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儿童英语读物 The Giant Yo-Yo Mystery CHAPTER 5 Missing Plans

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Jessie went back to the microfiche machine. She searched all around it, but Henry’s backpack wasn’t there.

Violet and Benny checked under all the tables and chairs while Henry paced nervously1 back and forth2.

“My cell phone was in there,” he moaned3. “And so were our library books and the plans for Jeff’s yo-yo.”

Violet bit her lip.

“Any luck?” Jessie asked when she returned from the microfiche machine.

The others all shook their heads.

Jessie sighed. “Maybe someone picked it up by mistake?” she offered.

“We could see if the library has a lost and found,” Violet suggested.

So the Aldens headed back to the reference4 desk. Jessie turned in the microfiche film they had borrowed. Then Henry said, “Do you have a lost and found here? My backpack seems to be missing.”

“We do,” the librarian said. “I don’t think we have any backpacks in there right now, but I can go take a look. What does yours look like?”

“It’s green on the top and black on the sides, and it’s got two big pockets on the front,” Henry said.

The librarian tapped her fingers on the counter. “You know, I saw a gentleman with a backpack like that just a few minutes ago. I saw him go into the men’s room. I don’t know if he’s still in the library or if he left after that.”

“Thanks,” Jessie said to the librarian as they moved away from the desk. She turned to Henry. “Maybe you and Benny can check out the men’s room and the first floor of the library while Violet and I search the second floor.”

“Good idea,” Henry said.

So the four of them split5 up. Jessie and Violet started walking up and down the fiction aisles6, searching every shelf they passed. They’d gotten through five aisles when Benny came to get them.

“Henry found his backpack,” Benny said. “It was in the men’s room.”

Jessie, Violet, and Benny went to meet Henry in the library lobby7. They found him sitting on a bench, rifling through his backpack.

“Is everything there?” Violet asked worriedly.

“Everything except the plans for Jeff’s yo-yo,” Henry replied.

“I hope Jeff has another copy of those plans,” Violet said as the children left the library.

“I’m sure he does,” Henry said, “I can’t believe he’d give us his only copy. Still, it bothers me that we lost them. Jeff trusted us.”

“We didn’t just lose them,” Jessie pointed8 out. “Somebody stole them. Somebody knew they were in your bag, Henry, and they took them out of there.”

“Maybe it was the person who drives the gray station wagon9.” Henry said. “Maybe he saw Jeff give them to me last night and that’s why he followed us.”

“But he probably didn’t want us to know he was following us last night,” Benny said. “That’s why he kept going when Grandfather pulled over.”

“And that’s why he’s been more careful about staying out of sight today,” Henry said. “We’ve seen the car, but we’ve never seen the person driving it.”

“Jeff thinks the car belongs to Erik Thorton,” Violet said as they crossed Second Street. “But why would Erik want the plans for the yo-yo? He wants Jeff to quit building the yo-yo because he and his mom are afraid the yo-yo will fall and people will get hurt, right?”

“That’s probably what Mrs. Thorton is worried about,” Jessie said. “But maybe Erik has other ideas.”

“What do you mean, Jessie?” Benny asked.

“Well, maybe Erik still wants to build the world’s largest yo-yo himself? Maybe he stole Jeff’s plans to see if Jeff has a better idea of how to do it than he had?”

“That’s an interesting theory, Jessie,” Henry said.

“In fact, maybe he took the flash card out of Jeff’s camera, too, so he could see how Jeff built the yo-yo so far,” Benny added.

“Maybe we should go back to Jeff’s shop and ask him whether Erik has ever been in the shop,” Jessie said.

“That’s a good idea,” Henry said. “And I should tell Jeff that the yo-yo plans are missing.”

So the children made one more call to Grandfather, then walked back to the shop.

“I don’t see that gray station wagon,” Violet said as they turned onto the street where Jeff’s shop was. But there was a blue truck parked in the small lot in front of Jeff’s shop.

“I wonder whose truck that is,” Benny said.

