我写这封信的目的是向你道歉英语翻译汇集20篇

I was one day reading the newspaper when I saw a little kid falling down

from the sky; I was the only one who can save him in time for I was on the first

floor. I rushed out of the building, and ran outside. I knew that this was very,

very extremely dangerous, but if the child falls down he will probably die of

pain. He brought a big blanket, and then a pillow, he calculated the area was a

100 percent sure that the child would not die. The child came falling, and

falling; “Poof!!” He landed on the pillow.

I was curious and glad that the child still had his life, and got a reward

of fifty pounds of gold and one bag of silver. I was very happy. But when it was

night time, I heard an “I’m coming,” noise. I woke up, and saw a big light, then

appeared a little flying cat! That was very, very strange. I rubbed my eyes, and

pinched everywhere to make sure that it wasn’t a dream. But it was true. The cat

said, “Hello, I am Plad, and I am a hero; with me you can transform and save the

day every time.”

I was astonished and said, “Excuse me, but why did you choose me?” the

flying cat replied. “Because that you saved a falling kid, and that was a

challenge to defeat. You are now my rightful owner.”

I put on a ring that the flying cat gave me, and went back to sleep. In the

morning, I decided to test out my transforming, “Plad, claw set!” and then a

strange thing happened, I transformed into “Cat no r !” I tried my powers, and

then I saw a sort of bug that I recognize, “Ladybug!” I was going to find her

when I found out that my ring was flashing, I said, “Claws off!” then I

transformed back. I was very excited to enjoy my first lesson of being cat no r

. I was quite astonished, and happy

At night, I thought I heard another noise, “Not again!” suddenly a round of

ball came to me again and said, “Don’t worry, I am Teeky, and you cat no r is

going to work with ladybug to defeat villains.”

I was astonished again, and then Teeky vanished from sight,

I decided to follow her, but I thought maybe next time, for I didn’t want

to bother the kid or girl or other people from sleeping.

And so I have got a job from Plad to save the world.

I like reading books so much. My parents have bought me a lot of books when

I was three years old. They want me to be interested in reading. With my

parents’s education, I am very interested in novel books and I want to write

novels someday. I have come up with some idea, soon I can finish one.

Dear teacher,

Well have a class meeting this afternoon. All of us students hope that you

can attend it. Please accept our sincere invitation. I

n the class meeting, we will make some plans about all the subjects,

including English. We do have some puzzles and we need your help. So we hope you

can set some time aside to be with us in the class meeting. We will feel honored

if you can come to attend our class meeting.

Looking forward to your coming.

Yours

___

亲爱的老师：

今天下午我们将举行一次班会.我们所有的学生希望您能出席.请接受我们真诚的邀请.

在班会上，我们将制作关于所有学科的计划，包括英语.我们确实有一些疑惑并且需要您的帮助.所以我们希望您能腾出些时间来与我们一起上班会.如果您能来出班我们的班会，我们将感觉非常荣幸.

盼望您的到来.

___

I have many hobbies.In my spare time,I like listening to some pop music,especially the music played by some pop bands.It can make me relax and let me forget my unhappy moment. If Im in good mood,I always read some history books,which I think is benefical to my study .Besides,surfing the Internet is another means of entertainment of mine.Through the Internet I can get some useful information and chat with my friends as well.The Internet has shortened our distance.

我有很多爱好，在我的业余时间，我喜欢听一些流行音乐，特别是一些流行乐队演奏的音乐，它可以让我放松，让我忘记我不开心的时刻。如果我心情好，我总是读一些历史书，我认为这是有利于我的学习。此外，上网是另一个我的娱乐方式。通过网络我可以得到一些有用的信息和与我的朋友聊天，网络拉近了我们的距离。

Dear Miss Zhu,

亲爱的周老师，

How time flies! It has been a few years since I left high school, but I still remember you in my heart, because you’re the best teacher in my mind. It’s not only because you taught me knowledge, but also you taught me how to study. I have really benefitted a lot from you. So I would like to express my great thanks to you, and share my life in college with you.

