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儿童英语读物 蓝色海湾之谜 Blue Bay Mystery Chapter 14 各回各家

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CHAPTER 14
Home

As the two boats went through Blue Bay1, Captain Brown took a picture of the beach. He said, “That will show the fireplace2 and the two houses. And now I am ready to make any plans you want to, Mr. Alden.”

“Well, first, maybe Peter’s parents were not saved. But I will do everything to find out. So this is my plan.”

By the time the boats reached the Sea Star, the plan was made. The crew3 was waiting at the rail. They were all laughing. They helped the family out of the lifeboat and carried the turtle-kettle up on the deck4. The Captain went at once to the radio room.

Mr. Alden sat down and looked all around. “Oh, another cup of coffee!” he said. He took it from the sailor. “Thanks very much.”

“Just think of having a saucer5!” said Benny. “Oh, Grandfather, he’s bringing some toast!”

The children looked hard at the toast. “Buttered toast!” yelled6 Mike. He could hardly get the words out.

Mr. Alden looked at Peter. Then he began to count, “—one, two, three, four, five,—six with Lars. Will you bring a whole loaf of buttered toast, please?” he said. “These children would like lots of bread and butter. Think of that!”

When it came, Peter looked at it. “I can’t believe it,” he said. But when the Captain came back, all the children ate as if they were starved.

“That’s all we want,” said Henry. “Bread.”

Peter said, “I’ll never eat bread again without being thankful.”

Then Mr. Alden said, “After this, don’t go into the radio room. You used to go and talk with Bill. But now, don’t.”

The Captain noticed that nobody said “Why?” He thought, “And that’s all there is to it! I wish all people behaved as well as that.”

The Sea Star was going at full speed. Bill went in and out of the radio room very often. He always took a yellow paper to Mr. Alden. Grandfather would say a few words and Bill would go back.

“Now we’ll show you the ship, Peter,” said Benny.

When they all came back on deck Grandfather said, “Your lessons begin again this afternoon. Even Peter! And this time, you will each write a book. About this trip.”

“Write a book!” cried Jessie. “What fun!”

“Write a book?” said Mike. “I can’t write a book!”

“You’ll have to, if Grandfather says so, Mikey old boy!” said Benny. “I’ll bet7 your book will be the best and funniest of all.”

It was. Mike kept them all laughing as he read each page.

The children kept busy, but they longed to get home. After many days, a loud bell rang. All the children jumped up and ran up on deck.

“I thought that loud bell would get you!” said Grandfather. “Good news, Peter!”

“You mean Peter’s father?” whispered8 Mike.

“Yes! His father and mother are alive. They will be waiting for us at the dock9 in San Francisco.”

“Oh, my!” said Peter.

“Now you can all read the radiograms. The last one just came. It says, ‘Son Peter Horn10 last seen in lifeboat from Explorer11 II.’”

“My own father sent that?” asked Peter.

“Yes, he signs his name, Peter Horn.”

Henry put his arm around Peter and said, “Come on, old boy, and sit down on the bench.” Benny and Mike sat down on the other side.

“And we land tomorrow!” said Mr. Alden.

“I hope I can live till tomorrow,” said Benny.

They all lived till “tomorrow.” They were very much excited when they began to see land. San Francisco came nearer and nearer. They went under the Golden12 Gate bridge. Soon they saw the dock. There were crowds of people waiting for ships.

“Oh, dear,” said Jessie. “I suppose we must say goodby to the crew.”

They all shook hands with Captain Brown and the sailors. But then they came to Lars.

Violet13 looked up at Lars and said, “How can we say goodby to you, Lars?”

Mike said, “Maybe we’ll never see you again.”

But Lars smiled at Violet and said, “You’ll see me again, all right. I often come your way.”

“Come to dinner!” said Benny. “Come any time! We’ll have beans for you!”

Just then Peter began to shout, “Oh, I see my mother! And my father! There they are, waving!”