The Aldens walked across the parking lot and went inside Jeff’s shop.

Emily whirled10 around when the door opened. She was standing11 at the printer. Her boyfriend Todd was spinning in Jeff’s chair.

“What are you kids doing here?” Todd asked, glaring12 at them.

“We came to talk to Jeff,” Violet said.

“Well, Jeff isn’t here,” Emily said impatiently. She turned back to the printer and tugged13 at a piece of paper that seemed to be stuck inside.

“Do you know when he’ll be back?” Henry asked. “Nope,” Emily said. “You can wait around for him if you want. But I’ve got everything done that I can do today, so I’m heading out. As soon as I get this paper out.” She tugged at the paper some more.

“Looks like you’ve got a paper jam there,” Jessie said. “Maybe I can help?”

Emily stepped aside as Jessie walked over to the printer. Jessie tried pushing the clear jam button on the printer, but that didn’t work. So she turned the printer around, opened the back panel14 and pulled out a crumpled15 sheet of paper.

“Here you go.” Jessie started to hand the paper to Emily, but then she noticed what the first couple lines of the paper said. Dear Jeff, I’ve really enjoyed working for you these last couple of months, but the time has come for me to move on.

Jessie looked at Emily. “Are you quitting your job?” she asked.

Emily took the paper from Jessie. “Yes, I’m quitting. Todd is opening his own custom furniture shop. I’ll work for Jeff for two more weeks. Then I’m going to work for Todd.”

Emily wadded up the paper in her hand and tossed16 it in the garbage can. “I think I better reprint this,” she said.

Todd sighed. He checked his watch. “Well, hurry up. We need to get going.”

Emily went to the computer, opened her document and started it printing it again.

“Does Jeff know you’re quitting?” Henry asked. Jeff seemed to really like Emily. He wasn’t going to be happy to hear she was quitting.

“Not yet,” Emily admitted. “But he’ll find out tomorrow when he gets this letter. I’ll talk to him about it then.”

Todd stood up. “Are you ready to go, Emily?” Todd asked.

“Just about,” Emily said. She stuck her safety goggles17 in the pocket of her work jacket, hung the jacket up, then she picked up her purse from the floor. There was a rolled-up paper sticking out of the purse. It looked like there were math formulas on the paper.

“Hey, what’s that paper in your bag?” Benny asked. Was it the plans for the yo-yo?

“This?” Emily asked, pulling the rolled-up paper out and glancing at it.

“Oh, that’s nothing,” she said. She quickly shoved18 the paper all the way down the bag and turned to her boyfriend. “We should go.”

“Yes,” he said, his hand on the doorknob. “See you kids later.”

“Make sure you lock up when you leave,” Emily told the children. “We wouldn’t want anyone to break into Jeff’s shop during the night.”

Then Emily and Todd were gone.