时间飞逝!我高中毕业已经几年了，但我仍然把你记在我的心里，因为你是我心目中最好的老师。这不仅是因为你教与我知识，而且你还教我如何学习。从你身上我真的获益匪浅。所以我想向你表达我的感谢，并与你分享我的大学生活。

Now I’m studying in Hunan First Normal College, which is Chairman Mao’s former school. I major in English, because I find it so fun and interesting. As far as I’m concerned, our English Department is the best department in our college. The teachers in our department are knowledgeable, experienced, and warm-hearted. And my classmates are nice, friendly and helpful. Thus, I have a good atmosphere to study. When I have difficulties in study, I always ask my teachers for help or discuss with my classmates. Through their help, I have made great progress in my English study.

我现在在湖南第一师范学校学习，这是主席之前呆过的学校。我的专业是英语，因为我觉得它很有趣。我觉得我们英语系是我校最好的学部。我们系的老师知识渊博，经验丰富，热心肠。我的同学们也很和蔼，友好，乐于助人。因此，我拥有一个很好的学习氛围。当我在学习上遇到困难时，我总是向我的老师寻求帮助或与同学讨论。在他们的帮助下，我在英语学习上取得了很大的进步。

College life is much different from high school life. In college, we should acquire knowledge as well as improve our integrated abilities. There are a lot of English classes for us to learn, such as Basic English, Oral English, Listening, Reading, Writing, Translation, Grammar, English Literature, and so on. I enjoy these classes very much. Except English, we have many other subjects to learn. Life seems so busy here but it’s so fruitful for me.

大学生活与高中生活有很大的不同。在大学，我们要获取知识也要提高我们的综合能力。我们要上很多的英语课，比如，基础英语，英语口语，听力阅读，写作，翻译，语法，英语文学等。我非常喜欢这些课。除英语外，我们还要学习很多其他科目。在这里生活是如此的忙碌，但这对我来说是如此丰硕的收获。

After class, I usually go to the English Corner. There I can practice my oral English by talking with foreigners or chatting with my schoolmates. Now, I’m able to communicate with foreigners well. Sometimes I also take part in some social activities. For instance, last weekend I attended an interesting play. As it was my first performance, I felt a little nervous at the beginning. But when I appeared on the stage, I made every audience laugh happily. I was so proud of myself at that moment, because this was my first achievement.

下课后，我经常去英语角。在那里我可以通过与外国人或我的同学聊天来练习我的英语口语。现在我可以很好的和外国人交流了。有时候我也可以参加一些社交活动。例如，上周我参加了一个有趣的表演。因为是我第一次表演，所以一开始的时候我觉得有点紧张。但当我出现在舞台上时，我让每一个观众都开心的笑了。在那一刻，我为我自己感到骄傲，因为这是我的第一个收获。

What about your present life? I hope to hear from you soon.

你目前生活怎么样呢?希望很快能收到你的回信。

At last, I hope everything goes well with you. Please give my best regards to your family.

最后，我希望你一切顺利。请代我向你的家人问好。

Sincerely yours,

Jason

詹森

Dear Robert,

Im glad to receive your letter. Now I will tell you something about my

plan for summer vacation after the final exam. Firstly, I will learn to drive. I

think driving can be useful. Secondly, I will take some English courses.

Thirdly, I will visit some tourist attractions. It must be very exciting. Last,

I will do some reading in the vacation. What about you? I hope you can have a

pretty vacation.

John

Today is Friday. It is my thirteenth birthday. I got up very early in the

morning and put on my new clothes happily. My parents bought me the new clothes

as my birthday presents. I went to school earlier than before.I invited many of

my classmates to come to my birthday party in the evening.

今天是星期五，这是我13岁生日。我早早就起床愉快地穿上我的新衣服。我的父母给我买了新衣服做为生日礼物。我比以住早去上学，我邀请了许多同学在晚上来我的生日聚会。

Evening came at last. Many of my classmate came to my home. they bought me

lots of beautiful presents. they all said,"Happy birthday to you!" We sang

birthday songs happily.then my parents brought out a big birthday cake, saying,

"We love you for ever. Happy birthday!"

傍晚过后。我的许多同学来到我家，他们给我买了很多漂亮的礼物，他们说：“祝你生日快乐!”我们唱生日歌，我的父母拿出了一个大生日蛋糕，他们说：“我们永远爱你。祝你生日快乐!”

At the end of the party, we ate the birthday cake and some other delicious

food. How happy I was!

在派对的最后，我们吃了生日蛋糕和其他一些美食，我是多么幸福啊!

