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儿童英语读物 The Secret of the Mask CHAPTER 6 Henry’s List

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As they wheeled their bikes into the diner’s bike rack, an orange pickup1 truck came speeding down the street. “Isn’t that the same—” Jessie began, just as the truck squealed2 around in a U-turn.

“He is one very bad driver,” said Henry. The truck screeched3 to a stop behind a bright red car parked in front of Ye Olde Antique Shoppe. “He nearly hit that car!”

A woman with long red hair ran out of the shop and started yelling at the driver. “She sure looks angry,” said Violet. “Maybe that’s her car he nearly hit.”

Benny stared. “I think that’s Grandma Belle4’s nurse.”

“Are you sure?”

He looked hard, trying to remember. “She’s the woman I saw put the mask in the garbage can. I remember her long red hair.”

The angry woman’s voice grew louder. A few of her words drifted across the street. “… do you mean … you can’t … find it? … has to be …”

“Benny’s right,” said Henry, locking his bike. “The car she just got out of is the same car we saw in front of Grandma Belle’s.”

Jessie pursed her lips. “But Grandma Belle said her nurse was at the grocery store. That’s all the way across town.”

“Maybe she likes antiques,” said Violet, who very much loved old things.

“…where else …” came the woman’s voice, “… could it. … Find it!”

“It sounds like they know each other,” said Jessie. Suddenly, the woman climbed into the little red car and sped away.

The driver of the orange truck squealed another U-turn. The broken swing set and bikes in the back of the truck nearly flew out.

Inside the diner, the children found a table near the big front window and gave the waitress their orders—chicken fingers for Violet, a hamburger for Henry, grilled6 cheese for Jessie, and a hot dog for Benny. Waiting for food to come was always the hardest part.

The smell of hamburgers sizzling on the grill5 made the children’s stomachs growl7. Benny moved the ketchup8 bottle in front of him so he’d be ready to squirt ketchup on his plate the second his food came. Usually they played games of tic-tac-toe or dot-to-dot to take their minds off how hungry they were. But today, Henry opened a paper napkin and took out a pencil.

“What are you doing?” Jessie asked.

“Trying to figure out who could have stolen Benny’s mask and taken the Crispy Crackers9 can full of money.” Henry knew that making lists helped him think. On the top of the napkin he wrote: SUSPECTS.

The others crowded around, watching. Under SUSPECTS, Henry wrote:

Driver of orange truck

In alley10 behind Grandma Belle’s the day we found the mask.

In our alley the night we cleaned the garage.

At our yard sale.

In town with Grandma Belle’s nurse.

“What about the lady with the floppy11 hat and big sunglasses?” asked Benny. “Jessie said she was looking through the shelves in the garage. That’s where I hid my mask. Maybe she saw it and decided12 to come back later to steal it so she wouldn’t have to pay for it.” Henry wrote:

Lady in floppy hat

At yard sale both days.

Only wanted to buy old things.

Jessie saw her going through boxes in the garage.

“Anyone else?” Henry asked.

“What about the man at the library?” asked Violet. “The one with the silver bracelet13? I thought I saw a kachina mask on his computer screen. And the next day he came to our yard sale asking if we had any Hopi things for sale.”

Henry added:

Man with braid

At library—looking at Hopi masks?

At yard sale—wanted Hopi things.

“What about the nurse?” asked Henry. “She could have accidentally thrown the mask away, but what if it wasn’t an accident? What if she was trying to steal it?”

“She isn’t where she told Grandma Belle she would be,” added Jessie.

“And we just saw her talking to the man in the orange truck,” said Violet.

Henry scribbled14:

Grandma Belle’s nurse

Accidentally threw away mask?

Seen with the man in the orange truck.

“We have a lot of questions with no answers,” said Henry, as their food arrived.

“Maybe we should go back to the library and find out more about these masks,” said Jessie. “If someone wants our mask bad enough to steal it, it has to be worth something.”

And with that the children turned all their attention to eating.

After lunch, they rode to the library. A large poster on the library door said:

Intertribal Powwow

Saturday–Sunday—Pleasant Valley Park.

Native American dancing, singing, drumming, crafts, food.

Everyone welcome.

“What’s a powwow?” asked Benny. “It’s a big gathering15 of Native Americans,” Violet explained. “Like a big party where there’s music and dancing and storytelling.”

“And cake?”

