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，带来了应该找给我钱和包土耳其红色印花布。我回到办公室，但剩下时间只能干很少活了。

Look at the threads in the calico.

仔细看看棉布里细线。

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.

星期她洗了盆衣服，在绞干之前就上浆，同时把件粉红色印花布衣服染蓝了。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。我去下个地方是家很大商店。我见到第个售货员时，问他们是否卖和我品红色印花布。

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，忘了要买里子布是“斜纹”，等到已经剪下才想起，还给错了零钱，竟在印花布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个卡琳给他做印花布包，里面衬着树皮，倒也很挺；接着又从包里掏出张联盟政府钞票来。

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.

我走到左边第四个柜台，把那块布拿给个售货员看。他看了看，说：" 你可以在楼印花布部买到它。"

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，浆过熨过印花布衣服显得发亮。

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那块印花布。她看了看，把布还给我。

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，后面跟随着她那个１２岁女儿----她怯生生地紧挨着母亲腿，几乎被那件肥大印花布裙子给遮住了。

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

朋友, 请你拿块儿白棉布, 动手把边儿上线抽出来。

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

我走到另端。" 我想要些红色印花布，" 我对个男说。

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，我把那包印花布交给妻子。她打开它，说：" 怎么回事，这和我给你那块布不！"

Turkey red is perfectly plain in calicoes, she answered.

" 土耳其红是印花布中绝对纯色。

This is why calico cats have patches.

这就是为什么三花猫会有色块。