Chapter 18 Chapter Seventeen The Beginning of a New Life

The next afternoon, Anne, who was busy mending by the kitchen window, just finished sewing a mesh, accidentally looked up and saw Diana calling herself from the "Drouard Spring".She immediately put down what she was doing, ran out of the house, and ran towards the small depression.The eyes of the emotional Anne were full of hope and surprise, but when she saw Diana's sad and painful face, Anne's heart was half cold again. "Hasn't your mother forgiven me yet?" asked Anne, breathlessly. Diana nodded sadly. "Yes, and, Anne, she won't let me play with you any more. I cried and made a scene a few times, and kept saying that Anne wasn't to blame for this, but it was no use. It took me a lot of money to come out and say good-bye to you." It took a lot of effort to convince her. However, my mother said that she was only allowed to come out for 10 minutes, and she is looking at the watch to count the time now."

"It's only 10 minutes, and the time is too short." Annie burst into tears immediately. "Oh, Diana, can you swear to remember me forever? From now on, no matter what, don't forget your childhood friends." "Of course." Diana sobbed. "And I'll never have a bosom friend again. I don't want a bosom friend any more. I've never loved anyone so much as Anne." "Diana!" cried Anne, clasping her hands tightly. "Do you love me?" "Oh, do you still need to ask? Isn't it already clear, don't you know?"

"I don't know!" Annie took a deep breath. "I thought you just liked me, but I didn't expect you to love me, and I've never had such a thing. Oh, Diana, it's as refreshing as the rain after a long drought! Oh! , would you please say it again?" "I love Anne from the bottom of my heart," Diana promised, "and always and forever, absolutely." "I've always loved you too, Diana." Anne said solemnly. "In the long years to come, the memory of you will twinkle like stars in my lonely life and will never fade away. This is the last story we both read. Diana, can you remove your blackheads? Send me a strand to keep forever as a parting memorial."

"Is there any tool that can cut hair?" Diana asked sadly, and tears welled up again. "Just right, the mending scissors were in the apron pocket just now," said Anne, cutting off a lock of Diana's curly hair with great dignity. "Dear friend, please take care, although you and I are about to part, but my heart will always belong to you." Diana is gone.Annie stood motionless, watching Diana back to the door.Diana stopped in her tracks and looked back, only to see Anne waved her hand sadly, then turned and walked towards Green? Gay Bruce.For a moment, Anne took some comfort from the romantic parting scene.

"It's all over," Anne said to Marilla. "I don't make friends anymore. Katie Morris and Violetta are not here. It's so sad. In fact, they are useless. Real friends have broken up. Fantasy friends seem impossible. relieve my loneliness. I shall never forget the sad parting of Diana and I at the fountain. Diana gave me a lock of her hair, and I will sew a little pocket to put it in, and hang it around my neck all my life, and bury it with me when I die.I don't think I'll live long enough, and Mrs. Barry may regret what she's done and send Diana to my funeral if she sees my chilled body. "

"You keep on talking about this. It seems that there is no need to worry that you will die of excessive grief." Marilla had no sympathy for Anne at all. On Monday, Annie walked down the stairs with a basket containing textbooks in one hand, and came to Marilla, which surprised Marilla.Anne bit her lip hard, as if to show her firm determination. "I've decided to go back to school." Anne announced solemnly. "The friends in the past have been cruelly torn apart, and now I am left alone. I have no choice but to do this. If I can go back to school, I will be able to see Diana every day, and I will remember The days and nights of the past are gone.”

"You'd better pay attention to the class and calculation." Marilla reprimanded Anne, but secretly felt relieved that the situation had made unexpected progress. "If you really go back to school, you must stop beating people with stone slabs. Be polite, educated, and listen to the teacher." "I'm trying to be a model student." Annie interjected impatiently. "I think it must be very interesting. Mr. Phillips said that Minnie Andrews is a model student, but Minnie has no imagination, energy and vigor. Minnie is very boring, especially worthless. However, my academic performance has completely dropped now, and it is not so easy to be a model student. To go to school, I have to pass through the street, and I can no longer walk the 'birch road', or I have to cry."

Anne's return to school was met with an unusually warm welcome.Because when we usually go out to play, if there is no Annie’s imagination, we will not be able to play at all; if we sing without Annie’s singing, we will feel very boring; Many colors. Ruby Gillies slipped three plums into Annie's hands during the time when she was explaining the Bible.Ella May Macpherson gave Anne a yellow pansy cut from the cover of the Flowers catalogue.In this period, it is very popular in Yabangli School to decorate the desk with this series of flower patterns.Sophia Suellen offered to teach Anne how to weave very elegant lace around the edge of her apron.Anne's gift from Katie Poulter was an empty perfume bottle filled with slate water.And Julia Bell solemnly traced the following verses on a piece of pale peach-colored paper trimmed with scalloped lace: To Anne: As the night falls slowly, when the stars twinkle in the sky, I think of my best friend, though She is wandering far away.