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1 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。
2 forth Hzdz2     
adv.向前;向外,往外
参考例句:
  • The wind moved the trees gently back and forth.风吹得树轻轻地来回摇晃。
  • He gave forth a series of works in rapid succession.他很快连续发表了一系列的作品。
3 moaned 10b26e41ea09a23927a91dc447f839a8     
v.呻吟,悲叹( moan的过去式和过去分词 );抱怨;发出萧萧声
参考例句:
  • Facer moaned out a sound and then closed his eyes. 费塞呻吟了一声,然后就闭上了眼睛。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • The sick child moaned a little, and then fell asleep. 那个生病的孩子呻吟了一会儿就睡着了。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
4 reference IACzU     
n.提到,说到,暗示,查看,查阅
参考例句:
  • We spent days going through all related reference material.我们花了好多天功夫查阅所有有关的参考资料。
  • I like to have my reference books within my reach.我喜欢把参考书放到伸手可取的地方。
5 split avXwG     
n.劈开,裂片,裂口;adj.分散的;v.分离,分开,劈开
参考例句:
  • Who told you that Mary and I had split up?谁告诉你玛丽和我已经离婚了?
  • The teacher split the class up into six groups.老师把班级分成6个小组。
6 aisles aisles     
n. (席位间的)通道, 侧廊
参考例句:
  • Aisles were added to the original Saxon building in the Norman period. 在诺曼时期,原来的萨克森风格的建筑物都增添了走廊。
  • They walked about the Abbey aisles, and presently sat down. 他们走到大教堂的走廊附近,并且很快就坐了下来。
7 lobby lobby     
n.前厅,(剧院的)门廊
参考例句:
  • As he walked through the lobby,he skirted a group of ladies.他穿过门厅时,绕过了一群女士。
  • The delegates entered the assembly hall by way of the lobby.代表们通过大厅进入会场。
8 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。
9 wagon XhUwP     
n.四轮马车,手推车,面包车;无盖运货列车
参考例句:
  • We have to fork the hay into the wagon.我们得把干草用叉子挑进马车里去。
  • The muddy road bemired the wagon.马车陷入了泥泞的道路。
10 whirled 7034552cb33a8cbc30fc9e5358ba22b2     
v.(使)飞快移动,使旋转( whirl的过去式和过去分词 )
参考例句:
  • Leaves whirled in the wind. 落叶在风中旋转。
  • A tornado whirled into the town last week. 龙卷风上周袭击了这座城市。 来自《简明英汉词典》
11 standing 2hCzgo     
n.持续,地位;adj.永久的,不动的,直立的,不流动的
参考例句:
  • After the earthquake only a few houses were left standing.地震过后只有几幢房屋还立着。
  • They're standing out against any change in the law.他们坚决反对对法律做任何修改。
12 glaring XsNzSl     
a.耀眼的,极度光亮的;显眼的,显著的
参考例句:
  • At the examination he made several glaring blunders,and that did for him. 他在考试中出了几个大错,这下就完了。
  • The report contained some glaring errors. 报告中有些大错误。
13 tugged 8a37eb349f3c6615c56706726966d38e     
v.用力拉,使劲拉,猛扯( tug的过去式和过去分词 )
参考例句:
  • She tugged at his sleeve to get his attention. 她拽了拽他的袖子引起他的注意。
  • A wry smile tugged at the corner of his mouth. 他的嘴角带一丝苦笑。 来自《简明英汉词典》
14 panel l4IzD     
n.面,板,专门小组,控制板,仪表盘
参考例句:
  • The unusual control panel on the walls caught our attention.墙上不同寻常的控制板引起了我们的注意。
  • The panel of judges included several well-known writers.评判小组中包括几位知名作家。
15 crumpled crumpled     
adj. 弯扭的, 变皱的 动词crumple的过去式和过去分词形式
参考例句:
  • She crumpled the letter up into a ball and threw it on the fire. 她把那封信揉成一团扔进了火里。
  • She flattened out the crumpled letter on the desk. 她在写字台上把皱巴巴的信展平。
16 tossed 1788eb02316d84175e2a5be1da07e7bf     
v.(轻轻或漫不经心地)扔( toss的过去式和过去分词 );(使)摇荡;摇匀;(为…)掷硬币决定
参考例句:
  • I tossed the book aside and got up. 我把书丢在一边,站了起来。
  • He angrily tossed his tools and would work no longer. 他怒气冲冲地扔下工具不肯再干了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
17 goggles hsJzYP     
n.护目镜
参考例句:
  • Skiers wear goggles to protect their eyes from the sun.滑雪者都戴上护目镜使眼睛不受阳光伤害。
  • My swimming goggles keep steaming up so I can't see.我的护目镜一直有水雾,所以我看不见。
18 shoved d0b636805ac8dab7dd54aef6bbf9ba69     
推,猛推,乱推( shove的过去式和过去分词 ); 乱放; 随便放; 胡乱丢
参考例句:
  • The people shoved to get on the bus. 人们你推我挤争着上公共汽车。
  • He shoved me roughly aside. 他粗暴地把我推到了一边。
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