《神奇树屋》 第二十四册 Earthquake in the Early Morning 10 the mystery of Morgagn's Library

　　"I can't believe we took a trip to Morgan's library,"said Annie.

Jack¹ smiled and nodded.

"It was incredible, wasn't it?" said Annie. "Yeah,"said Jack.

A strong breeze gusted² through the tree housewindow. It blew open their research book about SanFrancisco. Annie reached for the book.

"Jack!" she said. "Look at this!"She pointed³ to a photograph in the research book. Itshowed a boy and a girl covered with dirt. The boyheld a sign. It was the poem about hope.

Annie read the caption⁴ aloud:

After the earthquake, while fires raged through thecity, two brave children tried to give hope to others.

Annie laughed.

"Those brave children are us!" she said. "That's thepicture Fred took of us before we left San Francisco!"Jack laughed and shook his head with amazement⁵.

Annie closed the book.

"I guess we are two brave kids who try to givehope," she said. "We just gave some to King Arthur,didn't we?""King Arthur?" said Jack.

"Yeah," said Annie. She started down the ropeladder. "That was the mystery of Morgan's library.

We had to give four special writings to King Arthurso he could get his hope and courage back and saveCamelot.""That wasn't King Arthur," said Jack. He threw onhis pack and followed Annie.

"Sure it was," said Annie, stepping onto the ground.

"Didn't you hear him say, 'I'm just an ordinary king'?

Get it? King.""But King Arthur's not an ordinary king," said Jack.

"Well, he thinks so," said Annie. "I know it washim. I feel it."She smiled. Then she started through the FrogCreek woods.

Jack stared after her.

King Arthur!

As birdsong filled the early-morning woods, Jackthought about their visit to Morgan's library. Heremembered the sad king and how their writingsseemed to give him strength.

Maybe Annie was right. Maybe they really hadhelped King Arthur save Camelot.

And maybe someday they would go back.

"Hurry, Jack!" Annie called. "Before Mom and Dadwake up!""Coming!" Jack shouted. And he took off after her,running for home, finally.

1 jack   

n.插座，千斤顶，男人；v.抬起，提醒，扛举；n.（Jake）杰克

参考例句：

• I am looking for the headphone jack.我正在找寻头戴式耳机插孔。
• He lifted the car with a jack to change the flat tyre.他用千斤顶把车顶起来换下瘪轮胎。

2 gusted   

n. 突然一阵 n. 风味 vi. 猛吹

参考例句：

• The wind gusted up to 45 miles an hour. 风力达每小时45英里。
• As the strong winds gusted against the kites, a string kept them in check. 一阵强风刮向风筝，一根弦控制住了风筝。

3 pointed   

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 caption   

n.说明，字幕，标题；v.加上标题，加上说明

参考例句：

• I didn't understand the drawing until I read the caption.直到我看到这幅画的说明才弄懂其意思。
• There is a caption under the picture.图片下边附有说明。

5 amazement   

n.惊奇，惊讶

参考例句：

• All those around him looked at him with amazement.周围的人都对他投射出惊异的眼光。
• He looked at me in blank amazement.他带着迷茫惊诧的神情望着我。