E waru Cousins

whakataki

Ko mōhio o te tōnounou o tenei hītori iti te kaituhi, he tokomaha
o nei i reira mooni, mai ia te tuatahi whakaputaina tona raupapa o ngā kōrero. tikanga Whakamātau Uncle Alec i ki te whakangahau iwi taitamariki i roto i nga haapiiraa o te kokoti, e puaki te pūnaha mātauranga i roto i ona ture tino pākaha. tumanako te kaituhi e ka waiho enei tōnounou hoa e kitea "waru Cousins," a ka tamata ia ki te whakatika ia ratou i roto i te rōrahi tuarua, ui "Rose roto i te pua."

Chapter ahau - rua ngā kōtiro

noho Rose anake i roto i tenei o nga ruma tino nui i roto i ona ringa, ko te iti
tauera, rawa rite mo te tuatahi horoia atu te roimata, rite whakaaro ia o te raruraru, a ka i mooni nga roimata. mutu ia ki te ruma, pera ko reira - te wahi pai i reira ka taea e koe tangi me te ite pouri hoki koe; no te mea te reira pouri, me te ata. Room kī ki taonga tawhito, me pihi pouri me whakaahua nui o rangatira tawhito i roto i wigs, kotiro pōtētete i roto i pōtae tiketike, me tamariki, kakahu i roto i te koti poto-rouru he ranei kakahu ki te hope tiketike. ko te wahi pai ki te tangi, me te ua puna drizzly tenei, kia rite ki te mea i mea, patoto i runga i te pihanga matapihi: "tangi, tangi: . ahau e ahau ki a koutou"

I Rose i pono reira he take mo mana'o: i ia kahore whaea, a kua tata ngaro ia tona papa, e i mahue tona tetahi mea, engari te tati paari. noho ia ki a ratou he wiki anake, a reira, tamata wahine pakeke ki te tahuri tenei wa i roto i nga taime pai o to koutou noho ki a ratou, ahakoa kahore e muri rawa ratou, no te mea ka mau toku whaea keke tiaki o ia, noa'tu eaha tetahi atu tamaiti, mongamonga noa ratou i te reira ki tona tiaki, tika whatiia atu ona parirau, ano he pūrerehua.

i hoatu e ratou ki a ia haere noa i te whare, a mo te maha o nga ra, whakangahau ia e pohehe ana ia i roto i nga ruma. Mai i reira he fare tawhito, ki tonu i o katoa o nooks, ruma ahakoa me ngā ara ngaro ko reira. tuwhera i roto i nga wahi ohorere Windows, titiro rawa whaiāipo taupee iti pari te kari, engari tonu i reira ko tetahi ruma i runga roa, Kīkī ki nga mea whakairo, i kawea mai i nga wahi katoa o te ao; mai te whānau Campbell i whakatupuranga ki whakatupuranga he rangatira moana.

ara whakaaetia Mehikitanga Plenty Rose ki rummage i roto i tona ruma i nui Hainamana, e waha ana kakara, taonga i roto i katoa o nga mea iti, nga tamariki e arohaina; engari au ra Rose ki kua tiaki iti mo enei goodies; a ka ki to tatou tumanako i runga i te tahi mea kakara Rose ngaro, Mehikitanga Plenty, i roto i te hepohepo, whati.

tamata keke pai Pease momo katoa o te tuitui, me te tamapua kakahu whakaritea kia taea e pa ki ia te ngakau o te ara tamaiti pakeke. Otiia whakakitea Rose iti moni i roto i te pōtae satin māwhero me te waea tine, i tuia e ia ki runga talangofua noa mau whaea keke horoia ona roimata i te mahi i runga i te kakahu marena, a kua whiti i tenei hui nga mahi katoa e pā ana ki te tuitui.

Katahi nga kotiro tawhito e rua, e korero, kia rite ki te mea pai upoko kotahi, engari e rua - pai whiriwhiri i te tamaiti tauira ora tata, na te takaro ia ki to ratou irāmutu. Otiia ko Ariadne Blish te kino o te katoa mo Rose, e kore i taea e te tangata e waha tona ahua, ka mea ia, ano he tamapua ware pi e titiro ia, a ka tae ia ki waho, ka kowhakina ia ki te kite i pēhea te pisknet ia. Ko te kupu, i tonoa te kāinga he iti kāhui Ariadne, a pau mahue mehikitanga Rose anake ki a ia mo te rua ranei, nga ra.

Ko te rangi kino, me te matao kihai i tukua ki a ia te haere i roto i, a pau ia te nuinga o tona wa i roto i te whare pukapuka, kei reira nei e rongoa pukapuka tona papa. konei
lau ia te rota, i ētahi wā e karanga ana, ka whakaaro moe rite kanapa, me te kuware, e tango whakamarie, me te ahuareka, te nuinga o ngā tamariki impressionable. ka mau te reira i pai a reira atu tetahi atu, engari i te wa ano, he mea tuukino ki te Rose, na tupu ia koati koma ki kanohi ngenge me te tau'a ki te mea katoa e haere i runga i, ahakoa i te meka e mehikitanga Plenty, ka hoatu e ia he kuru nui mirimiria ana pūngao razgoryachit ki a ia, me te whaea keke te rangimarie ia rite te poodle.

Te kitenga o tenei katoa, reirahia te whaea keke rawakore ratou roro ki runga hou
whakangahau me tatou faaoti ki te tango i te whai wāhi ki te mahi i humarie, ahakoa kahore
tino whakapono i roto i te angitu o tenei hui. kihai ratou i mea tetahi e pā ana ki to ratou Rose
mahere mō te po Rāhoroi, engari tukua ki a ia kia anake ki a ia kia taua tahuri ohorere ohorere i roto i, no te mea tenei i taea e moemoea o tetahi tamaiti.

