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儿童英语读物 Surprise Island 奇异岛 Chapter 14 所有人的生日

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Somebody had better call Grandfather right away,” said Henry.

“Let me,” said Benny. “It’s my birthday.”

Later, when Benny came back from Captain Daniel’s hut1, he said, “Grandfather is coming today, and he’s bringing Dr2. Moore and his mother.”

“That’s great,” said Henry. “We’ll have a big party.”

Then Benny said to Joe, “Are you going to tell Grandfather that he’s your grandfather, too?”

“He isn’t my grandfather, Benny. He’s my uncle.”

“All right, are you going to tell him that he’s your uncle?” asked Benny.

“He will know me as soon as he sees me,” replied Joe.

Mr. Browning said, “I don’t think he had better see you suddenly, John. He must be very sad because he thinks he has lost you. Sudden3 news like this is not good for an old man.”

“Let Jessie fix it,” said Joe. “I will stay in the hut until you tell me it’s all right.”

Jessie promised to do her best.

Joe went back to Captain Daniel’s hut to wait. In a few minutes they could see the motorboat coming, and soon Mr. Alden and the Moores were on the dock4.

“Hello, Grandfather!” cried Benny. “It’s my birthday!”

“Well, so it is!” replied Mr. Alden. “Happy birthday, my boy!”

Then everyone began to speak at once.

“That’s a big basket you have,” said Jessie to Dr. Moore.

“Sh, sh!” said the doctor, laughing. He took out another big basket just like it and some packages. “Presents,” he whispered5 to Jessie.

“I got a big bottle of cream for my birthday, Grandfather,” said Benny.

“It was funny, Grandfather,” said Jessie, half laughing. “That’s all he wanted, so we got it.”

“You did right, my dear,” said Mr. Alden. “People should have what they want on birthdays.”

“I got lots of surprises today,” Benny went on.

“He doesn’t know them all himself, yet,” said Jessie quickly. She didn’t know what Benny might say next.

“This island is just full of surprises, and that would be a good name for it—Surprise Island.”

“It would!” cried Henry. “Just think of all the surprises we’ve had. Let’s call it Surprise Island.”

“I think that’s a wonderful name,” said Mrs. Moore. “I hope they were all good surprises.”

“Every one,” said Henry, trying to get Benny to think of something else. “There were clams6, and the Indian things, and the violin.”

“And my birthday,” said Benny. “Are your veins7 all right, Grandfather?”

“Veins?” asked Mr. Alden.

“Yes,” said Benny. “You know some people have funny veins, so when they hear something awfully8 good, suddenly, they just drop down dead.”

“I am sure that good news wouldn’t kill me,” said Mr. Alden. “Now, Mrs. Moore, just look at that white sand! Isn’t it beautiful?”

“It certainly is,” said Mrs. Moore.

“It’s very good sand for houses, too,” said Benny, running down to it.

“Let’s build a house, then,” said Dr. Moore, putting down the baskets.

Jessie was trying to think of exactly the right way to tell her grandfather about Joe. She had not wanted to tell the news too suddenly, but Benny seemed to have made it easy.

“I suppose Benny is right about the veins, isn’t he, Grandfather?” she said.

“I suppose so,” said Mr. Alden, laughing. He sat down on a rock. “But I never could understand it. If I had good news, I wouldn’t want to miss the fun.”

“That sounds right to me,” said Henry, laughing.

Jessie could not wait any longer. “We have a wonderful surprise for you, Grandfather!” she said, getting up. “Come! You know what you promised about the veins?”

“You can’t drop dead, because you promised!” shouted Benny.

“What do you mean?” asked Mr. Alden, looking very white. He started to go with the excited children.

“Think of the nicest surprise you can,” said Henry. “What would that thing be?”

“It wouldn’t be a thing; it would be a man,” said Mr. Alden.

“That’s all right!” cried Jessie. “It is a man!”

Violet9 took her grandfather’s hand. “Are you too worn10 out to run just a little way, now? Joe is so worried.”

“Joe?” said Mr. Alden. But then he saw two men coming along.

