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儿童英语读物 Mountain Top Mystery CHAPTER 14 Time for Celebration

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The Aldens had been gone only one day when David came back from Maine with his dog.

It was night when David came, but he was sure of his way through the woods. He and his dog made almost no noise, but David found Lovan at the door of her cottage, waiting and listening.

The old Indian woman was smiling. She liked the way the dog trotted1 at David’s side.

“This is Mine, Aunt Lovan,” David said. “Let him sniff2 at you, then speak to him. He won’t bite.”

But Lovan knew what to do better than David. She opened the door wide so that the dog could smell the cooking. It was a delicious pot roast cooking with turnips3 and carrots and onions and potatoes. The dog trotted happily into the cottage. He turned to Lovan and sat up with his two front paws hanging down.

“He’s smiling,” cried David. “Doesn’t that look like a smile?”

“Good dog,” said Lovan. “Shake hands.”

Now Mine had never learned to shake hands. But when the old lady took his paw in her hand he wagged4 his tail as well as he could while sitting on it. He seemed to know that Lovan was the one with the supper.

“Your supper is too hot, Miney,” she said. “It’s just right for you, David. Sit right down. Are you about starved?”

“Very near,” said David. “I didn’t want to stop to eat. But now it must be the middle of the night.”

“It’s one o’clock,” said Lovan. She began to cut many thin slices off the meat. Then she piled a soup plate with vegetables. She put corn muffins on another plate and poured a large glass of milk. Mine sat still watching every move.

David said, “We ought not give Miney good meat like this. He eats scraps5.”

“Well, some other time, David,” said Lovan. “Tonight it is a party.”

“Miney is glad,” said David. “I’ll cut some of my meat for him. It’s cool enough now. He likes everything—bread and vegetables and candy.”

Mine wagged his tail all the time he was eating. He licked6 up the last bit and went over to Lovan and put both paws on her lap.

“Good dog,” she said, patting his head. “You are mine, too.”

“I’m glad you like him,” said David.

“Did you have any trouble with the other Indians?” asked Lovan.

“No. They didn’t want my dog. They have two or three others. I didn’t even tell them where I was going. They didn’t ask.”

“I see,” said Lovan. “And now let’s all go to bed.”

Things went along well and a month soon went by. Then the Aldens came back. As they drove into the woods they heard a dog barking.

“That’s Miney!” said Benny, laughing.

Just then David and Lovan appeared around the corner of the house. The dog barked.

“Quiet,” said David. He stopped.

The Aldens could hardly believe what they saw. “You must have gained ten pounds, Dave!” shouted Benny.

“I guess so,” said David, laughing. He was delighted to see his good friends.

“What are you working on behind the house?” asked Henry.

“Come and see,” said Lovan with a smile. “We are both outdoor people. So Dave made this place to eat.”

Under the great pine trees was a large wooden table. On each side was a bench.

“The benches are long so we can have company,” said David.

“Company like us!” shouted Benny.

“Let me show you what else we are doing, Mr. Alden,” said David. “Aunt Lovan and I are making an Indian book.”

“Let me see it. That is the best thing I have heard yet,” said Mr. Alden. “We don’t want to lose the best parts of Indian life.”

By this time the Aldens were in the house, looking at the Indian book pages.

“It isn’t half done yet,” said David. “We are writing down the old stories in the Indian language. And we have drawn7 Indian pictures to go with them. We are trying to make them look like the ones Indians used to draw. Then Aunt Lovan is telling how to make designs. Here is a design for a basket, and here is one for a blanket. We both remember songs, but I have to learn how to write them down.”

Just then Mr. Carter put his head in the door. He said to Lovan, “If you are worrying about feeding this crowd, we brought dinner for everyone.”

“Thanks for telling me,” said Lovan. “Really I haven’t enough food for everyone. But we can cook whatever you have. Look over there. See what David built?”

It was an outdoor fireplace8 made of stones.

“Just in time!” yelled9 Benny. “Because we’ve got real steak today. We’re celebrating!”

When they all sat down at last, Mine went under the table and lay down on Henry’s feet. Benny looked under the table. He said, “I do wish you’d choose my feet, Miney. But I suppose Henry makes you think of David. He’s about the same size.”

Everyone was talking. Violet was talking to David. Benny was talking to Lovan. Jessie was talking to Mr. Carter. Henry looked at Grandfather. “What a noise!” he said.

“But a good noise,” said Grandfather. “Listen and you’ll hear all the news.”