I mua i te whakahaere ia ki te mea i te roimata kotahi, tapahia he tangi te puku kia nui hoatu ana i roto i te taringa. A ahakoa te meka e ko te reira anake he Twitter ngawari, ko reira i rawe ki ki tetahi anake manu, hoatu korowhio pekī ngohengohe ara ki te ora, ka trill, kū, pekī, a ka mutu ki te ranunga o ngā kōrero waiata katoa, me te mea te manu kata. kata Rose, rawa, me, wareware tona pouri, a whakatika ana, ka mea ta'efa'akātaki: ".? Ko tenei - Kei hea te tawai ia"

Rere iho i roto i te whare roa, ka titiro ia tika ki nga tatau e rua, engari i kite kahore pakau anake heihei i poke o raro te rau o te baradane. whakarongo ano ia, a ka whakaaro ia te tangi i haere mai i te whare. Nga wahi katoa haere ia, kawea atu na tona hopu, ahakoa, e whai ake nei i te waiata koroirangi, ka haere ia ki te kuwaha o te kāpata.

"I reira pehea rorirori?!" - ka mea a Rose. Otiia, ka haere ia ki roto, i kitea ia kahore manu anake mure ore kihi horomia, pania i Rights Hainamana, i tangohia e wahi i runga i te whata o te raina kuru. ohorere marama mata o Rose, me ki tatau whanui, haere ia ki te kīhini. mutu te waiata, ka mea katoa i kite ia - he kotiro i roto i te epora puru, e cleans te kanga. titiro matatau Rose i a ia mo te meneti, a ka koimutu ui: "? I rongo koe i te mockingbird"

"Karanga ahau ratou manu a Pipi", - ka mea te kotiro, titiro ake, ka tikina ona kanohi parauri.

"Hea i haere i te reira?"

"Ko ia tonu i konei."

"Hea?"

"I roto i taku korokoro. E hiahia ana ki te rongo i te reira? "

"Aue, ae! ka haere mai ahau, "a ka kuhu mā Rose roto i te tatau ki te papa whanui, kei runga i te taha ki te ritenga atu o te tatau, hohoro me me ona hua.

i muru ia ona ringa, whiti te kīhini me te tu i runga i te motu iti -
whāriki, i reira i "paea" ia i roto i te moana o huhuka hopi, a ka hanga tino o te kaha o tona korokoro, kia i te robin Twitter peresvist repolova, karanga Jays, waiata piopio,
te rakau kererū korihi ai, a he tokomaha atu oro pai-mohiotia, me katoa o ratou mutu i roto i te waiata bobolink maere waiata, me te
e whakangaueuetia i roto i te tarutaru i roto i te wahi kai i roto i te ra kanapa Hune.

i pera miharo e tata paheke i tona perch Rose, a ka i runga he konohete iti, papaki ia ona ringa i roto i te ahuareka.

"Aue, ko reira nui! Ko wai i whakaako koe? "
"Bird," ka mea te kotiro, ki te ataata, a ka haere mai hoki ki te mahi.
"E mea mīharo! E kore e taea e ahau waiata, me te hawhe o te mea waiata koutou.
He aha te mea te ingoa koutou pai korero ki ahau? "
"Fibi Mur."

"Rongo ahau e pā ana ki te manu a Pipi, engari e kore ahau e whakapono e taea te tangata tino
uri ratou reo, "- kata Rose, i roto i te tua ki te moni ki i ata tirohia e ia kia rite ki te hopi wai wairewa i runga i te mata o te pereki," Ka taea e ahau noho me te kite pehea koutou mahi? ahau anake i roto i te piha. "

"Ae, ki te tino hiahia koe i te reira," ka mea a Pipi, pēpēhinga tona rag kia ko reira tino faahiahia ki Rose.

"E tika ana kia ngahau, te wai maringi a tawhio noa, ka riringi hopi hiahia ana ahau ki te tamata, engari e kore e rite i te reira tati, mana'o nei ahau." - ka mea a Rose rawa huatau.

"Hohoro koe e tika tupare ki o, na he pai ki te noho i runga i te iti, me te mataara."

"E whakapono ana ahau e tino te tauturu ia koe i tou whaea?"

"E ahau kahore utuafare."

"He aha, te wahi e koe e ora, ka?"

"Kei te haere ahau ki te ora i konei, tumanako ahau. Hiahia Debbie te tangata ki te āwhina i konei, a ka i ahau ki te tamata noa mo te wiki."

"Te ti'aturi nei ahau e ka koe, no te mea he reira rawa pouri," ka mea a Rose, î ki te attraction ohorere ki te kotiro nei waiata rite te manu, a ka mahi rite te wahine tupu.

"Te ti'aturi nei ahau e ka noho ahau, ahau nei - ma rima, koroheke nui ki te ora takitahi haere mai koe ki te aukati i te reo e kore e he reira,.?" - ka ui Phoebe,
titiro i runga i nga manuhiri, me te miharo puhoi ora e kia i roto i
he kotiro nei i mau i te kakahu hiraka, huatau taupaki konumihia, faatautau orotika me te huruhuru, e here ana rīpene wereweti.

"Ae, kua ahau ki noho noa te taenga o tona matua keke ia -. Toku kaitiaki inaianei, me
e kore ahau e mohio ki ta e meatia e ia ki a ahau. E whai koe i te kaitiaki? "

"E toku Atua, e kore! I tonoa ahau ki te kei rawakoretia tamaiti iti, ko Miss Rogers, e whakaatu ana aroha ki ahau, ka mau ki ahau. Ko te mea mate nei ia, a ka tango ahau e ahau tiaki o ahau."

"Pehea ngā reira rite Arabella Montgomery i" tamariki Gypsy "Kua koe lau tonu te hītori o tenei ahuareka?" - ka ui Rose, e tai'o te rota, a ka kitea te kōrero haapiiraa.

