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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
The Queens Class Is Organized
A day in November, Miss Stacy gathered her students above 13 years old by the lake
to talk about their future lives.
After that, on their way home...
The woods were lovely with their Autumn colors
but they're also beautiful with fallen leaves.
Look, Diana. The ferns and the satin leaves and the crackerberries have gone to sleep,
just as if somebody had tucked them away until spring under a blanket of leaves.
I think it was a little gray fairy with a rainbow scarf who did it.
Anne, you know there is no such things as fairies.
Oh, Diana. That's why we should use our imagination.
But we are so much older than we used to be
that it isn't becoming to talk of childish matters.
Oh, please don't say that imagination is childish.
It is very important to cultivate our imagination.
It is what Miss Stacy says, isn't it?
Miss Stacy also said today
that we couldn't be too careful what habits and ideals we acquired in our teens,
because by the time we were twenty our characters would be developed.
If you want to imagine,
then you should imagine something useful for your future.
For example...
I know.
About marriage.
Marriage?
That's right.
Diana!
Didn't we promise each other that we would never marry
but be nice old maids and live together forever?
That's because Ruby is always talking of nothing but young men. So I...
I didn't quite made up my mind though.
Because I think that perhaps it would be nobler,
to marry some wild, dashing, wicked young man and reform him.
Oh! That's great, Diana.
It would be a meaningful marriage.
You really think so?
Of course I do!
You have been thinking seriously about you future, haven't you?
But...
...I feel so lonely.
I had decided to give up marriage forever for our friendship.
But, Anne...
Didn't you say the other day,
that you wanted to marry a missionary and go see the world?
That was only a dream.
How would I know where to find an ideal missionary in this world?
You're right.
Also,
you cannot be sure that you will meet your ideal bad boy.
So like I though,
it would be better for us to stay single until we meet them.
But...
Do you intend to marry even if you don't find your ideal?
What?
That's not what I intend, but...
Oh, Diana,
you're the same as Ruby.
Jane told me the other day after the prayer meeting,
that you let Moody Spurgeon accompany you, and you seemed happy about it.
Oh! And you believed that, Anne?
Of course.
Today I saw both of you chatting and laughing together.
Then I tell you right now!
I do not care for Moody,
but can't I be happy just because he sent me home?
See?
You never wanted to be single with me from the start.
You prefer boys over our friendship, isn't that right, Diana?
Why are you saying those horrible things to me?
I really treasure our friendship.
But, Anne,
you refuse to talk to Gilbert because of a silly thing,
and now, you want to stop me from talking to others boys?
This is the end of our friendship!
Anne!
I'm home.
Matthew.
Jerry.
Matthew is not back yet.
Anne.
Well, since Matthew is not here, I'll just leave this here.
Did you eat the apples that were on the barrel?
What?
Yes...
Those apples were yours?
I'm sorry.
Oh, Lord, please forgive me.
I never expected her to eat those apples!
What?
Those apples were poisonous!
I've poisoned those apples for the rats!
I've seen many rats since the day I started to work here,
and I wanted to stop them from breeding!
The quantity is enough to kill a dozen of you instantly!
Anne!
Marilla!
Is anyone home?
I'm so scared! I don't want to die alone.
I don't want to die!
But I am going to die for sure.
Diana!
I can't die while we're still angry at each other.
It was my fault, I have to apologise to her.
I will apologise to her right away.
But what if I die on the way?
To die out there alone in the dark, oh, that would be dreadful.
When someone arrives, they will only find my stiff cold body.
Oh, I just want to be able to bid farewell to everyone.
All I did was eat some delicious-looking apples.
It isn't fair!
I don't deserve to die!
I don't want to die!
Now it's not the time to cry.
I must have courage.
You can't bring shame to the Shirleys and the Cuthberts, Anne Shirley!
Right, If I have to die, then I should die peacefully in my bed.
How long it will take until I die?
Jerry said I will die instantly after eating the apples, but...
...how long it will be?
How much time is an instant?
Will it hurt to die?
I'm sure poison does hurt awfully.
