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儿童英语读物 蓝色海湾之谜 Blue Bay Mystery Chapter 12 八口之家

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CHAPTER 12
Eight in the Family

Grandfather was thinking. He said, “Benny, you must not think that Peter’s mother is your teacher, just because she had the same name. There are many people named Horn1.”

Lars said, “What happened to Mr. Anderson?”

“I don’t know,” said Peter. “He said he was going swimming near a sandy beach, but he never came back.”

“Do you mean a very green bay2?” asked Mike.

“No, I mean the one on the other side of it, where the boat is.”

Nobody said a word. But everyone thought, “Shark Bay! How lucky we were to have Lars with us!”

Jessie said suddenly, “Are you hungry, Peter?”

“Not very,” said Peter. “But you do have some more crackers3, don’t you? You see they make me think of bread. I haven’t had any bread for six months.”

“Six months!” cried Violet4.

“That’s why I took the crackers, Mr. Lars,” said Peter.

“That’s all right,” said Lars. “Don’t worry.”

“I did worry,” said Peter, “when I saw you were blaming that other boy.”

“Me,” said Mike.

“Yes, Mike, I am awfully5 sorry.”

“Think nothing of it!” said Mike. “Come on, Ben!”

The two boys raced for the sea biscuit. It was such fun to see Peter eat crackers. He seemed half starved.

“Wait till you see what we have for supper,” said Benny. We’re going to have stew6 and a pudding!”

“A pudding? Oh, yes, I remember what a pudding is,” said Peter. He stopped eating for a minute. “A pudding is sweet.”

“Yes,” said Mike. “Ours is made of coconut7 milk, sugar cane8, and bananas.”

“Sounds good,” said Peter. “My mother used to cook good things. I hope we can find her.”

“Well, if Grandfather can’t find her, nobody can,” said Benny. “He has ways.”

Mike said suddenly, “You can have my blanket, Peter.”

Peter said, “You are a very kind boy, Mike. But I wouldn’t know what to do with a blanket. I can sleep on a rock. I am hard all over.”

“You must show us how to climb trees,” said Henry.

“It’s easy,” said Peter, “if there is something you want at the top of the tree.”

Mr. Alden was listening to all this. He was wide awake now. He watched Peter carefully. “A good boy,” he thought. “Just think of one of our children living here for six months!” He shook himself. He had a plan which he did not tell to anyone. But he told them all, “Now we have eight in the family.”

It was a happy family at supper. Lars gave his spoon to Peter. He took the big cooking spoon himself. They all began to eat meat stew.

All at once a voice said, “Look out, it’s hot!”

“Who said that?” cried Mike.

“It’s old Myna,” said Peter. He made a funny noise with his mouth and down flew a dark purple bird. It had white on its wings and orange on its head.

“Hello, Myna,” said Peter.

“Hello, Peter,” said Myna.

“Oh, make him say something about me!” begged Mike.

“Her,” said Peter. He took the bird on his finger and said, “Myna, say ‘What’s the matter, Mike?’”

The bird said nothing.

“She won’t talk for us,” said Benny. “She is afraid.”

“Oh, no, she’s not afraid,” said Peter. “She has to study every new word.”

Peter said it again two or three times. He fed the bird a piece of meat.

“Look out, it’s hot!” said Myna. Then she went right along without stopping, “What’s the matter, Mike?”

Mike was delighted. “What a talker!” he said “Maybe we could teach her to sing.”

“Oh, she can sing already,” said Peter. “Myna, sing ‘My country, ’tis of thee.’” He hummed it.

Sure enough, Myna sang it right after him.

“She’s wonderful,” said Henry.

“She’s got a funny voice when she sings,” said Mike.

“So have some people,” said Benny. “Her singing voice is different.”

Henry said, “Soon we’ll have to think about the ship’s coming. I mean get our things ready. My shoes are almost worn9 out.”

“I never had any shoes here,” said Peter. “I didn’t have time to put them on the night the ship was wrecked10. Feel my feet, Benny.”

Benny did so. “Oh, your feet are as hard as rocks! Really, Henry, feel them.”

Henry said, “Yes, they are just like a dog’s foot. You have been climbing trees and rocks for so long, Peter. It will be terrible for you to wear shoes.”

“Yes, but I’d like some new shoes,” said Peter. “I used to dream of having new shoes.”

Then they tried the pudding. It was delicious.

When supper was over, Peter began to teach them to climb trees. “Oh, you have to take off your shoes,” he said.

Henry tried it a few times, and did very well. “It is much easier without shoes. Soon my feet will be as hard as yours, Peter.”

“That will take a long time!” said Peter. “And I hope we won’t stay here that long.”

When they went to bed that night, old Myna went to sleep first. For the first time in three weeks, nobody was watching from the trees.

Out on the great ocean the Sea Star was coming nearer and nearer. Captain Brown smiled to himself. He laughed when he thought of Benny and Mike. He didn’t know that there was another boy now, named Peter Horn.


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1 horn Td2zL     
n.号角;警报器;角
参考例句:
  • This horn is out of tune.这小号音调不正。
  • He played the tune on the horn.他用号吹奏了这首曲子。
2 bay rQ7yt     
n.海湾,狗吠声,月桂;vt.吠,使走投无路;vi.吠
参考例句:
  • I enjoy the view of the bay in the starlight.我喜欢星光下的海湾风景。
  • Dogs sometimes bay at the moon.狗有时会朝着月亮吠叫。
3 crackers nvvz5e     
adj.精神错乱的,癫狂的n.爆竹( cracker的名词复数 );薄脆饼干;(认为)十分愉快的事;迷人的姑娘
参考例句:
  • That noise is driving me crackers. 那噪声闹得我简直要疯了。
  • We served some crackers and cheese as an appetiser. 我们上了些饼干和奶酪作为开胃品。 来自《简明英汉词典》
4 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。
5 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。
6 stew 0GTz5     
n.炖汤,焖,烦恼;v.炖汤,焖,忧虑
参考例句:
  • The stew must be boiled up before serving.炖肉必须煮熟才能上桌。
  • There's no need to get in a stew.没有必要烦恼。
7 coconut VwCzNM     
n.椰子
参考例句:
  • The husk of this coconut is particularly strong.椰子的外壳很明显非常坚固。
  • The falling coconut gave him a terrific bang on the head.那只掉下的椰子砰地击中他的脑袋。
8 cane RsNzT     
n.手杖,细长的茎,藤条;v.以杖击,以藤编制的
参考例句:
  • This sugar cane is quite a sweet and juicy.这甘蔗既甜又多汁。
  • English schoolmasters used to cane the boys as a punishment.英国小学老师过去常用教鞭打男学生作为惩罚。
9 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。
10 wrecked ze0zKI     
adj.失事的,遇难的
参考例句:
  • the hulk of a wrecked ship 遇难轮船的残骸
  • the salvage of the wrecked tanker 对失事油轮的打捞
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