"E e ahau kahore pukapuka ki te pānui i, me te wa noa katoa e whai ahau i te reira, noho ahau
i roto i te ngahere; reira okioki ahau i pai ake i hea atu, "- ka mea a Pipi, i muri i te mutunga o tetahi mahi me te timatanga o tetahi.

ata tirohia Rose rite fumbled ia ki te kohua nui o pini, a miharo aha e kua ora, ki te i ia ki te mahi i fare, a kihai i whakatau te kēmu.

Na, Pipi, au ra i te reira e ko te reira tona wa ki te ui pātai, ka ui ia feruri:

"Ako koe he rota, ahau whakaaro?"

"Aue, e toku Atua, ae ra, i ahau i roto i te whare nohoanga e pā ana ki te tau, a papaki ana ora ahau ki enei haapiiraa. Ko te atu ahau ako, hoatu te atu Miss Power ahau, te pau atu ahau i haere mai, na karanga ahau toku kanohi. Kihai i toku papa kia ahau te mahi i te rota, a ka whakaako ia na ngā e pai ahau ki te ako. ko matou na hari, me te faauru ia atu. ko tenei ehara i te mea, a ko ahau anake katoa. "

Roimata, i roto i te anaanatae o e noho a Rose i te ruma mua, kua hurihia nei ki raro ona paparinga, korero e pā ana ki te aroha, pea ake atu i tetahi kupu i taea te mahi.

I roto i ata he meneti i roto i te kīhini, ka rongo anake te hotuhotu iti
ngā kōtiro, me te whakautu patter o ua. mutu Pipi creaking o ratou pini i tetahi te atu kohua ranei, me ki tonu o te aroha i ona kanohi. I te tuatahi i takoto ratou, titiro i te matenga ki te huruhuru mingimingi, piko ki tona turi Rose, rite te roa rite kihai ia i kite i whakamahia te ngakau o te feti'a pretty kino ia e te mate o tona papa, me taupaki mātanga Rose ki muru te roimata o te oto, nui atu i taea e ia whakaaro.

Heoi, mahara a makona atu i roto i to ratou ahu kareko parauri me te kikorangi, herea he taupaki; hae, huringa o aroha; a ki te maia ia, e hoatu noa e ia ona ringa a tawhio noa tona āheinga te raru.

Wehi e pea e titiro reira tika, ka mea ia i roto i tona reo mārama:

"Ua papû e kore koutou kei pera anake ki te tokomaha rave rahi o te iwi no ki tou utuafare, i roto i te tua, kei taonga, me te atamai koe. E pahuatia koe i roto i te wahi ahau, ka mea a Debbie, no te mea kei anake te kotiro i roto i te utuafare ia koutou."

i akina nga kupu whakamutunga o Pipi Rose ki te malimali roto i ona roimata, a ia
haea ana e ia tona mata i te epora ki te mata prosvetlevshim, hanga he reo, huri:

"Ko e tetahi o aku raruraru! I ahau e ono tati, a e hiahia ana ratou katoa ki ahau, otiia e kore ahau e mohio ki tetahi o ratou rawa pai. Huaina Papa reira pukepuke o toku whaea keke, a inaianei e ahau mahino aha."

kata me Pipi ki a ia, pera reassuringly mea ratou:

"Katoa karanga reira pera, a ko reira - he ingoa tino pai mo te katoa, Mrs.
ora tino tata, ka haere mai ki te kite i kotiro tawhito Campbell. "

"Ka taea e ahau mau tati, engari i reira e ano pinepine o tungane, e wehingia ana
tamariki, a ka kino ahau ki a ratou katoa! ka haere mai etahi o ratou kia kite i ahau
Wenerei whakamutunga, engari takoto iho ahau, a ka haere mai te whaea keke ki te karanga ahau, a takaia ahau ia i roto i te tifaifai, a ahua ki te kia moe. i te wa tutaki ahau ki a ratou ki te wa, engari wehi ahau i te reira. "A whatiia a Rose, noho anake ki tona papa mate, e kore ia i mohio ki tetahi mea e pā ana ki tamariki, a kite ratou rite kirehe.

"Aue! Ahau mohio e rite ratou i te reira e ahau. Kua kite ahau rere ratou a tawhio noa, i muri ratou
haere mai Point ki, i ētahi wā i te kaipuke, i ētahi wā i runga i te hoiho. Ki te rite koe poti me nga hoiho, ka aroha koutou reira katoa i kotahi. "

"Otiia e kore ahau e rite. Hoiho me ahau au wehi i ahau nekehanga mate, a ka kino ahau nga tamariki. " Na tauia te rawakore Rose ratou ringa. Ko tētahi o ēnei mamae taea ia te neke, engari tahi katoa i reira whakamātautau nui rawa hoki ia, a ka whakaaro ia:
rite hohoro hoki ki te kura kinongia.

kata Pipi mo tona pouri i te wa rite pīni poskakivali i te paraharaha, engari e kore e ki te kino ia tamata Rose ki te whakaae ki a ia.

"Pea ka tangohia e koe tou matua keke ki te wahi i reira i reira he kore tamariki. ka mea a Debbie e ko pono ia he tangata pai, ka hopoi mai ki reira he rota o nga mea pai te wa e tae mai.

"Ae, engari e mohio ana koe, i reira he tetahi raruraru: e kore ahau e mohio Uncle Alec. tata kore ia haere mai ki te kite ia tatou, ahakoa rawa maha tonoa e ia ki ahau nga mea pretty. Na no ahau ki a ia, a ki te waiho tata ki a ia, na te roa noa i ahau ma waru. e kore e taea e kore rite ia ki ahau, a ka mamae ahau, whakaaro e pā ana ki reira i te wa katoa. "

"Well, e kore e haere ahau au ki te ngana ki te ite i te raruraru, no te mea i roto i te hono mo'oní, ahau nei i te wa pai. Ahau tino, whakaaro ahau e ahau e waiho i noho ahau i roto i te papai, ki te i ahau whanaunga me moni, a ka meatia anake te mea i meinga i roto i toku pai, "te timatanga o Phoebe, engari te whakahaere kihai i whiwhi atu te whai-ake, e tika ana ki te patunga a ohorere, me te whatitiri i haukotia ratou whakahaere, a meinga peke ratou i roto o ratou torona.