Today, I did housework for grandmother. She is not very healthy and I

decide to do housework for her more frequently. And she will feel happy and

become better. Suddenly, an idea hit me that it’s terrible to grow old becuase

you have to worry about both your health and others’ opinions. Once again, I

make a decision to be a good girl.

今天，我帮助了奶奶做家务。奶奶的身体不好。我以后要常帮她做事。这样她就会高兴身体也会好一些。突然觉得，人老了真不好。不但身体不会好，而且一不小心就会惹得大家讨厌。我又做了一个决定，以后一定要做个乖孩子。

When someone disagrees with you or offends you, don’t lose your temper.

Why? Because it is of no use to do so. You ought to (should) be patient and keep

calm lest you should quarrel with him. You must know that patience is not

cowardice, but a virtue. I hope that everybody practices it.

In addition, patience will also bring us success. When you meet with

difficulties in your work, it is no use losing heart. You must keep on fighting

until (till) the final victory belongs to you.

Mr. Zeng

Hello! Winter vacation for a long time, did not see you, so want to write a

letter to you, talk about my new years interesting events.

On the second day of the first month, my parents and I went to visit aunt

mans house for new years greetings. We met four cousins and cousins. Mother

saw that our children had no fun staying in the yard, so she proposed to climb

the mountain. We were overjoyed and rushed to say yes. It should not be too

late. Mother and aunt Jingjing set out with five children. The road up the

mountain is extremely rugged, and to the back is almost full of dense jungle. I

led two cousins to rush forward through all kinds of difficulties to open up a

passage for my mother and two sisters. Later, I felt that I was the biggest boy

and should not not take care of my sister, so I went back to the back to protect

my sisters. For a moment, I plucked the trees for Kiki, and then led Xi Xi Xi

across the pit. We took care of each other, and finally climbed to the top of

the mountain. My mother took some pictures for us as a souvenir. It began to go

down the mountain again. We ran into a house with dogs. We three "little men"

came back home to protect our two cousins and two mothers.

My aunt and grandmothers house is backed by green hills and facing the

fields. After dinner, we happily went to the fields to play! As soon as we saw

the haystack, we would sleep, roll and play on it. We had a lot of fun. The

lovely smiling faces on the haystack entered the mothers camera. The haystack

that others have painstakingly piled up has been broken up. We feel sorry for it

and try to pile it up again.

On the fourth day of junior high school, we went to my uncles house to pay

New Years greetings. His family has a unicycle, usually used to carry grain or

farm tools. Seeing this special "rustic" car, I was very happy and invited

brother hang and brother Yi, who came to pay New Years greetings, to play with

me. Yi Di and I were sitting on the wheelbarrow, and brother hang came to push

the wheelbarrow, which was much more fun than riding in the car! However,

brother Hangs strength was too strong, the speed was too fast, and there was no

safety guarantee, so we screamed nervously!

Mr. Zeng, you see, in such a vast country, we have spent a healthy, happy

and beautiful spring festival in the city for a long time. Did you have a

colorful spring festival?

Best wishes

Everything is as good as you wish!

My uncle came to visit me today. He brought a lot of snacks for me. I wish

he could have took me to the supermarket with him to buy snacks. That way, I can

pick out snacks that I actually like from the supermarket, and I would not have

to pay for it. The snacks that he bought tasted pretty bad. I would rather buy

my own snacks.

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我叔叔今天来看我了。他给我带了很多零食。我真希望他能带我去超市买零食。这样，我就可以从超市里挑选我真正喜欢的零食，不用付钱了。他买的零食味道很差。我宁愿买我自己的零食。

老师：

您好，从我们班主任的口中得知你即将去美国留学，虽然我们不能阻止你前进的道路，带我们永远支持你!每个人都是自私的，我也一样，我依然舍不得你离开我们，虽然我们只相处一年，可是产生的暖厚感情是千言万语道不尽的，每当我们遇到难题时，你总是耐心的讲解，您的课总是讲的那么细，生怕我们听不明白，您就像我们的大姐姐一样，永远的和蔼可亲。

我希望你不要去美国，不要离开我们，我希望你能陪我们一起走过初中三年，可我不能这样做，因为我明白这是你人生的转折点，我很知足，也很幸运，因为一位英语中的佼佼者可以做我们的老师，叫我们知识。

