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儿童英语读物 The Spy in the Bleachers CHAPTER 9 The World Looks Orange

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Violet and Benny hurried to their seats in the bleachers. They sat behind Emma once again.

“Hi,” said Emma, turning around. “Where are Henry and Jessie?”

“Jessie is getting an autograph,” said Benny. “I’m going to get one, too.”

“It’s fun to get autographs,” said Emma. “Whose autograph do you want?”

Benny looked all around. “I want Carlos’s autograph,” he said.

Emma laughed. “Carlos will be thrilled that you want his autograph, Benny!” She looked around. “Is Henry getting an autograph, too?”

“No,” said Violet. “Henry is sitting in a different seat today.”

“Oh,” said Emma. “Well, I hope it’s a good seat. I wouldn’t want him to miss this game. The Cogs must win.” She pounded the arms of her chair.

Violet and Benny looked all around, taking in the sights and smelling the hot dogs. Soon Jessie arrived.

“Got it!” she said, showing them a score card. Jessie tucked the scorecard into her pocket. “I’m hungry,” she said, looking around. “And here comes Carlos.”

Jessie bought hot dogs for Violet, Benny, and herself. She paid Carlos and gave him a tip. “Thanks,” said Carlos. “Where’s Henry?”

“Oh, he’s around here somewhere,” said Jessie. She didn’t want to say where he was.

Suddenly Benny jumped up. “It’s Wheelie!” he shouted, pointing down to the field. The big, fuzzy, orange mascot1 ran across the field, tossing rolled-up T-shirts to the fans.

“Wheelie!” shouted Benny. “Up here!”

Emma smiled at Benny. “I didn’t know you liked Wheelie so much,” she said.

“I love Wheelie,” replied Benny.

Just then the mascot threw a rolled-up T-shirt toward their seats. The large cotton bundle came right at Emma. But Emma ducked at the last minute, and Benny caught the T-shirt.

All the fans applauded Benny. “Nice catch!” they shouted.

Benny was very excited. He unwrapped the T-shirt and held it up. Wheelie’s picture was on the front.

“I’m going to ask Wheelie to autograph my shirt,” said Benny.

Jessie and Violet smiled.

Emma frowned. “I don’t know,” she said. “Wheelie doesn’t seem to like to autograph things.”

Down on the field, Wheelie was jumping up and down. He pumped both arms into the air. He spread his fingers in a V for victory. And then Wheelie did cartwheels all the way back to his special door.

The Cogs fans went wild. They applauded long and loud. “Go, Cogs, go!” they shouted. “Cogs will win! Cogs will win!” Of all the fans, Emma Larke shouted the loudest.

Benny kept looking back, to the top of the aisle2. He waited for Wheelie. And then he saw the mascot at the top of the stairs.

Wheelie stopped to slap hands with fans. Whenever a fan handed him something to sign, Wheelie autographed it.

“Well, look at that,” said Emma. “Wheelie is autographing everything!”

It took Wheelie a long time to reach the bottom of the aisle. Finally he reached the row where Jessie, Violet, and Benny were. He autographed Benny’s T-shirt.

“Thank you,” said Benny.

Carlos patted Wheelie on an orange shoulder. “Way to go, Wheelie. That’s the right thing to do.”

Wheelie climbed over the railing to his special platform and special seat. The game began!

From inside the mascot’s costume, Henry thought the world looked orange. That was because one of Wheelie’s orange eyelashes was drooping3 in front of the eye opening. Everything Henry saw from that eye looked a bit orange-y.

Mr. Tanaka had asked Henry to take Winn Winchell’s place inside the mascot costume.

“But I’ve never been a mascot before,” Henry had said. “I’m not sure I’d know what to do.”

“You will do a great job,” Mr. Tanaka had said. “And you will be helping4 the team.”

So Henry had gone to Wheelie’s dressing5 room and taken off his shirt and shoes. Just as he finished putting on the mascot’s costume, there was a knock on the door.

Henry had opened the door. A boy about his age was there. He wore a Hatter’s uniform. He handed Wheelie an envelope.

Henry took the envelope, but he didn’t say anything. He knew Wheelie did not talk.

The boy turned and walked away quickly. Henry saw the words Hatters Batboy written across the back of the boy’s uniform.

The envelope that Henry was holding was full of something papery. The handwriting on it said Wheelie. The handwriting slanted6 to the left! Henry put the envelope in one of the pockets of his shorts. Then he went out onto the field to throw T-shirts to the fans.

It’s fun playing Wheelie, thought Henry, as he settled into his special chair.

The Cogs pitcher7 struck out the first Hatter, walked the second, and got the third to hit into a double play. In the bottom of the first inning, Reese Dawkins hit a home run with a runner on base. Henry stood up and did five cartwheels across the platform. Then he jumped up and down and pumped his arms in the air. The Cogs were leading, 2-0!

