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儿童英语读物 灯塔之谜 The Lighthouse Mystery Chapter 9 谁需要朋友?

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CHAPTER 9
Who Needs a Friend?

The Alden family did not stay dumb1 for long.

Tuesday Benny said, “Let’s see if we can find out where Captain Snow lives.”

“Just step down to the store,” said Henry, laughing.

Everyone laughed.

“Wait just a minute until we finish the breakfast dishes,” said Jessie, “and we can all go.”

It was Grandfather who asked Mr. Hall, “Do you know Captain Snow of the Tahiti?”

“I’ll say I know him,” said Mr. Hall. “I’ve known2 him ever since he was a boy. He’s brother to the Cook boy’s mother.”

“Aha!” said Jessie.

“Aha!” said Benny. “That explains a lot of things.”

Mr. Hall leaned3 on the counter4. “Larry always goes over to see his uncle when the Tahiti comes in. His uncle gives him something every time, but nobody has ever found out what it is.”

“Maybe he gets it in a covered pail,” said Benny, looking at Mr. Hall.

“How did you know that?” asked Mr. Hall.

“I saw him come home late one night and he had a pail,” said Benny.

“Sometimes his uncle gives him a box,” said Mr. Hall, “and sometimes a glass can. What do you suppose is in all those things?”

“We think we know,” said Henry. “It’s seaweed or plankton5.”

“And what’s plankton, young feller?”

“It doesn’t grow here close to shore,” said Violet6.

“It grows in the deep sea,” said Henry. “In some places the deep sea is full of it.”

“And what is it?” asked Mr. Hall.

“It’s what a whale eats,” said Benny. “It’s plants and tiny fish and eggs and stuff7 you can’t see with- out a microscope, but whales live on it. The whale takes a big mouthful8 and swallows the plankton and strains9 the water out of his mouth.”

“Fishes eat it, too,” Henry added10. “It’s something like the way land animals feed on growing plants and smaller animals.”

“Plankton tastes awful,” said Benny. “They say there’s enough plankton in the deep sea to feed the world.”

“You don’t say!” said Mr. Hall. “Too bad it doesn’t taste good. But what I want to know is what the Cook boy wants it for.”

“We think he studies it and experiments with it,” said Henry.

“He’s a smart boy all right,” said Mr. Hall. “Maybe Captain Snow would know.”

“Where does he live?” asked Henry.

“Way up the street,” said Mr. Hall. “Do you know where they’re fixing the driveway?”

“Yes, that’s where we got our cement,” said Jessie.

Mr. Hall said, ‘There’s a white house near that corner and that’s Captain Snow’s. He lives with his mother.”

Benny said, “But most of the time he’s out at sea.”

“Yes,” said Mr. Hall. “Most of the time.”

Then Watch began to wag11 his tail. He went to the door.

A tall man came in and said, “Well, hello, dog. You are a good watchdog. Your name ought to be Watch.”

“It is!” cried everybody.

“You’re Captain Snow of the Tahiti,” said Benny. “We were just coming down to see you.”

“Good,” said Captain Snow. “You are the Aldens who went over my ship. Just give me some crackers12 and five pounds of sugar, Mr. Hall. Then I’ll go right home.”

“Do you have to go home?” asked Benny.

“No, I’m not in a hurry. I’m on leave from ship just now.”

“Can you come and sit on our rocks for a while?” asked Henry. “Right over there,” he pointed13.

“Certainly,” said Captain Snow. “I’ll leave the crackers and get them on the way home.” All this time he had his hand on Watch’s head.

“Watch likes you,” said Violet.

“I like dogs,” said Captain Snow.

“Let’s go,” said Benny. “We have five chairs and a table made of rocks.”

“I’ll sit on the table,” said the captain.

“No, Henry will sit on the table,” said Jessie. “His chair will fit you.”

Soon they were sitting on the rocks, talking.

“You see that little house?” said Jessie, pointing to the little white house. “It was a summer kitchen for the lighthouse.”

Henry added, “Mr. Cook, Larry’s father, owns it now. That’s what Mr. Hall told us.”

“I see that it’s empty,” said the Captain.

“But it isn’t empty,” said Benny. “That’s where Larry does his experiments—at least we think so. He stays up most of the night. We don’t know how he gets in—he can’t have a key.”

“I always wondered where he worked,” said Captain Snow. “He doesn’t tell me much, but I know he’s trying to study by himself.”

“He wants to go to college this fall,” said Jessie.

“Everyone in town knows that,” said the captain, laughing. “His father didn’t catch on that Larry was so smart and let him write letters to two colleges.”

“Did they want him?” asked Benny.

“Yes, they both wanted him,” said the captain. “They wanted a young man who has tried to carry on experiments in science by himself.”

Then Grandfather said, “I think he can get the work he wants at Henry’s college. I might talk to the teachers there about him.”

“Both colleges he wrote to wanted him. He chose Adams,” said the captain.

“That’s Henry’s very college,” shouted Benny.

“What do you know about that!” said Henry.