“Well, maybe not cake, But there are many other treats served. I read about powwows in one of my Prairie Girls books, Katrina and the Kachina Doll. Katrina was invited to a powwow. She learned to make jewelry16 out of porcupine17 quills18 and to stitch moccasins out of buffalo19 hide.”

Violet sat at a computer and typed in “kachina masks.” Henry found a Hopi kachina book with the photographs of masks.

“This web site has old kachina masks for sale,” said Violet. “All of the antique masks are sold for …” Her eyes grew wide as she stared at the screen.

“What?” said Jessie. “Sold for what?”

“For thousands of dollars!” Violet scrolled20 down the screen until she came to a mask that looked like theirs. She read quietly a moment before printing the page she was reading.

“That’s why someone wanted my mask so much!” said Benny.

“Grandma Belle said her father lived in Arizona,” Jessie said. “She said he dug up things like this when he was a boy. The mask that we found is probably one of the things that he dug out of the desert.”

“Was Grandma Belle’s father a thief?” Benny asked. “Would he have taken some-thing that didn’t belong to him?

“I don’t know Benny,” said Jessie.

Violet grabbed a stack of paper off the printer while Henry went to check out the books he found. “I found a few articles about stolen kachinas being sold on the Internet. We should show them to Grandma Belle. Maybe the pictures of the mask will help jog her memory.”

As they walked out of the library, they passed the man with the braid reading at a table. He hunched21 over his books. Jessie peered over his shoulder, then poked22 Violet and pointed23. The man was reading books about kachinas and Hopis. Did he steal their mask? Was he looking through the books to find out if it was valuable?


