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儿童英语读物 The Canoe Trip Mystery CHAPTER 2 All Aboard!

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Ernie and Aunt Jane attached the two canoes and the paddles to the roof of the car. Henry and Jessie squeezed the sleeping bags and life preservers into the back.

Then Aunt Jane, Uncle Andy, and the Aldens stopped for an early lunch at Piccolos’ Pizzeria. The Aldens had a large Pizza Supreme1 topped with cheese, sausage, mushrooms, green peppers, and Mrs. Piccolo’s special tomato sauce.

At the next table, two men were talking very loudly. “I can’t believe someone broke into the museum and then didn’t take anything,” one of the men said.

“It is strange,” the other man answered. “The burglars only disturbed the coin collection. They didn’t even bother with the jewelry2 or antique silver.” Both men shook their heads.

“Did you hear that?” Benny asked Mrs. Piccolo. She was busy refilling Grandfather’s cup of coffee.

“Yes,” Mrs. Piccolo answered. “It’s good nothing was taken this time. About a year ago, a large private coin collection was stolen from a local man named Orville Withington.”

“I think I remember reading about that,” Grandfather said. “They never caught the burglars.”

“No.” Mrs. Piccolo shook her head. “They never did.”

“Maybe the same people broke into the museum,” Violet said.

“Yes, but if they did, why didn’t they take anything?” Jessie asked.

“I’m afraid you won’t have time to solve this mystery,” Grandfather said, knowing what they were thinking. “You’ll be far away from any burglars on your canoe trail.”

“Speaking of the canoe trail, I think we should be on our way,” Aunt Jane reminded Grandfather gently. “We’d like to make a good start this afternoon and get to the first campsite before dark.”

Uncle Andy looked at his watch. “From here, the drive to Wolverine State Park should only take about two hours. You should be on the lake by three in the afternoon,” he told his wife.

“It stays light late now,” Violet reminded her aunt. “We’ll have time.”

Grandfather paid the bill. Everyone except Uncle Andy piled into the station wagon3. He stood and waved as they drove off.

On the outskirts4 of Silver Falls, they passed big red barns, potato fields, and small towns with low brick buildings. Farther and farther north, the children began to see pine forests. Timberwolf Lake shone in the distance.

“Oh, it’s so beautiful up here,” Violet said.

“The air smells so fresh,” Henry added.

“Grandfather, we have to turn at the next junction,” Jessie said, looking at the map. Grandfather turned onto a wide dirt road and followed the signs to Wolverine State Park. He stopped the car in front of a dock on Timberwolf Lake and helped his grandchildren and Aunt Jane unload all their equipment.

Everyone was busy. First Henry and Aunt Jane took the canoes off the top of the car and carried them to the water. Grandfather put the paddles and tents inside them. Benny carefully carried the waterproof5 bags of food from the car. Jessie and Violet packed the sleeping bags, life preservers, food bags, backpacks, and first-aid kit6 into the canoes. They were careful to put an equal load in each one.

Henry tied a long piece of rope to the front of each canoe. Jessie and Violet pushed both canoes into the water, while Henry and Aunt Jane held the ropes and walked the canoes toward the dock.

Benny took off his sneakers and socks and dipped his toes in the water. “Ooh, it’s cold!” he cried.

“The water hasn’t had time to warm up yet. It’s only spring,” Violet said gently. She felt sorry for her brother. She knew how much he wanted to go swimming.

“Benny, you won’t have to get your feet wet if you get into the canoe from the dock,” Jessie said as she tied the canoe lines to the dock.

Henry and Aunt Jane got into the canoes first and tried to hold them steady. With Grandfather’s help, Violet carefully climbed into Henry’s canoe. Jessie and Benny joined Aunt Jane.

Grandfather untied7 the canoes and threw the ropes to Henry and Aunt Jane. “Goodbye,” he waved. “I’ll meet you at the dock in White Pine in a week.”

“Good-bye, Grandfather,” his grandchildren called loudly. Benny waved. He was the only one not paddling. But he sat very still in the middle of the canoe, watching Jessie paddle in front of him. Aunt Jane sat behind Benny, steering8 with her paddle.

Aunt Jane took the lead and the two canoes moved slowly across the lake.

Pine and birch trees lined both sides of the rocky shore. Canadian geese flew overhead. The still, blue lake stretched ahead of the canoeists for miles.

“Look,” Jessie said, pointing to a family of ducks. “The mother is leading her ducklings out on the lake to look for food.”

“How old are they?” Benny asked.

“They may not be more than a day old,” Aunt Jane answered. “Ducks can swim as soon as they are born.”

“Really?” Benny said. He looked very impressed.

“Look at all those islands,” Jessie said, pointing with her chin toward the small rocky islands in the middle of the lake.

“We won’t go too much farther today,” Henry called to the other canoe, when the group had been paddling for more than an hour.

“That’s good,” Benny cried. “I’m hungry!”

The forests began to thin into a clearing. In the distance, the Aldens could see the remains9 of an old wooden house. In front of the house was a field filled with blue, pink, and purple wildflowers.

