24. On that first day, I ran down the hill and into the road (few cars ever came along it) and had the good sense to stop running before I reached the Store.
    24)在第一次去她家的那一天，我跑下山去跑到路上(很少有车子开到这条路上来)，并且居然在到达店铺以前还知道停住不跑了。
    25. I was liked, and what a difference it made. I was respected not as Mrs. Henderson's grandchild or Bailey's sister but for just being Marguerite Johnson.
    25)有人喜欢我，这造成了多大的不同啊! 我不是作为亨德森太太的孙女或贝利的妹妹受到尊敬，而就是作为我自己，玛格丽特·约翰逊。

    26. Childhood's logic never asks to be proved (all conclusions are absolute). I didn't question why Mrs. Flowers had singled me out for attention, nor did it occur to me that Momma might have asked her to give me a little talking to. All I cared about was that she had made tea cookies for me and read to me from her favorite book. It was enough to prove that she liked me.
    26)童年时的推理永远不需求得证实 (一切的结论都是绝对的)。我并没有怀疑弗劳尔斯太太为什么单单选中了我来表示关怀，也没有想到奶奶曾请她小小地开导我一番。我关心的只是她为我做了茶点时吃的点心，从她最喜欢的书里念了一段给我听。这就足以证明她喜欢我了。

    27. Momma and Bailey were waiting inside the Store. He said, "My, what did she give you? "He had seen the books, but I held the paper sack with his cookies in my arms shielded by the poems.
    27)奶奶和贝利在店铺里面等着我。哥哥说：“喝，她给你什么啦?”他已经看见了那些书，但我把放着给他的点心的纸口袋夹在腋下，用诗集挡着。

   28. Momma said, "Sister, I know you acted like a little lady. That do my heart good to see settled people take to you all. I' m trying my best, the Lord knows, but these days ... " Her voice trailed off: "Go on in and change your dress."
    28)奶奶说：“妹子，我知道你的举止像个小姐。看到安居乐业的人喜欢你们，我很高兴。我尽子最大的努力了，上帝知道，但这种年月……”她的声音渐渐低了下去。“去，进去把衣服换了。”