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儿童英语读物 神秘农场 Mystery Ranch Chapter 11 奇怪的买家出价

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That night Henry did not sleep very well. He kept thinking of the men who had tried to buy Aunt Jane’s ranch1. He decided2 to talk with Jessie alone.

But it was not easy for the older children to get away from Benny. He wanted to do first one thing and then another. Finally he wanted to go to the barn to see the horse.

“It’s our horse, after all,” said Benny. “We ought to get acquainted3 with our own horse.”

Watch began to bark when Violet let him out the back door.

“Bark all you want to, Watchie!” shouted Benny. “Nobody can hear you, and I’ll yell4, too!”

After a few good yells5, Benny started toward the barn. All the children followed. Watch ran around the old barn looking for mice. The black horse stood looking at them all.

“What’s our horse’s name?” asked Benny.

“Maggie says he hasn’t any name,” said Jessie. “She just says, ‘Go on, old boy.’”

“Old Boy isn’t a good name,” said Benny. “Let’s call him Snowball.”

Everyone laughed. The thin old horse was black all over! But from then on, Old Boy was called Snowball.

“Come on, Watch,” said Benny at last. “Let’s go upstairs where the hay is. Maybe you’ll find a rat!”

Violet followed Benny and this gave Henry his chance. He winked6 at Jessie who followed him outside at once.

“Look, Jessie,” whispered Henry. “I don’t like the idea of strange men bothering Aunt Jane.”

“Neither do I,” said Jessie softly. “The men told her the ranch was no good. Just a few chickens and an old horse.”

“That’s it,” cried Henry. “If the ranch is no good, why do they want to buy it? I think I ought to do something about this.”

“Tell Sam,” advised Jessie.

“I’ll do better than that,” said Henry at last. “I’ll tell Sam to tell Mr. Pond. Mr. Pond seems to know everything.”

After they had told their troubles to Sam, the older children felt better. They were pleased when they saw Sam start for Mr. Pond’s house.

In a very short time, Mr. Pond’s car came up the driveway. Sam was with him. They were both very serious.

“Sam and I want to see that hut in the woods,” Mr. Pond said. “Will you take us there?”

“Sure,” said Henry. “We know exactly where it is.”

“Let’s all go,” cried Benny.

Jessie went to the front hall and told Maggie where they were going.

“Don’t tell Aunt Jane that we are going back to that hut. It would worry her. Just say we went for a walk. We will be back in time for dinner.”

Jessie saw the others half way to the chicken house. She hurried to catch up with them. They walked faster this time, because they knew just where they were going. They soon came to the hut.

“Be quiet, now,” whispered Sam, “We want to see if anyone is here.”

The children sat down in the woods.

“Is there anything different about the hut?” whispered Mr. Pond.

“Yes,” whispered Henry. “There is some wood in the fireplace7. It wasn’t there the other time.”

They sat very still for a long time. They heard nothing. They saw nothing new.

“Well,” said Mr. Pond at last, “we might sit here all day for nothing. Let’s take a close look at the hut.”

They walked over to the hut. Sam put his hand on the stones of the fireplace.

“Warm!” he said.

They all felt the stones. They were very warm. The fire had not been out very long.

“Well, someone surely stays here,” said Mr. Pond. He seemed worried.

“Do you suppose it’s your Mystery Man?” asked Benny.

“Goodness no!” Jessie answered. “He’s much too nice to live in a hut on somebody else’s land.”

They walked out of the woods and into the field full of rocks.

“Aren’t these rocks funny?” said Violet. “I never saw such yellow rocks. And look at the black lines across them!”

“Like a tiger,” said Benny.

Henry looked again at the rocks. He seemed to be deep in thought.

“Now what is it they make me think of?” he said to himself. “Umm, yellow with black lines. … I have seen something about that somewhere. …”

“Do you know the name of these yellow stones, Mr. Pond?” asked Violet. She picked one up and gave it to him.

“No, I don’t know much about stones,” he said. “This yellowish rock makes a fine powder. I know that Indians long ago used it for their sand paintings.”

“Sand paintings?” asked Benny. “I never heard of sand paintings.”

“They are very interesting,” said Mr. Pond. “They are beautiful, too. The Indians took sand of all colors: blue, green, red, yellow, black, brown. They looked for a nice, flat place, and painted it with colored sand. They put the different colors in the right places. They would make a round sun like this.”

Mr. Pond quickly made a big yellow sun on the ground, to show Benny how it was done.

“Do you think there are any sand paintings in our field now?” Benny asked hopefully.

“No,” answered Mr. Pond, smiling. “There haven’t been any Indians here for many years.”

“I’d rather have Indians here than whoever is living in that hut,” said Jessie.

“I think you’re right,” said Mr. Pond. “But don’t worry about that. we’ll go to Stony8 Creek9 tomorrow and tell the sheriff, Mr. Bates, about this.”

He glanced at Henry, and the boy understood that Mr. Pond would tell the sheriff about some other things, too.


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1 ranch dAUzk     
n.大牧场,大农场
参考例句:
  • He went to work on a ranch.他去一个大农场干活。
  • The ranch is in the middle of a large plateau.该牧场位于一个辽阔高原的中部。
2 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。
3 acquainted Jfgy5     
adj.对某事物熟悉的,对 某人认识的
参考例句:
  • The students are already acquainted with the work of Shakespeare. 这些学生已经读过莎士比亚的著作。
  • I have heard about your friend but I'm not acquainted with him. 我听说过你的朋友,但同他不熟。
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 yells 125085a41c2797c7a3b1b94d59906b26     
v.叫喊,号叫,叫着说( yell的第三人称单数 )
参考例句:
  • The most savage yells of all came from the schoolchildren. 最野蛮的喊叫声来自那些学童。 来自英汉文学
  • Dimes, dimes, "yells another, selling $ 10 vials of crack. 另一个卖瓶装克拉克的青年也在大声叫卖。 来自名作英译部分
6 winked af6ada503978fa80fce7e5d109333278     
v.使眼色( wink的过去式和过去分词 );递眼色(表示友好或高兴等);(指光)闪烁;闪亮
参考例句:
  • He winked at her and she knew he was thinking the same thing that she was. 他冲她眨了眨眼,她便知道他的想法和她一样。
  • He winked his eyes at her and left the classroom. 他向她眨巴一下眼睛走出了教室。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
7 fireplace YjUxz     
n.壁炉,炉灶
参考例句:
  • The fireplace smokes badly.这壁炉冒烟太多。
  • I think we should wall up the fireplace.我想应该封住壁炉。
8 stony qu1wX     
adj.石头的,多石头的,冷酷的,无情的
参考例句:
  • The ground is too dry and stony.这块地太干,而且布满了石头。
  • He listened to her story with a stony expression.他带着冷漠的表情听她讲经历。
9 creek 3orzL     
n.小溪,小河,小湾
参考例句:
  • He sprang through the creek.他跳过小河。
  • People sunbathe in the nude on the rocks above the creek.人们在露出小溪的岩石上裸体晒日光浴。
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