"Tenei - te whatitiri," ka mea a Pipi.

"Tenei - te circus!" karanga ahau Rose, e peke i tona perch, te tuhituhi
whiti kaata koa tetahi o te hunga i roto i nei e rave rahi pukupuku hoiho ponies ki rere ngangara me hiku.

ahua mangu te tangi, me te huihui nga kotiro ki tonu tona whakahaere tūmataiti, ka pa whakarere i reira ko te Debbie tawhito, e titiro rawa manusinusi me hiamoe i muri i tona moenga.

"Titiro koe mo te ruma ora, Miss Rose."

"Haere mai tetahi?"

"E kore e kotiro Little ui pātai, kia meatia ratou rite e korerotia ki ratou," e te katoa i mea a Debbie.

"He nui te ahau tumanako e he reira - e kore Mehikitanga Mira; ia tonu ngana frightens ahau, tono toku maremare me te tumutumu ki ahau, me te mea haere ahau kia haere ki te marama," - ka mea a Rose, rite ki te tiki i runga i te ara i ka i konei a rite Pipi ki te tapahi i te korukoru Christmas, rite mo te whakanui me te purini, he mahi uaua taua mo ngā kōtiro pīrahi.

«A feruri na ... mea koe," e riro te reira i pai i reira mehikitanga rangimarie, "ina kite koe i te tangata haere mai ki a koutou Kaua e tonu aere ki toku kīhini tenei ara, ka papaki koutou e ahau i roto i te armoire ranei, meinga Debbie, nei whakaaro reira ratou fatongia ki tetahi. kotahi E faaino tirohia ki ngā tamariki.

Chapter II - Ko te whānau

pukutia piki Rose ki te pae rite nohopuku rite taea ia, me
reira he hanga ngahau Debbie he mata, puhirua ana huruhuru me te itoito. Na ata paheke ia ki raro i te whare, a Pilikihami ki te ruma. He ko tangata, me mea katoa e taea e amo ia i te reira te tika e ko te kamupene katoa i te tihi. Na, ia maia kahakina roto i te tatau hawhe-tuwhera, titiro i nga mea katoa e tupu
kite piringa, a anake, ki te he te reira e taea ki te whakawhiti i tona wairua.

tu e whitu tamariki i roto i te rarangi i runga i te tau, teitei, hate katoa me
puru-kanohi, katoa i roto i kākahu Kōtimana, malimali ratou katoa, ka Tungou, me
Kei te korero tatou i roto i te kotahi, kotahi te reo ki: "pehea e koe, e taku whanaunga?"

ki tonu te ruma e au ki tamariki i roto i te putanga o Rose, a ka titiro ia a tawhio noa waihoki, me te mea ki te rere ki runga. I mua i faaoti ia ki te rere, te taitamarikitanga teitei, tango i te taahiraa i mua i te raupapa i roto i nei i aroha nga tamariki ka mea ia:

"E kore e manukanuka i te reira kua tae mai to matou utuafare ki te oha koutou, me ahau - te, Archie, i to koutou mahi matamua.".

whakaekea e ia ia tona ringa, tonu te whakahaere, a shyly hoatu e ia te reira, na e Rose te pene iti mooni toremi i roto i te wae parauri Archie, puritia ana e ia
te wa katoa, ia tonu ia i mohio.

"Haere mai matou i roto i te kākahu tonu, no te mea te taka tonu matou pai i runga i ngā wā motuhake Te ti'aturi nei matou e koe oaoa i teie nei, ka korerotia e ahau ki a koutou te hunga e enei ko eé, a ka koe katoa ka meinga mārama, tenei tiketike -... Tānga Charli, te tamaiti Mehikitanga Clara i. ia ko ia anake, ka pena te pai ko te hoa tawhito -. Mack, bookworm, karanga reira he kutukutu mo poto tenei hanga ahuareka -. Steve titiro Dandy i ona karapu, me te piko ki runga ki te pōtae, ki te hiahia koe i nga tama a keke Jane nga tangata taitamariki .. whakapono ki ahau he rua nui. me reira Bratsy, toku teina, George ko Will, me
Jamie Little. Na, e taku tama aroha, ka tāpiri i te taahiraa me whakaatu ki to ratou ahua. "

I roto i tenei whakahau, nui ki te wehi o Rose, i reira nga e ono o ringa
i ui ia, ka ko reira mārama utu ruru ratou katoa. Ko he wero katoa mo te tamaiti whakamā; engari, kia mahara ano i ona whanaunga, e haere mai ki te oha ia ratou, taea e ia ake powhiri ruia ringa ki a ratou.

mutu tenei hui whakamīharo, he i roto o te tikanga nga tamariki, me
E au ra te reira i taua tonu, ki tonu ruma e rua i ki eé. Rose
rawa āta noho ahau i runga i te parahiraa nui, me te mea rapu whakaruru, ka tonu ki te noho ki reira, e matakitaki ana i te "whakaeke", engari whatu toku matenga kotahi me te pātai kotahi: ka ka haere mai me te whakaora tona whaea keke?

Ka rite ki te mea ki te whakamatau i tana pakeke, ara atu whakatupu kino i te reira, whakamanawanui Rose aha mutu tangata taitamariki katoa muri ki a ia parahiraa, ngākau hanga riro ana kitenga whakautu atu pukuaroha, a ka ngaro ki te faaiteraa Kōmāmā.

haere mai Archie mua, a, e okioki ana i runga i te nohoanga, ka mea i roto i te reo metua:
"Au e ahau koa kua tae mai koe, whanaunga, me tumanako ahau e ka koa ki a koutou i roto i te-maunga Ant".

