Эмили из Молодого Месяца

Odinnadt͡satiletni͡ai͡a Ėmili zhila v takom pustynnom meste, chto dazhe starai͡a sluzhanka zhalela ee. Blednai͡a, bedno odetai͡a devochka brodila odna po okrestnym poli͡am, no ne chuvstvovala sebi͡a odinokoĭ i neschastnoĭ, potomu chto zhila v mire fantaziĭ, gde ee druzʹi͡ami byli Zhenshchina-veter, fei i ėlʹfy… A eshche u nee byli gori͡acho li͡ubimyĭ otet͡s, Maĭk i Zadira Sėl. No kogda otet͡s umer, Ėmili popala k sestram svoeĭ materi na fermu pod nazvaniem Molodoĭ Mesi͡at͡s. Chuvstvitelʹnoĭ i gordoĭ devochke slozhno uzhitʹsi͡a s despotichnoĭ teteĭ Ėlizabet. Ona opisyvaet svoi perezhivanii͡a v pisʹmakh ott͡su, nakhodi͡a otdushinu v tvorchestve. No postepenno u nee poi͡avilisʹ druzʹi͡a, i v kont͡se kont͡sov ona poli͡ubila Molodoĭ Mesi͡at͡s i ego obitateleĭ.

Eleven-year-old Emily lived in such a desolate place that even the old maid pitied her. A pale, poorly dressed girl wandered alone through the surrounding fields, but she did not feel lonely and unhappy, because she lived in a fantasy world where her friends were a Wind Woman, fairies and elves.… She also had a much-loved father, Mike, and a bully named Sal. But when her father died, Emily ended up with her mother's sisters at a farm called New Moon. It is difficult for a sensitive and proud girl to get along with a domineering aunt Elizabeth. She describes her experiences in letters to her father, finding an outlet in her work. But gradually she made friends, and eventually she fell in love with New Moon and its inhabitants.