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儿童英语读物 棚车少年 Boxcar Children 9 樱桃园趣事

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IX—Fun in the Cherry Orchard1

THE NEXT MORNING Henry thought and thought about taking the other children to pick cherries with him. At last he told his sisters about it as they ate bread and milk for breakfast.

Dr3. Moore said he wanted more children to help. Do you think all of us ought2 to go, Jessie?”

“Well,” said Jessie, “I don’t know. You see, there are four of us. If Grandfather is looking for us, it would be easier to see four than one.”

“Yes, that’s so,” answered Henry. “But we can go down the hill and through the streets two by two. I’ll take Benny and go ahead4. Then in a little while you and Violet5 can come with the dog.”

“Good!” said Jessie. “Watch can tell where you go.”

The children took down the clothesline and shut the door of the car. Everything was in order. Then they started out.

When they arrived at the orchard, they soon saw that they were not the only workers. The doctor was there, and the cook, and two men carrying ladders and baskets.

“Good morning, Henry,” said Mrs. Moore. “Can you work today?”

“Oh, yes,” said Henry. “These are my sisters, Jessie and Violet. They can pick cherries, too. Benny is too young to climb trees, but we had to bring him.”

“Maybe he can carry baskets,” said Dr. Moore, smiling at Benny. “You see, this is a big cherry year, and we have to work fast, once we begin. Maybe he can help fill the little baskets from the big ones.”

“Eat all you want,” said Mrs. Moore. “The cherries are beautiful this year.”

The children didn’t eat all they wanted, but every now and then a big red cherry went into someone’s mouth.

Henry and the girls went up the ladders and began to pick cherries. Watch barked6 for awhile. He did not like to have Jessie climbing the ladder. Then he sat down and looked at her up in the tree.

Benny hurried here and there, carrying baskets to the pickers and eating all the cherries he wanted. Everyone in the orchard liked Benny. The doctor laughed delightedly7 at him, and sweet Mrs. Moore fell in love with him at once. By and by he sat down beside her and carefully filled small baskets with cherries from the big baskets.

The men laughed at the funny things Benny said, and Watch barked happily. By and by the doctor left the orchard to make some calls.

At last Mrs. Moore said, “I never had such happy cherry pickers before. You are having such a good time out here that I don’t want to go in the house.” She smiled.

Mary, the cook, seemed to think the same thing, for she came again and again into the orchard.

After awhile the cook went in to get dinner, but the children still picked cherries. At noon Dr. Moore came home.

“You must stay to dinner,” he said to the children. “We can eat here in the orchard under the trees. Will your mother be watching for you?” When he asked this, he looked at Henry in a queer8 way.

Henry did not know what to say. But at last Jessie said, “No. Our mother and father are dead.”

“Then you must stay,” said Mrs. Moore. “Here comes Mary.”

The cook put a table under the trees, and they all sat around it and ate a delicious dinner. Then Mary went into the house and came out again with big bowls of cherry dumplings.

“I can smell something good!” cried Benny. “Is it cherries?”

“Yes, my little dear,” said Mary. “Cherry dumplings. The cherries are cooked in the dumplings.”

Benny ate his cherry dumpling and then went to sleep with the dog for a pillow9. But Henry and Jessie and Violet began to work again. Mrs. Moore looked out of the window at them.

“Just see how those children work,” she said to Dr. Moore. “And they are so polite, too. I wonder who they are.”

Dr. Moore said nothing. After awhile he went out to the orchard. “You have worked long enough,” he said.

He gave them four dollars and all the cherries they could carry.

“That is too much,” said Henry.

“No,” said Dr. Moore, “it is just right. You see, you are better than most workers, because you are so happy. Come again.”

“I’ll come every day,” said Benny.

They all laughed.

Dr. Moore saw that the children did not all leave the orchard at the same time, but started down the street two by two.

“I wish I knew who they are,” he said to himself.