Oh, and just a little while ago I was so happy!
At least let me have some time to write my last words to Marilla and Matthew.
And also to Diana.
Otherwise, Diana will feel remorseful after hearing about my death.
I shouldn't have said that to her, but she hurt my feelings too.
But do I have enough time?
Why are my hands so cold?
Maybe I'm already dying?
Is my face turning black?
I'm as pale as the dead already. This is a dying face without doubt!
I don't want to die, but since I have to
I'll die with dignity so I don't embarrass Green Gables!
Dear Diana,
I am going to die.
I have been poisoned by an apple Jerry had put for rats.
I will never see you again, but I want to tell you I love you.
I regret deeply what I said to you earlier.
You were right.
I am writing this to tell you that you are not to feel bad over what you said.
Oh, Diana, please forgive me.
I do not feel sick yet but I don't know what the symptoms of poisoning are.
Jerry said there was enough to kill a dozen of me, so I can't have long to live.
I think I feel a pain in my stomach now so I guess that the end draws near.
Farewell,
and remember her who died so young.
Your own devoted,
Anne Shirley.
Diana...
Anne.
Anne!
What is going on? The lights aren't even on.
There's no fire in the stove. What is she doing...
I'm dying.
What did you say?
I ate some apples Jerry buote had poisoned for rats.
I have only a few minutes to live, Marilla.
Anne, is this some play-acting of yours?
No it's not, Marilla.
Do you suppose a dying person would be play-acting?
Would you please read this after I die? And this one is for Diana.
Don't let anyone see me after I'm dead. I don't want them to see my black face.
Anne, how long ago is it since you ate that apple?
About an hour.
If you'd eaten a poisoned apple an hour ago you'd be dead or sick by now.
But I felt a pain in my stomach.
What's the matter? Why is the lamp turn off?
Matthew, where is Jerry buote?
Well now, I think he is in the barn. Or maybe on the way home.
How did he look?
Well now, the same as usual.
Anne, come with me.
Jerry! Jerry buote!
What is it?
Did you cause Anne to eat some poisoned apples?
What?
Oh, that...
No way.
That was just a joke.
Just as I thought.
You shouldn't scare girls with poison.
No, I...
I wanted to eat those apples during my break,
so I... well...
How dare you play tricks on me, Jerry Buote!
I'm sorry, I'm sorry.
But you started to run so suddenly that I couldn't tell you the truth.
But I thought you would figure out it was only a joke.
Jerry Buote, you are going to pay!
I won't forgive you!
I'm sorry, Anne!
Wait!
Stop that, Anne!
You shouldn't be so greedy.
Jerry Buote! Stop!
Alright! I'm sorry!
Wait!
Forgive me!
But Marilla, I did have a pain in my stomach.
Of course.
After spending a hour thinking you are dying, anyone would get a stomach ache.
Oh, yes.
With all this I almost forgot.
Anne, I saw Miss Stacy today.
She was coming here to tell us something.
Anne, are you listening?
Yes. What did she want?
You don't seem so interested to know.
She was talking about you.
About me?
That's right.
Oh!
I know what she was saying.
I meant to tell you, Marilla,
honestly I did, but I forgot.
Miss Stacy caught me reading Ben Hur in school yesterday afternoon
when I should have been studying my Canadian history.
I was reading it at dinner hour,
and I had just got to the chariot race when school went in.
I was simply wild to know how it turned out.
Although I felt sure Ben Hur must win,
because it wouldn't be poetical justice if he didn't.
So I spread the history open on my desk lid
and then tucked Ben Hur between the desk and my knee.
I just looked as if I were studying Canadian history, you know,
while all the while I was reveling in Ben Hur.
I was so interested in it
that I never noticed Miss Stacy coming down the aisle.
Until all at once I just looked up
and there she was looking down at me, so reproachful-like.
I can't tell you how ashamed I felt.
Especially when I heard Josie Pye giggling.
Miss Stacy took Ben Hur away,
but she never said a word then.
She kept me in at recess and talked to me.
