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儿童英语读物 Surprise Island 奇异岛 Chapter 13 又是大乔

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I wish Mike would come over every day,” said Benny one morning.

“Well, I don’t!” said all the others at once.

Henry looked up. “I think we can get along without any company at all.”

“You don’t call Joe company, do you?” asked Violet1.

“Oh, no,” said Henry. “He’s just one of the family. Why? Did you want to invite him to eat with us?”

“No,” said Violet slowly. “But today he said I would be ready to play to you after my lesson.”

“Have him stay to supper,” said Jessie. She looked at Henry.

“Benny, come here,” said Henry. “Did you know that today is your birthday?”

“No,” said Benny, walking over to his brother.

“Well, it is,” Henry went on, “and now what do you want for a present? We will buy it for you.”

“Cream,” said Benny.

“Do you mean ice-cream?” asked Henry.

“No, I don’t. I mean cream in a bottle like milk. A big bottle ... not a little one.”

“That’s a queer2 kind of a present,” said Violet.

“You want to drink it?” asked Jessie.

“No, I want to put it on some blackberries, like Peter Rabbit.”

“We’ll get a big bottle of cream then, Jessie,” said Henry, laughing.

Benny began to jump around the barn3 and yell4.

“Benny,” said Jessie, “Violet is going to bake5 you a birthday cake before she takes her lesson.”

“Is she?” asked Benny, giving a last yell. “I want to watch her make my cake.”

Violet got out her cooking things. She laid everything she needed on the pie-board.

“We will put the candles around the cake,” said Violet.

“I want a candle in the middle,” said Benny.

“Yes, but we want to save the middle—” Violet stopped suddenly.

“Never mind,” said Jessie. “Benny doesn’t know what we want to save the middle for.”

The cake looked wonderful. And when Violet took it out of the oven6, Benny said, “It smells just like a birthday cake.”

Before she put the frosting7 on, Violet put the cake on two plates to get cold.

“Let’s sit down,” said Jessie, “and have a quick lunch of bread and milk. Then Henry can get the cream and candles, and Violet can take her lesson while I wash the dishes.”

“I’ll wipe the dishes for you,” said Benny.

“Aren’t you a good boy!” cried Jessie. “And on your birthday, too. You will have a happy birthday, I’m sure.”

They were just finishing when Joe and Violet came in carrying their violins.

“Violet is ready to play for you,” said Joe. “Will everyone please sit down?”

Jessie was excited as she sat down on one of the boxes between Henry and Benny. Violet did not seem to be either excited or afraid. It was the first time she had played for anyone besides Joe. She waited now, holding her violin, for her teacher to tell her where to stand.

Joe told Violet to stand facing the door. He stood with his back to the wall, where he could watch Violet. Then they began to play. Violet’s part was very easy, but Joe’s part was hard. It seemed to be only Violet’s playing that the children heard. Violet did not seem like their sister.

“Beautiful!” cried Jessie at the end.

“She’s good, isn’t she?” asked Joe, turning around.

“Wonderful!” said Henry. “She could be a real violin player, couldn’t she, Joe?”

“She could be, and she will be,” replied Joe.

“I wish Violet would play it again, so I would get used8 to it,” said Benny.

“Do play it again,” said Jessie. “I could listen all day.”

Violet and Joe began to play the piece again. When they were halfway9 through it, Mr. Browning appeared at the barn door. Violet looked up and smiled, but she did not stop playing.

When the piece was finished, Mr. Browning cried, “John!”

Joe turned around and said, “Oh, Mr. Browning!” He held out his hand. “I’m really glad to see you. Everything is all right again.”

“Well, I’m glad to see you, my boy!” said Mr. Browning. “I have been looking for you for a long time.”

“Here are my friends,” said Joe. “This is Jessie—”

“Oh, we did meet Mr. Browning,” said Jessie, with a smile. “We know him quite well. Please everybody sit down.”

“I could never forget the girl who makes apple pies with a green bottle,” said Mr. Browning, taking the company chair. “Or this little girl who plays the violin so well. You see, children, this Joe of yours is my best friend.”

“He’s my best friend,” said Benny.

“Yes, I think you told me so, when I was here before,” answered the man, looking at Benny. “But he was my best friend before he was yours.”

Benny thought this over, “He could have two best friends,” he said.

“Good for you! Will you let me ask him where he has been, and what is the matter with him?”

“Nothing is the matter with Joe,” said Benny.

