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儿童英语读物 灯塔之谜 The Lighthouse Mystery Chapter 13 最后的惊喜

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CHAPTER 13
A Final Surprise

Grandfather sat forward in his chair.

“Another thing,” he said. “We ought to go home soon.”

“Oh, why?” asked Benny.

Mr. Alden laughed. “I have to work, for one thing.”

Jessie said, “Oh, I suppose you do.”

Henry said, “I must get ready for college, too.”

“I shall miss you all,” said Larry.

“You won’t miss Henry,” said Benny. “You’ll see him every day at college.”

“I can go back to my house this morning,” said Larry. “I feel all right—only weak.”

“I’ll take you in the station wagon,” said Henry, “and Mr. and Mrs. Cook, too.”

Suddenly Mrs. Cook said, “Wait! I have an idea. You must all come to our house for supper.”

Mr. Alden shook his head. “Better not, Mrs. Cook,” he said. “You’ll have enough to do taking care of Larry without cooking a supper for eight. But we’d enjoy it all right.”

“I won’t need a thing,” said Larry. “I’ll just lie down once in a while.”

Mrs. Cook smiled. She said, “Larry isn’t the only one in the family who can cook. I do it, too. And I like it.”

The four young Aldens were looking at Grandfather, hoping he would change his mind.

“Very well,” he said. “We’d love to come if you really feel that way.”

“Good!” said Mrs. Cook. “Come about five and see our yard. “We’ll eat at six.”

Benny said, “I won’t eat much lunch, Mrs. Cook, so I can eat a lot of supper. I bet1 you are just as good a cooker as Larry.”

They all laughed at Benny. “Really,” he said, “I mean it. I’ll eat hardly any lunch at all.”

“I can’t imagine it,” said Henry.

“I’ll get dressed,” said Larry, “and go along home.”

“You’ll have to wear some of my clothes,” said Henry. “Yours aren’t dry yet.”

After the Cook family had gone, Benny said, “Now I wonder what Mrs. Cook will have for supper. It won’t be frankfurters, I’m sure.”

“It won’t be chowder,” said Henry, smiling.

“It won’t be hamburgers,” Benny went on.

“Now, Benny,” said Violet3, “don’t be talking about things to eat all the morning. You make me hungry already.”

“What shall I do, then?”

“You might put up the clothes line. Tie it between the houses. We can get Larry’s things dry in the sun.”

“Shoes and all?” asked Benny.

“Yes. Tie the strings4 together and hang them over the line.”

When the job was done, Benny came in again. “What shall I do now?” he asked.

“Oh, Benny,” cried Jessie. “Go down to the beach and sit and watch the water. We’re very busy.”

Benny went slowly down to the beach. In a minute he shouted, “Oh, come quick! Millions of shells6! Heaps7 and piles of shells! Bushels of shells!”

Everyone ran. They swept the shells and shoveled8 the shells into anything that would hold them. They set them on the rock table. As Mr. Alden worked he said, “I think we’re going to make it. These shells were washed up by the storm. They came from far away.”

The water came in steadily9. At last almost every shell5 was saved.

“We won!” cried Benny. “Now the tide can come in.”

“And now we’ll have fun,” said Mr. Alden. “See if you can find an empty pan10.”

“Here’s a kettle,” said Violet.

“Just the thing, child,” said Mr. Alden. “I think it will be full.”

“What are you going to do?” asked Henry.

“I am going to pick over the shells and save the interesting ones,” said his grandfather.

The children sat down to watch. At once Mr. Alden cried, “Here’s a beautiful red scallop shell, and this black and white one came from far away. These shells never grow around here. That is why some of them are broken.”

Quickly Mr. Alden picked over the shells. He never stopped once.

“My!” said Benny. “You know a lot about shells.”

“I ought to,” said Mr. Alden. “I have studied them all my life. Isn’t this shell beautiful?”

“Say!” cried Benny. “Doesn’t it look something like an olive11? And speaking of olives12, I wonder if Mrs. Cook will have pickles13? If she has hamburger she will have to have pickles.”

“Now, Benny,” said Henry, “stop talking about food. You know you are not hungry yet.”

