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儿童英语读物 Tree House Mystery CHAPTER 9 Good News

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It was library day when Violet1 and Benny rode their bikes over to the Beaches. Jessie and Henry had made other plans and could not go, but Sammy and Jeffrey were waiting. They had notebooks and pencils.

“Follow us,” Benny called. “We know the way.” Soon the four children were chaining2 their bicycles in front of the Greenfield Public Library. It was a large library for a small town.

Mrs. White was always glad to see the Aldens coming. She laughed. She said, “I know what you want, Benny. Some science books and some mystery3 books. And how about your new friends? Do they like mysteries4?”

“Yes, but—” Sammy and Jeffrey both began at once. Then Jeffrey went on, “We have a real mystery story already. That’s why we came.”

Then Benny told Mrs. White about the mystery room. He said, “We want to know one special thing. Why was the room closed up?”

“What a puzzle!” Mrs. White exclaimed5. “I hope I can help you find out. I won’t promise. You are lucky to have that date, 1910. Come with me and I’ll show you what we have. You may find some clues7.”

Mrs. White led the children into a room in another part of the library. “People often come to learn about past times in Greenfield. We keep everything about Greenfield history here,” she said. “We have some interesting things like old letters people have given to the library. There are old books and newspapers, too. Now let’s see. Where shall9 we begin?”

Violet said, “We thought maybe old copies of the Greenfield News might help us. The Carvers had that big house and were an important family.”

“A good place to begin,” Mrs. White agreed. “We have the old newspapers made into big books. Sit down at this long table and I will bring you some. You can begin with June, July, and August of 1910.”

Soon Mrs. White put the big books on the table. She looked at Sammy and asked, “Do you think you can read these newspapers? They are not easy.”

Jeffrey said, “Sammy can read anything.” And Mrs. White was surprised to find out later that this was true.

After the librarian10 had gone, the room was very still. The Aldens and the Beaches were busy looking at the old copies of the Greenfield News.

“Here,” Sammy whispered11. “Look at this—there’s a story on the front page about this library. It was first opened on June 5,1910.”

“Here’s something about a big fire,” Benny said. “A lumberyard burned. It says it was once owned by the Carver family. I guess they were important people.”

“I’m going to look on the pages that tell about neighbors visiting and having parties,” Violet said. “I think that’s where we might see something about Willy’s grandmother.”

Jeffrey and Sammy looked through several papers8 but they did not find anything.

Suddenly Violet whispered, “Here! It says something about Mrs. A. M. Carver. Oh, it’s just about a meeting of church ladies. That doesn’t help us.”

The children began to feel tired. The print in the old newspapers was small and hard to read. It wasn’t as easy as they had hoped. But nobody wanted to give up.

Mrs. White looked in. “Any luck?” she asked.

Just then Jeffrey began to breathe12 hard. He said, “Listen. Here it is.” Then he read a notice. It said, “Mrs. A. M. Carver is entertaining13 her grandson Willy for the summer. He is the son of Joseph Carver of London, England, who is in the coal mining business there. Willy will return to his parents on August first of this year.”

“Oh, good for you!” said Violet. “You found the first good clue6, Jeff.”

Benny had the July papers and now he said, “Here’s a little story about Willy’s birthday party. Certainly that’s the one Mrs. McGregor remembers.”

Sammy said, “Let’s see if there is a story about Willy going home. Look in the August newspapers.”

All four children looked, trying to read as fast as they could.

It was Benny who found what they wanted. He read, “‘This week Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Carver came to Greenfield to get their son and take him back to England. They are returning to live in London permanently14, taking Mrs. A. M. Carver with them. The Carver family home has been rented to Mr. and Mrs. David Johnson, who will occupy15 it the first of September. The Johnsons have five children.’”

“Now that’s something new!” Benny said. “We didn’t know anyone lived in the house between the Carvers and the first Beach family.”

“And now we have the Johnsons,” agreed Violet.

“With five kids,” added17 Jeffrey.

All at once Sammy said, “Now everyone keep still and let me think! I have an idea and then I lose it. Here it is again. Suppose Mrs. Carver didn’t want five strange children playing with all Willy’s toys. I’ll bet16 she closed up that room and hid it so that nobody would know it was there.”

Benny said slowly, “You may be right, Sammy. At least nobody ever found it until we did. I haven’t any better ideas.”

Violet said, “I don’t think we can find anything more here. Nobody would put anything about that closed room in the newspapers. It was such a secret.”

“Let’s show that nice librarian what we found,” Sammy said. “I copied it in my notebook.”

