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儿童英语读物 The Summer Camp Mystery CHAPTER 9 Secret Disguises

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For the next two days, Henry, Jessie, and Benny were busy every minute. They worked hard to win points and to pull close to the Seals in the Olympics.

The Dolphins won the most points for all the cabin inspections2. They picked up the First One in the Freezing Water at Swimming Lessons Medal. When they decorated their fruits like circus clowns, they won the Dress Up Your Favorite Fruit Medal. Benny picked up ten points all by himself. He made people laugh more than any other camper. His table didn’t lose a single point for dropping food on the floor, either. As the week went on, the Dolphins were catching3 up to the Seals.

Jessie checked the points board one morning after the Flag Ceremony. “I sure wish you could find those flags, Henry. Maybe Rich and Ginny would give the Dolphins back some of the points you lost after they disappeared.”

Henry groaned4. “Uh, don’t mention those. My cabin is trying to sew another seagull flag, but they haven’t gotten very far. They’re too busy working on their costumes. Plus I’m busy working on two sets of costumes for the Dolphin boys — the secret ones and the fake ones.”

“Well, I’d help you, but I’m busy with our girls’ costumes,” Jessie whispered. “I stayed up half the night with my flashlight by my side making a lobster5 head out of a cardboard box. I found some old oven mitts6 the kitchen was throwing out. So I made claws out of them. I can only work on the costumes while my campers are asleep. I’m so tired I can hardly keep my eyes open.”

“Well, I’ve got a little free time now,” Henry told Jessie. “Dave’s at the playing field with our campers. That means I’ll have the cabin to myself to finish the secret costumes. I’m making underwater creature headpieces out of boxes I’ve been sneaking7 from the office trash.”

“My costume’s easy,” Benny whispered so no one walking by would overhear. “The other kids think I’m making an astronaut suit from the gray sweatshirt Dave gave me. But it’s going to be a whale outfit8.”

“Sounds good,” Henry told Benny. “My campers are going wild on their space outfits9. Wait until I tell them they have to be lobsters10 and sharks and clams11, not space aliens. I hid the masks and headpieces way under the cabin. Rich and Ginny never check there during cabin inspection1. We still haven’t had a surprise inspection yet, so we have to be on the lookout12 all the time.”

“What about the letter to Ginny and Rich?” Jessie asked.

“Done!” Henry pulled a sheet of lined paper from his pocket. He looked around. “Good. Nobody’s coming. I’ll read it to you.”

Dear Ginny and Rich,

The Dolphins would like to register our idea for Costume Night ahead of time. Everybody thinks we’re going to be space creatures. But we will really show up as underwater creatures.

Yours truly,

Henry Alden

“That sounds fine,” Jessie said. “Here’s the envelope I wrote. It says: ‘To Be Opened After Costume Night Begins.’ We’ll give it to Ginny and Rich tomorrow.”

“I wish we could tell Violet about our plan,” Benny said when he saw her walking toward him. “I like it when we all have the same secret.”

Violet seemed shy around her sister and brothers now that they had secrets from her. “Hi,” she said. “Is it okay to visit with you?”

Henry gave his sister a hug. “Sure thing, Violet. Being on different teams isn’t much fun.”

Benny had a question. “What are your costumes?”

Violet grinned, then shook her head. “Teams aren’t allowed to tell each other their ideas.”

“Can you tell if Kim picked one of your ideas?” Benny asked. “You always made the best costumes for the Greenfield Halloween parade.”

Violet nodded. “I did give Kim one idea. We started on it. But since your team has gotten so many points in the last couple of days, she was afraid my idea wasn’t strong enough to win. All of a sudden, she came up with something else. That’s what our cabin is working on now. I can’t say what it is.”

Henry was proud of his sister for keeping her cabin’s secret. “Okay, Violet. Hey, there’s Zach. We’d better all leave.

“Oh, hi,” Henry said when Zach came out of the camp office with an armload of papers. “Anything for me?”

As usual, Zach answered Henry with as few words as possible. “No.”

Henry turned to Benny. “Let’s go to the playing field. I told Dave I’d drop you off. Afterward13 I’ll be at the cabin.”

“Can’t I help finish some of those shark heads?” Benny asked.

“Shhh.” Henry pointed14 to Zach. He was still nearby, reading notices on the camp bulletin board.

“Oops,” Benny whispered before he and Henry left.