But all day long Benny was waiting for five o’clock to come. At quarter of five he said, “Don’t you think we could go now? It will take us fifteen minutes to walk to Mrs. Cook’s.”

Henry said, “Oh, so we are going to walk, are we?”

“Henry and I will ride,” said Mr. Alden.

“Wait five minutes more, Benny,” said Henry, “and you can help me wipe off the car. Then we will go.”

They reached the Cooks’ house at exactly five o’clock. Mrs. Cook came around the house from the backyard14. “You are just in time,” she said. “Mr. Cook wants to show you our yard.”

The Aldens were very much surprised when they saw the yard. It was beautiful. There were big bushes15 of flowers and beds filled with flowers. The grass was very green. In the middle was an enormous16 fireplace17 and a long table.

“She does have pickles,” whispered18 Benny to Jessie. There were chairs around the table.

“We might as well eat,” said Mrs. Cook. “We are all here.”

“That’s good,” said Benny. “I’ve been hungy all day.”

“We’ll fill you up,” said Mr. Cook.

Larry sat in a long chair. He looked weak, but he said he felt fine.

“You can help me, Henry,” said Mrs. Cook. Henry came back from the house with a pan of rolls. They were light and brown. They smelled delicious.

Benny whispered again to Jessie, “I still wonder what we will have to go with the rolls.”

He did not have to wait long. Mrs. Cook gave Henry two holders19, and he lifted an enormous pan off the fire. The fire was almost out.

“Oh! Oh! Chicken legs!” yelled20 Benny. “I can eat a lot of those.”

“How many can you eat?” asked Mrs. Cook.

“Well, four anyway,” said Benny. “My friend Mike can eat eight.”

“You can have eight, too, if you want,” said Mrs. Cook, laughing.

But when Benny saw the watermelon, he ate only four chicken legs. Mr. Alden said, “Mrs. Cook, these are delicious. You can certainly cook as well as Larry.”

Suddenly Larry looked toward21 the street. A big car drove22 up quietly and stopped.

“We have more company, Mother,” Larry said, pointing to the car.

“No,” shouted Benny, “it’s our company! It’s Mr. Carter23. He’s getting out now.”

And it was John Carter, one of the men who worked for Grandfather. He had a large black box. He carried it over to where everyone waited.

With a smile he said, “I felt lonesome, and after I read your letters I wanted to see Larry.”

“Well, this is Larry,” said Benny. “He is lying down in that long chair because he was almost drowned in the storm we had.”

“I know,” nodded Mr. Carter. “Your grandfather telephoned me.” He shook hands and said hello to everybody.

All this time Larry looked at the box. He knew what was in it, but he could not believe it might be for him.

Mr. Carter was saying, “Here you are, Larry. From what Mr. Alden told me, I guess you need a bigger microscope. Mine has just been lying around. I haven’t used it for years now that I’m not with the F.B.I. You may keep it.”

Benny carried the box over to Larry for him to open.

Larry’s hands shook so that Benny said, “Maybe your hands are shaking because you almost drowned.”

“No,” said Larry, and his voice shook, too. “It’s because I’m so glad to have a good microscope. I can never thank you enough, Mr. Carter, never!”

“Don’t try,” said Mr. Carter. He and the Aldens were glad to see how pleased Larry was.

“Well, Carter,” said Grandfather, “you didn’t come way up here just to give Larry that microscope. You must have had some other reason.”

Mr. Carter laughed and said, “Well, so I did. I thought I might help you pack. And I brought you a letter from Adams College. It is from a Dr2. William Steere.”

Grandfather read the letter at once. “Good,” he said. “Excellent. Larry, this Dr. Steere wants a boy like you very much.”

“Why, sir?” asked Larry.

“Because he is doing the same work that you are. He is experimenting with seaweed and plankton24 for food.”

“Wonderful!” said Larry. “I’d like to work with him.”

“He says something else,” said Grandfather. “He says that we ought to spend more money getting food from the sea instead of bothering with space.”

“I think so, too,” said Larry. “I suppose we ought to do both. But I am more interested in the sea. Think how deep it is. Miles and miles. And all full of food if we can only get it.”

Mr. Cook put his hand on his son’s shoulder. He said, “I can see that you and Dr. Steere will get along fine.”

