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儿童英语读物 The Comic Book Mystery CHAPTER 6 The Super-Aldens!

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By the time Sid dropped the children off, dark clouds had gathered and it had begun to rain.

The kids dashed into the house and straight into the kitchen, laughing and shaking off raindrops.

Mrs. McGregor was waiting for them with a napkin-covered basket.

“I thought you might want a little snack,” she said. “There’s a thermos2 of milk and oatmeal-raisin cookies still warm from the oven in here.”

“Oh, boy, thanks!” said Benny. “I’m starving!”

Jessie gave him a towel to dry his hair. “We just came back from lunch!”

“Yeah, but we didn’t get dessert,” Benny pointed3 out.

“Let’s go out to the boxcar,” Violet suggested. “I thought of something we can do.”

Henry handed out umbrellas from the rack in the laundry room, then they ran across the backyard to the boxcar.

“What’s your idea, Violet?” Jessie asked, setting Mrs. McGregor’s basket on the table.

“Why don’t we make our own comic book,” Violet said. “Sid Hoyt drew comics when he was a kid. We can, too!”

“That’s a great idea!” said Henry. “We can all work on it. Benny and I will make up the story.”

“And Violet will draw the pictures because she’s the artist,” said Jessie, pouring the milk into mugs.

“You do the lettering,” Violet said to her. “You have the neatest handwriting.”

“What’s it going to be about?” Henry asked, biting into a chewy cookie.

“Us!” Benny exclaimed. “We’ll be superhero kids!” He jumped up from the table to “fly” around the room, nearly upsetting his milk.

“Benny, that’s perfect!” Violet clapped her hands. “Our comic will be about four ordinary kids— ”

“Who have special powers,” Jessie said, picking up the story.

“The Super-Aldens each have a different special power,” Henry said.

“And the Super-Aldens work together as a team to help save the world from evil,” added Jessie.

Benny cleared the table so Violet could spread out their supplies: pencils, pens, markers, a ruler, and paper.

“What will our story be about?” Violet wondered, sharpening the pencils.

Henry thought a moment. “I think it should be our story. You know, how we found the boxcar in the woods. Only instead of us staying ordinary, the boxcar gives us superpowers.”

“Grandfather can look for us like he really did,” added Jessie.

“And he and all the people in Greenfield will hear about these superhero kids who fly and do neat things. But Grandfather won’t know it’s us until the end.”

The children got busy. Henry and Benny wrote a story with lots of help from Jessie. Violet drew the splash page. When she was finished, she passed it to Jessie, who wrote the dialogue in balloons coming from the characters’ mouths. They all colored the pictures.

Two hours later, they had completed an eight-page comic book called The Super-Aldens.

“This is so cool,” Benny said, flipping4 through the pages. “I wish we had more than one copy.”

“That’s a great idea,” said Violet. “Let’s make a couple and give one to Grandfather.”

“The library has a color copy machine,” Jessie said.

Henry checked his watch. “We’ll have to wait until after dinner.”

For once, the children ate in a hurry. Benny didn’t even ask for second helpings5. Grandfather excused them so they could ride their bikes to the library.

Benny rode ahead of the others, dodging6 puddles7. “The workers are still at the new house. Can we watch them a few minutes?” he said, hoping the man with the bulldozer would shovel8 some dirt.

The Aldens braked their bikes.

Benny looked at the cars and trucks parked around the site. When he saw a white pickup9 truck and a blue station wagon10, he remembered the spy.

“I forgot to tell you,” he said to the others. “An old blue car like that one followed us today.”

“Are you sure it was following us?” Henry asked.

Benny nodded. “I think it was the same car we saw when we left Mr. Hoyt’s house.”

“There are lots of old blue station wagons,” Henry said. “But I’m writing down the license-plate number of this one just in case.”

Jessie noticed the woman construction worker putting tools in a metal box. Today the woman wore overalls11, with her braided hair tucked under her hard hat. Her boots were muddy.

“It feels good to rest a minute,” Violet said, stretching. “We worked hard on our comic book.”

“The pictures you drew are terrific,” Jessie praised. “You could be a real comic book artist, Violet.”

Violet polished her bike lamp with the hem1 of her shirt. “I’d love that,” she said. “It would be hard work, but also fun.”

“That lady is watching us,” Benny said suddenly.

“The construction worker?” Henry looked across the road.

“Benny’s right,” Jessie said, lowering her voice. “She was putting tools away, but she stopped. I think she heard us talking.”

Just then the woman turned and ducked into the new house.

“That was weird,” Violet said. “She acts like we’re bothering her.”

“Maybe not,” Henry said reasonably. “She could have forgotten one of her tools.”