“My dear John!” cried Mr. Alden. Joe ran up and took his uncle’s hands.

“Uncle James, I want you to meet my good friend, Mr. Browning,” said Joe.

“I am glad to meet you, Mr. Browning,” said Mr. Alden as they shook hands.

Then he turned to Joe. “But why didn’t you come home, John? Why didn’t you come right to me?”

“Before I came home, I wanted to be sure I was all right,” said Joe. “But first I went to old Captain Daniel on the island. I met Dr. Moore early this summer when he came with the children.”

“Dr. Moore, do you mean you knew who he was all this time?” asked Mr. Alden.

“Yes,” replied the doctor, “but I promised not to tell. I wanted to be sure myself that Joe was well again. Besides, it was a good way for him to get to know his new cousins.”

“I got two presents for my birthday,” said Benny, “a new cousin and a bottle of cream.”

“I feel as if it were my birthday,” said Joe, looking at him.

“And so do I,” agreed Mr. Alden.

“I think it’s my birthday, too,” said Mr. Browning, looking at his old friend.

“It’s everybody’s birthday,” cried Jessie. “Can’t you all come to the barn11 for our birthday supper? We can cut the cake into tiny slices.”

“I thought of that, also, Jessie,” said Mrs. Moore, going over to the little housekeeper12. “I brought over some sliced ham and other food in those two big baskets. I hope you don’t mind? I hear you have blackberries and cream.”

“And my birthday cake,” said Benny.

“Oh, dear! I haven’t put on the candles, yet! I haven’t even frosted13 it!” cried Violet.

“Benny, you stay here with the men,” said Jessie. “Mrs. Moore will help Henry and me while Violet frosts14 the cake.”

Violet put some sugar and egg whites into a bowl. After the frosting15 was made, she put it on the cake, sides and all.

“Let’s put the candles around the edge16 of the cake and ‘Watch’ in the middle,” she said. One day Henry had bought a little toy dog that looked like Watch. The cake looked delicious when Violet put it into the little cupboard.

Mrs. Moore began to take things out of the baskets. Besides a large plate piled high with ham there were many other delicious things to eat.

Jessie was delighted that Mrs. Moore had brought some extra plates and a tablecloth17. She helped Mrs. Moore put the white cloth carefully on the table. Violet set the birthday cake at Benny’s place. Then she filled a bowl with purple and white flowers to put in the middle of the table.

When Benny saw the cake and the toy dog he laughed and said, “Ho, that looks just like Watch in the middle of my cake!”

Now everybody began to sit down around the table. Some sat on boxes, Grandfather sat on the company chair, and Joe sat on a block of wood.

Mrs. Moore passed the plate of ham to Benny.

“No, thank you,” said Benny. “I don’t want any ham. I just want blackberries and sugar and cream.”

“Since it’s his birthday party, let him have what he wants,” said Jessie.

“I’ll feel bad if you don’t eat some cake,” said Violet.

“All right,” said Benny, “but after I eat my cake, I don’t want anything except blackberries and cream, like Peter Rabbit.”

“Only Peter Rabbit didn’t get any. Don’t you remember?” said Grandfather.

“He will this time,” said Joe. “At last Peter Rabbit has his blackberries and cream, on his birthday.”

“Everybody is happy, then,” said Mr. Alden, looking around at the smiling faces. “And that is just right, because it is everybody’s birthday.”


