Abomination [antikvár]

1 Martha They chased me home again today and the new boy, Scott, joined in. When he smiled at me yesterday I hoped he was going to be my friend, but he's not. He was yelling Raggedy-Ann just like everybody else as I ran up Taylor Hill. 5 When I got in Mother said, 'You've been running.' I've never told her the kids chase me and she doesn't like me to run. I said, 'Yes, Mother, I'm sorry.' She shook her head like she does, tutting. 'There's a time, Martha,' she says. 'A time to every purpose under heaven.' I hate my name. Martha. It's in the Bible but the kids think it's a 10 stupid name. They call me Arthur or Ma, and that's when I'm lucky. Mostly it's Raggedy-Ann, because of my clothes. Mother makes my clothes and I wish she didn't. They're good clothes and I know she sews them because she loves me, but they're different. I mean they're not rags or anything - that's not why they call me Raggedy-Ann. Mother 15 would die before she let me wear rags, but they don't look right. You can see they're home-made. I mentioned it once, how all the kids have Nike trainers and jogging bottoms and stuff like that, but Mother just said, 'All is vanity.' There's a saying for everything in the Bible. The kids don't know the Bible. Mother says they're raised in darkness 20 like the heathen, but I don't know. I mean, I know the Bible's the word of God and God never lies, but it says the meek shall inherit the earth and I'm meek and the kids are not, and it seems to me they've inherited this little bit of the earth - the bit with me in it. Anyway, today's Tuesday so it's lamb cutlets with green beans and 25 mashed potatoes. Father says plain food's best. Good plain food, he 1 to chase to run after - to join in to do like others do - 3 to yell to scream loudly-Raggeddy-Ann girl who wears rags (= Lumpen] - 7 to tut to make a sound with one's tongue to show that one doesn't like something- 8 a time to every purpose under heaven es gibt für alles eine Zeit (The Bible, Ecdesiastes 3:1) - 12 to sevij [s3u] to put two pieces of cloth together with needle and thread {nähen)P 17 traimers sports shoes, sneakers (AE) - bottoms (BE) jogging shorts - 18 all is vanity es/5t a//es ga«z eitel (The Bible, Ecdesiastes 1:2) - 19 to raise to bring up {erziehen) - 20 heathen person who does not believe in God {Heide) - 21 the meek shall inherit the earth selig sind die Sanftmütigen, denn sie werden das Erdreich besitzen (The Bible, Matthew 5:5) - to inherit erben - 24 lamb cutlet Lammkotelett-25 mashed potatoes Kartoffelbrei - plsän simple