And I promised I'd never do such a thing again.
And I offered to do penance by never looking at Ben Hur for a whole week,
not even to see how the chariot race turned out.
But Miss Stacy said she wouldn't require that, and she forgave me freely.
So I think it wasn't very kind of her to come up here to you about it after all.
Miss Stacy never mentioned such a thing to me, Anne.
Its only your guilty conscience that's the matter with you.
You have no business to be taking storybooks to school.
You read too many novels anyhow.
Oh, how can you call Ben Hur a novel when it's really such a religious book?
If it's not a novel, then what is it?
Of course it's a little too exciting to be proper reading for Sunday
and I only read it on weekdays. And I ne...
Well, I think I'll go to bed. My eyes and ears are getting tired.
I see plainly that you don't want to hear what Miss Stacy had to say.
You're more interested in the sound of your own tongue than in anything else.
Oh, indeed, Marilla, I do want to hear it!
I won't say another word. Not one. Please tell me, Marilla.
Miss Stacy wants to organize a class among her advanced students
who mean to study for the entrance examination into Queen's.
She intends to give them extra lessons for an hour after school.
And she came to ask Matthew and me if we would like to have you join it.
What do you think, Anne?
Would you like to go to Queen's and pass for a teacher?
Oh, Marilla! It's been the dream of my life!
That is, for the last six months, ever since Ruby and Jane began to talk about it.
I'm sure Diana and Josie Pye are going too.
But I didn't say anything about it, because I supposed it would be perfectly useless.
I'd love to be a teacher.
But... won't it be dreadfully expensive?
Mr. Andrews says it cost him one hundred and fifty dollars to put Prissy through,
and Prissy wasn't a dunce in geometry.
You needn't worry about that, Anne.
When Matthew and I took you to bring up
we resolved we would do the best we could for you and give you a good education.
Isn't that right, Matthew?
Yes, that's right. Don't worry, Anne.
I believe in a girl being fitted to earn her own living whether she ever has to or not.
You'll always have a home at Green Gables as long as Matthew and I are here,
but nobody knows what is going to happen in this uncertain world,
and it's just as well to be prepared.
So you can join the Queen's class if you like, Anne.
Ma-Marilla...!
Oh, Marilla, thank you.
This looks like a dream!
No, it's not a dream! I'll study as hard as I can!
Thank you, Marilla!
Matthew, thank you!
I will never forget about this,
and I'll study as hard as I can and do my very best to be a credit to you both.
I warn you not to expect much in geometry,
but I think I can hold my own in anything else if I work hard.
Of course. I dare say you'll get along well enough.
Miss Stacy says you are bright and diligent.
Really? She said that?
But, Anne,
you needn't rush to any extreme of killing yourself over your books.
You won't be ready to try the Entrance for a year and a half yet.
But it's well to begin in time and be thoroughly grounded,
Miss Stacy says.
I shall take more interest than ever in my studies now,
because I have a purpose in life.
Mr. Allan says
everybody should have a purpose in life and pursue it faithfully.
Only he says we must first make sure that it is a worthy purpose.
I would call it a worthy purpose to want to be a teacher like Miss Stacy, wouldn't you, Marilla?
I think it's a very noble profession.
Just a while ago I thought I would die by eating poisoned apples,
but since I am still alive, I feel I can do anything.
That's why no matter how hard it will be,
I will get into the Queen's Academy.
What is this about dying?
About that, Matthew...
Oh! Don't say it, Marilla!
Right! I'm going to tell the news to Diana.
I had a quarrel with her today.
We have been talking about our futures.
But we have different opinions.
Today it was all my fault.
Then, I'll be back soon.
It's late, tell her tomorrow.
Do you know what time it is?
You're right.
I'll tell her tomorrow.
Many unpleasant things happened today, but ended well.
Good night, Matthew, Marilla!
Good night, Anne.
Good night.
Diana, I know you will be happy for me.
The Queens class is formed
but Diana didn't join and it was a big blow to Anne.
Next episode of Anne of Green Gables:
Diana and the Students for Queens Class
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