"Marilla, can I meet a bosom friend in Avonlea?" Anne asked.
"A what kind of friend?"
"A best friend. A very1friend. I can tell all my secrets to her. "
"Diana Barry lives near. She's about your age. Perhaps she will be your playmate. You'll have to be careful how you2yourself, though. Her mother, Mrs Barry, won't let Diana play with any little girl3isn't nice and good."
"I hope her hair isn't red. It's4enough to have red hair, freckles and grey eyes myself."
"Diana has black eyes and black hair. She is pretty. "
Anne became interested in her new "5".
"Oh, I'm so glad she's pretty. I can't be beautiful so a6best friend is wonderful. "
Anne continued, "I had two imaginary friends. At Mrs Thomas' house, I used to7my reflection in the mirror (镜子) was another little girl, Katie Maurice. Then I went to live with Mrs Hammond. I had another imaginary friend, Violetta, and I loved her almost as well as I loved8. "
"You need a real9friend to stop your crazy imaginations." Marilla said.
The next10, Marilla took Anne to Diana's home.
Diana was a very pretty girl, with her mother's11eyes and hair.
Mrs Barry said, "Diana, take Anne out into the garden and show her your flowers."
Outside in the garden, stood Anne and Diana, looking12at each other over a cluster of bluebells.
Anne said at last, almost in a whisper, "Diana, do you think you can like me a little—13to be my bosom friend?"
Diana laughed. She always laughed14she spoke.
"Sure," she said. "Anne, I'm awfully glad you've come to live at Green Gables."
When Marilla and Anne went home, Diana went with them as15as the bridge. They parted with many promises to spend the next afternoon together again.
—Taken from Anne of Green Gables
