Sampul Advice to Little Girls

Good little girls ought not to make mouths at their teachers for every trifling offense. This retaliation should only be resorted to under peculiarly aggravated circumstances.

Anak perempuan yang baik sebaiknya tidak mencibir gurunya untuk setiap kesalahan kecil. Balasan seperti itu hanya boleh dilakukan dalam keadaan yang benar-benar sangat memberatkan.

If you have nothing but a rag-doll stuffed with sawdust, while one of your more fortunate little playmates has a costly China one, you should treat her with a show of kindness nevertheless. And you ought not to attempt to make a forcible swap with her unless your conscience would justify you in it, and you know you are able to do it.

Jika kau hanya punya boneka kain yang diisi serbuk kayu, sementara salah satu temanmu yang lebih beruntung punya boneka porselen yang mahal, kau tetap harus memperlakukannya dengan sikap yang baik. Dan kau tidak boleh mencoba menukarnya secara paksa, kecuali hati nuranimu membenarkan hal itu, dan kau yakin mampu melakukannya.

You ought never to take your little brother's “chewing-gum” away from him by main force; it is better to rope him in with the promise of the first two dollars and a half you find floating down the river on a grindstone. In the artless simplicity natural to this time of life, he will regard it as a perfectly fair transaction. In all ages of the world this eminently plausible fiction has lured the obtuse infant to financial ruin and disaster.

Kau tidak boleh merampas "permen karet" adikmu dengan paksa; lebih baik membujuknya dengan janji dua setengah dolar pertama yang kau temukan mengapung di sungai di atas batu asah. Dalam kepolosan yang wajar pada usia ini, ia akan menganggapnya sebagai kesepakatan yang sangat adil. Sepanjang zaman, dongeng yang sangat meyakinkan ini telah menjerumuskan anak-anak yang lugu ke dalam kehancuran dan bencana keuangan.

If at any time you find it necessary to correct your brother, do not correct him with mud—never, on any account, throw mud at him, because it will spoil his clothes. It is better to scald him a little, for then you obtain desirable results. You secure his immediate attention to the lessons you are inculcating, and at the same time your hot water will have a tendency to move impurities from his person, and possibly the skin, in spots.

Jika suatu saat kau perlu menegur adikmu, jangan menegurnya dengan lumpur—jangan sekali-kali, dengan alasan apa pun, melemparkan lumpur padanya, karena itu akan merusak pakaiannya. Lebih baik menyiramnya sedikit dengan air panas, karena dengan begitu kau mendapatkan hasil yang diinginkan. Kau mendapatkan perhatiannya seketika terhadap pelajaran yang kau tanamkan, dan pada saat yang sama air panasmu juga cenderung membersihkan kotoran dari tubuhnya, dan mungkin juga kulitnya, di beberapa bagian.

If your mother tells you to do a thing, it is wrong to reply that you won't. It is better and more becoming to intimate that you will do as she bids you, and then afterward act quietly in the matter according to the dictates of your best judgment.

Jika ibumu menyuruhmu melakukan sesuatu, tidak baik menjawab bahwa kau tidak mau. Lebih baik dan lebih sopan untuk mengisyaratkan bahwa kau akan menuruti perintahnya, lalu diam-diam bertindak menurut penilaian terbaikmu sendiri.

You should ever bear in mind that it is to your kind parents that you are indebted for your food, and for the privilege of staying home from school when you let on that you are sick. Therefore you ought to respect their little prejudices, and humor their little whims, and put up with their little foibles until they get to crowding you too much.

Kau harus selalu ingat bahwa berkat orang tuamu yang baik hatilah kau mendapat makanan, dan keistimewaan untuk tinggal di rumah dari sekolah ketika kau berpura-pura sakit. Karena itu kau harus menghormati kebiasaan kecil mereka, memaklumi keinginan-keinginan kecil mereka, dan bersabar dengan kelemahan-kelemahan kecil mereka sampai mereka terlalu berlebihan.

Good little girls always show marked deference for the aged. You ought never to “sass” old people unless they “sass” you first.

Anak perempuan yang baik selalu menunjukkan rasa hormat yang jelas kepada orang tua. Kau tidak boleh "membentak" orang tua kecuali mereka lebih dulu "membentakmu".

🧠 Cek pemahamanmu

  1. What does the essay say a girl should do if a playmate has a fancier doll than hers?

    Lihat jawaban

    Jawaban: Treat her kindly and not force a swap unless she's sure she can pull it off

    The narrator advises showing kindness — and only attempting a "forcible swap" if you can actually get away with it.

  2. How does the essay suggest getting your little brother's chewing gum away from him?

    Lihat jawaban

    Jawaban: Trick him with a fake promise of money floating down a river on a grindstone

    It recommends luring him with an obviously impossible promise, since his "artless simplicity" will make him believe it.

  3. What correction method does the essay recommend instead of throwing mud at your brother?

    Lihat jawaban

    Jawaban: Scalding him a little, since it gets his attention and cleans him too

    The mock advice claims scalding is better than mud because it secures his attention and removes impurities from his skin.

  4. What does the essay suggest you actually do when your mother tells you to do something you don't want to do?

    Lihat jawaban

    Jawaban: Agree out loud, then quietly do as you judge best afterward

    It advises against openly saying "I won't" — better to seem obedient and then act on your own judgment regardless.

  5. What is the essay's rule about "sassing" old people?

    Lihat jawaban

    Jawaban: You should never sass them unless they sass you first

    The closing line ironically frames deference to the aged as conditional — good behavior only until provoked.

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