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儿童英语读物 Surprise Island 奇异岛 Chapter 10 爷爷来访!

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We must be ready at ten o’clock,” said Jessie the next morning. “Grandfather told Captain Daniel to meet him with the boat at ten o’clock and he is always on time.”

“We must certainly show him the museum,” said Henry. “I know he will be interested in the Indian things, but I’m not so sure about the birds and flowers.”

“I think he will like our museum,” said Violet1. “It has his name on the door.” She looked up and read the sign again, “THE JAMES H. ALDEN MUSEUM.”

“Everything is ready,” said Jessie. She took one last look. “Let’s go down on the dock2 to wait for him.”

Mr. Alden was delighted to see his grandchildren3 all waving from the dock.

“Fine children,” he said to Captain Daniel.

“Best that ever I saw,” agreed Captain Daniel, waving, too. He tied the boat and watched the old man and his happy grandchildren as they went out of sight into the barn4.

“I want to see every single thing you have,” said Mr. Alden. He sat down in the company chair and looked around him. “Say, what’s this I see? A museum?”

Grandfather was on his feet in a minute. “Are you going to let me see it?” he asked excitedly, with his foot on the stairs.

“Of course!” cried Jessie. “If you don’t mind the heat. It’s awfully5 hot up there.”

“No, I don’t mind,” said Mr. Alden at the top of the stairs. He saw what the museum was like, with one look. “Which one of you thought of this? Tell me about it.”

They told him all about their museum. They showed him the flowers, the seaweed, the boxes of shells6 and butterflies, and the paper birds in real branches.

Mr. Alden looked for a long time at the bluebird sitting near its nest. There were four blue eggs cut from paper in the nest.

“The birds left that nest,” said Henry, “so we took it.”

“Good!” said Mr. Alden, smiling. “And what did you find, Benny?”

“I found a big bone in the shell-pile.”

“We ought to tell you about that bone, Grandfather,” said Henry, laughing. “Let’s go downstairs and you can sit in the company chair. You see we found the skeleton7 of a whole Indian, and Benny found his leg bone. Joe says it is very important and not to tell anyone but you.”

“Where is this skeleton?” cried Mr. Alden.

“It’s near a very big pile of shells on the end of the island.”

“Yes, I remember seeing that pile of shells when I was a boy,” said Mr. Alden.

“Joe told us not to pick up the Indian bones,” said Benny. “He said you could get men to do it right after we go home.”

“That Joe seems to know a lot,” said Mr. Alden. “I’ll see him before I go.”

“Look in this box, Grandfather,” said Benny. “That’s an arrowhead, and that’s an ax-head, and that’s a cooking bowl, all Indian. And that’s a tool made out of bone. Watch found the ax-head and the tool.”

“Well, well!” cried Mr. Alden. “Who told you? Did anyone tell you to make a museum to put these things in?”

“No,” said Henry. “Don’t you like it?”

“Yes, Henry, I like it very much indeed. It just seems strange, because it’s the very thing I used to do myself. I used to go out in the woods all alone and sit for hours listening to the birds.”

“Yes,” said Henry, smiling. “We do the very same thing; we must be just like you.”

Then Violet brought her violin for him to see. To their surprise, Mr. Alden put it under his chin8 and began to play. He played very well.

“You didn’t know I played, did you?” said Mr. Alden to the surprised children. “That’s a fine little violin, Violet.”

“You’re a wonderful grandfather!” cried Henry. “Always doing something new! We didn’t know you could play.”

“I am out of practice,” said Mr. Alden, handing the violin back to Violet. “Haven’t even held a violin for years. Now what else have you to show me?”

“You must come to the little hut9 to see Joe,” said Benny.

“I think Joe went over to the mainland10 this morning,” said Violet.

“That’s funny,” said Henry, “because he certainly knew you were coming today.”

“It makes me cross,” shouted Benny. “I want you to see Joe. He’s my best friend in all the world.”

“Then I’m cross, too,” said Mr. Alden. “What time do you have dinner around here?”

“Almost right away!” cried Jessie. “Are you hungry?”

“I am hungry as a bear,” answered Mr. Alden.

At once, Jessie put some water in the big kettle11. “You children set the table and get the milk out, so that Grandfather won’t have to wait a minute after dinner is ready.”

“Oh, you needn’t hurry as much as that,” said Mr. Alden. “I can wait half an hour, maybe.”

Before that time, the little vegetables were done. Jessie put them in a big dish and poured melted12 butter over them. There was plenty of bread and butter to go along with the vegetables. And because they had company, Jessie had put two eggs and some sugar into the milk.

“This is a delicious drink!” said Mr. Alden. “I shall come again.”

“Please do!” cried Violet. “But you’re not going home for a long time yet, I hope?”

“I think I am,” said Mr. Alden, “and I should like to take you all with me. Just on a little trip for an hour or so,” he added13 quickly.

“All right,” said Jessie. “I thought for a minute that you wanted us to leave the island for good.”

“You like it, don’t you? No, it won’t take very long. I want to show you something.”

It did not take long for Captain Daniel to get the family to the mainland. They got into Mr. Alden’s waiting car and were taken to a big building they had never seen before.

“It’s a museum!” cried Henry. “Look, Jessie look!”

Henry pointed14 at the name over the door, which said in large letters cut in stone, THE ALDEN MUSEUM.

