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儿童英语读物 Surprise Island 奇异岛 Chapter 9 一把新小提琴

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After supper, a few days later, the children sat resting in the doorway1 of the barn2.

“Listen!” said Violet3 suddenly.

Since Violet never said anything suddenly, everyone looked at her in surprise and listened. Then they heard the sound of a violin.

“Who can that be?” asked Violet.

“Let’s find out,” said Henry.

Watch ran right to Captain Daniel’s hut4 and the four children followed. There sat Joe in the doorway, playing a real violin. He did not stop when he saw the children. They stared at him and watched his fingers fly as he played a very fast piece. When Joe finished, Benny said, “I didn’t know you had a violin.”

“Oh, please play it again! When did you learn to play?” cried Violet. “Could I hold it just a minute?”

Jessie and Henry were too surprised to speak. This was not at all like Violet. When Joe handed the violin to her, Violet took it and put it under her chin5.

“Play something,” said Joe.

“Oh, I can’t play it,” said Violet. “I’d just like to hold it a minute under my chin. Do you mind, Joe?”

“No! No!” said Joe, “but don’t you want me to show you how to play it?”

“Not now,” said Violet. “You play some more.” She gave the violin back as if she had played one all her life. Joe did play some more, first a slow little piece, and then a faster one.

But Jessie and Henry were not watching Joe. They were watching Violet. She stood without moving all the time Joe was playing.

Joe was watching Violet, too. He was sure she could learn to play well, because she seemed to like the violin so much.

When the family went back to the barn at last, they were all thinking of Joe’s wonderful playing. That night, when Jessie went to sleep, it seemed to her that Joe played such a sad piece that Violet cried. But when Jessie woke up, she knew that it was real crying that she heard, for Violet was crying softly6. Jessie got up at once.

“What is the matter?” she asked, falling on her knees beside Violet’s bed. “Why are you crying?”

“I-I w-want to learn to play the violin!” said Violet, starting to cry again.

“Of course you shall!” said Jessie. “I know Grandfather will buy you a violin, and Joe can teach you how to play it.”

“It’s not that,” said Violet. “You see, I want to practice, and it’s so selfish7 to go off and practice all by myself when I ought to be helping—”

Henry came in with the flashlight.

“Oh, my goodness8!” cried Jessie. “What can I say? You talk to her, Henry!”

“I heard most of it,” said Henry. “She thinks she’s selfish to practice, when we came down here to have a good time together. Is that it?”

“That’s just it,” said Jessie.

“Now Violet, look here,” said Henry. “You couldn’t be selfish if you tried. We all want you to learn to play the violin. Most people don’t even like to practice, you know.”

Henry’s little talk with Violet made her feel better. Soon they were all talking again, and even laughing a little.

“Sh!” said Jessie. “We’d better be quiet, we don’t want to wake Benny. He would certainly howl9.”

The children left Violet feeling happy again, and thinking about the little violin her grandfather would surely10 buy for her.

The next morning, Joe got Captain Daniel to telephone Mr. Alden. He listened to the story, and thought about his own beautiful violin carefully packed away.

But he said to Captain Daniel, “Certainly, Violet must have a violin. The only trouble is that I am too busy this morning to buy one for her.”

“Joe thinks he could pick one out,” said Captain Daniel. “His playing is just wonderful.”

“That Joe is a very interesting man,” replied Mr. Alden. “I’ll have a talk with him when I come over. Give him the money for the violin, Captain, and let him buy one if he thinks he can.”

When Joe came back to the Alden Island with the little violin, Violet was waiting for him on the dock11. Joe was sure that Violet could some day be a wonderful player, so he had bought her a fine violin.

The rest of the family came flying down to see if Joe had had any luck. After they all had seen the violin, Violet shut the box.

“I don’t think it likes to be outdoors,” she said.

“I don’t think so, either,” agreed Joe. “Let’s take it to the hut, and I will give you your first lesson.”

“I’ll go with you,” said Benny.

“No, you had better stay on the dock with us and fish,” said Henry quickly.

“Are you going to fish?” asked Benny.

“Yes!” said Henry, who had not thought of fishing until that very minute. “Just think, Benny, we’ve been here by the ocean four weeks and we haven’t had a single fishing trip yet.”

Suddenly Henry found that he wanted to go fishing himself.

