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儿童英语读物 The Finders Keepers Mystery CHAPTER 10 A Treasure in a Treasure

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Henry helped violet spread the hops1 quilt across two chairs.

Then Jessie took a tiny pair of scissors out of a carrying case in her pocket. “Coral lent me these,” she explained.

She leaned over and began, very, very carefully to cut the threads that held the outside edges of the quilt together.

“What are you doing?” Lina exclaimed.

“Watch,” said Violet.

Jessie cut the seam down one side of the old quilt, then folded back the edges.

Tucked inside the hops quilt was another quilt — a beautiful, brilliantly colored quilt in a familiar pattern.

“It’s the Wedding Ring quilt!” said Benny.

Lina leaped up. “Let me get another pair of scissors!” she exclaimed.

Soon they had snipped2 all the knots that held the two sides of the old quilt together. Those knots had held the new quilt against the old quilt, inside of it.

At last the hidden quilt was revealed.

“Oh!” said Violet. “It’s even more beautiful than I thought it would be.”

“And look — here’s the date and your aunt’s initials,” Jessie pointed3 out.

“The same year as that last letter,” Henry said.

Lina gazed at the quilt in wonder. “I don’t believe it. I don’t believe it,” she said over and over. “Hope must have hidden it away because it was too sad for her to look at it,” Violet guessed.

“But it also gave her comfort to have it near her,” Henry added. “That’s why the hops quilt covering is so worn — Hope loved it to pieces.”

“How did you ever figure this out?” Lina asked.

“We realized that a quilt could hide another quilt when we saw Coral making a quilted cover for a pillow,” Henry explained.

“And then Benny wanted a cover for Watch’s dog bed, because it is old and faded. That made me think of this old quilt, all worn and faded. And suddenly I wondered if the worn, faded quilt could be on the outside and another quilt could be inside,” Violet said.

“Look,” said Benny. He pointed to the quilt. “There’s an extra ring on that part.”

They all looked. Sure enough, a small green ring of fabric4 had been patched on top of the design on one corner of the quilt.

“How strange,” said Lina. “Why would Great-great-aunt Hope do that?”

Jessie reached out to touch the tiny green ring. “It’s lumpy,” she said.

“And hard,” added Violet, squeezing the corner.

“The rest of the quilt isn’t lumpy,” said Benny.

Henry said, “It feels like there’s something inside of it.”

“The ring!” exclaimed Violet. “The green ring the color of Hope’s eyes! Robert wasn’t writing about the quilt after all. He meant…” She took the scissors and knelt down. Before anyone could say anything, she had worked three tiny stitches loose. She slid her finger under the patch. She looked up. “It’s here,” she said.

Now Lina knelt down, too. She carefully and delicately cut the remaining stitches that held the small green circle onto the quilt. As the last stitch came free, a gold ring with a glinting green stone fell out.

“An emerald ring!” gasped5 Jessie.

“Great-great-aunt Hope’s engagement ring,” whispered Lina. “Green like her eyes. There was a hidden treasure, after all!”

“Two hidden treasures!” said Benny. “The ring and the quilt.”

“The quilt inside a quilt,” said Henry. “And the ring inside a ring,” said Violet. “A mystery inside a mystery,” agreed Jessie.

“And we solved them both,” said Benny.

The shop bell tinkled6 and Coral looked up. She beamed at the Aldens and at Lina, who stood in the doorway7. “Come in, come in,” she said.

“We brought a copy of the newspaper for you to see,” said Benny.

“I’ve seen it! I’ve put it up on the wall!” said Coral, motioning.

On a bulletin board on one side of the shop was the article from the local newspaper. MYSTERY QUILT HOLDS HIDDEN TREASURE, the headline said, and in smaller letters, AND IS ONE, TOO, SAYS EXPERT.

“My name and my shop’s name are in the article,” Coral said, “for helping8 to solve the mystery. It’s been great for business.”

“How’s Mr. Grey’s business?” asked Lina.

“Ha! He’s put a FOR SALE sign in the window,” said Coral. She shook her head. “Who could believe a nice man like that could be so sneaky? And I heard Regina Lott has taken a job in another town.”

“I hope she’s learned that there are better ways to get a story than trying to steal one,” Henry said.

“Yes, because when she did that, she missed the biggest story of all,” said Violet.

“There’s going to be another story when they put the quilts on display at the museum,” said Jessie. “It was nice of you to let Mr. Munsey borrow them, Lina. But I’m glad you’ll be getting them back.”

Lina looked down at the emerald on her hand. “It’s what Great-great-aunt Hope would have wanted,” she said.

“We solved the mystery,” Benny said. “We’ve sewed this case up.”

Everyone laughed. “We sure have, Benny,” said Henry. “We sure have.”


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1 hops a6b9236bf6c7a3dfafdbc0709208acc0     
跳上[下]( hop的第三人称单数 ); 单足蹦跳; 齐足(或双足)跳行; 摘葎草花
参考例句:
  • The sparrow crossed the lawn in a series of hops. 那麻雀一蹦一跳地穿过草坪。
  • It is brewed from malt and hops. 它用麦精和蛇麻草酿成。
2 snipped 826fea38bd27326bbaa2b6f0680331b5     
v.剪( snip的过去式和过去分词 )
参考例句:
  • He snipped off the corner of the packet. 他将包的一角剪了下来。 来自辞典例句
  • The police officer snipped the tape and untied the hostage. 警方把胶带剪断,松绑了人质。 来自互联网
3 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。
4 fabric 3hezG     
n.织物,织品,布;构造,结构,组织
参考例句:
  • The fabric will spot easily.这种织品很容易玷污。
  • I don't like the pattern on the fabric.我不喜欢那块布料上的图案。
5 gasped e6af294d8a7477229d6749fa9e8f5b80     
v.喘气( gasp的过去式和过去分词 );喘息;倒抽气;很想要
参考例句:
  • She gasped at the wonderful view. 如此美景使她惊讶得屏住了呼吸。
  • People gasped with admiration at the superb skill of the gymnasts. 体操运动员的高超技艺令人赞叹。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
6 tinkled a75bf1120cb6e885f8214e330dbfc6b7     
(使)发出丁当声,(使)发铃铃声( tinkle的过去式和过去分词 ); 叮当响着发出,铃铃响着报出
参考例句:
  • The sheep's bell tinkled through the hills. 羊的铃铛叮当叮当地响彻整个山区。
  • A piano tinkled gently in the background. 背景音是悠扬的钢琴声。
7 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。
8 helping 2rGzDc     
n.食物的一份&adj.帮助人的,辅助的
参考例句:
  • The poor children regularly pony up for a second helping of my hamburger. 那些可怜的孩子们总是要求我把我的汉堡包再给他们一份。
  • By doing this, they may at times be helping to restore competition. 这样一来, 他在某些时候,有助于竞争的加强。
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