She dresses beautifully.
And her sleeve puffs are bigger than anybody else's in Avonlea.
How wonderful.
And is she gentle?
Yes, but firm and strong.
She wouldn't lose to those boys.
How long do I have to wait to meet her?
Anne,
I told her about you.
What?
My best friend Anne Shirley, can't come to the classes because she got injured.
And what did the teacher said?
She told me: 'Please, greet your friend for me'.
Diana! Thank you!
And you will have a surprise today.
I won't go. It wasn't my fault.
Why are you saying this now that you're here?
You're so stubborn! You regret it too!
If you hadn't given a dare like that, Anne wouldn't have fallen.
Maybe, but Anne bragged that she could do it.
Don't you think it was Anne's fault? If you do then I'll go see her.
Last time Anne admitted it was her fault.
But she didn't want you to know.
Yes?
Anne, how do you feel?
Oh, Ruby! Jane! Sophia!
Are you feeling well, Anne?
Tillie, you're here too!
It's been a while!
Josie!
Thank you for coming, Josie!
Anne, I'm sorry. But if you hadn't...
Don't say anything today!
Josie, I don't blame you.
I was in the wrong too. So let's make up.
But I didn't do anything wrong.
You're still saying that? Come on, shake hands!
Thank you, Josie.
Finally.
My, my.
It was the harvest period again,
so Matthew had to work all day although he was worried about Anne.
On the other hand, Marilla had to deal with both housework and taking care of Anne.
But she never grumble to Anne.
And when Matthew went to town to deliver the malt,
he met with a surprising visitor.
Thank you very much, Mr. Cuthbert.
No... don't... mention...
Who is it?
Pleased to meet you. You must be Miss Marilla Cuthbert.
I'm the new school teacher, Miss...
Miss Stacy!
That's right.
I'm sorry for coming to visit all of a sudden.
I came to visit Anne Shirley, today.
Marilla, listen to the patchwork song.
The lyrics are like this...
After being three years in bed doing patchwork
I wanted to get up and watch the sunlight shining by the window.
In fact, it's just the third week, but it wouldn't sound poetic, don't you think?
Good afternoon, Anne Shirley.
I am...
Miss Muriel Stacy.
Yes, that's right.
You recognized me. How are you doing?
How wonderful!
What?
I mean...
Thank you very much.
My ankle doesn't hurt much anymore.
You look frustrated with boredom.
You've been in bed like this everyday?
Yes. Almost.
Is that so?
Then let's go to a place with more sunlight to talk today.
Do you like poems?
Yes.
Then we'll recite together today.
Matthew, you really... How could you bring Miss Stacy here so suddenly?
Well... Actually it was Miss Stacy who insisted in coming here.
Because of that I forgot to thank her.
Now I don't have anything for her. Oh, what should I prepare?
The beautiful marble painting,
the pear drawn within,
sprouts atop a luscious tree...
And cannot be drawn at whim.
Ah! Ah! How nostalgic.
This is the place I dreamt of.
The beautiful marble painting,
the pear drawn within,
sprouts atop a luscious tree
and cannot be drawn at whim.
Ah! Ah! How nostalgic.
This is the place I dreamt of.
Anne really liked Miss Stacy and worked hard to get well so she could go school soon.
Then one day, after seeing Anne's leg, the doctor said:
Very well. Try getting up and walk.
Marilla, I can finally walk!
That night, Anne pleaded Marilla to allow her to have her meal downstairs.
She wanted Matthew to see her walking.
But it was too hard for her and in the end Matthew had to help her.
It has been a while since they had a happy meal together, and Anne kept talking.
She talked about the imaginings she had during the tedious weeks on bed.
Marilla. It isn't very pleasant to be laid up,
but there is a bright side to it.
You find out how many friends you have.
And you end up understanding some people better.
For example, Josie Pye.
She came to see me and I think she was sorry she dared me to walk a ridgepole.
I received her as politely as I could.
If I had been killed she would had to carry a dark burden of remorse all her life.
Diana has been a faithful friend.
She's been over every day to cheer my lonely pillow.
Even Superintendent Bell came to see me.
He's really a very fine man.
Not a kindred spirit, of course.
He told me all about the time he broke his ankle when he was a boy.
It does seem so strange to think of Mr. Bell ever being a boy.
And Mrs. Allan.
She came to see me even though a minister's wife has so many claims on her time!
And she is such a cheerful person to have visit you, too.
She never tells you it's your own fault
and she hopes you'll be a better girl on account of it.
Mrs. Lynde always told me that when she came to see me.
And she said it in a kind of way that
made me feel she might hope I'd be a better girl but didn't really believe I would.
My, my. There's one thing plain to be seen, Anne.
Your fall off the Barry's roof hasn't injured your tongue at all.
That's true.
You're right.
Diana visited Anne everyday after school, and suddenly she stopped coming.
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A Letter For Diana
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