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1 hut ablxt     
n.棚子;简陋的小房子
参考例句:
  • The hut is in the midst of the forest.小屋在森林深处。
  • The poor old man lived in a little wooden hut.那个贫穷的老人住在一间小木屋内。
2 Dr euozHa     
n.医生,大夫;博士(缩)(= Doctor)
参考例句:
  • Dr.Williams instructs us in botany.威廉博士教我们植物学。
  • The ward of the hospital is in the charge of Dr.Green.医院的这间病房由格林医生负责。
3 sudden YsSw9     
n.突然,忽然;adj.突然的,意外的,快速的
参考例句:
  • All of a sudden he turned about and saw me.他突然转过身来看见了我。
  • The horse was badly frightened by the sudden noise.那匹马被突然而来的嘈杂声吓坏了。
4 dock GsQx9     
n.码头;被告席;vt.使(船)进港;扣;vi.进港
参考例句:
  • We took the children to the dock to see the ships.我们带孩子们到码头去看轮船。
  • The corrupt official stood in the dock.那贪官站在被告席上。
5 whispered ac3eda029cd72fefda0d32abc42aa001     
adj.耳语的,低语的v.低声说( whisper的过去式和过去分词 );私语;小声说;私下说
参考例句:
  • She sidled up to me and whispered something in my ear. 她悄悄走上前来,对我耳语了几句。
  • His ill luck has been whispered about the neighborhood. 他的不幸遭遇已在邻居中传开。 来自《简明英汉词典》
6 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
7 veins 65827206226d9e2d78ea2bfe697c6329     
n.纹理;矿脉( vein的名词复数 );静脉;叶脉;纹理
参考例句:
  • The blood flows from the capillaries back into the veins. 血从毛细血管流回静脉。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • I felt a pleasant glow in all my veins from the wine. 喝过酒后我浑身的血都热烘烘的,感到很舒服。 来自《简明英汉词典》
8 awfully MPkym     
adv.可怕地,非常地,极端地
参考例句:
  • Agriculture was awfully neglected in the past.过去农业遭到严重忽视。
  • I've been feeling awfully bad about it.对这我一直感到很难受。
9 violet 8h3wm     
adj.紫色的;n.紫罗兰
参考例句:
  • She likes to wear violet dresses.他喜欢穿紫色的衣服。
  • Violet is the color of wisdom,peace and strength.紫色是智慧的,和平的和力量的颜色。
10 worn seCzJu     
adj.用旧的,疲倦的;vbl.wear的过去分词
参考例句:
  • The child's trousers have worn through at the knees.孩子裤子的膝盖处磨破了。
  • My shoes are worn out.我的鞋子穿坏了。
11 barn 6dayp     
n.谷仓,饲料仓,牲口棚
参考例句:
  • That big building is a barn for keeping the grain.那幢大房子是存放粮食的谷仓。
  • The cows were driven into the barn.牛被赶进了牲口棚。
12 housekeeper 6q2zxl     
n.管理家务的主妇,女管家
参考例句:
  • A spotless stove told us that his mother is a diligent housekeeper.炉子清洁无瑕就表明他母亲是个勤劳的主妇。
  • She is an economical housekeeper and feeds her family cheaply.她节约持家,一家人吃得很省。
13 frosted frosted     
adj.被霜覆盖的,受霜害的
参考例句:
  • The fields have frosted over in this wintry morning. 在这寒冷的早晨田野里覆盖着一层霜。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • The cold has frosted the windows. 寒冷的天气使窗子结满了霜。 来自《简明英汉词典》
14 frosts 4fe04665db8bfd9735924402c301c7f3     
n.霜冻,严寒天气( frost的名词复数 )
参考例句:
  • Frosts spoil the last of the flowers. 霜冻冻坏了最后一批花朵。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • Frosts often occur in November. 11月份经常出现霜冻。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
15 frosting esez6d     
n.霜状白糖,玻璃粉,无光泽面;结霜;起霜;镶饰
参考例句:
  • Moonlight was frosting the dew, and an old sundial threw a long shadow. 月光把露水照得雪白,一座旧日规投出一条长长的影子。 来自辞典例句
  • She smiled and winked as I bit into the moist chocolate frosting. 她微笑着,向我眨眨眼,而我正在吃湿乎乎的巧克力糖衣。 来自互联网
16 edge xqoxx     
n.边(缘);刃;优势;v.侧着移动,徐徐移动
参考例句:
  • Sight along the edge to see if it's straight.顺着边目测,看看直不直。
  • She lived on the extreme edge of the forest.她住在森林的最边缘。
17 tablecloth lqSwh     
n.桌布,台布
参考例句:
  • He sat there ruminating and picking at the tablecloth.他坐在那儿沉思,轻轻地抚弄着桌布。
  • She smoothed down a wrinkled tablecloth.她把起皱的桌布熨平了。
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