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儿童英语读物 小木屋之谜 The Woodshed Mystery Chapter 13 及时赶到!

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CHAPTER 13
Just in Time!

Aunt Jane was all right the next day. But she was surprised when Henry said he wanted to go up to the woodshed again.

“Why?” she asked.

“Well,” said Henry, “if someone lives there, we might find something new any day.”

“Take Sam with you,” said Aunt Jane as usual.

“Poor Sam!” said Benny. “He doesn’t want to go.”

“Well, I don’t know,” said Sam. “I’m getting interested in this woodshed.”

They could not find Watch so they went along without him.

Soon the five of them reached the woodshed. Everything was in order. There was one egg on the shelf. As they stood there, they heard somebody coming through the woods.

“Quick!” whispered Henry. “Someone’s coming. Climb that tree!”

A tall tree stood right by the door. Even Violet1 was good at climbing trees. She went first. Benny was after her in a flash. “Hurry!” he whispered to Jessie. He went out of sight in the heavy leaves. He gave Jessie his hand and helped her up. Henry was last.

“Not me,” said Sam. “I’ll wait and see who it is.”

Henry looked down and then whispered to Jessie, “It’s Willie! I wonder what he wants.”

Sam stood still. When Willie came out of the bushes Sam said, “Hello, Willie.”

“Hello,” said Willie. He just stood there.

“What are you going to do, Willie?” asked Sam.

“Take the things,” said Willie.

“What things?”

Willie pointed2 at the dishes and the table. He did not speak.

“Are the dishes yours?” asked Sam.

“No.” Willie shook his head.

Sam said kindly3, “Who do they belong to, Willie?”

“Andy Bean,” said Willie. He said it as if Andy had always lived at home.

“Andy Bean? Is Andy around here now?”

“No, not now. Went on the bus.”

“Has Andy Bean been living here in this woodshed?”

“Yep,” said Willie.

“Why in the world did he go away on a bus?” Sam asked.

“Going away to sea,” said Willie.

“But why?” asked Sam again.

“She hates him. She’d shoot him,” said Willie, nodding his head.

“Shoot him? Miss Jane wouldn’t shoot him!”

They all stared in surprise at Willie.

“Yep,” said Willie. “She said so. I heard her. ‘I’d like to shoot Andy Bean,’ she said.”

Henry looked up at Jessie and without a word he slid down the tree. All the rest came after him.

“What? What?” cried Willie when he saw the children come out of the tree.

“Come on, Sam!” shouted Henry. “We must catch Andy!”

“No,” said Willie. His mouth was open. “He took the bus.”

But the Aldens and Sam were running down the hill. Benny shouted back, “Aunt Jane doesn’t hate him, Willie! She was just fooling!”

“Don’t stop to talk,” cried Jessie. “We must catch that bus!”

“We can’t,” Sam called back. “It’s been gone fifteen minutes.”

“Well, we’ve got to catch it,” cried Benny. “It has to stop to let people off!”

They ran to Sam’s old car which stood in the yard. They all threw themselves into the car and off they went. Benny and Henry sat beside Sam. For a minute they could not speak. When Henry got his breath, he said, “I bet4 Andy came home and found out Aunt Jane was back. He must have wondered if she would see him.”

Benny said, “I bet so, too. And I remember what Aunt Jane said. She said, ‘I’d like to shoot Andy Bean!’”

Jessie added, “And Willie was right in the kitchen selling asparagus. He heard every word!”

“Oh, dear, how wrong can you be?” said Violet. “Willie didn’t know Aunt Jane didn’t mean it. So he told Andy, and Andy went away again.”

“Drive faster if you can, Sam,” said Henry. “If Andy gets out at the bus station he will get on the train. Then we’ll be too late to stop him.”

Jessie said, “We don’t even know that he took this bus.”

“Yes,” said Sam. “This is the only bus in the morning. He’d have to take it. But what shall we do when we catch up with the bus?”

“Well, we know he has a crooked5 smile,” said Henry. “We can tell him he is wrong about Aunt Jane. Let Violet tell him. He’ll believe her.” He smiled at Violet.

“But how do we stop the bus driver? That’s the question,” said Jessie.

Benny said, “That’s easy. If we see the bus, you honk6 your horn, Sam, and we can shout to the driver.”

“This old car is surprised it can go so fast,” said Sam. “And I am, too.”

The old car rattled7 and squeaked8. But it flew along.

At last Benny cried, “There’s the blue bus! Oh, Sam, honk your horn!”

Sam kept the horn going. The bus driver honked9 back. He looked in his mirror at the children. Then he pointed at the railroad10 station ahead. There stood the train, ready to go.

When the bus stopped, the driver put his head out of the window and said, “What’s the matter with you? Want to get on?”

“No,” said Henry. “We’ll tell you in a minute.” They all piled out of the car and ran around to the door of the bus.

Benny cried, “Have you got a big man on board? He has a crooked smile!”

“Well, I don’t know about the smile,” said the driver laughing. “But I have a man on board on the back seat. Just coming out.”

They looked back in the bus and saw a tall man coming out. His hair was brown, not white.