“Is that your mother?” yelled Benny. “It’s not our teacher! It doesn’t look a bit like her.”

“I was sure you boys would be disappointed14 about that,” said Grandfather.

“I don’t care,” said Benny. “The neat thing is that she’s Peter’s mother!”

At last they were all on the dock.

“Hi! Mother!” cried Peter.

“I thought I would never see you again!” said Mrs. Horn.

Mr. Horn took Peter’s hand to help him up the steps to the street.

“Don’t help Peter, Mr. Horn,” said Mike. He laughed. “Peter can climb right up the side of a house!”

Peter was not too happy wearing shoes. But he did very well.

Mr. Alden looked at Mr. Horn. He said, “Let’s go to some quiet place! We’ll have lunch, and then we’ll all take the plane east.”

“I never can thank you enough for bringing Peter home!” said Mr. Horn.

“Don’t try,” said Mr. Alden. “Here are some taxis. Everyone get in.”

Very soon they were all sitting at a big table for lunch. “Oh, peanut15 butter!” cried Benny. “I thought I’d never see you again!”

“Is that what you want?” asked Mr. Alden. He laughed. All of them wanted peanut butter. “Think of that, Mr. Horn,” he said. “They want peanut butter, when they can have almost anything in the world.”

Peter’s father and mother were told all about Blue Bay. Peter’s mother said, “At last we have found Peter. I never really gave up hope of finding16 him.”

“Grandfather finds lots of things,” said Benny. “Now where will Peter live?”

“Peter will live near Boston. This is a picture of our house,” said Mr. Horn. He took out a picture.

“A nice little place!” said Mike. “Nice trees to climb, but no banana trees.”

“No,” said Mr. Horn laughing. “We have no banana trees.”

After lunch they all took the plane. Everyone on the plane smiled to see the happy group. They talked all the time. Mike and Benny walked up and down. They told the passengers about the island, and all about Peter.

Mike did not want to get off at Chicago. But when he saw his mother and his brother Pat17, he changed his mind.

“And my teacher!” he yelled. “My teacher came to meet me! I bet she doesn’t know that bananas grow up and not down!”

“That’s our Mike for you!” said Henry. He patted18 Mike’s shoulder. “Next year you will be teaching19 your teachers, Mike.”

At last the plane landed in Boston. They all got off the plane. Then they had to say goodby to Peter.

“We’ll come to see you often,” said Henry.

Mr. Horn carried old Myna’s cage. Old Myna said, “What’s the matter, Mike?”

Benny laughed and laughed. He said, “That shows that old Myna doesn’t know what she says. She just talks.”

“Mike’s gone,” said Myna. She looked right at Benny.

“What do you know!” said Henry.

“What do you know!” said Myna.

“Let’s go, Mother,” said Peter. “Next thing old Myna will say, ‘Look out, it’s hot!’”

“Well, it is hot, sure enough,” said Benny.

They all watched Peter go out of the door of the airport.

Henry took a long breath20. He said, “Grandfather, we can never thank you enough for this wonderful trip.”

“Don’t try, my boy,” said Mr. Alden. “I had a pretty good time myself.” The Alden family reached home. Watch began to bark. He was so glad to see his family again. Mr. Alden began to sing, “East, west, home is best.”

Benny hugged Watch. He said, “Well, that’s right, Grandfather. Home is best. But Blue Bay was pretty neat, too. Let’s go somewhere else next year.”

Mr. Alden smiled at Benny. But all he said was, “Maybe.”

The children were very happy. They all knew that with Grandfather, maybe almost always meant yes.