After dropping off Benny at the field, Henry returned to Driftwood Cabin. He looked around, and then he crawled under the cabin. He had hidden several trash bags filled with cardboard, paint, and materials from the arts and crafts room. He was still under the cabin with his legs sticking out when he heard Rich’s voice nearby.

“Surprise inspection!” Rich announced, laughing. “I know you Dolphins want to win the Olympics, but you don’t have to clean under the cabin, whoever you are.”

“Ouch!” Henry cried as he bumped his head crawling out backward. “It’s me.”

Rich gave Henry a once-over. “Henry, good thing this is cabin inspection, not Junior Counselor15 inspection. You’re covered with dirt and pine needles.”

Henry looked down at himself. His knees and elbows were sandy. He had cobwebs in his hair. There were pine needles stuck to his clothes. “Sorry, Rich.”

“I didn’t expect to find anyone here,” Rich said. “Everybody’s at activities. What were you doing under the cabin, anyway? Did you drop something down there?”

“Oh, I . . . uh . . . had a free period,” Henry began, “and came here to work on our costumes. I, uh . . . lost a sewing needle through the floorboards.”

Rich thought this was funny. “Did you really expect to find something that small down there, Henry? Ginny and I should check under all the cabins. That’s probably where all our lost things go.”

This made Henry nervous. “Uh, no. There’s nothing but pine needles under there.” He brushed himself off and went up the porch stairs. He hoped Rich didn’t get any more ideas about checking under the cabin. “I’ll stand out on the porch while you do the surprise inspection. I don’t want to mess up the cabin after we just cleaned it.”

Rich went inside. “Looking good, Henry. Beds tight. Trunks under the bed. Towels hung up on the railing. Flags on the . . . bed! The flags! What are they doing on your bed?”

Henry forgot about messing up the cabin. He raced inside. What was Rich talking about? “My campers were trying to make a new Camp Seagull flag, but they didn’t get very far.”

Rich unfolded the large cloth flag he’d found on Henry’s bed. “I’d say your campers did a pretty good likeness16 of the camp seagull. Take a look.”

Henry couldn’t believe his eyes. “That’s the real flag that was missing!”

“Here’s the other one,” Rich said, unrolling the Stars and Stripes. “How come you were keeping them in your cabin? These belong in Evergreen17 Lodge18.”

Henry shook his head in confusion. “They weren’t here this morning. Honest, Rich. I have no idea how they landed on my bed. I’ve been searching for them ever since they disappeared.”

Rich was smiling.

“What?” Henry asked, more confused than ever.

“Well, now that the flags turned up on your bed, I’m going to give you back ten of the twenty points you lost for losing them,” Rich told Henry.

Henry gave Rich a thumbs-up. “Whew! That’s a relief. Thanks.”

“But,” Rich went on, still grinning, “you lose ten points for having stuff on your bed — the flags — and a pile of pine needles and a trail of sand on the floor. Now you can go back to crawling around under the cabin. Funny way to spend your free period.”

After Rich left with the flags and his Olympics clipboard, Henry sat down on his bed. That’s when he noticed something in the cabin mailbox on the wall. A piece of paper was sticking out that hadn’t been there in the morning.

Henry took the paper. “A schedule change,” he said. Then an idea hit him. “I bet Zach delivered this when I went to the playing field with Benny,” Henry said to himself. “I wonder if he had anything to do with those flags showing up.”


