After a very long time, the girl came back, bringing the money I was owed and the package of Turkey red calico. I returned to my office, but had time for very little work the rest of the day.

过了很长时间，女孩回来了，带来了应该找给我的钱和包土耳其红色印。我回到办公室，但剩的时间只能干很少的活了。

Look at the threads in the calico.

仔细看看棉里的细线。

She done out a tub of clothes on Monday, but she starched 'em afore they was wrenched, and blued a pink calico dress till I thought I should a died a laughin.

星期她洗了盆服，在绞干之前就上浆，同时把件粉红色印服染蓝了。我想起来真要笑死了。

I said no more, but left. The next place I visited was a very large store. Of the first salesman I saw, I asked if they sold red calico like my sample.

我不再说话，而是走了。我去的地方是家很大的商店。我见到第售货员时，问他们是否卖和我的样品样的红色印。

She upset the tray of needles, forgot the silesia was to be 'twilled' till it was cut off, gave the wrong change, and covered herself with confusion by asking for lavender ribbon at the calico counter.

她打翻了针线盒，忘了要买的里子是“斜纹的”，等到已经剪才想起，还给错了零钱，竟在印柜台要买淡紫色丝带，陷入片慌乱之中。

He fumbled in his back pants pocket and brought out the wallet of calico, stiffened with bark, which Carreen had made him.

他从后面裤袋里摸出那卡琳给他做的印小包，里面衬着树皮，倒也很挺；接着又从小包里掏出张联盟政府的钞票来。

I went to the fourth counter to the left, and showed my sample to a salesman. He looked at it, and said, You'll get this down on the first floor -- calico department.

我走到左边第四柜台，把那块样拿给售货员看。他看了看，说：" 你可以在楼的印部买到它。"

Their faces beneath their sun-bonnets were sallow and malarial-looking but shining clean and their freshly ironed calicoes glistened with starch.

她们头戴遮阳帽，脸色发暗，仿佛得了疟疾，但都是干干净净，浆过熨过的印服显得发亮。

I showed her the little piece of calico cloth that my wife had given me. She looked at it and gave it back to me.

我给她看了妻子给我的那块印。她看了看，把还给我。

She entered, and behind her, almost hidden by her voluminous calico skirts, came her twelve-year-old daughter, squirming against her mother's legs.

她进来了，后面跟随着她那１２岁的女儿----她怯生生地紧挨着母亲的腿，几乎被那件肥大的印裙子给遮住了。

Now get a small bit of calico or muslin, and begin to fray out the edge.

小朋友, 请你拿小块儿白棉, 动手把边儿上的线抽出来。

I went to the other end of the floor. I want some red calico, I said to a man.

我走到另端。" 我想要些红色印，" 我对男人说。

When I reached home I gave the package of calico to my wife. She opened it and declared, Why, this doesn't match the piece I gave you!

到家时，我把那包印交给妻子。她打开它，说：" 怎么回事，这和我给你的那块不样！"

Turkey red is perfectly plain in calicoes, she answered.

" 土耳其红是印中的绝对纯色。

This is why calico cats have patches.

这就是为什么三猫会有色块。