“If he went there, you could take care of him, Henry,” said Benny.

Henry laughed. “He won’t need anybody to take care of him,” he said.

“But you could be his friend,” said Violet.

“He’ll need a friend,” said Captain Snow. “So far his father has said no.”

“But why?” said Benny. “And why does Larry have to hide his work?”

Captain Snow said, “I will tell you that. Tom Cook is a selfish14 man with a quick temper15, but I think he really does love Larry.”

“He doesn’t show it much,” said Benny.

“No, that’s the trouble with them both,” agreed the captain. “I think Larry is afraid his father would spoil16 his experiments if he knew about them.”

“Larry cooked a wonderful supper,” said Violet. “We heard his father was proud of him. He made five hundred dollars for the street lights.”

Captain Snow got up. He said, “Well, I’ll try to help him all I can. I know how interested he is in science. And he seems to have found some good friends.”

After a minute Henry said, “Now the next thing is to make Larry really friendly.”

“How?” asked Jessie.

Violet said, “He is a little friendly now, but that’s because we helped him with the supper.”

“What could we do, Grandfather?” asked Jessie. “Something that would give him a good time?”

“Wait till morning,” said Mr. Alden. “Something may come up.”

Something did come up. And it was very different from anything they had thought of.


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1 dumb 4k1zE     
adj.哑的;不会说话的;笨的;愚蠢的
参考例句:
  • She is very kind to the dumb children.她对哑童非常好。
  • It was dumb of you to say that.你说这种话太愚蠢了。
2 known hpKzdc     
adj.大家知道的;知名的,已知的
参考例句:
  • He is a known artist.他是一个知名的艺术家。
  • He is known both as a painter and as a statesman.他是知名的画家及政治家。
3 leaned 725f4ee64e460865d2a6749276d2ed06     
v.(使)倾斜,屈身( lean的过去式和过去分词 );倚;依赖;使斜靠
参考例句:
  • He leaned forward, his hands clasped tightly together. 他俯身向前,双手十字交错地紧握着。
  • He leaned back, exulting at the success of his plan. 他向后一靠,为自己计划成功而得意扬扬。
4 counter Iznxc     
n.柜台;计数器;adj.相反的;adv.与…相反地;vt.反对,反击;vi.反对,反击
参考例句:
  • This counter is closed now.这个柜台现在已停止营业。
  • Set the counter to zero and you'll know where the recording starts.把计数器拨到零,你就会知道录音从哪儿开始。
5 plankton B2IzA     
n.浮游生物
参考例句:
  • Plankton is at the bottom of the marine food chain.浮游生物处于海洋食物链的最底层。
  • The plankton in the sea feeds many kinds of animals. 海的浮游生物成为很多种动物的食物。
6 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。
7 stuff Itsw1     
n.原料,材料,东西;vt.填满;吃饱
参考例句:
  • We could supply you with the stuff in the raw tomorrow.明天我们可以供应你原材料。
  • He is not the stuff.他不是这个材料。
8 mouthful yFbxr     
n.满口,一口,少量
参考例句:
  • He wants to eat it up at a mouthful.他要一口把它吃掉。
  • He scooped up some water with his hands and took a big mouthful.他捧起水来喝了一大口。
9 strains 7bcacd8086b370ddf76dc450bf050a12     
拉紧( strain的第三人称单数 ); 尽量利用; 尽全力; 过滤
参考例句:
  • The newcomers lacked immunity against local strains of the disease. 新来的人对这一疾病在当地的几种类型缺乏免疫力。
  • The dog strains at the leash, eager to be off. 狗拼命地扯拉皮带,想挣脱开去。
10 added mzJzm0     
adj.更多的,附加的,额外的
参考例句:
  • They have added a new scene at the beginning.在开头他们又增加了一场戏。
  • The pop music added to our enjoyment of the film.片中的流行音乐使我们对这部电影更加喜爱。
11 wag 4MAzt     
v.摇动,摆动
参考例句:
  • Dogs wag their tails when they are pleased.狗一高兴就摇尾巴。
  • I'll not wag an ace further.我一步也不再动啦。
12 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》
13 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。
14 selfish 5z5ww     
adj.自私的,利己主义的,自我中心的
参考例句:
  • You must learn to share and not be so selfish.你一定要学会与他人分享,不要那么自私。
  • She is a selfish person.她是一个自私自利的人。
15 temper 1IVzg     
n.恶劣的心情,心绪焦躁;性情,脾气
参考例句:
  • The man lost his temper and struck out wildly.那人因发怒而大打出手。
  • One day the man flew at me in a temper.一天,那个人冲着我大发脾气。
16 spoil 4rVyC     
n.战利品,赃物,奖品,掠夺,次品;vt.损坏,破坏,溺爱;vi.腐坏,掠夺
参考例句:
  • Don't bunch the flowers up so tightly,you'll spoil them.别把花束得这么紧,会弄坏的。
  • Overacting will only spoil the effect.表演过火,效果反而不好。
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