“Oh, excuse me!” cried Benny. “Are you Andy Bean?”

“Yes, that’s my name,” said the stranger. “Why?” He stared at Violet. Then he smiled. His smile was crooked. He came a few steps toward11 the Aldens.

“Oh, please,” said Violet. “Aunt Jane sent us to find you! Don’t run away again until we tell you all about it.”

“Aunt Jane,” exclaimed12 the man. He shook his head and turned toward the train. “No, Jane doesn’t want to see me,” he said. “And that’s that.”

“Please come and sit in our car,” begged Violet. “Aunt Jane wants very much to see you.”

“She said she hated me and maybe she has a reason to. She talked about shooting,” Andy Bean said in a low voice.

“Oh, you don’t understand,” said Henry. “That was what Willie said, wasn’t it? Aunt Jane didn’t mean it. She just got too tired and spoke13 that way. She must have been like that even when she was a girl.”

“I wish I could believe you,” said Andy.

Now Sam spoke. “You can. You can believe anything these kids say. They know what they’re doing every time.”

Andy looked at Sam. Then he looked at the children. “All right,” he said. “I’ll give it one more try. I’ll go back with you if that’s what you want.”

“Yes, indeed!” said Jessie. “That’s exactly what we want.”

Andy had a small bag, and Henry said, “I’ll put your bag in the trunk.”

“No, thank you,” said Andy Bean with his crooked smile, “I always keep this bag with me wherever I go.”

It was not a large bag. Benny at once began to guess what might be in it. A change of clothes? A treasure map? Pistols14? His guessing turned into a game, but he had to wait for the answer.


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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 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。
3 kindly tpUzhQ     
adj.和蔼的,温和的,爽快的;adv.温和地,亲切地
参考例句:
  • Her neighbours spoke of her as kindly and hospitable.她的邻居都说她和蔼可亲、热情好客。
  • A shadow passed over the kindly face of the old woman.一道阴影掠过老太太慈祥的面孔。
4 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。
5 crooked xvazAv     
adj.弯曲的;不诚实的,狡猾的,不正当的
参考例句:
  • He crooked a finger to tell us to go over to him.他弯了弯手指,示意我们到他那儿去。
  • You have to drive slowly on these crooked country roads.在这些弯弯曲曲的乡间小路上你得慢慢开车。
6 honk TdizI     
n.雁叫声,汽车喇叭声
参考例句:
  • Don't honk the horn indiscriminately.不要乱鸣喇叭!
  • While passing another vehicle,you must honk your horn.通过另一部车时必须鸣按喇叭。
7 rattled b4606e4247aadf3467575ffedf66305b     
慌乱的,恼火的
参考例句:
  • The truck jolted and rattled over the rough ground. 卡车嘎吱嘎吱地在凹凸不平的地面上颠簸而行。
  • Every time a bus went past, the windows rattled. 每逢公共汽车经过这里,窗户都格格作响。
8 squeaked edcf2299d227f1137981c7570482c7f7     
v.短促地尖叫( squeak的过去式和过去分词 );吱吱叫;告密;充当告密者
参考例句:
  • The radio squeaked five. 收音机里嘟嘟地发出五点钟报时讯号。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
  • Amy's shoes squeaked on the tiles as she walked down the corridor. 埃米走过走廊时,鞋子踩在地砖上嘎吱作响。 来自辞典例句
9 honked b787ca4a3834aa71da55df2b9bcafdfe     
v.(使)发出雁叫似的声音,鸣(喇叭),按(喇叭)( honk的过去式和过去分词 )
参考例句:
  • I drove up in front of the house and honked. 我将车开到屋子前面然后按喇叭。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
  • He honked his horn as he went past. 他经过时按响了汽车喇叭。 来自《简明英汉词典》
10 railroad ATIxl     
n.铁路;vi.由铁路运输
参考例句:
  • The railroad connects two cities,namely,New York and Chicago.这条铁路连接两个城市,即纽约与芝加哥。
  • My brother is working on the railroad.我兄弟在铁路系统工作。
11 toward on6we     
prep.对于,关于,接近,将近,向,朝
参考例句:
  • Suddenly I saw a tall figure approaching toward the policeman.突然间我看到一个高大的身影朝警察靠近。
  • Upon seeing her,I smiled and ran toward her. 看到她我笑了,并跑了过去。
12 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》
13 spoke XryyC     
n.(车轮的)辐条;轮辐;破坏某人的计划;阻挠某人的行动 v.讲,谈(speak的过去式);说;演说;从某种观点来说
参考例句:
  • They sourced the spoke nuts from our company.他们的轮辐螺帽是从我们公司获得的。
  • The spokes of a wheel are the bars that connect the outer ring to the centre.辐条是轮子上连接外圈与中心的条棒。
14 pistols b69604bd56ed08e6bb7c0d8c0bfe2edf     
n.手枪( pistol的名词复数 )
参考例句:
  • Meantime he was loading the pistols. 而同时他在往手枪里装子弹。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • Two strangers menaced him with pistols and forced him to give up his money. 两个陌生人用手枪威胁他并强迫他拿出所有的钱。 来自《简明英汉词典》
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