“You will find fishlines and bait12 in an old box under the dock,” called Joe.

Luck was surely with Henry. He baited13 a hook14 with a clam15. Then he let down a long line and gave the end to Benny. Almost at once Benny began to yell16 and pull away on his line, hand over hand.

“Good!” cried Henry when Benny finally landed the fish on the dock. “What a wonderful fisherman you are, Benny! Wait, I’ll take it off the hook for you, and put it on a string.”

“What a big one!” said Jessie. “Don’t catch many more of those, Benny, or we’ll be eating fish for a week.”

The children sat on the dock for a long time, but nothing happened.

“I wish I could catch one,” said Jessie. “Another fish like the one Benny caught and we would have enough for dinner. And I know just how to bake them with dressing17.”

“I’m getting tired of this,” said Henry. “I’m going to stop.”

“I’m not,” said Benny. “My grandfather told me fishing takes lots of time.”

“He did take you fishing once, didn’t he?” said Henry. “I remember I wanted to go, but I had to do school work.”

“He told me that if I think I won’t catch a fish, then I will catch one for sure. And so when I do catch one, I am surprised,” said Benny.

“I see,” said Henry, sitting down again. He tied his own line to the dock. And because he really did not think he would get any fish, he looked out at the boats. Henry had just sat down when Benny shouted, “Hurry! You’ve got a fish! Don’t you see your line pull?”

Benny jumped for Henry’s line and before anyone could help him, he pulled in another fish just like the first one.

“Oh, Jessie! Isn’t that something? They are two twins, I guess!”

“I guess you are the fisherman of this family, all right,” said Henry. “You and Grandfather. I don’t even know when there is a fish on my own line.”

Henry put a string through the mouth of the other fish, and Benny carried them proudly home.

“Joe can clean them for me,” said Benny.

“Oh, I can do that!” said Henry. “I can clean fish, even if I can’t catch them.”

“Cut them in half, Henry, will you?” called Jessie. “I will go in and start the dressing.”

Benny would not leave his twin fishes even for a minute. After Henry had washed them, Benny brought them to Jessie, and stayed by her side while she put them in a pan18. Jessie piled the dressing made of bread, onions, melted19 butter, and salt on four pieces of fish.

“I guess they will be good,” said Benny, as the oven20 door shut. He sat by the oven with the dog, until Jessie said that it was dinner time.

Violet came in. She put her violin carefully away, but she did not talk about her lesson.

“What do I smell?” she cried.

“It’s the twins,” said Benny. “They are in the oven baking.”

“Twins!” cried Violet. “What does he mean?”

Jessie opened the oven door and took out the pan to show her.

“They are done. We can each have half a fish,” she said. “And Benny shall have his first, because he caught them.” She put the fish carefully on four plates.

“I wish Grandfather could see us eating your fish, Benny,” said Henry. “You are a very good fisherman.”

“He’s coming to visit us tomorrow,” said Violet. “He telephoned to Captain Daniel and said he would be over tomorrow, if it was all right.”

“It’s all right with me,” cried Henry.

“And me,” said Jessie. “But what shall we have to eat? I suppose we ought to have some meat for dinner.”

“I think Grandfather would like to eat just what we do,” said Violet.

“Maybe Grandfather and I could go fishing,” said Benny, “but we might not catch anything.”

“Grandfather won’t have time to go fishing, Benny,” said Henry. “Let’s have dinner from our own garden. Remember those little vegetables we had in the boxcar days, Benny?”

“Oh, yes, little vegetables with melted butter!” cried Benny. “Let’s have vegetables.”

“That’s a better idea. Then we’ll be sure to have some dinner,” said Jessie, laughing.