"Whakaae ahau ki a koutou."

ruia Poppy tona makawe, te tango ratou i te kanohi, tutuki ki te heamana, me
koimutu ui: "I kawea mai koe i tetahi pukapuka ki ahau"?

"E wha o te pouaka. Ko ratou i roto i te whare pukapuka."

ngaro Mack i te ruma, ko Steve, ohi he roa'tu i e whakakitea noa atu pai tona take, ka mea ki te ataata hoa:

"Pouri matou e kore matou i kite koe Wenerei whakamutunga. Tumanako ahau haere koutou matao kua me koutou ite pai."

"Ae, whakawhetai koe." tahuna ake tona mata ki te ataata Rose, ka whakaaro ia o tona ora.

Iteraa i whakawhiwhia ia rawaka aro, taui Steve ki tona kopere, me tona runga ake i ake ake, engari te wa tenei progartsevav Prince Charlie puta noa te ruma, ka mea i roto i te reo marino, me te ngāwari

"E tuku toku whaea koe tona aroha, ka tūmanako e ka ite koe pai e pā ana ki a ratou ano, ka whiriwhiri i te wa ki te haere ki a matou wiki i muri. Tenei mea iti kia waiho koutou rawa puhoi konei."

"Au e ahau ma toru me te hawhe, ara, ahakoa titiro ahau na iti," karanga Rose,
wareware tona mamahu ki te riri, a whakaiti ana i te kupu o tenei taiohi piro.

"Hinewehi ahau, e whae, e kore e kua fifili." Na Charlie
haere atu ki te kata ia, pai e kawea mai he fiefia i whakahaere ki tona ngawari
whanaunga.

ka huihui George ko Will tahi hauora e rua, me te tekau ma rua
Summer te tangata, ahiahí ki ona kanohi puru a tawhio i roto i Rose atu ana ngā pātai, me te mea whai wāhi i roto i te whawhai, a ka ko Rose te ūnga o matā-waha.

"Kawea e koe he makimaki?"

"No: mate ia."

"E haere ana koe ki te hoko i ahau he kaipuke?"

"Kāore he".

mau tamaroa e rua, kia rite ki te mea i runga i whakahau tahuri koi ki te matau, ka otmarshirovali atu, me te Jamie iti, te whai ratou ki te ma'itiiti ore tamariki ui:

"I kawea mai koe ki ahau te tahi mea ngā?"

"Ae, he maunga o sweets," ka mea Rose, a ka aki Jamie ki ona turi, a ka kia mohio katoa e tino pai ia ki a ia ki te kihi nui.

Tenei mahi pai mauri Rose, i nga tamariki ata tirohia a ka kata, ka mea ia i roto i te whakama, kōrero ki te taitamariki wikitoria:

"Kua kite koe kua tae te circus"?

"Hea, no te??" hamama tamariki pŭpŭ himene ki te ngākau.

"Just i mua i haere mai koe. I te iti rawa, e ahau whakaaro ko reira he circus, no te mea i kite ahau i ngā rōpū o ngā tae whero me te pango, me te rota o taitamariki hoiho ponies, me ..."

e kore ia i haere ki runga ki a ohorere mutu rite Archie haukotia tona kata:
"Ko to tatou kapa kuri hou, me te pony Shetland. No kore te reira i te circus, he whanaunga."

"Otira i reira i na tokomaha, a ka rere ratou na nohopuku, me te rōpū, ko ia na ataahua," Rose ārai, e ngana ana ki te whakamārama i tona hape.

"Haere a titiro ki a ratou!" karanga te Prince. A i mua i mohio ia
aha i taea kua tupu, hanga ia tona ara ki te whare witi, me te
kite ahau i toru ponies puhuruhuru, me te takatu rōpū kuri hou.

kore i ia i roto i te whare witi, a ka i ruarua te tika o te whiriwhiri o tona wāhi i reira, i whakapono ia
"E kore e Auntie rite reira," engari timata te karanga, i mea ia:

"Korerotia ia whakangahau matou a koutou, a taea meatia tatou kia pai ake i tika kopikopiko noa te whare."

"Au e ahau wehi e te tia, kahore tona kakahu," - te timatanga o Rose, e hiahia ana ki te noho, engari ite ia Chills Chills kahore he kakahu.

"No, e kore koutou e whakatio! Ka hoatu e matou a koutou," karanga te tangata taitama, a kotahi ka hūtia tana pōtae ki runga ki tona matenga, me te kotahi ringa e here ana i muri koti taratara huri noa tona kaki, ata tuatoru, engari tata notia ia, takai i roto i te paraikete, me te
A maha tino rerenga ki te whakatuwhera i te tatau o nga hariata e wha-Seater tawhito, e tu ana i reira, oaoa mea: ". Haere mai, Madame, noho iho atu whakamarie, matou inaianei i ki te ngakau"

Heoi eke Rose ki te hariata pai ki ia, me mau tamaroa
tonu ratou ki te kanikani a tawhio noa ia ki te ahuareka, na e papaki ia ona ringa, ka kata, he aha e kore ki te mahi i hoki te wiki ruarua mua.

"Me pehea e koe, e taku kotiro?" ui ahau te rangatira, moata ai ki a ia, i roto i o manawa katoa, ka ko te rangatira o te whakaaturanga.

"Ko reira nehenehe! Ahau kotahi anake haere ki te whare tapere, engari
te kanikani me te hawhe i ngā koe. Me kia koe tamariki rawa pai! "Ka mea Rose, ataata i whanaunga kore e tokomaha iho, rite te kuini iti i runga i ona hoia.

"Aue, tatou - te whiriwhiri tino, a ko te tika i te timatanga o to tatou māna i tatou i tenei ra matou pūngawī tenei, te kore e waiata matou mo koutou, mo ki a koe te tākaro i te himene pai." - ka mea a Charlie, whiti i tona whakamoemiti.