John Carter had already eaten, but he had a large piece of watermelon just the same.

When the time came to say good-by to the Cooks, Henry said, “We go back to our real home tomorrow. We’re sorry to go.”

“And we are sorry to see you leave,” Mrs. Cook said.

“But I’ll see you soon,” Larry called, “at college.”

The next day Mr. Carter was a great help. He worked with the girls on the packing and he took some of the bags in his own car.

Benny ran to Mr. Hall’s store to give him the lighthouse keys. When he came back, the family was ready to go.

“I want to ride with Mr. Carter,” said Benny.

“Very well,” said Grandfather. “No reason not to, if Mr. Carter wants you.”

Mr. Carter laughed and said he wanted company. The girls and Grandfather rode with Henry.

They drove past Mr. Hall’s to wave good-by and then past the Cooks before leaving Conley.

At last home again, they told Mrs. McGregor, the housekeeper25, all about their adventures.

Mr. Carter told how well the young people had solved the mystery. “I couldn’t have done better,” he said.

“Oh, yes, you could,” said Jessie. “You used to be an F.B.I. man.”

“No, really, I couldn’t,” said Mr. Carter. “Larry would trust young people more than he would a man. I’m sure of that. You were wonderful with Larry.”

“That’s right, John,” said Grandfather, nodding. “They were.”

The bags were unpacked26 and Henry took the empty car around to the garage.

But the family did not sit around very long doing nothing. Everyone was busy in what was left of the summer.

One day Grandfather and Henry went to a store to get Henry clothes for fall. But Grandfather bought two jackets, not just one. Henry tried them on and said they were just right. One was gray and one was brown. The brown one went into a special box to be mailed to Larry Cook.

Henry wrote a letter saying it was the kind of jacket all the boys wore at Adams.

Then the time came when Henry and Larry went to Adams College. Grandfather went, too. He took the boys into the dean27’s office and told him who Larry was.

Larry sat down near the door. It was half open.

Suddenly Larry stood up looking very much surprised. A tall man came in. He looked at Larry once. Then he looked again. Then he held out his hand and said, “Well, well! Clam28 chowder!”

Larry cried, “Baked beans!” The two shook hands.

“What in the world are you two talking about?” asked Mr. Alden. “Do you know Larry?”

“Yes,” said the tall stranger. “I know he makes the best clam chowder and baked beans that I ever ate!”

The dean laughed. He said, “That makes my work easier, if you know each other. Larry, this is Dr. Steere.”

“Dr. Steere!” cried Larry. “The one I am going to work for?”

“The very one,” said the dean. “Sit down, Dr. Steere. This is Mr. Alden, and this is Henry Alden. They brought Larry along to meet you.”

Dr. Steere looked at Larry. He said, “I have seen your papers29 that you did all alone. You are already doing college work. I will be glad to help you because our work may be important to the whole world.”

“I hope so,” said Larry. “It seems important to me.”

Mr. Alden looked at his watch. “I must go,” he said. “You two boys find your rooms and Henry’s friends, and good luck to you both.”

Mr. Alden shook hands with Larry. He said, “You have a wonderful teacher, my boy. I know you will do well.”

Mr. Alden left and then Dr. Steere left. The boys went to find their rooms and the dean sat alone.

“I like a boy like that Larry,” he thought. “And he has a fine friend in Henry Alden.”

About a month later, Grandfather got a wonderful letter from Henry.

“Read it out loud,” said Jessie.

This is what Mr. Alden read:

Dear Grandfather and All,

Larry and I are so excited! Dr. Steere likes Larry’s work. He has asked him to stay here at the college all summer and work with him. But Larry thinks he shouldn’t do that. He wants to be with his father in the summer. So what do you think? Dr. Steere says he will come to the little white house in Conley and work with Larry. They will fix up the little house and put on a new room. Dr. Steere says he will call it “Cook’s Experiments.” Isn’t that wonderful? He thinks some day Larry will be famous.

I have to tell you that Larry wears his white lab coat all the time. He almost never wears his jacket.

The boys like him and think he is smart.

Love to everybody,          

HENRY

“What wonderful news,” said Jessie. “Aren’t we glad we made friends with Larry Cook?”