虽然我们四班的同学在你的课上都很调皮，还经常给你捣乱，但我们四班是一个很重感情的班级，听到这个消息，大家都很难过，并一致决定要在您教我们剩下的日子里，做一个乖学生，我们真恨时间为什这么少，真恨为什么不好好珍惜和你在一起的时间，四班是一个可爱的班，四班是一个爱你的班。

你走的那天，我们一致要笑着送你走，可你刚进班，大家就都哭了，你和我们谈心，让我们好好学习，不要想她。

希望老师你能在这次美国之旅上一帆风顺，开心每一天，四班永远是你最坚强的后盾，不要忘记我们这些可爱的笑脸。

后记：这是一封迟到的信，已经过了一年了，我看到你在美国的照片了，古老的建筑，时尚的街道，各种不同的人，在美国的其他州旅行，看到你的发展和生活，我真为你感到高兴，你说过会在我们毕业前回来的，我一直很期望那一天，我们现在过得很好，你的英语口语是不是变得更好了，老师总说你很努力，很勤奋，才会走的这么远，我很羡慕你，我认为你就是我的偶像，那么的有能力，之前我在逅逅姐姐书中读到过美国，不同的教育，不同的社会体制，一个实现梦想的地方，那么的令我着迷，令我向往，我认为那离我太远，可看到你之后，又给了我希望，我要向你那样，走出这片天地!

Nobody can always happy,if you have something bad,what do you want to

do?And how do you feel? I know we should learn to control your feelings,it is

very important ,and i think it good for us to understand problem,and we can make

friends easily,because terrible heart can make us so bad,so we should have a

good heart to face the life,happily to solve them. We must believe

ourselves,because we are good!

My family is mother and father and sister.

My mother is a barbered, shes is like cook noodles.She has long and yowell

hair ,Shes small eyes,She young and beautiful,This is my mother!

My father is a barbered,Hes is likes noodles and cookedpork and steamed

meat.Hes tall and thin.This is my father!

My sister is a student pupil,Shes very naughty,She has short and black

hair,Shes like sweets,This is my sister!

This is my family!

Dear Miss Luo,

hello

A year has slipped away from our laughter between our eyes, and we should say goodbye to you. Although we only wanted to work for a short year, you left me a deeper impression than the foreign teacher who taught me for five years.

I used to think that Chinese class is a boring thing, but since I know you, I like Chinese class.

First of all, I think you love to encourage classmates. When I answer questions in class, if the answer is right, you will look at me with happy eyes and ask me to make persistent efforts. If I got it wrong, you encouraged me with a gentle voice and spoke to the whole class about my problem. Whether I am right or wrong, I feel happy.

Secondly, I think you are very earnest and meticulous in doing things. For example, when we borrowed arrows from the grass boat, you not only let us learn the surface meaning, but also took us to study the text deeply. To my surprise, you also let us listen to the pingshu, to stimulate the interest of the students, so that the students learn more practical.

You still love to delay, I used to think that it is to deprive me of time to play, but a long time I understand the love for us then, let us learn more knowledge.

Finally, I think you are very concerned about the students, once, there was no meal in the canteen, the students had to be hungry, but you did not ignore, but to invite them to eat noodles.

All in all, you are wonderful, admirable and unforgettable. It seems that this is the main reason that you are better than my original teacher!

I wish you success in your work!

Your students

Dear Lucy,

Iam so glad to receive your letter and happy to know that you have a

pleasantholiday. Please send my sincere wishes to your parents. I have a happy

holidayjust like you do. This holiday, I visited to Guangzhou with my

parents.Guangzhou, also known as the Flower City, there are many flowers along

the bothsides of streets. It’s very beautiful. Besides, the environment is clean

andthe climate is comfortable. There are many skyscrapers in Guangzhou,

especiallyin the downtown. We visited to many tourist attractions. They are all

worthvisiting. I hope you can visit there personally one day. You must like

it.

Bestwishes.

Sincerely yours,

Alva

I think my teacher got out of bedon the wtong side this afternoon as she

hasn’t cries.i went to office saw the boys unhappy.Because the students got

their teacher’s goat became they didn’t do their homework..I think this is my

teacher unhappy’s cause. Today, I saw a boy ,he played the handset.But didn’t

saw the walls so he Rnocked we laugh up our sleeve at he knocked ,but he hurt

his norse in the accident, and he was laying it on thick about how painful it

was .