"E kore ahau i mohio i matou i Scotland, e kore toku papa korero e pā ana ki reira, ahakoa i ētahi wā waiata ia ahau i te ballad tawhito e pā ana ki te whenua", - ua ia ka mea a Rose ia noa homai Amerika.

"He pai te mutunga atu i kore. Te tai'o nei tatou i te pūrākau Kotimana, me katoa e mahara tatou i te kau - ko te aha to tatou koroua tenei Scot. Na i kitea e matou i te kōrero tawhito, i kitea te hakaputa, hoatu Kotimana matou kakahu, a ka haere ki te ngakau me te wairua o to tatou hapu kororia. Kua ora matou i roto i tenei āhua o te whakaaro mo etahi wa, a ko reira rawa rorirori. To tatou iwi, ano tenei, a ahau whakaaro ai tatou - rawa tupato eé ".

ka mea a Archie reira, e noho ana i runga i te pouaka, i ki okioki me te uru atu te korero whakarihariha, i roto i nei te toenga katoa ka noho ia.

"Ahau - Fitdzheyms, a ia -. Roderik Du, a matou uru ki a koutou i mua i roto i te pakanga kōrero tenei hui nui, e whakapono matou," tāpiri te rangatira.

"Ae, ka whai koe ki te whakarongo Steve nui te tetere. Ko reira nui hanga he tangi nga pūngawī," karanga Will i te pouaka, e ngana ana ki te whakaatu atu i nga whakatutukitanga o tona utuafare.

"Mac he hoa e hopu mo te kōrero tawhito, parau te reira tatou e founga ki te taka, a rapu mea faauruhia e pā ana ki e taea e koe te kōrero himene ranei" - haukotia e Georgie, e whakamoemiti ana ngaro bookworm.

"He aha te mahi koe ko Will," ka mea a Jamie Rose, e noho taha ia, a ka kite i te kokonga o tona kanohi ki reira e kore i hoatu e ia ki a ia he mea homai noa - he maunga o te monamona ki ha taha kehe.

"Aue, e ahau - te karere iti, a ka oma ohipa, a Will ko Georgie
- nga hoia, ka haere tatou, hata, ka hopu matou, a
hunga hikaka, ina e hiahia ana tatou ki te tapatapahia rawatia atu te matenga o te tangata. "

"Me waiho ratou faatere rawa," - ka mea a Rose, i te "kaiwhakaari taitamariki," e whiti ki te whakapehapeha tano, a ka takoto ki te tākaro i te tūranga o Wallace, me Montrose wawe tonu, i roto i te tikanga ki te whakamarie tona whanaunga.

"Kia tākaro o tūtohu," - ka karanga te rangatira, wiri ia
i runga i te kurupae me reo pakia pokohiwi o Stevie.

Ahakoa te meka i mau ia karapu, papaki Dandy i muri ia ia, me te toenga
rite hohoro marara i roto i ngā tohutohu rerekē i te tere breakneck rite taea.

Ko te tirohanga hou, me te faahiahia ki Rose, hou, i roto i te rerekē, i te hu'ahu'a
Kuranoho kura, a whanga ana ia i te tamariki ki te hohe whakaongaonga
moni, te feruri e ratou rēreretanga fakamanatu tona monkey mate.

Anake e tahuti ore ratou ki te kororia, kia ai nga painga o tūtohu, ohorere puta ki Phoebe kakahu, araa, me here rapa mō te komukumuku i te patunga witi, me te ki te karere i mehikitanga Plenty, e "Me tomo tonu Miss Rose te whare."

"Tika katoa, matou e whakaora i te reira!" ka mea a Archie, hanga etahi
he tikanga ngaro, i rongo tonu tonu nga eé, me te aroaro o Rose
i taea ki te tiki i roto o te kaiako, ka mau nga tamariki ake te pereoo mo te drawbar
a Pouriuri kawea ia i roto i o te whare witi, hoatu te kaiako me te kapi porohita i roto i te mua
tatau ki te huru oaoa, e ngana ana ki te maka i te potae i te tihi o te matapihi, i meinga roimata, Debbie, ka karanga ia, "Aue, tamaiti whakaarokore, o te akoranga, e rapu koe i te mate o te mea iti paruru!"

Ko "mea hanga iti rākau" whakaaro ki te ite nui i runga i tenei haerenga, hohoro ia rere iho nga pikitanga kaata katoa rosy, hari, me te disheveled, i roto i te whakautu ki te karanga o mehikitanga Plenty, e ui ia ki te waiho, me te takoto ki raro, mo te ia.

"Aue, pai, e kore te mahi! I haere mai matou mo tea ki to tatou whanaunga a ka tatou
ki te tikanga rite te kotiro pai, ki te tukua e koe ki a matou noho, whaea keke, "- tamaroa maniania
nei e kore anake whakamoemiti "to tatou whanaunga," engari i kahore hiahia ki te mahue tea toro mehikitanga Plenty, i mohio tona āhua ngohengohe.

"Well aroha, noho koe rite te roa rite ata koe ki raro, me te kia Rose atu tou whanaunga i te mata o te ataata, me te freshen ake a ka tatou ka kite he aha to tatou mo te tina", - ka mea te wahine tawhito, hohoro tonu te tango me te whai i te ahunga o te whare hakari.

"Marmalade ahau, Auntie."

"He nui ake keke kirīmi iti, ki te kia ahau."

"Atu ki Debbie e ia hohoro maoa te terise tunua."

"Tono ahau i te wāhanga o te keke rēmana, e whae."

"Hanga panekeke, ka rite Rose ratou."

"Ko tino e te nuinga o reira rite te keke ahau."

