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儿童英语读物 The Dog-Gone Mystery CHAPTER 5 Blue Eyes

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Roxanne looked at Grayson’s leash1, which was still tied to a small tree. “Your dog broke his leash and ran away,” she said.

Suddenly Mr. Kovack and his bloodhound came running from the nearby park. “What’s wrong?” asked Mr. Kovack. “I heard somebody scream.”

“Grayson Majesty2 is gone,” cried Mrs. Servus. “Please help me find him. He broke loose from his leash.”

“We’ll help you find him,” Violet3 said to Mrs. Servus.

“Yes,” said Jessie. “Maybe we should start looking right now?” she asked Roxanne.

But Roxanne wasn’t listening. She was looking at Mr. Kovack. “I trusted you,” she said. “Now look what’s happened.”

Henry wondered what Roxanne meant about trusting Mr. Kovack. He also wondered what Mr. Kovack was doing here. “You said you couldn’t stay,” Henry said to him. “But you’re still here.”

“I took Christie for a walk first,” answered Mr. Kovack.

Henry picked up the end of the leash that wasn’t tied to the tree. There was no ragged4 tear across the leather. Instead, there was a very clean cut. “This leash wasn’t broken,” said Henry. “It looks like somebody cut it.”

“Let me see that,” demanded Mr. Kovack. He looked at the leash, then he looked at Henry. Roxanne looked over his shoulder. “This leash has been cut,” said Mr. Kovack. He turned to Mrs. Servus.

“I’m sorry,” he said, “but it looks as if somebody cut this leash and took your dog.” Mr. Kovack rolled up the leash and put it in his pocket.

“Took?” asked Mrs. Servus. “You mean stole? Grayson has been stolen?” Mrs. Servus was very upset. She was pacing around in circles, waving her arms.

Violet felt very sorry for her.

All at once Mrs. Servus stopped in front of Roxanne. “This is your fault,” she shouted. “You run a training school where dogs are stolen!”

“N-n-no, I don’t,” said Roxanne. “I don’t know why this is happening.”

Now Violet felt bad for Roxanne.

“You are in big trouble,” Mrs. Servus told Roxanne. “Grayson Majesty is a purebred malamute. He’s worth big money! He’s a valuable show dog.”

“That’s not true,” said Mr. Kovack.

Everybody turned to look at him.

“What’s not true?” asked Jessie.

“It’s not true that Grayson is a valuable show dog,” Mr. Kovack said.

“Yes, he is!” said Mrs. Servus. She turned to Roxanne. “He’s worth big money and I’m going to make you pay.”

“No,” begged Roxanne. “Please don’t do that.”

“We’ll help you find your dog,” Henry said to Mrs. Servus. “We’re good at finding5 things.”

But nobody listened to what Henry was saying. Everybody was shouting at everybody else.

“Your dog isn’t a valuable show dog because he isn’t a purebred malamute,” said Mr. Kovack to Mrs. Servus.

Mrs. Servus gasped6. “Yes he is. My dog is a purebred malamute!”

Mr. Kovack just shook his head. “No,” he said. “Your dog has blue eyes. Only dark-eyed malamutes are purebred. The ones with blue eyes can’t enter shows for purebred malamutes.”

Now Mrs. Servus was even more upset. She was so upset she began to hiccup7 and couldn’t speak.

Violet remembered what Mrs. Servus had said about her dog’s eyes the first day of class.

“Mrs. Servus must want people to think that Grayson is a show dog,” she whispered to Jessie. “That’s why she wouldn’t admit he has blue eyes.”

“Please don’t be upset,” Henry told Mrs. Servus. “It doesn’t matter what color your dog’s eyes are. He’s still the best dog in the world to you.”

Mrs. Servus looked at Henry gratefully. She nodded her head. “Yes. I just want him back.” Tears filled her eyes.

“I think we should start looking for Grayson,” Jessie said.

“Yes,” said Henry. “Right now.”

“You kids are right,” muttered8 Mr. Kovack. “Henry, can you take charge and lead the search?”

“Sure,” said Henry.

Mr. Kovack turned to Roxanne. “I’d better get to my meeting,” he said. “But you can help with the search.”

“Uh, well, uh,” said Roxanne. “I mean, I can’t help search. I’d like to, but I have to get ready for my next class. Sorry about that.”

Violet noticed that Mrs. Servus frowned9 at Roxanne.

Henry organized everybody into four groups. He sent each group in a different direction, with instructions to ask questions to everyone they met.

Roxanne stayed behind. So did Mr. Kovack, who hadn’t left yet.

“I’ll watch your dogs for you,” Roxanne told the dog owners.

But nobody wanted to leave their dogs with Roxanne. Everybody took their dog with them.

Jessie and Mr. Smith were on the same team. Watch and Wrinkles10 seemed to like each other.

Jessie and Mr. Smith walked by the Bread Loaf Bakery. They asked Mr. Brooks11 if he had seen Grayson Majesty.

“You mean he’s missing12?” asked Mr. Brooks.

“I’m afraid so,” answered Mr. Smith. “His leash was cut. We’re afraid he was stolen. And Roxanne won’t help us look.”

Mr. Brooks was silent. Finally, he spoke13. “I don’t think Roxanne stole Boxcar or Grayson,” he said.

“What made you change your mind?” asked Jessie.

“Roxanne is just too good a person to steal a dog,” Mr. Brooks replied. “She came to my shop at lunch and we had a long talk. She told me she would never steal a dog. I believe her. That’s why I made cookies and lemonade for the class.”

After the Bread Loaf Bakery, Jessie and Mr. Smith visited five more stores and talked to six people on the street. Then they reached Clip14 and Yip.

Mr. Smith tried to open the door, but the store was closed. “Why isn’t Clip and Yip open?” he asked. “How can I bring Wrinkles here if the store isn’t open?”

