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.

过很长时间，女孩回来，带来应该找给的钱和一包土耳其红色印花布。回到办公室，但剩下的时间只能干很少的活。

Look at the threads in the calico.

仔细看看棉布里的细线。

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.

星期一她洗一盆衣服，在绞干之前就上浆，同时把一件粉红色印花布衣服染蓝。起来真要笑死。

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.

不再说话，而。去的下一个地方一家很大的商店。见到第一个售货员时，问他们否卖和的样品一样的红色印花布。

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.

她打翻针线盒，忘要买的里子布“斜纹的”，等到已经剪下才起，还给错零钱，竟在印花布柜台要买淡紫色丝带，陷入一片慌乱之中。

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的印花布小包，里面衬着树皮，倒也很挺；接着又从小包里掏出一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.

到左边第四个柜台，把那块样布拿给一个售货员看。他看看，说：" 你可以在一楼的印花布部买到它。"

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，仿佛得疟疾，但都干干净净，浆过熨过的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.

给她看妻子给的那块印花布。她看看，把布还给。

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，后面跟随着她那个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花布裙子给遮住。

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

小朋友, 请你拿一小块儿白棉布, 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.

到另一端。" 要一些红色印花布，" 对一个男人说。

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，把那包印花布交给妻子。她打开它，说：" 怎么回事，这和给你的那块布不一样！"

Turkey red is perfectly plain in calicoes, she answered.

" 土耳其红印花布中的绝对纯色。

This is why calico cats have patches.

这就为什么三花猫会有色块。