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儿童英语读物 The Amusement Park Mystery CHAPTER 5 Mystery at the Merry-go-round

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Violet and Jessie stared after Peter as he hurried away.

“Will you go on the merry-go-round with me?” Benny asked, jumping up and down.

“Yes,” Violet answered, “but I think Jessie and I will sit in the swan chariot.” She needed to talk to Jessie about Peter McKenzie’s strange behavior.

“That’s okay,” Benny said with a smile.

So Benny rode the dapple gray, while Henry rode the chocolate brown charger. Henry’s fancy horse had a silky mane with a small carved angel clinging to the saddle.

“Wheee, here we go!” Benny shouted, slapping the horse’s side as if he could make it go faster.

Once underway, Benny held on to the mane, and every once in a while he reached down and touched the jewels tacked1 onto the bridle2. Laughing at the horse’s up and down motion, Benny lifted his head high.

Sitting in the chariot, Violet asked, “Why do you suppose Peter wouldn’t let us see his sketch3? He acted as if it were a secret.”

Jessie looked puzzled. “I know. I don’t know what he was trying to hide. It’s only a carousel4 horse.”

After the ride, the children walked over to the House of Mirrors. Henry bought four tickets, and they entered Karen’s latest improvement to the amusement park.

When they reached the first mirror, Benny gazed at himself. His eyes widened and his mouth formed a big O as he saw his funny image. There he stood, a tall thin figure, wavering back and forth5.

Jessie, Violet, and Henry, three skinny tall forms, slipped by Benny and went into the corridors of hundreds of mirrors.

Wandering off alone, Violet stopped before a mirror. Her hand flew to her mouth at the sight of herself. The slender young girl was changed into a short squat6 person with a head that looked like a squashed pumpkin7.

Giggling8, Violet pointed9 at herself, unable to believe what she saw. “Henry!” she called.

Her brother hurried around a group of mirrors and stared at Violet’s image. He laughed. “Violet, is that you?”

She nodded, then laughing, pointed to his reflection. The tall boy was now short and fat. He looked as if he were three feet tall and three feet wide. Henry grinned. “We make a weird10 pair!”

“Jessie,” Henry said, raising his voice. “Come, look.”

But Jessie wasn’t in sight.

Violet, Henry, and Benny all turned a corner to see where Jessie had gone, but when they wended their way down one path, they were faced with more mirrors. They tried another way, but it was the same. Mirrors in front, mirrors in back, mirrors to the right, and mirrors to the left.

“Jessie!” Henry shouted, glancing around.

No answer.

“Jessie!” Benny yelled. “Where are you?” He fearfully glanced at Henry. “She’s gone.”

“I’m here,” came the faint response.

They weaved around one mirror, only to be faced with another.

Henry bit his underlip. “Where could she be?” he murmured.

“Jessie!” Violet said, her voice trembling, her heart pounding. She was beginning to feel frightened.

This time Jessie’s voice was loud and clear. “Here I am,” she said, stepping out from behind several mirrors.

“Jessie,” Benny shouted, running to her. “We thought you were lost.” He smiled at her. “I was scared.”

Jessie nodded. “I was beginning to think so myself.”

From then on the four of them stuck together. After a few false starts they finally discovered their way to the exit.

Outside, Violet said to Benny, “Are you ready to go home?”

“Not yet,” he said. “Could I ride one more time on the merry-go-round?”

“Sure, you can,” Henry said. “We’ll watch from here.”

“Did you pick out a horse you like?” Jessie asked.

Benny nodded and pointed to a light colored horse with a lovely red and turquoise11 saddle blanket. “I’ll give the dapple gray a rest. I want to ride the white one this time.”

Violet smiled. “It looks white, doesn’t it? But it’s really a very pale gray.”

Henry bought Benny a ticket, and the small boy ran to his chosen steed. Quickly he placed a foot in the stirrup and swung a small leg over the saddle.

The music began and the horses bobbed up and down. But as Henry, Jessie, and Violet watched, they were surprised to see that Benny’s horse stayed in one place. The gray horse went around in a circle with the others, but it didn’t move up and down.