“I am very much pleased with you,” said Grandfather. “You young people changed a cross young bear into a fine young man.”

“I think Benny did that mostly,” said Jessie.

“Well, I don’t,” said Benny. “I think we all did it together—and you, Grandfather, and Captain Snow and Watch.”

“Don’t forget Mr. Hall,” said Jessie.

“We’ll never forget Mr. Hall,” said Violet.

“No, sir!” said Benny. “Mr. Hall knows absolutely everything!”


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1 bet ddZy8     
v.打赌,以(与)...打赌;n.赌注,赌金;打赌
参考例句:
  • I bet you can't do this puzzle.我敢说,你解决不了这个难题。
  • I offered to bet with him.我提出与他打赌。
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 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。
4 strings nh0zBe     
n.弦
参考例句:
  • He sat on the bed,idly plucking the strings of his guitar.他坐在床上,随意地拨着吉他的弦。
  • She swept her fingers over the strings of the harp.她用手指划过竖琴的琴弦。
5 shell psfyX     
n.贝壳,壳,外形;v.去壳,脱落;n.[计算机] DOS命令:安装备用的COMMAND.COM文件,并改变环境尺寸
参考例句:
  • Please shell some peanuts for the cake.请为做点心剥点胡花生。
  • This kind of beetles have hard shell.这类甲虫有坚硬的外壳。
6 shells 6cada1b5279cf64ec485c08de4d14f53     
n.(贝、卵、坚果等的)壳( shell的名词复数 );外壳;炮弹;(人的)表面性格
参考例句:
  • We collected shells on the beach. 我们在海滩拾贝壳。
  • But at last the shells cracked, one after another. 最后,蛋壳一个接着一个地裂开了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
7 heaps heaps     
adv. <口>很, 非常地 名词heap的复数形式
参考例句:
  • They brought home heaps of travel brochures. 他们将成堆的旅行手册带回家。
  • The machine flung up great heaps of earth. 这台机器抛起了大片的土。
8 shoveled e51ace92204ed91d8925ad365fab25a3     
vt.铲,铲出(shovel的过去式与过去分词形式)
参考例句:
  • The hungry man greedily shoveled the food into his mouth. 那个饥饿的人贪婪地、大口大口地吃。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
  • They shoveled a path through the snow. 他们在雪中铲出一条小路。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
9 steadily Qukw6     
adv.稳定地;不变地;持续地
参考例句:
  • The scope of man's use of natural resources will steadily grow.人类利用自然资源的广度将日益扩大。
  • Our educational reform was steadily led onto the correct path.我们的教学改革慢慢上轨道了。
10 pan YKHxG     
n.平底锅;v.严厉批评
参考例句:
  • The water had all boiled away and the pan was burned.水煮干了,锅也烧坏了。
  • The eggs were frying in the pan.鸡蛋正在锅里煎。
11 olive yI2x1     
n.橄榄,橄榄树,橄榄色;adj.黄绿色的,黄褐色的,橄榄色的
参考例句:
  • Have you eaten a kind of fruit called olive?你吃过橄榄这种水果吗?
  • She likes olive because It'symbolizes peace.她喜欢橄榄色因为它象征着和平。
12 olives db79e16594b0f8d2bf503a67c9f1f97d     
n.橄榄( olive的名词复数 );橄榄树;橄榄色;油橄榄
参考例句:
  • We sat drinking wine and nibbling olives. 我们坐在那儿,喝着葡萄酒嚼着橄榄。
  • He sent her two pieces of olives in letter. 他在信中给她夹了两片橄榄树的叶子。 来自《简明英汉词典》
13 pickles fd03204cfdc557b0f0d134773ae6fff5     
n.腌菜( pickle的名词复数 );处于困境;遇到麻烦;菜酱
参考例句:
  • Most people eat pickles at breakfast. 大多数人早餐吃腌菜。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • I want their pickles and wines, and that.' 我要他们的泡菜、美酒和所有其他东西。” 来自英汉文学 - 金银岛
14 backyard hymz8B     
n.后院,后庭
参考例句:
  • I parked the car in the backyard.我把汽车停在后院。