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1 inspection y6TxG     
n.检查,审查,检阅
参考例句:
  • On random inspection the meat was found to be bad.经抽查,发现肉变质了。
  • The soldiers lined up for their daily inspection by their officers.士兵们列队接受军官的日常检阅。
2 inspections c445f9a2296d8835cd7d4a2da50fc5ca     
n.检查( inspection的名词复数 );检验;视察;检阅
参考例句:
  • Regular inspections are carried out at the prison. 经常有人来视察这座监狱。
  • Government inspections ensure a high degree of uniformity in the standard of service. 政府检查确保了在服务标准方面的高度一致。 来自《简明英汉词典》
3 catching cwVztY     
adj.易传染的,有魅力的,迷人的,接住
参考例句:
  • There are those who think eczema is catching.有人就是认为湿疹会传染。
  • Enthusiasm is very catching.热情非常富有感染力。
4 groaned 1a076da0ddbd778a674301b2b29dff71     
v.呻吟( groan的过去式和过去分词 );发牢骚;抱怨;受苦
参考例句:
  • He groaned in anguish. 他痛苦地呻吟。
  • The cart groaned under the weight of the piano. 大车在钢琴的重压下嘎吱作响。 来自《简明英汉词典》
5 lobster w8Yzm     
n.龙虾,龙虾肉
参考例句:
  • The lobster is a shellfish.龙虾是水生贝壳动物。
  • I like lobster but it does not like me.我喜欢吃龙虾,但它不适宜于我的健康。
6 mitts 88a665bb2c9249e1f9605c84e327d7ea     
n.露指手套,棒球手套,拳击手套( mitt的名词复数 )
参考例句:
  • I'd love to get my mitts on one of those. 我很想得到一个那样的东西。
  • Those are my cigarettes; get your mitts off them. 那是我的香烟,别动它。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
7 sneaking iibzMu     
a.秘密的,不公开的
参考例句:
  • She had always had a sneaking affection for him. 以前她一直暗暗倾心于他。
  • She ducked the interviewers by sneaking out the back door. 她从后门偷偷溜走,躲开采访者。
8 outfit YJTxC     
n.(为特殊用途的)全套装备,全套服装
参考例句:
  • Jenney bought a new outfit for her daughter's wedding.珍妮为参加女儿的婚礼买了一套新装。
  • His father bought a ski outfit for him on his birthday.他父亲在他生日那天给他买了一套滑雪用具。
9 outfits ed01b85fb10ede2eb7d337e0ea2d0bb3     
n.全套装备( outfit的名词复数 );一套服装;集体;组织v.装备,配置设备,供给服装( outfit的第三人称单数 )
参考例句:
  • He jobbed out the contract to a number of small outfits. 他把承包工程分包给许多小单位。 来自辞典例句
  • Some cyclists carry repair outfits because they may have a puncture. 有些骑自行车的人带修理工具,因为他们车胎可能小孔。 来自辞典例句
10 lobsters 67c1952945bc98558012e9740c2ba11b     
龙虾( lobster的名词复数 ); 龙虾肉
参考例句:
  • I have no idea about how to prepare those cuttlefish and lobsters. 我对如何烹调那些乌贼和龙虾毫无概念。
  • She sold me a couple of live lobsters. 她卖了几只活龙虾给我。
11 clams 0940cacadaf01e94ba47fd333a69de59     
n.蛤;蚌,蛤( clam的名词复数 )v.(在沙滩上)挖蛤( clam的第三人称单数 )
参考例句:
  • The restaurant's specialities are fried clams. 这个餐厅的特色菜是炸蚌。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • We dug clams in the flats et low tide. 退潮时我们在浅滩挖蛤蜊。 来自辞典例句
12 lookout w0sxT     
n.注意,前途,瞭望台
参考例句:
  • You can see everything around from the lookout.从了望台上你可以看清周围的一切。
  • It's a bad lookout for the company if interest rates don't come down.如果利率降不下来,公司的前景可就不妙了。
13 afterward fK6y3     
adv.后来;以后
参考例句:
  • Let's go to the theatre first and eat afterward. 让我们先去看戏,然后吃饭。
  • Afterward,the boy became a very famous artist.后来,这男孩成为一个很有名的艺术家。
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 counselor czlxd     
n.顾问,法律顾问
参考例句:
  • The counselor gave us some disinterested advice.顾问给了我们一些无私的忠告。
  • Chinese commercial counselor's office in foreign countries.中国驻国外商务参赞处。
16 likeness P1txX     
n.相像,相似(之处)
参考例句:
  • I think the painter has produced a very true likeness.我认为这位画家画得非常逼真。
  • She treasured the painted likeness of her son.她珍藏她儿子的画像。
17 evergreen mtFz78     
n.常青树;adj.四季常青的
参考例句:
  • Some trees are evergreen;they are called evergreen.有的树是常青的,被叫做常青树。
  • There is a small evergreen shrub on the hillside.山腰上有一小块常绿灌木丛。
18 lodge q8nzj     
v.临时住宿,寄宿,寄存,容纳;n.传达室,小旅馆
参考例句:
  • Is there anywhere that I can lodge in the village tonight?村里有我今晚过夜的地方吗?
  • I shall lodge at the inn for two nights.我要在这家小店住两个晚上。
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