A, no te haere Rose ki raro, ma rima meneti i muri mai, neatly slicked curls me i tona taupaki pai, ka kite ia i nga tamariki, heahea i roto i te whare roa, mutu hawhe ara, e hiahia ana ki te tango i te matakitaki, hiahia ia ki te aromatawai o ratou whanaunga fo'ou me te hononga i waenganui i a ratou, me te ia.

Ko he ahua nui whānau i waenganui ia ratou, ahakoa etahi
o nga upoko hate i mumura ake i ētahi atu, me etahi o nga paparinga
Ko ratou parauri hei utu o māwhero, me te tau o te ono rerekē i Archie ki Jamie, ko wai i kotahi tekau nga tau teina. E kore tetahi o ratou i ngā MILOVIDOV, ki te okotahi o Piriniha, a ano, nga etahi katoa i kaungāongo'i, mau tamaroa hari, a faaoti Rose e kore e pera kino rite tohu reira ratou i te tamariki.

i ia o nga tamariki nga āhuatanga, kia e kore i taea e Rose huna ia menemene ka titiro ia ki a ratou. haere Archie ko Charlie, mārama hoa tata, ringa i roto i te ringa, ki te pokohiwi tapono, whiowhio "Pani Dandi"; pānui Mack i te pukapuka i roto i te kokonga, me te mau mai i te reira tata ki ona kanohi kitea-poto; mānia Dandy ona makawe, kia e tu ana ratou i roto i te porowhita, rite te pōtae; Georgie ko Will korero e pā ana ki te ōhanga kāinga i mua i te karaka i hanga i roto i te āhua o te marama; a takoto Jamie whana ratou rekereke i te kotahi waewae o nga kaupae, e tatari ana mo nga rare, i korero ai ki te hoatu ki a ia he rohi.

fifili ia tona whakaaro ki te ui mo te lole, me te āta tangohia mua he ringa o te huka-paramu ki hoatu ki a ia. Mai ona koa hamama kihai i taea e te tahi atu mau tamaroa tauturu ataata, ratou iti whanaunga e tu ana i roto i te tawhiti, ko te tirohanga ataahua: he ataahua, ki te titiro ngohengohe, ki te huruhuru kanapa, me te mata ataata. fakamanatu ratou kakahu Black o tona mate, me te ki tonu te ngakau o te tamaiti te hiahia ki te hei i te pai mo "to tatou whanaunga", ko wai e kore i whai engari tenei whare kahore.

"Ko reira ia, tino" - ka karanga Steve, a hoatu ana e te kihi ia.

"Haere mai Miss, he rite, tea" - ka mea te farii Prince.

"Me tango ahau koutou ki te kuru" - a Archie ki tura nui whakaekea tona ringa ki taua honore e numinumi kau Rose rite Cherries ka ko rite ki te rere hoki ake te pikinga.

i ngahau Dinner, a tamata i te tamariki pakeke e rua ki te hanga i taua mea atu provocatively, racking ake he kōrero e hāngai ana i runga i ngā kaupapa tūturu toe. Te tahi mea pai i tino i roto i to ratou mau aamu, rumakina i roto i te mea ngaro pouri o te hakari.

"A i kite ake i te reira ahau," ka mea a Jamie.

"E kore e taea e ahau te mahara; engari Mack ko Steve kua kite, a pai tino ratou i te reira ", - ka mea a Archie, ki faanevaneva ratou i kai panekeke reka Debbie rite panuku ratou mea i roto i toku mahunga.

"Ko wai ka haere mai te reira te tuatahi?" - E ui puru ki te Marmalade mangai.

"Whakaaro ahau mehikitanga Plenty"

"A, no te e ia puta reira?" - titiro karanga Stevie, mokowhiti ake i tona nohoanga.

"Kotahi te ra i runga i te Mane."

"Aue, e toku Atua, he aha te mahi i enei tamariki?" - ka karanga te wahine tawhito o te paepae tiketike, hoki i te kitea tona pōtae anake.

"He toku whaea keke e kore e mohio?" - ka ui te pŭpŭ himene tamariki.

"No; a ko te kata pai e ia anake e taea whakaaro tenei. "

"He aha te tae ko reira," ka mea a Rose, pārekareka te kata.

"Blue ko Brown".

"Ko reira ahuareka ki te reka?" - ka mea Jamie.

"Whakaaro na etahi iwi, engari e kore ahau e hiahia ana ki te tamata i te reira," - ka mea a Charlie, kata, me te maringi tona tea.

"Ki a wai te tikanga reira?" - interjected Steve.

titiro Archie me te Prince ki kanohi tahi e te tahi o rite ki te o tukuange 'te mea kei te tupu, ka mea a Archie ki te kara i roto i tona kanohi i hanga hamama ano Charlie

"Kulenipā Campbell."

Ko reira he wero, a kihai ratou ki te whakaoti i tenei puzzle, a whakawhirinaki Jamie Rose e ora whakauaua noa Mane, ki te kore e kitea i roto i te mea i tenei mea ngaro, na i e ratou he kōrero roa.

I maoro i muri i tea, ka whawhati te whānau ake, waiata i te waiata "pōtae puru katoa tarenga runga te rohe" me ratou reo teitei-noho.

"Well toku aroha, i rite koe koutou tungane?" - ka ui mehikitanga Plenty, ka ngaro te pony whakamutunga huri noa te piko, ka mate iho te ngangau.

"Ko reira, Madame. Ko atu pai Pipi ahau. " Ko te whakahoki, i hanga Mehikitanga Plenty maka ake i roto i te hepohepo ki ona ringa, me te hohoro te mutu ki te korero ki tona rangimarie tuahine, e kore ia e matau ki tenei tamaiti, a e pai kia reira atawhai ki te haere mai Alec wawe tonu, me te kawe i ngā kawenga ki tonu hoki te whakatipu o te Rose i roto i to ratou ringa.

Ngenge tina rerekē, manehau Rose ake i roto i te kokonga o te moenga ki te okioki me te whakaaro e pā ana ki te mea ngaro nui, iti te ite e kitea e ia i roto i pā ana ki reira te tuatahi.