It’s also a happy day, isn’t it ?

我想我的老师走出bedon的错误方向今天下午，她就一直没有哭.我到办公室看到男孩不高兴.因为学生得到老师的山羊成为他们没有做功课..我认为这是我的老师不愉快的事业。今天，我看到了一个男孩，他发挥了handset.但是没有看到这样的墙壁，他使我们笑了我们套在他撞倒，但他伤了挪威在这起事故，他就铺设厚如何痛苦这是。

这也是一个快乐的日子，是不是?

Spring is coming. Everything begin to come back to life, the long cold

winter is over. Birds are singing in the woods. Some girls are dancing under the

tree. Some boys are rolling on the grass and chasing the butterflies. They are

happy. I like running outside. When I feel a little bit tired, I will lie on the

grass and watch the sky. I look around and see a chipmunk looking for food under

the tree. Spring is warm and nice. I love spring.

外婆说，要大笑、要做梦、要与众不同。人生是一场伟大的冒险。

每个人的心里都住着一位超级英雄又或者是曾经住过，而外婆则是爱莎心里与众不同的超级英雄。外婆是个天才，虽然在世人眼里她更像个“怪人”，“疯子”，但那也许是天才的代名词吧，毕竟天才与众不同嘛。不过话说回来：救人性命和把人逼疯都是外婆的超能力，这让她有点儿像是个“精神失调”的超级英雄。但这个活泼过头，四处闯祸的外婆却是爱莎唯一的朋友。不管发生什么，外婆都会无条件站在爱莎这边，为她可以放弃全世界，去跟全世界拼命，与全世界为敌。

外婆爱笑。她的眉梢扬起，笑眼仿佛托起了整个世界，额头上浅浅的沟壑，流淌着厚重的历史长河。外婆喜欢给爱莎讲童话故事，熠熠的光晕剪出她的侧影。能感受到她的肃穆与沉醉，宛如那一刹，世间就只剩她和她的童话，只剩那由时光来牵线的心灵的交汇。外婆目光回旋，将爱莎揽入怀中，宠爱的眼神化作一滩清水，环成一个温柔乡，笑容在她眼角绽成花朵。外婆爱笑，准确来说，外婆会在任何情况大笑，不管是好的还是坏的，因为笑是一切强大力量的载体。

有人说，人生只有三天：昨天，今天和明天。昨天已成为无法追回的过往，明天又还是未知数，而能将它们联系在一起，让它们都具有意义的，就是今天。所以，要学会笑对人生。南非前总统曼德拉说过，生命中最伟大的光辉不在于永不坠落，而在于坠落之后总能再度升起。没有勇气面对现实的人怎么可能再度升起?不能学会笑对人生的人怎会抑制坠落的趋势?

外婆爱疯。她会埋伏在雪地里吓唬邻居，半夜从医院溜出来带爱莎翻进动物园，用彩弹枪射击推销员……她几乎得罪过她所有的邻居，但对于爱莎，她却像是世界上最柔情之人。所以爱莎爱她，包括她的疯，她的一切。

其实，疯也是人生的一种态度，有时疯疯癫癫也未尝不可。对于那些不想听的，不想看的亦或是不想面对的事情，装疯卖傻也是一种不错的选择。遇到不顺心的事，就用好料盖过去。

外婆爱做梦。外婆总喜欢去不眠大陆的密阿玛斯，和爱莎一起，随心所欲。氤氲的雾气凝住，有泛着柔光的月曛打着旋儿。最后几秒钟，迷雾袭来，模糊了意识与感知的边界。骑着云兽，穿过色彩斑斓的天光和轻柔的微风，徜徉于不眠大陆梦幻的长卷中，陶醉于童话甜美的意境间。

我曾经也喜欢做梦，在梦里，我就是心灵的女王。而我现在却爱上了脚踏实地的感觉，梦毕竟是虚幻的，是心灵的避风港。当一切落幕，还是要回归现实。

我们的生命就如同烂漫的花朵，无法选择出身，无法挑选背景，但我们可以选择面对，可以选择微笑，可以通过努力向世界证明自己来过，留下自己的痕迹，可以让自己像花朵一样绽放。