Benny, digging his heels into the horse’s flanks, tried to make it move. Finally, he stopped and looked down at his horse. With a puzzled frown he glanced around. All the other horses were going up and down. Disappointed, he simply sat and waited for the ride to be over.

When the merry-go-round halted, Benny slid off his horse and came running. “The dumb horse didn’t move!” he complained.

Jessie studied the horse. None of the horses had ever been motionless before. Every one had moved up and down. What was wrong with this horse?

She glanced at Violet, who was chewing her underlip. Evidently Violet, too, thought something was wrong.

“I think we should tell Joshua,” Violet said.

For a moment Jessie didn’t speak, then she said thoughtfully, “Maybe it just needs oiling,” she said. “Joshua probably knows and the horse will be fixed12 tomorrow.”

“Okay, Jessie,” Henry said. He was puzzled, however, as he gazed at the horse. He hoped Jessie was right, and that it was just a little problem.


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1 tacked d6b486b3f9966de864e3b4d2aa518abc     
用平头钉钉( tack的过去式和过去分词 ); 附加,增补; 帆船抢风行驶,用粗线脚缝
参考例句:
  • He tacked the sheets of paper on as carefully as possible. 他尽量小心地把纸张钉上去。
  • The seamstress tacked the two pieces of cloth. 女裁缝把那两块布粗缝了起来。
2 bridle 4sLzt     
n.笼头,束缚;vt.抑制,约束;动怒
参考例句:
  • He learned to bridle his temper.他学会了控制脾气。
  • I told my wife to put a bridle on her tongue.我告诉妻子说话要谨慎。
3 sketch UEyyG     
n.草图;梗概;素描;v.素描;概述
参考例句:
  • My sister often goes into the country to sketch. 我姐姐常到乡间去写生。
  • I will send you a slight sketch of the house.我将给你寄去房屋的草图。
4 carousel 6wKzzp     
n.旋转式行李输送带
参考例句:
  • Riding on a carousel makes you feel dizzy.乘旋转木马使你头晕。
  • We looked like a bunch of awkward kids riding a slow-moving carousel.我们看起来就像一群骑在旋转木马上的笨拙的孩子。
5 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。
6 squat 2GRzp     
v.蹲坐,蹲下;n.蹲下;adj.矮胖的,粗矮的
参考例句:
  • For this exercise you need to get into a squat.在这次练习中你需要蹲下来。
  • He is a squat man.他是一个矮胖的男人。
7 pumpkin NtKy8     
n.南瓜
参考例句:
  • They ate turkey and pumpkin pie.他们吃了火鸡和南瓜馅饼。
  • It looks like there is a person looking out of the pumpkin!看起来就像南瓜里有人在看着你!
8 giggling 2712674ae81ec7e853724ef7e8c53df1     
v.咯咯地笑( giggle的现在分词 )
参考例句:
  • We just sat there giggling like naughty schoolchildren. 我们只是坐在那儿像调皮的小学生一样的咯咯地傻笑。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • I can't stand her giggling, she's so silly. 她吃吃地笑,叫我真受不了,那样子傻透了。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
9 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。
10 weird bghw8     
adj.古怪的,离奇的;怪诞的,神秘而可怕的
参考例句:
  • From his weird behaviour,he seems a bit of an oddity.从他不寻常的行为看来,他好像有点怪。
  • His weird clothes really gas me.他的怪衣裳简直笑死人。
11 turquoise Uldwx     
n.绿宝石;adj.蓝绿色的
参考例句:
  • She wore a string of turquoise round her neck.她脖子上戴着一串绿宝石。
  • The women have elaborate necklaces of turquoise.那些女人戴着由绿松石制成的精美项链。
12 fixed JsKzzj     
adj.固定的,不变的,准备好的;(计算机)固定的
参考例句:
  • Have you two fixed on a date for the wedding yet?你们俩选定婚期了吗?
  • Once the aim is fixed,we should not change it arbitrarily.目标一旦确定,我们就不应该随意改变。
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