Mrs. White was glad to hear what the children had found. “Do come again,” she said. “You read very well, Sammy.”

“I’ll come again,” Sammy said. “I want a book about the moon’s surface18.”

“We have many of those,” said Mrs. White with a smile. “I’ll try to pick out a hard one for you.”

Violet, Benny, Jeffrey, and Sam started home on their bikes. Sammy said, “We’ve been so excited about the mystery room that we haven’t finished the tree house.”

“We can finish it after lunch,” Jeff said.

Benny said, “You can put up the lantern19 and the mailbox20 and the rope ladder.”

Later that afternoon Sammy said, “I wish Dad and Mom would come home. I want to tell them what we found in the library.”

Jeffrey said, “I’ve been thinking21 about Uncle Max. He might remember something more if we told him about the Johnsons and their five children. I’d like to know if Sammy’s idea is right.”

When Mr. and Mrs. Beach came home, they found the tree house done and the backyard22 picked up.

“Didn’t you go to the library after all?” asked Mrs. Beach. “Come in and tell me.”

They all went into the living room and the children sat down on the floor.

“Oh, we went all right, Mom!” said Sammy. “And just listen to this. We found it in the old newspapers.” He took out his notebook and read his notes to his parents.

Mr. Beach said, “I never heard of the Johnsons. I wonder if Max has. Maybe he has forgotten them, too. Would you like to drive over there this evening after dinner and ask him?”

Jeffrey said, “Oh, Dad, that is the very thing we want most.”

Sammy was very quiet. He was thinking. All at once he exclaimed, “I have the most stupendous idea! Uncle Max could name his restaurant the Rocking Horse! We could give him the big rocking horse for children to look at. They couldn’t ride on it because it is so old. But children would want to come and so their parents would bring them, and the eating place would be a great success.”

Benny said, “That’s the best idea yet. I would want to go to a place named the Rocking Horse.”

“So would I,” said Mrs. Beach.

But Jeffrey was thinking, too. He said, “Dad, do the toys in the hidden room belong to us?”

“Yes, they do,” replied his father. “I bought the house and everything in it and the land around it. So if you want to give the toys to Uncle Max, you may. Of course Uncle Max may not like the idea.”

“I think he will, Mr. Beach,” said Benny. “He is ready to try almost anything.”

Violet said, “We have to go. It’s dinner time.”

Mrs. Beach said, “Come back later and drive to Uncle Max’s with us. It’s everybody’s mystery now.”