In the top of the second inning, Cody Howard was the first Hatter to bat.

Henry sat in the special chair. He put both feet flat on the platform. He crossed his arms and sat very, very still. Henry knew that if Cody Howard hit a home run, it meant that Carlos was stealing the signs.

Henry stared at Cody. It seemed like Cody Howard was staring right back at him! Of course Cody didn’t know he was looking at Henry, since Henry was dressed as Wheelie. Cody hit a foul8 ball on the first pitch. He looked out toward the bleachers. He pointed9 his bat at the bleachers, then pounded it on home plate.

Henry heard a clang-clang-clang behind him. Carlos was banging the lid of his hot dog box up and down.

Now Henry realized what Carlos was doing. Carlos wanted to upset Cody Howard and make him miss! Carlos is a true Cogs fan, thought Henry.

Cody swung at the second pitch and missed.

The Cogs fans cheered loudly.

Cody stepped out of the batter’s box and walked around. Finally the umpire made him step back into the box. Cody pointed his bat toward the bleachers.

Henry did not move a muscle. He sat as still as a statue. He knew Cody wanted Wheelie to tell him what pitch was coming.

Cody swung and missed.

“You’re out!” shouted the umpire. Cody walked back to the Hatters dugout. He glared toward the bleachers.

Carlos tapped Wheelie on the shoulder and handed him a hot dog and soft drink. “I love your new style, Wheelie! The fans love the jumps!” Carlos bent10 low so only Wheelie could hear him, “I’m glad to see you’re signing autographs for free. That’s what a mascot should do.”

Henry nodded. He looked at his hot dog. How am I going to eat this with a costume on? he wondered.

The Cogs didn’t score in the second or third innings. Neither did the Hatters. The score stood at 2-0. In the top of the fifth, Cody Howard came to bat again.

Once again Henry sat very still. His feet were flat on the platform. His arms were folded against his chest.

Once again Cody Howard seemed to be looking straight at him. Cody pointed his bat and pounded the plate. Henry could see Reese Dawkins hold down two fingers: curve ball. Henry watched the pitcher release the ball. He watched it zoom11 toward the plate, then curve. He saw Cody Howard swing and miss.

Cody pounded his bat on the plate. He pointed his bat at the bleachers. He scowled12.

Wow, thought Henry. Cody is so angry that even if I signaled what pitch was coming, he would swing and miss.

Swing and miss is what Cody did. Strike two.

Cody tried to blast the next pitch out of the park—but his bat hit only air.

“You’re out!” shouted the umpire.

Wheelie jumped up and down. He pumped his arms. The fans roared their approval.

“I love the Cogs!” shouted Emma Larke.

“Go, Cogs!” shouted Carlos. “Go for the pennant13!”

“Yay, Cogs!” shouted Benny. “Yay, Wheelie!”

Cody Howard did not get a hit at all. The Cogs won the game, 4-0.

When Henry climbed back over the rail and stood in the aisles14, he was mobbed by fans. Some wanted his autograph, which he gave. Others just wanted to pat him on the back.

Wheelie waited until all the fans had left. Then he and Jessie and Violet and Benny walked to the owner’s box.

Mr. Tanaka, Grandfather, and Winn Winchell all sat in the owner’s box.

Jessie saw how happy Mr. Tanaka looked. Grandfather looked happy, too. Winn Winchell did not look happy.

“Henry!” said Mr. Tanaka, jumping up. “You were wonderful!” He helped Henry take off the top half of the Wheelie costume.

“I caught a Wheelie T-shirt!” said Benny, pulling the shirt over his head. “And I got Wheelie’s autograph, too,” he said, pointing to where Henry had signed the shirt Wheelie.

“Yeah, yeah,” growled15 Winn Winchell. “So the kids all had fun.” He pointed at Henry and said, “But this kid can’t play Wheelie like I can.”

Winn jumped up and clenched16 his fists. “Tomorrow I’m the mascot again,” he said.

“No,” said Mr. Tanaka, “you’re not.”

“What?!” Winn shouted. “I’m the mascot! This kid isn’t the mascot!”

“The Cogs won today,” Mr. Tanaka said to Winn. “The Cogs and Hatters are tied for first place. Whoever wins tomorrow wins the pennant.”

“What’s that got to do with the mascot?” demanded Winn.

Mr. Tanaka pointed at a chair. “Sit down,” he told Winn.

Winn glared at the owner, but finally Winn sat down.

“The Cogs have lost games they should have won,” said Mr. Tanaka, his voice stern.

“The Cogs have lost because somebody was stealing signs.”

“Stealing signs isn’t a fair way to win,” said Benny.

Winn waved his hand at them. “It’s got nothing to do with me.”

“Yes, it does,” said Henry. “You’re the sign stealer.”

“You’re crazy,” answered Winn.

