My Ántonia

I first heard of Ántonia on what seemed to me an interminable journey across the great midland plain of North America.

我第一次听说安妮塔，是在一次穿越北美中部大平原的漫长旅途中。

She's not much older than you, twelve or thirteen, maybe, and she's as bright as a new dollar.

她比你大不了多少，大概十二三岁，而且她像新铸的硬币一样闪闪发光。