"I'm so happy to be respected by everyone." That night, Annie sighed in front of Marilla. In fact, it is not only the female classmates who respect Anne so much.As soon as Annie returned to her seat after lunch break (Annie was assigned by the teacher to be at the same table as model student Minnie Andrews), she found a big sweet-looking "strawberry apple" on the desk.As soon as Annie grabbed it in her hand, she suddenly remembered that the only place in Yabang that could produce this kind of apples was Bryce's orchard on the opposite side of "Bibo Lake". Like charcoal, he immediately put the apples back, and wiped his hands with a handkerchief exaggeratedly, so that the apples remained untouched until the next morning.Later, when Timothy Andrews, the school handyman, came to clean the stove in the morning, he found the apple and took it away secretly.

Charlie Sullen welcomed Anne with a slate pencil after lunch break.Ordinary pencils only cost one penny, but this pencil decorated with red and yellow paper costs two cents.Annie accepted the gift happily, and smiled gratefully at Charlie Sullen.Charlie, who seemed to be in a dream, was fascinated by Annie, a little carried away, and made a series of typos when dictating in class.After school, Mr. Phillips left to rewrite it. However, to Annie's surprise, Diana, who was at the same table with Katie Pai, neither brought any gifts nor showed the slightest enthusiasm. "She can just smile at me." That night, Anne complained vigorously in front of Marilla.

Unexpectedly, the next morning, a folded note and a small package were delivered to Annie.The note read: Dear Annie: My mother told me that I was not allowed to play or talk with Annie at school.It's not that I don't want to contact you, so please don't be angry, I still love you.Without someone who can open up and pour out my heart, I feel really lonely and lonely.I don't like Katie Pai at all. I made you a new style bookmark out of red tissue paper which is very trendy right now.There are only three people who know how to do it in the school. Seeing the bookmark is like seeing me. Your bosom friend Diana Barryanne read the note, kissed the bookmark, and immediately wrote a reply note to Diana at the other end of the room. My dear Diana: since you are compelled to obey your mother, of course I am not angry with you.As long as there is spiritual communication, I am satisfied.You gave me a beautiful gift that I will treasure for the rest of my life.Minnie Andrews was a good classmate, and if not at all imaginative, he would not easily become a confidant like Diana.Please forgive my typo, although it is slightly better than before, the spelling is still not satisfactory. Even death cannot separate us. Your Anne or Cordelia? Jerry. Besides, I'm going to sleep with your letter under my pillow tonight. Ever since Annie went back to school, Marilla had been pessimistic about the possibility of something going wrong, but that never happened.Perhaps Anne had learned something from Minnie Andrews.Especially after that, she got along well with Mr. Phillips, and, no matter which subject, she was not far behind Gilbert Bryce, and her academic performance was thriving. The rivalry between the two is very obvious.Gilbert's side had long since lost any malice, but unfortunately Anne's side couldn't say that all hostility had disappeared.For Annie, she can never forget the humiliation at the beginning. Anne's personality characteristics determine this, whether it is love or hate, it is often extreme.Annie never admitted that she and Gilbert secretly competed with each other in studies. If she admitted it, it would be tantamount to admitting the existence of Gilbert who had never been taken seriously. But competition is an objective existence after all.The honor has been going back and forth between the two of them. Thinking that Gilbert won the first place because of dictation today, next time Anne will definitely try her best to catch up and surpass him.One morning, Gilbert answered all the questions correctly in arithmetic class, and his name was written into the honor column on the blackboard.The next morning, Annie, who had been fighting hard all night, replaced him and became the number one. One day, the two people with the same score and their names were written side by side in the top student column, which is like being written under the love umbrella. Everyone saw Anne's remorse and Gilbert's satisfaction. Clearly. The answer sheet exam at the end of every month is always full of gunpowder, which will cause a battle between the two.The first month, Gilbert led by three points, and the second month, Anne won by five points.However, Gilbert expressed his heartfelt congratulations in front of everyone, which made Anne feel uncomfortable.For Anne, only making Gilbert feel the pain of defeat can make her happy. Phillips may not be a very good teacher, but a self-motivated student like Annie will do well under any teacher.After the semester ended, both Anne and Gilbert successfully entered the fifth grade and started the study of "Subject Basics".The so-called "subject foundation" refers to Latin, geometry, French and algebra. For Anne, the biggest headache is geometry, which has become her Waterloo in learning. "Marilla, geometry is too difficult." Anne complained. "No matter how hard I try, I am still confused, unable to understand, and have no room for imagination. Mr. Phillips said that this is the first time he has encountered a student like me who is at a loss for geometry. Conversely, like Kilber There are many students who can solve geometry problems quite proficiently like Te, and I really can't bear this shame. "Diana is also better than me. But there is nothing to say about being surpassed by Diana. Although we have almost no communication between us like strangers, my love for Diana is always the same. When I think of Diana , Sometimes I feel very sad, but in such a vibrant and colorful world, I can't always live in such a sad way."