Matau i te waenganui o ona whakaaro, ka hinga moe ia, ka tuku ano e reira i te kāinga i roto i tona moenga iti. E au ra te reira ki a ia e whakaara ia ake, ka kite i tona papa, e okioki ki runga ia, a ka rongo ia mea ia: "E toku Rose iti," a ka mea ia: "Ae, Papa," me ka tango ia ia i roto i ona ringa, me te whakamarie ano kihia e. Na ahuareka, na tūturu ko te moemoea e tata ara ia ki runga ki te karanga o te koa i te mea mutu ake i roto i nga ringa o te oti te, tangata pāhau i pupuri nei ia piri, reo tata pāpā, a ia i oke ai piri ki a ia i roto i te whakautu

"Ko tenei toku kotiro iti, a au e ahau Uncle Alec."

Chapter III - Te matua keke

Na ka maranga ake Rose te ata i muri, kihai i tino ia, tino i ia he moe ranei katoa tupu mau. peke ia i roto i o moenga, ka kakahu, ka whakaara Rose ake he haora mua atu i mua, no te mea kihai ia i taea e moe roa, i hinga ai e te hiahia ki te haere ki raro, a ka kite ranei reira he peke Kikī me te katoleta nui i roto i te whare. E au ra te reira ki a ia e mahara ia e founga ia tata tapepa mo ratou, ina ahau haere ki te moenga, no te mea he reira hiahia whaea keke rawa te hora ki te kawe i tana irāmutu ki te ōrite iho.

I whiti ana te ra, a ka uakina e Rose te matapihi ki te tuku i te Mei hau moana ngohengohe ki te whakaki i te ruma. okioki ia puta noa i te taupee iti, titiro atu hoki teo wawe, hopu te kutukutu, a miharo ranei rite tona matua keke Alec. kite ia i tetahi peke tangata i runga i te taiepa kari, kahakina ki te whiowhio. I te tuatahi i whakaaro ia ko reira he taihara, engari he kau i muri, titiro tata atu, ua ite ia e ko te reira tona matua keke, i hoki mai i muri i tona kauhoe wawe i roto i te moana. Ia whakauaua i maia ki te titiro ki a ia o muri po, no te mea kua kitea wa katoa mata o ona kanohi puru ki runga ki ahau. i taea te tango i reira he titiro inaianei ko reira, pera ko ia anake, feruri i te reira rite te mea ia titiro a tawhio noa mo te mohio te wa roa.

Oti te tangata hou i roto i te koti puru, kahore pōtae ki runga ki tona matenga mingimingi, ka ruia e ia, ano he kuri mākū, te whanui, takakau o roto i ana nekehanga, me te manawa auau, rawa hinga rohi, a kihai ia i taea e whakamārama tenei mana'o marino mai i ia . ka mea ia ki a ia, he manawa, "whakaaro ahau pai ia ki ahau, kia rite ki te tangata rawa atamai titiro ia," ka maranga ake ona kanohi, me te mea aromatawai tupu pereni, a ka kite i tetahi mata iti pai, āta ako i te reira. whakaarahia e ia ona ringa ki a ia, Tungou me ponguru, te reo koa e:

"Ara koe ake wawe pena, e toku irāmutu iti."

"Ka ara ahau ki runga ki te kite, ki te haere mai tino koe dadya".

"Apii? Well, te tiki iho, ka taki mēnā he pera tenei. "

"E kore ahau tukua ahau ki te haere ki raro, i mua i te parakuihi, te Ariki."

"Ko e mo'oni," koohine ia. "Katahi ka haere ahau i runga i te poari i te kaipuke ki te oha koutou," - tāpiri ia; a nui ki te ohorere Rose tīmata ake te pou whakamahau, intercepting tetahi me ka te tahi atu ringa, marere ia ki te tuanui, okioki atu nei ia i mua, ka kitea ia i runga i te taupee me Rose, karanga, me te mea ka u ia ki runga ki te rahoraho o te kaipuke: "Na inaianei ano koe i reira he feaa e pā ana ahau, Madame? "

mau Uncle Rose atu kaitiaki, i taea e anake ataata ia ki a ia.

"Me pēhea te e kitea e koe i tenei ata?" Ka mea ia, painaina ringa maro whakatika i roto i ona ringa.

"Tino ata pai, whakawhetai koe te Ariki."

"Otiia i taea e te reira noa pai. He aha e kore? "

"Te wa katoa e ahau, me te ki te ānini ara ake ite ngenge."

"E kore koe kei moe?"

"I te tuatahi i ahau he teka roa, me te kore e taea moe, a ka hinga ka ahau moe, engari e kore e te toku moe tuku ahau ki te whai i te okiokinga pai."

"He aha e meatia e koutou ra katoa?"

"Aue, tai'o ahau, ahau tuitui he iti, he moenga iti, ka noho ki toku whaea keke ia."

"Kaua e haere atu i o te tatau o te whare, e kore mahi i ohipa fare, e kore e eke hoiho, e kore te mahi e ratou?"

"Ka mea a Mehikitanga Plenty e kore i ahau kaha nui mo te katoa o tenei, haere ahau ki reira te tahi mau taime, engari e kore au e ahau hiahia."

"No miharo," ka mea ia e okioki ana i mua Uncle Alec me hohoro tāpiri, i roto i tona ritenga: "? E whai koe te tangata ki te tākaro ki"

"Kahore tetahi, engari Ariadne Blish, engari he pera poauau e kore ahau e taea e tu ia ia. haere mai Nonanahi nga tamariki, me i reira ko tetahi rota o ngahau; engari, o te akoranga, e ahau i taea e kore tākaro ki a ratou. "

"He aha?"

"Au ahau koroheke rawa ki te tākaro ki te tamariki."

"Pakeke kore maha tamariki; Ko te tika tenei te mea