每个人都是与众不同的。我们无法选择自己，但可以选择生活。只要我们不怨天尤人、自暴自弃，只要我们足够勇敢、乐观积极，只要像花朵一样努力开放，我们就不会辜负作为一个人的尊严和权利。

There was once a little turtle that wanted to be the fasted animal in the

jungle, everybody laughed at him and said that he could never be the fasted

animal ever. But the turtle didn’t listen to them, and instead, he decided to

learn and study from the wild hare; he was the fasted animal in the jungle oh

yes. In fact, every animal went to learn from the hare had become the fasted

runners too. When the turtle told the hare that he wanted to be the fasted

runner in the jungle, the hare laughed high over heels aloud; “Oh, oh!” cried

the hare, “Turtle, if you want to be the fasted, then you must get that big

shell of your back, Ha-ha!”

The turtle was not very happy about what he had just heard from the hare,

and he eventually decided to prove to him that it was his duty to be the fasted

runner of the jungle. “How about this, I and you have a race;” said the turtle

suddenly, the hare laughed aloud again, “Oh turtle, turtle; please don’t tell me

that you are not going to give up!” “I am not, I have the heart inside my body,

and I do not believe that I couldn’t be the fasted runner in the jungle!” the

hare then finally agreed to race with him.

When the time arrived, the turtle got ready; when the sound began to blow,

the turtle walked along slowly. While the hare in the other case hopped about

happily. “Does he really think that he could beat me?!” shouted the hare, “That

would be a dream in his brain;” said the hare again. When he was almost at the

finish line, the hare said to him, “I shall take a rest, then when I get up the

turtle still behind my tail; and I cross the finish line, using my rest energy;”

saying that, the hare lay down asleep. The turtle still didn’t give up; he soon

found the hare, and crossed him quietly, when he reached the finish line, he

cried out loud; when the hare woke up, found the turtle still wasn’t in front of

him.

He hopped about happily, and when he reached the line, he found the turtle

already resting on a rock. The hare was so shocked that he lay down on the grass

just like that he fainted. And so the turtle became the champion; nobody ever

laughed at him ever again, and whenever some animals wanted to learn running,

they did not go to ask the hare; since he was not yet the fastest any more,

instead they went to the turtle to get advice from their new jungle running

lesson teacher.

There was once a little girl that wanted to live in peace, but she couldn’t

since her house or should I say family is very, very poor.

One day the little girl called Anna went to pick mushrooms in the forest

with her friends. She picked plenty of mushrooms and walked deep into the

forest. It gradually became dark, and Anna wanted to go home, she called her

friends; but they were nowhere to be found. She wanted to go home on her own,

she walked and walked into the forest; it seemed as if it had no end. At last,

she found a tiny little house, Anna walked close to it.

She knocked at the door but there was no answer, she knocked again, but

there was still no answer; at last she quietly opened the door, and inside she

found a warm fire place. She walked to the fire place, and sat there. Before one

minute, a bear walked in, he saw Anna; and said, “What are you doing in my

house?” “My name is Anna, and I am lost…” “Oh,” said the bear, “In that case you

can stay here; but you must prepare the food and dust the house in return…”

One day Anna baked a tray of apple tarts, she put them in a big basket and

said to the bear; “Oh bear, could you deliver these apple tarts to my parents?”

“You have done a great job so I will agree: I shall send these apple tarts to

your parents. I’ll just fetch my walking stick and head out immediately…”

“Remember bear, if you eat one tart, I shall know immediately;” the bear went to

fetch his walking stick, in the meantime;Anna hid herself in the basket, and the

bear set off from home.

He walked a distance and said to himself, “I shall eat one apple tart;”

suddenly he heard Anna’s voice saying, “Big bear I’ve caught you!” “Oh my, oh

my!” cried the bear, “I had better walk a while before eating any of the tarts…”

As he said that, the bear started off again. After he was far from home, he

said; “I shall rest here, and in the meantime eat one apple tart…” Suddenly he

heard Anna’s voice saying again, “Big bear; I’ve caught you again!” “Oh my, oh

my!” cried the bear, “That girl must have magic eyes!” then he started off once

again.

When he at last reached his journeys end, he placed the basket in front of

Anna’s front door, and walked away from home. When Anna’s mom and dad opened the

door, they saw Anna jump out from the basket and running to them. There was no

chance of saying how happy they were!