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儿童英语读物 The Movie Star Mystery CHAPTER 3 Ice Cream and a Fire Alarm

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This is good ice cream,” said Benny. “The best ice cream in the whole world.”

“You always say that when we come to the ice-cream parlor1,” Violet said, smiling at Benny.

The Aldens were sitting at one of the little tables inside the shop eating ice-cream cones3.

Just then, a tall boy walked into the ice-cream parlor. He was wearing a baseball cap pulled low on his forehead and he had on dark glasses.

“Lots of people are wearing dark glasses today,” observed Henry. “And it’s not even very sunny.”

“The bank robbers had them on for disguises,” said Jessie. She stopped eating her ice-cream cone2. She stared at the boy in the baseball cap as he walked up to the counter.

A man stopped in the doorway4 of the shop. “Ta . . . Jonathan,” he said. “We should be going.”

“In a minute,” said the boy. “Do you want some ice cream?”

“It’s the man with the silver hair. The one we saw earlier,” Violet said in a low voice.

The man patted his trim stomach. “No, thanks. Have to watch my weight.”

“Okay,” said the boy called Jonathan. “I’ll be right out.”

The man nodded. “Courtney’s gone to get the Jeep,” he said, and disappeared.

Jessie kept staring at the boy. Her ice cream began to melt and drip down on her hand, but she didn’t even seem to notice.

“Jessie,” Henry said. “What is it?”

“I’m not sure,” Jessie answered, without taking her gaze off the boy. He turned to look around the shop as he waited for his ice-cream cone. He gave them a little half smile, ducking his head and turning away again at the same time.

“He acts like he doesn’t want us to look at him,” Benny said. “And Jessie is staring. Grandfather says it is rude to stare.”

Reluctantly Jessie turned her gaze away from the boy. “You’re right, Benny,” she said. “It’s just that—”

But Jessie didn’t get to finish her sentence.

A shattering alarm went off right over their heads.

“Fire!” the girl behind the ice-cream counter shouted. “Fire!” She turned and ran toward the back of the shop. At the same moment, a billow of black smoke poured into the front door of the ice-cream shop.

“The exit is in the back.” Henry jumped to his feet and caught Benny by the hand. “This way!” he shouted. “Jessie, grab Benny’s hand. Violet, hold on to Jessie.”

Henry quickly led the way to the back of the shop. A bright red EXIT sign could be seen through the smoke.

The boy stood frozen by the counter. As they went by, Violet reached out with her free hand and grabbed his arm. “Come on!” she said.

A moment later, they had followed the counter girl out of the back of the shop into the alley5.

“Is everyone okay?” Henry asked.

“We’re fine,” said Jessie. “And we were the only ones in the shop.”

“It’s a good thing,” said the counter girl. “If it had been busier, it could have been a disaster.”

They were standing6 in the alley. “Fire trucks are coming,” said Benny. “Listen.”

They ran along the alley toward the street. As they reached the sidewalk, a woman with bright red hair ran forward. “Where is he?” she demanded.

“Who?” asked Jessie.

But the woman didn’t answer. She pushed past the Aldens, muttering under her breath.

“Jessie,” said Violet. “That was the same woman who was behind the police officer before.” Then Violet remembered the boy in the baseball cap. She looked around, too. But he was nowhere in sight.

Nearby, a firefighter was squirting foam7 on a trash can while a small crowd stood and watched.

“What happened?” asked Benny.

“A fire in the trash can,” the firefighter said. She shook her head. “We’re not sure how it happened, but it looks like someone tried to create a lot of smoke deliberately8.”

Another firefighter emerged from the ice-cream parlor. “Everything’s okay inside,” he said. “No fire there. But the trash can shouldn’t have been so near the door. Someone must have moved it. The smoke is what set off the alarm.”

“If I didn’t know better,” the first firefighter said, “I’d say someone was trying to smoke out the people in the ice-cream parlor.”

The counter girl said, “I told everybody to leave the moment the alarm went off. We left by the rear exit.”