Or maybe, Jessie thought, she didn’t want us watching her anymore.

The kids got back on their bikes and rode the rest of the way to the library.

Henry got change from the reference librarian, then led the others to the color copy machine in one corner. He fed the machine coins while Jessie made the copies.

Violet studied the bulletin board above the whirring machine.

“There’s a good children’s program coming up Saturday,” she said. Just then another flyer caught her eye. “Hey! The Captain Fantastic Fan Club is meeting here tonight!”

“Can we go?” Benny pleaded.

“What time is the meeting?” asked Henry. They weren’t allowed to ride their bikes on the streets too late.

“Seven,” Violet replied. “It’s five of now.”

“We can stay an hour,” Henry decided12. “If it’s okay with the people in the club.”

Jessie finished copying the comic book, then asked what room the fan club was meeting in.

They found a lot of people inside the room, all chatting about Captain Fantastic and other comic books.

“I didn’t know this many people liked comic books,” said Benny.

A young man wearing a Captain Fantastic button squeezed by them, carrying a cooler.

“I wonder who he is,” Jessie said. “I like his button.”

The young man spoke13 over his shoulder to someone they couldn’t see.

“Would you get the cups, Irene?” he said. “As soon as we set up the refreshments14, we’ll start.”

Jessie realized she’d heard that voice before.

“We know that guy!” she said.

“We do?” Henry was puzzled. “I’ve never seen him before.”

“Yes, we have,” Jessie insisted. “We just didn’t recognize him!”


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1 hem 7dIxa     
n.贴边,镶边;vt.缝贴边;(in)包围,限制
参考例句:
  • The hem on her skirt needs sewing.她裙子上的褶边需要缝一缝。
  • The hem of your dress needs to be let down an inch.你衣服的折边有必要放长1英寸。
2 thermos TqjyE     
n.保湿瓶,热水瓶
参考例句:
  • Can I borrow your thermos?我可以借用你的暖水瓶吗?
  • It's handy to have the thermos here.暖瓶放在这儿好拿。
3 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。
4 flipping b69cb8e0c44ab7550c47eaf7c01557e4     
讨厌之极的
参考例句:
  • I hate this flipping hotel! 我讨厌这个该死的旅馆!
  • Don't go flipping your lid. 别发火。
5 helpings 835bc3d1bf4c0bc59996bf878466084d     
n.(食物)的一份( helping的名词复数 );帮助,支持
参考例句:
  • You greedy pig! You've already had two helpings! 你这个馋嘴!你已经吃了两份了!
  • He had two helpings of pudding. 他吃了两客布丁。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
6 dodging dodging     
n.避开,闪过,音调改变v.闪躲( dodge的现在分词 );回避
参考例句:
  • He ran across the road, dodging the traffic. 他躲开来往的车辆跑过马路。
  • I crossed the highway, dodging the traffic. 我避开车流穿过了公路。 来自辞典例句
7 puddles 38bcfd2b26c90ae36551f1fa3e14c14c     
n.水坑, (尤指道路上的)雨水坑( puddle的名词复数 )
参考例句:
  • The puddles had coalesced into a small stream. 地面上水洼子里的水汇流成了一条小溪。
  • The road was filled with puddles from the rain. 雨后路面到处是一坑坑的积水。 来自《简明英汉词典》
8 shovel cELzg     
n.铁锨,铲子,一铲之量;v.铲,铲出
参考例句:
  • He was working with a pick and shovel.他在用镐和铲干活。
  • He seized a shovel and set to.他拿起一把铲就干上了。
9 pickup ANkxA     
n.拾起,获得
参考例句:
  • I would love to trade this car for a pickup truck.我愿意用这辆汽车换一辆小型轻便卡车。||The luck guy is a choice pickup for the girls.那位幸运的男孩是女孩子们想勾搭上的人。
10 wagon XhUwP     
n.四轮马车,手推车,面包车;无盖运货列车
参考例句:
  • We have to fork the hay into the wagon.我们得把干草用叉子挑进马车里去。
  • The muddy road bemired the wagon.马车陷入了泥泞的道路。
11 overalls 2mCz6w     
n.(复)工装裤;长罩衣
参考例句:
  • He is in overalls today.他今天穿的是工作裤。
  • He changed his overalls for a suit.他脱下工装裤,换上了一套西服。
12 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。
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 refreshments KkqzPc     
n.点心,便餐;(会议后的)简单茶点招 待
参考例句:
  • We have to make a small charge for refreshments. 我们得收取少量茶点费。
  • Light refreshments will be served during the break. 中间休息时有点心供应。
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