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"I have two soldi, also," said another girl, dressed in red;
“我也有兩個在這里。”一個著紅衣的接著說。
"we shall certainly find thirty soldi among the whole of us"; and then they began to call out: "Amalia! Luigia! Annina! —A soldo. Who has any soldi? Bring your soldi here!"
“大家湊起來，三十個光景是一定有的。”又叫其余的同學們：“亞馬里亞！灘邊！亞尼娜！一個銅幣，你們哪個有錢嗎？請拿出來！”
Several had soldi to buy flowers or copy-books, and they brought them; some of the smaller girls gave centesimi; the one with the blue feather collected all, and counted them in a loud voice:
果然，有許多人為了買花或筆記本都帶著錢，大家都拿出來了。小女孩也有拿出一個半分的小銀幣的。插青羽的女孩將錢集攏了大聲地數。
"Eight, ten, fifteen!" But more was needed. Then one larger than any of them, who seemed to be an assistant mistress, made her appearance, and gave half a lira; and all made much of her. Five soldi were still lacking.
八個，十個，十五個，但是還不夠。這時，恰巧來了一個像先生一樣的大女孩，拿出一個當十的銀幣來，大家都高興了。還差五個。
"The girls of the fourth class are coming; they will have it," said one girl.
“五年級的來了！她們一定有的。”一個女孩說。
The members of the fourth class came, and the soldi showered down. All hurried forward eagerly; and it was beautiful to see that poor chimney-sweep in the midst of all those many-colored dresses, of all that whirl of feathers, ribbons, and curls. The thirty soldi were already obtained, and more kept pouring in; and the very smallest who had no money made their way among the big girls, and offered their bunches of flowers, for the sake of giving something. All at once the portress made her appearance, screaming:
五年級的女孩一到，銅幣立刻集起許多了。大家還都急急地向這里跑來。一個可憐的煙囪掃除人，被圍在美麗的衣服、搖動的帽羽、發絲帶、鬈毛之中，那樣子真是好看。三十個銅幣不但早已集齊，而且還多出了許多了。沒有帶錢的小女孩擠入大女孩群中，將花束贈給少年作代替。這時，忽然校役出來說：
"The Signora Directress!" The girls made their escape in all directions, like a flock of sparrows; and then the little chimney-sweep was visible, alone, in the middle of the street, wiping his eyes in perfect content, with his hands full of money, and the button-holes of his jacket, his pockets, his hat, were full of flowers; and there were even flowers on the ground at his feet.
“校長先生來了！”女學生們就麻雀般地四方走散。煙囪掃除人獨自立在街路中，歡喜地扶著眼淚，手里裝滿了錢，上衣的紐孔里、衣袋里、帽子里都裝滿了花，還有許多花散布在他的腳邊。
