1、Like a lark who is learning to pray I go to the hills When my heart is lonely I know I will hear What Ive heard before My heart will be blessed And Ill sing. .once more Hallelujah, hallelujah -Reverend Mother. -Sister Bernice. -I simply cannot find her. -Maria? Shes missing (from the abbey) again. W
2、e shouldve put a cowbell around her neck. Have you tried the barn? You know how much she adores the animals. I have looked everywhere. In all of the usual places. Sister, considering its Maria. . . . . .I suggest you look in someplace unusual. Well, Reverend Mother. . . . . .I hope this new infracti
3、on ends whatever doubts. . . . . .you may still have about Marias future here. I always try to keep faith in my doubts, Sister Berthe. After all, the wool of a black sheep is just as warm. We are not talking about sheep, black or white, Sister Margaretta. Of all the candidates for the novitiate, Mar
4、ia is the least- Children, children. We were speculating about the qualifications of our postulants. The Mistress of Novices and the Mistress of Postulants. . . . . .were trying to help me by expressing opposite points of view. Tell me, Sister Catherine, what do you think of Maria? Shes a wonderful
5、girl, some of the time. -Sister Agatha? -Its very easy to like Maria. . . . . .except when its difficult. -And you, Sister Sophia? -Oh, I love her very dearly. But she always seems to be in trouble, doesnt she? Exactly what I say. She climbs a tree and scrapes her knee Her dress has got a tear She w
6、altzes on her way to Mass And whistles on the stair And underneath her wimple She has curlers in her hair Ive even heard her singing ln the abbey s always late for chapel But her penitence is real s always late for everything Except for every meal I hate to have to say it But I very firmly feel Mari
7、a s not an asset to the abbey Id like to say a word in her behalf Say it, Sister Margaretta. Maria makes me laugh How do you solve a problem like Maria?How do you catch a cloud And pin it down?How do you find a word That means Maria?A flibbertigibbet -A will-o -the-wisp -A clown Many a thing you kno
8、w Youd like to tell her Many a thing she ought to understand But how do you make her stay And listen to all you say? How do you keep a wave upon the sand?How do you hold a moonbeam. .in your hand?When Im with her Im confused Out of focus and bemused And I never know exactly where I am -Unpredictable
9、 as weather -Shes as flighty as a feather -Shes a darling -Shes a demon s a lamb ll out pester any pest Drive a hornet from its nest She can throw a whirling dervish Out of whirl -She is gentle, she is wild -Shes a riddle, shes a child -Shes a headache -Shes an angel s a girl -A flibbertigibbet -A w
10、ill-o -the-wisp A clown d like to tell her Many a thing she ought to understand -But how do you make her stay -And listen to all you say?You may go in now, Maria. Come here, my child. Now sit down. Reverend Mother, Im sorry. I couldnt help myself. -The hills were beckoning and before- -Dear. I haven
11、t summoned you for apologies. Please let me ask for forgiveness. If youll feel better. Yes, you see, the sky was so blue today. . . . . .and everything was so green and fragrant, I had to be a part of it. The Untersberg led me higher like it wanted me to go through the clouds. Suppose darkness had c
12、ome and you were lost?Mother, I could never be lost up there. Thats my mountain. I was brought up on it. It was the mountain that led me to you. When I was a child, I would come down and climb a tree. . . . . .and look in your garden. d see the sisters at work and hear them sing. Which brings me to
13、another transgression, Reverend Mother. I was singing out there today. Only in the abbey do we have rules about postulants singing. I cant stop wherever I am. Worse, I cant seem to stop saying things. Everything I think and feel. Some call that honesty. Oh, but its terrible, Reverend Mother!You know how
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