  • The residents didn't want a new factory in their backyard.居民不希望在他们住地附近建新工厂。
15 bushes 34aa67dd9b2ec411c4fcb7109a0f5922     
n.灌木(丛)( bush的名词复数 );[机械学](金属)衬套;[电学](绝缘)套管;类似灌木的东西(尤指浓密的毛发或皮毛)
参考例句:
  • There was someone skulking behind the bushes. 有人藏在灌木后面。
  • The boy chased his sister in and out among the bushes. 那个男孩在灌木丛里跟着他姐姐追过来追过去。 来自《简明英汉词典》
16 enormous xoExz     
adj.巨大的;庞大的
参考例句:
  • An enormous sum of money is injected each year into teaching.每年都有大量资金投入到教学中。
  • They wield enormous political power.他们行使巨大的政治权力。
17 fireplace YjUxz     
n.壁炉,炉灶
参考例句:
  • The fireplace smokes badly.这壁炉冒烟太多。
  • I think we should wall up the fireplace.我想应该封住壁炉。
18 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》
19 holders 79c0e3bbb1170e3018817c5f45ebf33f     
支持物( holder的名词复数 ); 持有者; (支票等)持有人; 支托(或握持)…之物
参考例句:
  • Slaves were mercilessly ground down by slave holders. 奴隶受奴隶主的残酷压迫。
  • It is recognition of compassion's part that leads the up-holders of capital punishment to accuse the abolitionists of sentimentality in being more sorry for the murderer than for his victim. 正是对怜悯的作用有了认识,才使得死刑的提倡者指控主张废除死刑的人感情用事,同情谋杀犯胜过同情受害者。
20 yelled aeee2b86b284e7fbd44f45779d6073c1     
v.叫喊,号叫,叫着说( yell的过去式和过去分词 )
参考例句:
  • He yelled at the other driver. 他冲着另一位司机大叫。
  • The lost man yelled, hoping someone in the woods would hear him. 迷路的人大声喊着,希望林子里的人会听见。 来自《简明英汉词典》
21 toward on6we     
prep.对于,关于,接近,将近,向,朝
参考例句:
  • Suddenly I saw a tall figure approaching toward the policeman.突然间我看到一个高大的身影朝警察靠近。
  • Upon seeing her,I smiled and ran toward her. 看到她我笑了,并跑了过去。
22 drove brAxi     
vbl.驾驶,drive的过去式;n.畜群
参考例句:
  • He drove at a speed of sixty miles per hour.他以每小时60英里的速度开车。
  • They drove foreign goods out of the market.他们把外国货驱逐出市场。
23 carter carter     
n.运货马车夫,赶大车的人;卡车司机
参考例句:
  • Although fatigue shows readily on Carter, he bounces back quickly. 卡特虽然容易显出疲劳的样子,但他恢复得很快。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • The carter flipped at the horse with his whip. 赶大车的人扬鞭朝着马轻轻地抽打。 来自《简明英汉词典》
24 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。
25 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。
26 unpacked 78a068b187a564f21b93e72acffcebc3     
v.从(包裹等)中取出(所装的东西),打开行李取出( unpack的过去式和过去分词 );拆包;解除…的负担;吐露(心事等)
参考例句:
  • I unpacked my bags as soon as I arrived. 我一到达就打开行李,整理衣物。
  • Our guide unpacked a picnic of ham sandwiches and offered us tea. 我们的导游打开装着火腿三明治的野餐盒,并给我们倒了些茶水。 来自辞典例句
27 Dean lmUyu     
n.(大学)院长,系主任,教务长
参考例句:
  • The students much like the new dean.学生们很喜欢这位新系主任。
  • Who is the dean of the Foreign Languages Department?外语系主任是谁?
28 clam Fq3zk     
n.蛤,蛤肉
参考例句:
  • Yup!I also like clam soup and sea cucumbers.对呀!我还喜欢蛤仔汤和海参。
  • The barnacle and the clam are two examples of filter feeders.藤壶和蛤类是滤过觅食者的两种例子。
29 papers qmQzJz     
n.文件,纸币,论文
参考例句:
  • I want to check with my secretary before I sign the papers.在签署这些文件前,我要与我的秘书商议。
  • The lawyer read all the papers relating to the case.律师阅读了与该案有关的全部文件。
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