“My goodness15!” cried Jessie. “Is that named for you, Grandfather?”

“I suppose it is,” said Mr. Alden. “It has been here a long time.”

“You gave the money to build it!” cried Henry.

The surprised children followed their grandfather inside, where a young girl came and showed them everything he wanted them to see. At last they came to a small room, and the girl told them to go in. Jessie was the first to see a sign which read, THE FIRST COLLECTION MADE BY JAMES HENRY ALDEN WHEN HE WAS A BOY OF FIFTEEN.

“What do you know!” cried Henry, looking at the birds. “Our birds are just like yours!”

Mr. Alden’s birds were painted ones, too, and they were sitting in real trees.

“The birds left these nests,” said Mr. Alden with a twinkle16 in his eyes, “so I took them.”

Henry laughed and said, “You didn’t want to kill any birds either, did you?”

Mr. Alden went on, “No, the real birds out in the museum were found dead and brought to us. Not a bird in this museum was killed for me. And now, I’ll let you go back to your island and wash your dishes.”

When they got into the boat, he gave them each a box. And it was not until later that he remembered that he had not seen Joe, the handy17 man.


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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 dock GsQx9     
n.码头;被告席;vt.使(船)进港;扣;vi.进港
参考例句:
  • We took the children to the dock to see the ships.我们带孩子们到码头去看轮船。
  • The corrupt official stood in the dock.那贪官站在被告席上。
3 grandchildren 7ryzvi     
n.孙子;孙(女),外孙(女)( grandchild的名词复数 )
参考例句:
  • He left a bequest to each of his grandchildren. 他给他的孙辈每人留下一笔遗产。
  • His grandchildren afforded him his greatest pleasure in his old age. 他的孙子和孙女们在晚年的时候给了他最大的欢乐。 来自《简明英汉词典》
4 barn 6dayp     
n.谷仓,饲料仓,牲口棚
参考例句:
  • That big building is a barn for keeping the grain.那幢大房子是存放粮食的谷仓。
  • The cows were driven into the barn.牛被赶进了牲口棚。
5 awfully MPkym     
adv.可怕地,非常地,极端地
参考例句:
  • Agriculture was awfully neglected in the past.过去农业遭到严重忽视。
  • I've been feeling awfully bad about it.对这我一直感到很难受。
6 shells 6cada1b5279cf64ec485c08de4d14f53     
n.(贝、卵、坚果等的)壳( shell的名词复数 );外壳;炮弹;(人的)表面性格
参考例句:
  • We collected shells on the beach. 我们在海滩拾贝壳。
  • But at last the shells cracked, one after another. 最后,蛋壳一个接着一个地裂开了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
7 skeleton OE7z0     
n.骨骼,框架,骨干,梗概,提要
参考例句:
  • A long illness made a skeleton out of him.长期的卧病使他骨瘦如柴。
  • Her notes gave us just the bare skeleton of her theory.她的笔记只给我们提供了她的理论的梗概。
8 chin dVmyu     
n.下巴,下颚,不气馁,不灰心
参考例句:
  • You've got some egg on your chin.你的下巴上沾着一点鸡蛋。
  • He hurried on with his shaving,cutting his chin twice.他急急忙忙地剃胡子,把下巴割破了两次。
9 hut ablxt     
n.棚子;简陋的小房子
参考例句:
  • The hut is in the midst of the forest.小屋在森林深处。
  • The poor old man lived in a little wooden hut.那个贫穷的老人住在一间小木屋内。
10 mainland 6AexH     
n.大陆,本土
参考例句:
  • The new bridge will link the island to the mainland.新的桥梁将把该岛与大陆连接在一起。
  • Hong Kong's prosperity relies heavily on mainland.香港的繁荣在很大程度上依赖于大陆。
11 kettle t3Hyd     
n.(浇水用的)水壶;水壶,水锅
参考例句:
  • The kettle is boiling.水壶里的水开了。
  • She put the kettle on the gas stove.她将水壶放在煤气炉上。
12 melted 8aea8ce4cf822237449f1ed47d91ea95     
v.(使)融[溶,熔]化( melt的过去式和过去分词 );溶解;(使)消散,消失;(使)软化,变得温柔
参考例句:
  • Melted wax dribbled down the side of the candle. 熔化了的蜡一滴滴从蜡烛边上流下。
  • The crowd quickly melted away when the storm broke. 暴风雨袭来时人群很快地四散了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
13 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。
14 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。
15 goodness xfgxm     
n.善良,善行,美德
参考例句:
  • Would you have the goodness to turn off the radio?劳驾,请你把收音机关上好不好?
  • Thank goodness,we've found a cure for the disease.好了,这病有救了!
16 twinkle SlCws     
n.闪烁,闪耀,眨眼,瞬息;v.闪烁,使...闪耀,眨眼,迅速移动
参考例句:
  • The twinkle of distant town lights was very beautiful.远处城镇灯火闪烁,煞是好看。
  • At night,lights twinkle in distant villages across the valleys.夜间,山谷那头的遥远村落里灯光闪闪。
17 handy de0zX     
adj.方便的;手边的,近便的;手巧的
参考例句:
  • A few more traveler's checks may come in handy on holiday.多带几张旅行支票,度假时会有用的。
  • She is a handy girl who can turn her hand to anything.她是个心灵手巧的姑娘。
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