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1 violet 8h3wm     
adj.紫色的;n.紫罗兰
参考例句:
  • She likes to wear violet dresses.他喜欢穿紫色的衣服。
  • Violet is the color of wisdom,peace and strength.紫色是智慧的,和平的和力量的颜色。
2 chaining 3b9431c4d01186f167700cd247521592     
n.链接,链锁;丈量;编链;挂链
参考例句:
  • Little audible links, they are, chaining together great inaudible feelings and purposes. 它们只是一些可以为人听见的小小链子,把大量听不见的情感和意图串联起来。 来自英汉文学 - 嘉莉妹妹
  • Finally, the diagnosis results are achieved through forward chaining method. 最后,根据应用正向推理机得到磨损故障的诊断结果。 来自互联网
3 mystery YwzyR     
n.神秘,奥秘,秘密,玄妙,不可思议的事
参考例句:
  • He often tells stories full of mystery.他常讲些充满神秘色彩的故事。
  • The mystery was never solved.这个奥秘始终未得到解释。
4 mysteries enEz6H     
adj.古代的秘密宗教仪式n.神秘(性),秘密(性)( mystery的名词复数 );神秘的事,难以理解的事物;来历不明[难探究竟]的人
参考例句:
  • It is one of the great unsolved mysteries of this century. 这是本世纪尚未解开的大奥秘之一。
  • She spent her life plumbing the mysteries of the human psyche. 她毕生探索人类心灵的奥秘。
5 exclaimed 68e477dcdab3965d2189fb7276ee5041     
vt.exclaim的过去式v.呼喊,惊叫,大声说( exclaim的过去式和过去分词 )
参考例句:
  • "We have a good chance of winning," he exclaimed optimistically. “我们很可能获胜。”他乐观地喊道。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • She exclaimed in delight when she saw the presents. 她见到礼品高兴得叫了起来。 来自《简明英汉词典》
6 clue pWhyn     
n.线索;提示;词语
参考例句:
  • She will clue you in about this.她将为你提供这方面情况。
  • No clue to his whereabouts has been found.至今没有找到有关他行踪的线索。
7 clues 9d00bc3f77d47d282f0cac3d3329043e     
n.线索( clue的名词复数 );提示;(帮助警方破案的)线索;(纵横填字谜、游戏或问题的)提示词语
参考例句:
  • The police think the videotape may hold some vital clues to the identity of the killer. 警方认为那盘录像带可能录有能确认凶手身份的一些重要线索。
  • contextual clues to the meaning 上下文提供的理解其含义的线索
8 papers qmQzJz     
n.文件,纸币,论文
参考例句:
  • I want to check with my secretary before I sign the papers.在签署这些文件前,我要与我的秘书商议。
  • The lawyer read all the papers relating to the case.律师阅读了与该案有关的全部文件。
9 shall lzFwQ     
v.aux.(主要用于第一人称)将
参考例句:
  • I shall always love you.我将永远爱你。
  • Which club shall we join?我们要参加哪个社团?
10 librarian 31mxM     
n.图书管理员;图书馆馆长
参考例句:
  • His father is the librarian of our school library.他父亲是我们学校的图书馆馆长。
  • The librarian entered a new book in the catalogue.图书管理员把一本新书编入目录。
11 whispered ac3eda029cd72fefda0d32abc42aa001     
adj.耳语的,低语的v.低声说( whisper的过去式和过去分词 );私语;小声说;私下说
参考例句:
  • She sidled up to me and whispered something in my ear. 她悄悄走上前来,对我耳语了几句。
  • His ill luck has been whispered about the neighborhood. 他的不幸遭遇已在邻居中传开。 来自《简明英汉词典》
12 breathe KSYyv     
vi.呼吸;vt.轻声说,流露感情,注入
参考例句:
  • We have to breathe in and out so many times a minute.我们每分钟都得呼吸那么多次。
  • How does a fish breathe under water?鱼在水里怎么呼吸?
13 entertaining lt5zkj     
adj.有趣的,使人娱乐的
参考例句:
  • Entertaining people is the most natural thing in the world for her.招待客人对她来说是世界上最自然不过的事情。
  • The traveller was an entertaining story teller.这位旅客是一位有趣的说故事者。
14 permanently KluzuU     
adv.永恒地,永久地,固定不变地
参考例句:
  • The accident left him permanently scarred.那次事故给他留下了永久的伤疤。
  • The ship is now permanently moored on the Thames in London.该船现在永久地停泊在伦敦泰晤士河边。
15 occupy j5FzP     
vt.占,占用;占领,占据;使忙碌,使从事
参考例句:
  • His books occupy a lot of space.他的书占了很多地方。
  • Will it occupy much of your time?会不会占用你很多时间?
16 bet ddZy8     
v.打赌,以(与)...打赌;n.赌注,赌金;打赌
参考例句:
  • I bet you can't do this puzzle.我敢说,你解决不了这个难题。
  • I offered to bet with him.我提出与他打赌。
17 added mzJzm0     
adj.更多的,附加的,额外的
参考例句:
  • They have added a new scene at the beginning.在开头他们又增加了一场戏。
  • The pop music added to our enjoyment of the film.片中的流行音乐使我们对这部电影更加喜爱。
18 surface QrFwj     
n.表面,平面;adj.表面的,肤浅的;v.使...成平面,被露出来,在表面工作
参考例句:
  • A gentle wind disturbed the surface of the water. 微风拂动水面。
  • The surface of the water is as smooth as a mirror.水平如镜。
19 lantern H2TxJ     
n.灯笼,提灯,航标灯;vt.装上提灯
参考例句:
  • This is a Chinese lantern.这是中国的灯笼。
  • The lantern hanging overhead swung in the wind.吊在高处的灯在风中摇动。
20 mailbox 2ANxG     
n.邮筒;邮箱
参考例句:
  • You can put the newspaper into the mailbox.你可以把报纸放进邮箱里。
  • Please drop these letters in the nearest mailbox.请把这些信投入最近的邮箱。
21 thinking ggzz2u     
n.思考,思想;adj.思考的,有理性的;vbl.想,思考
参考例句:
  • All thinking men will protest against it.凡是有思想的人都会抗议这件事。
  • Thinking is mainly performed with words and other symbols.思想主要是用言语和其他符号来表达的。
22 backyard hymz8B     
n.后院,后庭
参考例句:
  • I parked the car in the backyard.我把汽车停在后院。
  • The residents didn't want a new factory in their backyard.居民不希望在他们住地附近建新工厂。
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