With the delightful enthusiasm of youth, they took the solitary boy into their midst and made much of him, and he found something very charming in the innocent companionship of these simple–hearted girls.

怀着愉快的青春的热情，她们把这孤独的男孩视为她们中的一员，对他悉心照顾；而他则觉得和这些天真的女孩子在一起十分有趣。