Henry reached into a pocket and pulled out an envelope. “Today the Hatters batboy came to Wheelie’s dressing room. When I was in costume, he handed me this envelope.”

“That’s mine!” shouted Winn, jumping up.

But before Winn could grab the envelope, Mr. Tanaka stepped forward and took it from Henry’s hand.


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1 mascot E7xzm     
n.福神,吉祥的东西
参考例句:
  • The football team's mascot is a goat.足球队的吉祥物是山羊。
  • We had a panda as our mascot.我们把熊猫作为吉详物。
2 aisle qxPz3     
n.(教堂、教室、戏院等里的)过道,通道
参考例句:
  • The aisle was crammed with people.过道上挤满了人。
  • The girl ushered me along the aisle to my seat.引座小姐带领我沿着通道到我的座位上去。
3 drooping drooping     
adj. 下垂的,无力的 动词droop的现在分词
参考例句:
  • The drooping willows are waving gently in the morning breeze. 晨风中垂柳袅袅。
  • The branches of the drooping willows were swaying lightly. 垂柳轻飘飘地摆动。
4 helping 2rGzDc     
n.食物的一份&adj.帮助人的,辅助的
参考例句:
  • The poor children regularly pony up for a second helping of my hamburger. 那些可怜的孩子们总是要求我把我的汉堡包再给他们一份。
  • By doing this, they may at times be helping to restore competition. 这样一来, 他在某些时候,有助于竞争的加强。
5 dressing 1uOzJG     
n.(食物)调料;包扎伤口的用品,敷料
参考例句:
  • Don't spend such a lot of time in dressing yourself.别花那么多时间来打扮自己。
  • The children enjoy dressing up in mother's old clothes.孩子们喜欢穿上妈妈旧时的衣服玩。
6 slanted 628a904d3b8214f5fc02822d64c58492     
有偏见的; 倾斜的
参考例句:
  • The sun slanted through the window. 太阳斜照进窗户。
  • She had slanted brown eyes. 她有一双棕色的丹凤眼。
7 pitcher S2Gz7     
n.(有嘴和柄的)大水罐;(棒球)投手
参考例句:
  • He poured the milk out of the pitcher.他从大罐中倒出牛奶。
  • Any pitcher is liable to crack during a tight game.任何投手在紧张的比赛中都可能会失常。
8 foul Sfnzy     
adj.污秽的;邪恶的;v.弄脏;妨害;犯规;n.犯规
参考例句:
  • Take off those foul clothes and let me wash them.脱下那些脏衣服让我洗一洗。
  • What a foul day it is!多么恶劣的天气!
9 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。
10 bent QQ8yD     
n.爱好,癖好;adj.弯的;决心的,一心的
参考例句:
  • He was fully bent upon the project.他一心扑在这项计划上。
  • We bent over backward to help them.我们尽了最大努力帮助他们。
11 zoom VenzWT     
n.急速上升;v.突然扩大,急速上升
参考例句:
  • The airplane's zoom carried it above the clouds.飞机的陡直上升使它飞到云层之上。
  • I live near an airport and the zoom of passing planes can be heard night and day.我住在一个飞机场附近,昼夜都能听到飞机飞过的嗡嗡声。
12 scowled b83aa6db95e414d3ef876bc7fd16d80d     
怒视,生气地皱眉( scowl的过去式和过去分词 )
参考例句:
  • He scowled his displeasure. 他满脸嗔色。
  • The teacher scowled at his noisy class. 老师对他那喧闹的课堂板着脸。
13 pennant viuym     
n.三角旗;锦标旗
参考例句:
  • The second car was flying the Ghanaian pennant.第二辆车插着加纳的三角旗。
  • The revitalized team came from the cellar to win the pennant.该队重整旗鼓,从最后一名一跃而赢得冠军奖旗。
14 aisles aisles     
n. (席位间的)通道, 侧廊
参考例句:
  • Aisles were added to the original Saxon building in the Norman period. 在诺曼时期,原来的萨克森风格的建筑物都增添了走廊。
  • They walked about the Abbey aisles, and presently sat down. 他们走到大教堂的走廊附近,并且很快就坐了下来。
15 growled 65a0c9cac661e85023a63631d6dab8a3     
v.(动物)发狺狺声, (雷)作隆隆声( growl的过去式和过去分词 );低声咆哮着说
参考例句:
  • \"They ought to be birched, \" growled the old man. 老人咆哮道:“他们应受到鞭打。” 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • He growled out an answer. 他低声威胁着回答。 来自《简明英汉词典》
16 clenched clenched     
v.紧握,抓紧,咬紧( clench的过去式和过去分词 )
参考例句:
  • He clenched his fists in anger. 他愤怒地攥紧了拳头。
  • She clenched her hands in her lap to hide their trembling. 她攥紧双手放在腿上,以掩饰其颤抖。 来自《简明英汉词典》
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