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1 bay rQ7yt     
n.海湾,狗吠声,月桂;vt.吠,使走投无路;vi.吠
参考例句:
  • I enjoy the view of the bay in the starlight.我喜欢星光下的海湾风景。
  • Dogs sometimes bay at the moon.狗有时会朝着月亮吠叫。
2 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。
3 crew DoyzO     
n.全体船员,全体乘务员;vi.一起工作
参考例句:
  • A captain controls his ship and its crew.船长管理他的船和船上的船员。
  • The captain kept his crew at a distance.船长与他的船员总保持一段距离。
4 deck bnIzQ     
n.甲板;公共汽车一层的车厢;纸牌;vt.装饰
参考例句:
  • Let's have a walk round the deck.我们去甲板上散步吧。
  • The sea wind swept over the deck.海风席卷过甲板。
5 saucer CDGyJ     
n.茶碟,茶托,小圆盘
参考例句:
  • A teacup should stand in a saucer.茶杯应放在茶托上。
  • I slopped tea in the saucer.我把茶溅到了茶托里。
6 yelled aeee2b86b284e7fbd44f45779d6073c1     
v.叫喊,号叫,叫着说( yell的过去式和过去分词 )
参考例句:
  • He yelled at the other driver. 他冲着另一位司机大叫。
  • The lost man yelled, hoping someone in the woods would hear him. 迷路的人大声喊着,希望林子里的人会听见。 来自《简明英汉词典》
7 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。
8 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》
9 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。
10 horn Td2zL     
n.号角;警报器;角
参考例句:
  • This horn is out of tune.这小号音调不正。
  • He played the tune on the horn.他用号吹奏了这首曲子。
11 explorer Ahjz9     
n.探险家,探测者
参考例句:
  • His father is an Arctic explorer.他父亲是一位北极探险者。
  • The explorer organized an expedition to the North Pole.那位考察者组织了一个去北极的探险队。
12 golden 9fcxo     
adj.金的,含金的,可贵的,金色的,贵重的,繁盛的
参考例句:
  • My teacher is an Englishman with golden hair.我的老师是一个金黄色头发的英国人。
  • It's a balmy evening,the golden time for lovers.这是一个暖和的夜晚,是恋人们的黄金时光。
13 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。
14 disappointed I9wyP     
adj.失望的,不满意的,不如意的
参考例句:
  • He seemed disappointed when the man refused his request.当那个人拒绝了他的要求时他看起来很失望。
  • He was disappointed so often that he became hopeless.他屡次失望,以致变为了绝望。
15 peanut KmvzVi     
n.花生
参考例句:
  • We don't have peanut oil in our family.我们家不吃花生油。
  • The peanut develops below the ground.花生在地下结果。
16 finding 5tAzVe     
n.发现,发现物;调查的结果
参考例句:
  • The finding makes some sense.该发现具有一定的意义。
  • That's an encouraging finding.这是一个鼓舞人心的发现。
17 pat 8vhyZ     
n.轻拍,拍打声;vt.轻拍,拍打;vi.轻跑,轻击;adv.适时,彻底;adj.油腔滑调的,恰好的,合适的
参考例句:
  • Could you hear the pat?你能听到轻轻的拍击声吗?
  • He gave her a reassuring pat on the shoulder. 他轻拍了一下她的肩膀让她放心。
18 patted 6da7c23c1ea46b18fa6e7a496a795c14     
v.轻拍( pat的过去式和过去分词 );拍成,拍至;表扬,称赞(某人/自己)
参考例句:
  • She patted the dog on the head. 她轻轻地拍着狗的头。
  • He leaned forward and patted me on the shoulder. 他向前倾着身子并拍我的肩膀。 来自《简明英汉词典》
19 teaching ngEziT     
n.教学,执教,任教,讲授;(复数)教诲
参考例句:
  • We all agree in adopting the new teaching method. 我们一致同意采取新的教学方法。
  • He created a new system of teaching foreign languages.他创造了一种新的外语教学体系。
20 breath 9SCyv     
n.呼吸,气息,微风,迹象,精神,一种说话的声音
参考例句:
  • I'm just going out for a breath of fresh air.我正要出去呼吸新鲜空气。
  • While climbing up the stairs the old man always loses his breath.那老人上楼时总是气喘吁吁的。
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