“That’s right,” said Joe. “I wasn’t well for a long time and for a while I didn’t even remember who I was. I’ll tell you all about it later. Now, I’m better, and ready to go back to the museum. And to my uncle, if he’ll have me.”

“Have you!” said Mr. Browning. “Your uncle has almost worn10 himself out worrying about you.”

“Then the sooner, the better,” said Joe.

“He works11 in a museum,” thought Henry.

“He is a very clever man,” thought Jessie.

“Did you really think Joe was a handy12 man working for Captain Daniel?” asked Mr. Browning.

“N—no,” said Henry. “I thought he worked in a museum, but was taking some time off.”

“I began wondering when he got us all those books,” said Violet. “He found the names of the shells13 and flowers right away.”

“Joe,” said Jessie, “did you write all those books? I remember we said the name on the books is just like ours.”

Joe smiled, but he didn’t say anything.

“I don’t think you know yet who he is!” cried Mr. Browning.

“I do,” said Benny. “He knows more than what is in all those books, and he works in a museum.”

“That’s right,” said Mr. Browning. “He is the head of a museum. Do you think his name is Joseph Alden?”

“Yes,” said Benny. “I think that, too.”

“Well, it is. It is John Joseph Alden,” said Mr. Browning. “But you don’t understand yet. He is your cousin.”

“What!” cried the children together.

“Yes,” said Mr. Browning. “Joe’s father and your grandfather were brothers.”

“Joe, did you ever live with Grandfather?” asked Henry.

Joe looked at his cousins and said, “I used to live there before I went away, and now I think I’ll go back. That is, if Uncle James will have me and my cousins don’t mind?”

“Mind!” cried Henry. “It would be wonderful!”

“Oh, Joe!” shouted Benny. “You can keep on knowing things all the time. I’d rather have you live with us than even Watch!”

And nobody could say more than that.


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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 queer f0rzP     
adj.奇怪的,异常的,不舒服的,眩晕的
参考例句:
  • I heard some queer footsteps.我听到某种可疑的脚步声。
  • She has been queer lately.她最近身体不舒服。
3 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。
4 yell cfQwN     
vi./n.号叫,叫喊
参考例句:
  • This gave them a chance to yell.这给了他们大声喊叫的机会。
  • When his schoolmate made the last goal,the boy gave out with an untrammeled yell.那个男孩在他的同学踢进最后一球时不禁纵声欢呼。
5 bake 9Ppy4     
v.烤,烘,焙;烧硬,烘干(砖块、陶器等)
参考例句:
  • I will bake a delicious cake for her.我将为她烤制美味的蛋糕。
  • The bread will not bake if the fire is too small.如果火太小,面包就烤不成。
6 oven iJuxQ     
n.烤炉;烤箱
参考例句:
  • You put food inside an oven to cook it.你把食物放进烤箱里热一下。
  • She baked bread in an oven.她用烤炉烤面包。
7 frosting esez6d     
n.霜状白糖,玻璃粉,无光泽面;结霜;起霜;镶饰
参考例句:
  • Moonlight was frosting the dew, and an old sundial threw a long shadow. 月光把露水照得雪白,一座旧日规投出一条长长的影子。 来自辞典例句
  • She smiled and winked as I bit into the moist chocolate frosting. 她微笑着,向我眨眨眼,而我正在吃湿乎乎的巧克力糖衣。 来自互联网
8 used ajBwV     
adj.用旧了的,旧的;习惯于…;过去惯/经常
参考例句:
  • I used to work until nearly 6:00 o'clock each day.我过去常常工作到6:00左右。
  • He used to walk anywhere from two to five miles an hour.他过去经常一小时走二至五英里。
9 halfway Xrvzdq     
adj.中途的,不彻底的,部分的;adv.半路地,在中途,在半途
参考例句:
  • We had got only halfway when it began to get dark.走到半路,天就黑了。
  • In study the worst danger is give up halfway.在学习上,最忌讳的是有始无终。
10 worn seCzJu     
adj.用旧的,疲倦的;vbl.wear的过去分词
参考例句:
  • The child's trousers have worn through at the knees.孩子裤子的膝盖处磨破了。
  • My shoes are worn out.我的鞋子穿坏了。
11 works ieuzIh     
n.作品,著作;工厂,活动部件,机件
参考例句:
  • We expect writers to produce more and better works.我们期望作家们写出更多更好的作品。
  • The novel is regarded as one of the classic works.这篇小说被公认为是最优秀的作品之一。
12 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。
13 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》
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