“I don’t know why it’s not open,” said Jessie. “It was open yesterday, when we took Watch in for grooming15.”

At the end of an hour, all the searchers met in the Dog Gone Good parking lot. They checked inside the building to see if Grayson had returned. He hadn’t.

Mrs. Servus was very sad. “Please don’t worry,” said Jessie. “We will help you find your dog.” She told Mrs. Servus that she and Henry and Violet and Benny could make a poster of Grayson and put it in store windows.

Mrs. Servus gave them a picture of Grayson Majesty and Jessie wrote down all the information about him.

“You can say that he has blue eyes,” said Mrs. Servus. “That might help somebody recognize him.”

“Okay,” said Jessie.

As the children walked out to their bikes, Mr. Kovack came from behind the building.

Mr. Kovack looked at the Aldens. “You kids probably wonder why I’m still here.”

“Yes,” said Henry. “You said you had a meeting.”

“I’m still here because a stolen dog is more important than a meeting,” said Mr. Kovack. Then he walked away.

“Maybe he never had a meeting,” said Henry. The others nodded. It was hard to tell when Mr. Kovack was telling the truth.

When the Aldens got home they put their bikes away and fed Watch. Then they made another Lost Dog flyer. They printed out fifty copies.

Benny took a flyer and looked at it. “I wish we knew who stole Boxcar and Grayson,” he said.

Violet looked at the flyer, too. She noticed something. “Boxcar and Grayson both have blue eyes!” she said.

“That’s true,” said Henry.

“Do you think it means something?” asked Jessie.

But no one had the answer to that.


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1 leash M9rz1     
n.牵狗的皮带,束缚;v.用皮带系住
参考例句:
  • I reached for the leash,but the dog got in between.我伸手去拿系狗绳,但被狗挡住了路。
  • The dog strains at the leash,eager to be off.狗拼命地扯拉皮带,想挣脱开去。
2 majesty MAExL     
n.雄伟,壮丽,庄严,威严;最高权威,王权
参考例句:
  • The king had unspeakable majesty.国王有无法形容的威严。
  • Your Majesty must make up your mind quickly!尊贵的陛下,您必须赶快做出决定!
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 ragged KC0y8     
adj.衣衫褴褛的,粗糙的,刺耳的
参考例句:
  • A ragged shout went up from the small crowd.这一小群人发出了刺耳的喊叫。
  • Ragged clothing infers poverty.破衣烂衫意味着贫穷。
5 finding 5tAzVe     
n.发现,发现物;调查的结果
参考例句:
  • The finding makes some sense.该发现具有一定的意义。
  • That's an encouraging finding.这是一个鼓舞人心的发现。
6 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》
7 hiccup OrPzKd     
n.打嗝
参考例句:
  • When you have to hiccup,drink a glass of cold water.当你不得不打嗝时,喝一杯冷水就好了。
  • How long did he hiccup?他打嗝打了多久?
8 muttered 2764630c23cae6a012e2a09fc41abbd2     
轻声低语,咕哝地抱怨( mutter的过去式和过去分词 )
参考例句:
  • He muttered a curse at the other driver. 他低声咒骂另一位开车的人。
  • She turned away and muttered something unintelligible. 她转向一旁,嘴里不知咕哝些什么。
9 frowned fdfd04918425477a66e031069e013e79     
皱眉( frown的过去式和过去分词 )
参考例句:
  • She frowned in puzzlement. 她迷惑地蹙着眉。
  • The mother frowned when her son failed in his exam. 儿子考试不及格时,母亲皱着眉。
10 wrinkles 1de28512dcd4e6dd88155aa2ccf55715     
n.(尤指皮肤上的)皱纹( wrinkle的名词复数 );皱褶;有用的建议;妙计v.使起皱纹( wrinkle的第三人称单数 );(尤指皮肤)起皱纹
参考例句:
  • There were fine wrinkles around her eyes. 她眼角上出现了鱼尾纹。
  • His face was lined with wrinkles. 他的脸上都是皱纹。 来自《简明英汉词典》
11 brooks cdbd33f49d2a6cef435e9a42e9c6670f     
n.小溪( brook的名词复数 )
参考例句:
  • Brooks gave the business when Haas caught him with his watch. 哈斯抓到偷他的手表的布鲁克斯时,狠狠地揍了他一顿。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • Ade and Brooks exchanged blows yesterday and they were severely punished today. 艾德和布鲁克斯昨天打起来了,今天他们受到严厉的惩罚。 来自《简明英汉词典》
12 missing 3nTzx7     
adj.遗失的,缺少的,失踪的
参考例句:
  • Check the tools and see if anything is missing.检点一下工具,看有无丢失。
  • All the others are here;he's the only one missing.别人都来了,就短他一个。
13 spoke XryyC     
n.(车轮的)辐条;轮辐;破坏某人的计划;阻挠某人的行动 v.讲,谈(speak的过去式);说;演说;从某种观点来说
参考例句:
  • They sourced the spoke nuts from our company.他们的轮辐螺帽是从我们公司获得的。
  • The spokes of a wheel are the bars that connect the outer ring to the centre.辐条是轮子上连接外圈与中心的条棒。
14 clip dqBza     
n.夹子,别针,弹夹,片断;vt.夹住,修剪
参考例句:
  • May I clip out the report on my performance?我能把报道我的文章剪下来吗?
  • She fastened the papers together with a paper clip.她用曲别针把文件别在一起。
15 grooming grooming     
n. 修饰, 美容,(动物)梳理毛发
参考例句:
  • You should always pay attention to personal grooming. 你应随时注意个人仪容。
  • We watched two apes grooming each other. 我们看两只猩猩在互相理毛。
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