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儿童英语读物 The Mystery of the Haunted Boxcar CHAPTER 3 A Break-In

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Benny burst out of his room and ran into the room next door. “Henry! Henry!” he cried.

Henry was lying in bed, reading a book. He looked up, surprised. “Benny? What is it? Did you have a bad dream?”

Benny grabbed Henry’s arm. “Come look! Professor Murray was right!” He tried to pull Henry to his feet.

Henry put down the book and struggled to stop Benny from yanking on his arm. “All right, all right! Hang on!” Henry stood up. “Professor Murray was right about what?”

“The boxcar!” Benny said. “It’s haunted. I saw a light.” He pulled Henry over to the window and lifted the shade. “Look!”

Henry looked out, and so did Benny. There was nothing there.

“But — ” Benny sputtered1. “There was a light out there a minute ago. Keep watching. I’m sure it will come back.”

The two boys looked out the window for several minutes. “What exactly did you see before?” Henry asked.

“There was a light near the boxcar,” Benny said. “It was kind of floating around.”

“Are you sure it wasn’t just a dream?” Henry asked, yawning.

“No, it wasn’t a dream!” Benny said. He looked out the window again, but the yard was completely dark.

“Maybe it was lightning,” Henry suggested.

“It didn’t look like lightning,” Benny said. “It floated around, like a ghost.”

Just then the door opened and Jessie and Violet came in, dressed in their pajamas2 and looking sleepy. “What’s going on?” Jessie asked.

“Benny thought he saw a light out near the boxcar,” Henry said.

Jessie and Violet went to the window to look. The yard was still dark.

“I did see a light, but now it’s gone,” Benny said.

“Are you sure you didn’t just dream this?” asked Jessie.

“That’s what I asked,” Henry said.

“No, I didn’t dream it. It was real,” said Benny.

“Well, there’s only one thing to do,” Jessie said.

The others looked at her expectantly. Benny was afraid she’d say that the only thing to do was go back to bed.

But instead she said, “Let’s go take a look.”

“Now?” Benny asked, his eyes widening. “In the dark? In the rain?”

“You’re not going to be able to sleep if you’re wondering about that light,” said Jessie.

The Aldens went downstairs to the back hall. Jessie opened the closet and handed out raincoats. Henry went to the kitchen to get a flashlight.

Watch followed them to the back door. He seemed to be wondering why they were going outside in the middle of the night. He wasn’t about to miss any action.

“We have to be quiet,” Jessie reminded them. “We don’t want to wake up Mrs. McGregor and worry her for no reason.”

Henry pushed the door open slowly, and Watch ran out. The backyard was completely dark. It was still raining lightly. “If anyone’s out there, Watch will bark. Then we’ll head straight back to the house,” said Henry.

He turned on the flashlight with a click and shined it out the open door and around the yard. He didn’t see anybody or anything out of the ordinary. But somehow the backyard looked unfamiliar3 and eerie4 in the glow of the flashlight.

As the Aldens stepped outside, Henry pointed5 the flashlight in the direction of the boxcar. But the boxcar was too far back in the yard for the beam of light to reach it. All they could see was darkness.

“Come on,” said Benny, stepping off the porch and heading across the yard. He was eager to find out what had been making the strange light he’d seen. Jessie and Henry were with him.

Violet walked behind. Now that they were outside, she was beginning to wonder if checking the boxcar was a good idea after all. She reached down and patted Watch’s head. She was glad Watch was with them.

The Aldens walked farther into the darkness. “You guys,” Violet whispered nervously6, “do you think maybe we should go back in? I’m getting wet and — ”

But just then the boxcar came into view. And something definitely was not right.

“Did we leave the door open?” Jessie asked.

“No,” said Violet. “I closed it before we went inside for dinner.”

“Well, it’s open now,” said Henry. He shined the beam of the flashlight across the front of the boxcar. Other than the open door, everything looked normal. There was no sign of any ghosts, no light coming from inside, and everything was completely quiet.

“Is anyone there?” called Henry.

There was no answer. The Aldens moved cautiously toward the boxcar. Jessie, Benny, and Henry stepped up into the doorway7 and peered inside.

“What do you see?” Violet asked.

But they didn’t answer. Instead they disappeared inside.

Violet looked back at the house, wishing she’d stayed in bed. But the house was a long, dark backyard away. She stepped up into the boxcar and gasped8 at what she saw.

One of the chairs was lying on its side, and the neat pile of games had been knocked over onto the floor, spilling pieces everywhere.

There was nobody but the Aldens in the boxcar now.

But someone — or something — had been there that night.


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1 sputtered 96f0fd50429fb7be8aafa0ca161be0b6     
v.唾沫飞溅( sputter的过去式和过去分词 );发劈啪声;喷出;飞溅出
参考例句:
  • The candle sputtered out. 蜡烛噼啪爆响着熄灭了。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
  • The balky engine sputtered and stopped. 不听使唤的发动机劈啪作响地停了下来。 来自辞典例句
2 pajamas XmvzDN     
n.睡衣裤
参考例句:
  • At bedtime,I take off my clothes and put on my pajamas.睡觉时,我脱去衣服,换上睡衣。
  • He was wearing striped pajamas.他穿着带条纹的睡衣裤。
3 unfamiliar uk6w4     
adj.陌生的,不熟悉的
参考例句:
  • I am unfamiliar with the place and the people here.我在这儿人地生疏。
  • The man seemed unfamiliar to me.这人很面生。
4 eerie N8gy0     
adj.怪诞的;奇异的;可怕的;胆怯的
参考例句:
  • It's eerie to walk through a dark wood at night.夜晚在漆黑的森林中行走很是恐怖。
  • I walked down the eerie dark path.我走在那条漆黑恐怖的小路上。
5 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。
6 nervously tn6zFp     
adv.神情激动地,不安地
参考例句:
  • He bit his lip nervously,trying not to cry.他紧张地咬着唇,努力忍着不哭出来。
  • He paced nervously up and down on the platform.他在站台上情绪不安地走来走去。
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 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》
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