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1 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。
2 barn 6dayp     
n.谷仓,饲料仓,牲口棚
参考例句:
  • That big building is a barn for keeping the grain.那幢大房子是存放粮食的谷仓。
  • The cows were driven into the barn.牛被赶进了牲口棚。
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 hut ablxt     
n.棚子;简陋的小房子
参考例句:
  • The hut is in the midst of the forest.小屋在森林深处。
  • The poor old man lived in a little wooden hut.那个贫穷的老人住在一间小木屋内。
5 chin dVmyu     
n.下巴,下颚,不气馁,不灰心
参考例句:
  • You've got some egg on your chin.你的下巴上沾着一点鸡蛋。
  • He hurried on with his shaving,cutting his chin twice.他急急忙忙地剃胡子,把下巴割破了两次。
6 softly HiIzR4     
adv.柔和地,静静地,温柔地
参考例句:
  • He speaks too softly for her to hear.他讲话声音太轻,她听不见。
  • She breathed her advice softly.她低声劝告。
7 selfish 5z5ww     
adj.自私的,利己主义的,自我中心的
参考例句:
  • You must learn to share and not be so selfish.你一定要学会与他人分享,不要那么自私。
  • She is a selfish person.她是一个自私自利的人。
8 goodness xfgxm     
n.善良,善行,美德
参考例句:
  • Would you have the goodness to turn off the radio?劳驾,请你把收音机关上好不好?
  • Thank goodness,we've found a cure for the disease.好了,这病有救了!
9 howl fdgzR     
vi./n.嚎叫;怒吼;嚎哭
参考例句:
  • He gave a howl of pain.他发出一声痛苦的吼叫。
  • The child set up a howl.这个孩子大哭起来。
10 surely yrRwj     
adv.确实地,无疑地;必定地,一定地
参考例句:
  • It'should surely be possible for them to reach an agreement.想必他们可以达成协议。
  • Surely we'll profit from your work.我们肯定会从你的工作中得到益处。
11 dock GsQx9     
n.码头;被告席;vt.使(船)进港;扣;vi.进港
参考例句:
  • We took the children to the dock to see the ships.我们带孩子们到码头去看轮船。
  • The corrupt official stood in the dock.那贪官站在被告席上。
12 bait sP4y4     
n.饵,引诱物;vt.用饵引诱,折磨,奚落
参考例句:
  • The fish took the bait.鱼吞饵了。
  • They are too knowing to bite at such a bait.他们很老练,不上这种当。
13 baited dd0616a4baa378ea9e5cef0dd35f05db     
置诱饵于…(bait的过去式与过去分词形式)
参考例句:
  • A soldier baited a captured enemy by laughing at him. 一位士兵嘲笑一个俘虏来惹怒他。
  • He baited the broker by promises of higher commissions. 他答应给更高的佣金来引诱那位经纪人。
14 hook oc5xa     
vt.钩住;n.钩子,钩状物
参考例句:
  • The blacksmith forged a bar of iron into a hook.铁匠把一根铁条锻造成一个钩子。
  • He hangs up his scarf on the hook behind the door.他把围巾挂在门后的衣钩上。
15 clam Fq3zk     
n.蛤,蛤肉
参考例句:
  • Yup!I also like clam soup and sea cucumbers.对呀!我还喜欢蛤仔汤和海参。
  • The barnacle and the clam are two examples of filter feeders.藤壶和蛤类是滤过觅食者的两种例子。
16 yell cfQwN     
vi./n.号叫,叫喊
参考例句:
  • This gave them a chance to yell.这给了他们大声喊叫的机会。
  • When his schoolmate made the last goal,the boy gave out with an untrammeled yell.那个男孩在他的同学踢进最后一球时不禁纵声欢呼。
17 dressing 1uOzJG     
n.(食物)调料;包扎伤口的用品,敷料
参考例句:
  • Don't spend such a lot of time in dressing yourself.别花那么多时间来打扮自己。
  • The children enjoy dressing up in mother's old clothes.孩子们喜欢穿上妈妈旧时的衣服玩。
18 pan YKHxG     
n.平底锅;v.严厉批评
参考例句:
  • The water had all boiled away and the pan was burned.水煮干了,锅也烧坏了。
  • The eggs were frying in the pan.鸡蛋正在锅里煎。
19 melted 8aea8ce4cf822237449f1ed47d91ea95     
v.(使)融[溶,熔]化( melt的过去式和过去分词 );溶解;(使)消散,消失;(使)软化,变得温柔
参考例句:
  • Melted wax dribbled down the side of the candle. 熔化了的蜡一滴滴从蜡烛边上流下。
  • The crowd quickly melted away when the storm broke. 暴风雨袭来时人群很快地四散了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
20 oven iJuxQ     
n.烤炉;烤箱
参考例句:
  • You put food inside an oven to cook it.你把食物放进烤箱里热一下。
  • She baked bread in an oven.她用烤炉烤面包。
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