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第1章 the t leaf（第2页）
Johnsylay，scarcelymakingarileunderthebedclothes，withherfacetowardthewindow。Suestoedwhistling，thinkingshewasaslee。
Shearrangedherboardandbeganaen-and-inkdrawingtoillustrateamagazinestory。YoungartistsmustavetheirwaytoArtbydrawingicturesformagazinestoriesthatyoungauthorswritetoavetheirwaytoLiterature。
AsSuewassketchingaairofeleganthorseshowridingtrousersandamonocleonthefigureofthehero，anIdahocowboy，sheheardalowsound，severaltimesreeated。Shewentquicklytothebedside。
Johnsy&aos;seyeswereoenwide。Shewaslookingoutthewindowandcounting-countingbackward。
"Twelve，
"shesaid，andlittlelater
"eleven
";andthen
"ten，
"and
"nine
";andthen
"eight
"and
"seven
"，almosttogether。
Suelooksolicitouslyoutofthewindow。Whatwastheretocount?Therewasonlyabare，drearyyardtobeseen，andtheblanksideofthebrickhousetwentyfeetaway。Anold，oldivyvine，gnarledanddecayedattheroots，climbedhalfwayuthebrickwall。Thecoldbreathofautumnhadstrickenitsleavesfromthevineuntilitsskeletonbranchesclung，almostbare，tothecrumblingbricks。
"Whatisit，dear?
"askedSue。
"Six，
"saidJohnsy，inalmostawhiser。
"They&aos;refallingfasternow。Threedaysagotherewerealmostahundred。Itmademyheadachetocountthem。Butnowit&aos;seasy。Theregoesanotherone。Thereareonlyfiveleftnow。
"
"Fivewhat，dear?TellyourSudie。
"
"Leaves。Ontheivyvine。WhenthelastonefallsImustgo，too。I&aos;veknownthatforthreedays。Didn&aos;tthedoctortellyou?
"
"Oh，Ineverheardofsuchnonsense，
"comlainedSue，withmagnificentscorn。
"Whathaveoldivyleavestodowithyourgettingwell?Andyouusedtolovethatvineso，younaughtygirl。Don&aos;tbeagoosey。Why，thedoctortoldmethismorningthatyourchancesforgettingwellrealsoonwere-let&aos;sseeexactlywhathesaid-hesaidthechancesweretentoone!Why，that&aos;salmostasgoodachanceaswehaveinNewYorkwhenwerideonthestreetcarsorwalkastanewbuilding。Trytotakesomebrothnow，andletSudiegobacktoherdrawing，soshecanselltheeditormanwithit，andbuyortwineforhersickchild，andorkchosforhergreedyself。
"
"Youneedn&aos;tgetanymorewine，
"saidJohnsy，keeinghereyesfixedoutthewindow。
"Theregoesanother。No，Idon&aos;twantanybroth。Thatleavesjustfour。Iwanttoseethelastonefallbeforeitgetsdark。ThenI&aos;llgo，too。
"
"Johnsy，dear，