Lovan was telling Benny that David had bought her a warm blanket with her new money. David was telling Violet that Lovan had made colors to paint with from things in the woods. Mr. Carter told Jessie that David was going to school in the fall.

“David is going to be even busier,” said Grandfather. “Dr. Osgood tells me that he has tried him out on the mountain, and he’s going to hire him as a helper in the summers.”

“I didn’t know there were such interesting things in the world,” David said.

So here was David Walking-by-Night with a real job, and a new aunt, and a family to help him, and a good hound10 dog. What more could he want?

When the Aldens packed up to go, Benny said, “No we won’t say it! We’ll say we’ll ‘come again soon.’”

So that was it—come again—no goodbye.

On the way home, Benny said, “Oh, by the way, what will we do next summer, Grandfather?”

“Don’t you wish you knew!” teased11 Grandfather.

“You mean you know?”

“I didn’t say so, did I?”

“No, but your face looked so.”

“Dear me,” said Grandfather, “I must be more careful about my face!”

Benny teased for quite awhile. Then he stopped for he knew that Grandfather would not tell them until he got ready.

“Well, it’s OK with me,” he said at last. “Anyway whatever we do will be another story, huh, Gramps?”


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1 trotted 6df8e0ef20c10ef975433b4a0456e6e1     
小跑,急走( trot的过去分词 ); 匆匆忙忙地走
参考例句:
  • She trotted her pony around the field. 她骑着小马绕场慢跑。
  • Anne trotted obediently beside her mother. 安妮听话地跟在妈妈身边走。
2 sniff PF7zs     
vi.嗅…味道;抽鼻涕;对嗤之以鼻,蔑视
参考例句:
  • The police used dogs to sniff out the criminals in their hiding - place.警察使用警犬查出了罪犯的藏身地点。
  • When Munchie meets a dog on the beach, they sniff each other for a while.当麦奇在海滩上碰到另一条狗的时候,他们会彼此嗅一会儿。
3 turnips 0a5b5892a51b9bd77b247285ad0b3f77     
芜青( turnip的名词复数 ); 芜菁块根; 芜菁甘蓝块根; 怀表
参考例句:
  • Well, I like turnips, tomatoes, eggplants, cauliflowers, onions and carrots. 噢,我喜欢大萝卜、西红柿、茄子、菜花、洋葱和胡萝卜。 来自魔法英语-口语突破(高中)
  • This is turnip soup, made from real turnips. 这是大头菜汤,用真正的大头菜做的。
4 wagged 60283031c63ec779719fd6c0e9e67a65     
v.(使)摇动,摇摆( wag的过去式和过去分词 )
参考例句:
  • The dog wagged its tail with pleasure. 那条狗高兴得直摇尾巴。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • She wagged her finger with mock severity. 她故作严厉地摆了摆手指。 来自《简明英汉词典》
5 scraps 737e4017931b7285cdd1fa3eb9dd77a3     
油渣
参考例句:
  • Don't litter up the floor with scraps of paper. 不要在地板上乱扔纸屑。
  • A patchwork quilt is a good way of using up scraps of material. 做杂拼花布棉被是利用零碎布料的好办法。
6 licked cc44423320e8979294d71cbc42dbad80     
舔( lick的过去式和过去分词 ); 打败; (波浪)轻拍; (火焰)吞卷
参考例句:
  • He licked his fingers. 他舔了一下自己的手指。
  • The flames of the fire licked the sides of the fireplace. 火焰卷烧着壁炉的边缘。
7 drawn MuXzIi     
v.拖,拉,拔出;adj.憔悴的,紧张的
参考例句:
  • All the characters in the story are drawn from life.故事中的所有人物都取材于生活。
  • Her gaze was drawn irresistibly to the scene outside.她的目光禁不住被外面的风景所吸引。
8 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。
9 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》
10 hound Rd2zQ     
n.猎狗,卑鄙的人;vt.用猎狗追,追逐
参考例句:
  • The hound found the trail of the rabbit.猎狗发现了兔子的踪迹。
  • The police have promised to hound down those responsible for the explosion.警方已保证要追查此次爆炸事件有责任的人员。
11 teased 7db750760b25c2517c6d13ae84c5ffb9     
v.取笑,戏弄( tease的过去式和过去分词 );梳理(羊毛等)
参考例句:
  • He took a screwdriver and teased out the remaining screws. 他拿出螺丝刀把其余的螺丝卸了下来。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • I felt annoyance at being teased. 我恼恨别人取笑我。 来自《简明英汉词典》
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