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1 pickup ANkxA     
n.拾起,获得
参考例句:
  • I would love to trade this car for a pickup truck.我愿意用这辆汽车换一辆小型轻便卡车。||The luck guy is a choice pickup for the girls.那位幸运的男孩是女孩子们想勾搭上的人。
2 squealed 08be5c82571f6dba9615fa69033e21b0     
v.长声尖叫,用长而尖锐的声音说( squeal的过去式和过去分词 )
参考例句:
  • He squealed the words out. 他吼叫着说出那些话。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • The brakes of the car squealed. 汽车的刹车发出吱吱声。 来自《简明英汉词典》
3 screeched 975e59058e1a37cd28bce7afac3d562c     
v.发出尖叫声( screech的过去式和过去分词 );发出粗而刺耳的声音;高叫
参考例句:
  • She screeched her disapproval. 她尖叫着不同意。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • The car screeched to a stop. 汽车嚓的一声停住了。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
4 belle MQly5     
n.靓女
参考例句:
  • She was the belle of her Sunday School class.在主日学校她是她们班的班花。
  • She was the belle of the ball.她是那个舞会中的美女。
5 grill wQ8zb     
n.烤架,铁格子,烤肉;v.烧,烤,严加盘问
参考例句:
  • Put it under the grill for a minute to brown the top.放在烤架下烤一分钟把上面烤成金黄色。
  • I'll grill you some mutton.我来给你烤一些羊肉吃。
6 grilled grilled     
adj. 烤的, 炙过的, 有格子的 动词grill的过去式和过去分词形式
参考例句:
  • He was grilled for two hours before the police let him go. 他被严厉盘查了两个小时后,警察才放他走。
  • He was grilled until he confessed. 他被严加拷问,直到他承认为止。
7 growl VeHzE     
v.(狗等)嗥叫,(炮等)轰鸣;n.嗥叫,轰鸣
参考例句:
  • The dog was biting,growling and wagging its tail.那条狗在一边撕咬一边低声吼叫,尾巴也跟着摇摆。
  • The car growls along rutted streets.汽车在车辙纵横的街上一路轰鸣。
8 ketchup B3DxX     
n.蕃茄酱,蕃茄沙司
参考例句:
  • There's a spot of ketchup on the tablecloth.桌布上有一点番茄酱的渍斑。
  • Could I have some ketchup and napkins,please?请给我一些番茄酱和纸手巾?
9 crackers nvvz5e     
adj.精神错乱的,癫狂的n.爆竹( cracker的名词复数 );薄脆饼干;(认为)十分愉快的事;迷人的姑娘
参考例句:
  • That noise is driving me crackers. 那噪声闹得我简直要疯了。
  • We served some crackers and cheese as an appetiser. 我们上了些饼干和奶酪作为开胃品。 来自《简明英汉词典》
10 alley Cx2zK     
n.小巷,胡同;小径,小路
参考例句:
  • We live in the same alley.我们住在同一条小巷里。
  • The blind alley ended in a brick wall.这条死胡同的尽头是砖墙。
11 floppy xjGx1     
adj.松软的,衰弱的
参考例句:
  • She was wearing a big floppy hat.她戴了顶松软的大帽子。
  • Can you copy those files onto this floppy disk?你能把那些文件复制到这张软盘上吗?
12 decided lvqzZd     
adj.决定了的,坚决的;明显的,明确的
参考例句:
  • This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
  • There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。
13 bracelet nWdzD     
n.手镯,臂镯
参考例句:
  • The jeweler charges lots of money to set diamonds in a bracelet.珠宝匠要很多钱才肯把钻石镶在手镯上。
  • She left her gold bracelet as a pledge.她留下她的金手镯作抵押品。
14 scribbled de374a2e21876e209006cd3e9a90c01b     
v.潦草的书写( scribble的过去式和过去分词 );乱画;草草地写;匆匆记下
参考例句:
  • She scribbled his phone number on a scrap of paper. 她把他的电话号码匆匆写在一张小纸片上。
  • He scribbled a note to his sister before leaving. 临行前,他给妹妹草草写了一封短信。
15 gathering ChmxZ     
n.集会,聚会,聚集
参考例句:
  • He called on Mr. White to speak at the gathering.他请怀特先生在集会上讲话。
  • He is on the wing gathering material for his novels.他正忙于为他的小说收集资料。
16 jewelry 0auz1     
n.(jewllery)(总称)珠宝
参考例句:
  • The burglars walked off with all my jewelry.夜盗偷走了我的全部珠宝。
  • Jewelry and lace are mostly feminine belongings.珠宝和花边多数是女性用品。
17 porcupine 61Wzs     
n.豪猪, 箭猪
参考例句:
  • A porcupine is covered with prickles.箭猪身上长满了刺。
  • There is a philosophy parable,call philosophy of porcupine.有一个哲学寓言,叫豪猪的哲学。
18 quills a65f94ad5cb5e1bc45533b2cf19212e8     
n.(刺猬或豪猪的)刺( quill的名词复数 );羽毛管;翮;纡管
参考例句:
  • Quills were the chief writing implement from the 6th century AD until the advent of steel pens in the mid 19th century. 从公元6世纪到19世纪中期钢笔出现以前,羽毛笔是主要的书写工具。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • Defensive quills dot the backs of these troublesome creatures. 防御性的刺长在这些讨人厌的生物背上。 来自互联网
19 buffalo 1Sby4     
n.(北美)野牛;(亚洲)水牛
参考例句:
  • Asian buffalo isn't as wild as that of America's. 亚洲水牛比美洲水牛温顺些。
  • The boots are made of buffalo hide. 这双靴子是由水牛皮制成的。
20 scrolled 313315b0796120af40f9657f89e85dc9     
adj.具有涡卷装饰的v.(电脑屏幕上)从上到下移动(资料等),卷页( scroll的过去式和过去分词 );(似卷轴般)卷起;(像展开卷轴般地)将文字显示于屏幕
参考例句:
  • Wherever the drop target can possibly be scrolled offscreen, the program needs to auto-scroll. 无论拖放的目标对象是否在屏幕之外,程序都需要自动滚动。 来自About Face 3交互设计精髓
  • If It'still is then you've not scrolled up enough lines. 如果还在说明你向上滚动的行数不够。 来自互联网
21 hunched 532924f1646c4c5850b7c607069be416     
(常指因寒冷、生病或愁苦)耸肩弓身的,伏首前倾的
参考例句:
  • He sat with his shoulders hunched up. 他耸起双肩坐着。
  • Stephen hunched down to light a cigarette. 斯蒂芬弓着身子点燃一支烟。
22 poked 87f534f05a838d18eb50660766da4122     
v.伸出( poke的过去式和过去分词 );戳出;拨弄;与(某人)性交
参考例句:
  • She poked him in the ribs with her elbow. 她用胳膊肘顶他的肋部。
  • His elbow poked out through his torn shirt sleeve. 他的胳膊从衬衫的破袖子中露了出来。 来自《简明英汉词典》
23 pointed Il8zB4     
adj.尖的,直截了当的
参考例句:
  • He gave me a very sharp pointed pencil.他给我一支削得非常尖的铅笔。
  • She wished to show Mrs.John Dashwood by this pointed invitation to her brother.她想通过对达茨伍德夫人提出直截了当的邀请向她的哥哥表示出来。
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