“She didn’t tell us to leave,” Benny said indignantly. “She just ran out!”

But the firefighter didn’t hear Benny’s protest. She was nodding at the girl approvingly. “That’s what you should do,” said the firefighter. “When there is a fire alarm, don’t wait. Leave as quickly and calmly as possible.”

Henry saw a photographer from the local newspaper begin to take pictures of the firefighters and the front of the ice-cream shop. As he did, the reporter who was with him stepped up to speak to the girl who worked there. “Yes,” the Aldens heard her say. “The moment I heard the alarm, I showed everybody the way to the exit and told them to leave. That’s what you’re supposed to do. I guess that makes me a hero.”

“You’re the hero, Henry,” said Jessie. “You helped us all get out of the ice-cream parlor.”

“Well, I guess it’s time for us to go home, anyway,” Henry said.

They got their bicycles and began to walk down Main Street toward home.

Violet stopped and pointed9. “There he is. The boy who was in the ice-cream shop.”

They stood and watched as a red Jeep turned the corner ahead. A young woman with her hair in a long dark braid was driving. The man with the silver hair sat in the backseat. And the boy in the baseball cap was slumped10 down in the front seat.

He looked unhappy.

“That woman,” said Henry. “Don’t you recognize her?”

“Yes!” cried Jessie. “She’s the woman who was so rude to us at the old Radley place yesterday!”


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1 parlor v4MzU     
n.店铺,营业室;会客室,客厅
参考例句:
  • She was lying on a small settee in the parlor.她躺在客厅的一张小长椅上。
  • Is there a pizza parlor in the neighborhood?附近有没有比萨店?
2 cone lYJyi     
n.圆锥体,圆锥形东西,球果
参考例句:
  • Saw-dust piled up in a great cone.锯屑堆积如山。
  • The police have sectioned off part of the road with traffic cone.警察用锥形路标把部分路面分隔开来。
3 cones 1928ec03844308f65ae62221b11e81e3     
n.(人眼)圆锥细胞;圆锥体( cone的名词复数 );球果;圆锥形东西;(盛冰淇淋的)锥形蛋卷筒
参考例句:
  • In the pines squirrels commonly chew off and drop entire cones. 松树上的松鼠通常咬掉和弄落整个球果。 来自辞典例句
  • Many children would rather eat ice cream from cones than from dishes. 许多小孩喜欢吃蛋卷冰淇淋胜过盘装冰淇淋。 来自辞典例句
4 doorway 2s0xK     
n.门口,(喻)入门;门路,途径
参考例句:
  • They huddled in the shop doorway to shelter from the rain.他们挤在商店门口躲雨。
  • Mary suddenly appeared in the doorway.玛丽突然出现在门口。
5 alley Cx2zK     
n.小巷,胡同;小径,小路
参考例句:
  • We live in the same alley.我们住在同一条小巷里。
  • The blind alley ended in a brick wall.这条死胡同的尽头是砖墙。
6 standing 2hCzgo     
n.持续,地位;adj.永久的,不动的,直立的,不流动的
参考例句:
  • After the earthquake only a few houses were left standing.地震过后只有几幢房屋还立着。
  • They're standing out against any change in the law.他们坚决反对对法律做任何修改。
7 foam LjOxI     
v./n.泡沫,起泡沫
参考例句:
  • The glass of beer was mostly foam.这杯啤酒大部分是泡沫。
  • The surface of the water is full of foam.水面都是泡沫。
8 deliberately Gulzvq     
adv.审慎地;蓄意地;故意地
参考例句:
  • The girl gave the show away deliberately.女孩故意泄露秘密。
  • They deliberately shifted off the argument.他们故意回避这个论点。
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 slumped b010f9799fb8ebd413389b9083180d8d     
大幅度下降,暴跌( slump的过去式和过去分词 ); 沉重或突然地落下[倒下]
参考例句:
  • Sales have slumped this year. 今年销售量锐减。
  • The driver was slumped exhausted over the wheel. 司机伏在方向盘上,疲惫得睡着了。
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