When the cherry pickers got back to their little home, they looked everything over carefully. But things were just as they had left them. The door was still closed, and the milk and butter were in the refrigerator. The children made a happy supper of bread and butter and cherries and then went to bed in the boxcar.

That same night Dr. Moore sat reading10 the paper. All at once he saw the word LOST and began to read.

“LOST. Four children, two boys and two girls. Somewhere around Greenfield or Silver11 City. Five thousand dollars to anyone who can find them.

James Henry Alden.”

Dr. Moore sat up. “Five thousand dollars!” he said. “James Henry Alden! Oh, my! Oh, my!”

He sat still for a long time, thinking12 and laughing to himself.

“The four children are living in a boxcar, but I shall13 not tell Mr. Alden that they are his grandchildren,” he said.


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1 orchard UJzxu     
n.果园,果园里的全部果树,(美俚)棒球场
参考例句:
  • My orchard is bearing well this year.今年我的果园果实累累。
  • Each bamboo house was surrounded by a thriving orchard.每座竹楼周围都是茂密的果园。
2 ought XJKx4     
v.aux.应该,大概;n.责任
参考例句:
  • Ought I to hand in the homework today?我应当在今天交上作业吗?
  • They ought to be here by now.他们这个时候该到了。
3 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。
4 ahead fKhyM     
adv.在前,向前,提前,在前面
参考例句:
  • We have to go ahead to find a garage.我们得到前边找个修车厂。
  • Youth looks ahead and age backward.青年人向前看,老年人向后看。
5 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。
6 barked 14ef5c716d3ec6b5cf8ea4461ca9d6b6     
v.吠叫( bark的过去式和过去分词 );大声喊出;擦破(或蹭掉)…的皮;厉声发令
参考例句:
  • He fell down the steps and barked his shins. 他从台阶上跌下来,擦破了小腿上的皮。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
  • I barked my shin on a tree stump. 我磕到了树桩上,胫部擦破了皮。 来自《简明英汉词典》
7 delightedly 75f7fa77f0ccdde51b4314ceb9527c03     
adv. 欣喜地,快乐地
参考例句:
  • Delightedly she accepted the invitation. 令人高兴的是她接受了邀请。
  • The others delightedly laid down their papers. 其余的人高兴地放下了手中的报纸。
8 queer f0rzP     
adj.奇怪的,异常的,不舒服的,眩晕的
参考例句:
  • I heard some queer footsteps.我听到某种可疑的脚步声。
  • She has been queer lately.她最近身体不舒服。
9 pillow p2rzd     
n.枕头;枕垫;vt.作…的枕头;垫;枕于;vi.靠在枕上
参考例句:
  • He fell asleep as soon as he touched the pillow.他脑袋一碰枕头就睡着了。
  • She was found asleep on a pillow of leaves.有人看见她枕着树叶睡着了。
10 reading YiGyU     
n.阅读,知识,读物,表演,对法律条文的解释;adj.阅读的
参考例句:
  • Children learn reading and writing at school.孩子们在学校学习阅读和写作。
  • He finds pleasure in reading.他从阅读中得到乐趣。
11 silver AyzwM     
adj.银色的,银的;n.银,银币,银器;vt.镀银,变成银白色
参考例句:
  • I like taking a walk under the silver moon.我喜欢在银色的月光下散步。
  • The family must come together for the parents' silver wedding.全家必须聚会庆祝父母的银婚。
12 thinking ggzz2u     
n.思考,思想;adj.思考的,有理性的;vbl.想,思考
参考例句:
  • All thinking men will protest against it.凡是有思想的人都会抗议这件事。
  • Thinking is mainly performed with words and other symbols.思想主要是用言语和其他符号来表达的。
13 shall lzFwQ     
v.aux.(主要用于第一人称)将
参考例句:
  • I shall always love you.我将永远爱你。
  • Which club shall we join?我们要参加哪个社团?
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