“This might be a good campsite,” Henry called to the others. “We could explore.”

The Aldens and Aunt Jane paddled ashore10 and pulled the canoes out of the water. They tied the ropes around a trunk of a large pine tree and took out their backpacks, sleeping bags, and a small bag of food for dinner and breakfast.

A dirt road wound through the field and into a small pine forest. Aunt Jane suggested they set up camp near a stream under the pine trees.

“Somebody else also thought this would be a good campsite,” Jessie said. She pointed11 to a heap of ashes on the ground.

“Henry and I will go back and get the tents out of the canoes,” Aunt Jane said, putting her pack and sleeping bag on the ground.

“Benny, Violet, and I can gather wood for a campfire,” Jessie suggested. “By the way, where is Benny?” she asked, as she turned around to look for her brother.

“He went to explore the old house in the clearing,” Violet said. Both girls found Benny poking12 a pile of stones with a stick.

“This might have been a chimney once,” Jessie said. The walls of the house had been made of wood, but now they lay in a pile of rubble13.

“There’s lots of wood here for a fire,” Violet pointed out.

“Yes, let’s gather some,” Jessie said, stooping to pick up some wooden planks14. “Watch out for the poison ivy,” she warned her brother and sister. A thick patch grew alongside the house.

“I saw it. Henry showed me what it looked like in a book,” Benny said proudly. “I didn’t go near it.”

Violet went into the forest near the house to gather smaller sticks and twigs15.

She came running back to her brother and sister with a pile of sticks in her arms. “Come see what I’ve found!” she called to them.

Jessie and Benny followed her into the woods and stopped before a very large rock. Someone had painted a message on it.

“Look, there’s writing on it!” Benny leaned forward to see better.

“Yes,” Jessie agreed. “It looks like a riddle16.”

In a clear voice, Violet read:

“Silver and gold coins, so well hidden
To seek and find them, you are bidden.
A cat with whiskers but no feet
Guards them near his silver sheet.”

“What does ‘bidden’ mean?” Benny looked at his sisters.

“It means telling someone to do something,” Jessie answered.

“Oh,” Benny said. “So, whoever wrote this message is telling us how to find a hidden treasure.” Benny beamed.

His sisters smiled back at him.

“You know, Grandfather was wrong,” Benny said. “We have found a mystery on the canoe trail.”
 


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1 supreme PHqzc     
adj.极度的,最重要的;至高的,最高的
参考例句:
  • It was the supreme moment in his life.那是他一生中最重要的时刻。
  • He handed up the indictment to the supreme court.他把起诉书送交最高法院。
2 jewelry 0auz1     
n.(jewllery)(总称)珠宝
参考例句:
  • The burglars walked off with all my jewelry.夜盗偷走了我的全部珠宝。
  • Jewelry and lace are mostly feminine belongings.珠宝和花边多数是女性用品。
3 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。
4 outskirts gmDz7W     
n.郊外,郊区
参考例句:
  • Our car broke down on the outskirts of the city.我们的汽车在市郊出了故障。
  • They mostly live on the outskirts of a town.他们大多住在近郊。
5 waterproof Ogvwp     
n.防水材料;adj.防水的;v.使...能防水
参考例句:
  • My mother bought me a waterproof watch.我妈妈给我买了一块防水手表。
  • All the electronics are housed in a waterproof box.所有电子设备都储放在一个防水盒中。
6 kit D2Rxp     
n.用具包,成套工具;随身携带物
参考例句:
  • The kit consisted of about twenty cosmetic items.整套工具包括大约20种化妆用品。
  • The captain wants to inspect your kit.船长想检查你的行装。
7 untied d4a1dd1a28503840144e8098dbf9e40f     
松开,解开( untie的过去式和过去分词 ); 解除,使自由; 解决
参考例句:
  • Once untied, we common people are able to conquer nature, too. 只要团结起来,我们老百姓也能移山倒海。
  • He untied the ropes. 他解开了绳子。
8 steering 3hRzbi     
n.操舵装置
参考例句:
  • He beat his hands on the steering wheel in frustration. 他沮丧地用手打了几下方向盘。
  • Steering according to the wind, he also framed his words more amicably. 他真会看风使舵,口吻也马上变得温和了。
9 remains 1kMzTy     
n.剩余物,残留物;遗体,遗迹
参考例句:
  • He ate the remains of food hungrily.他狼吞虎咽地吃剩余的食物。
  • The remains of the meal were fed to the dog.残羹剩饭喂狗了。
10 ashore tNQyT     
adv.在(向)岸上,上岸
参考例句:
  • The children got ashore before the tide came in.涨潮前,孩子们就上岸了。
  • He laid hold of the rope and pulled the boat ashore.他抓住绳子拉船靠岸。
11 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。
12 poking poking     
n. 刺,戳,袋 vt. 拨开,刺,戳 vi. 戳,刺,捅,搜索,伸出,行动散慢
参考例句:
  • He was poking at the rubbish with his stick. 他正用手杖拨动垃圾。
  • He spent his weekends poking around dusty old bookshops. 他周末都泡在布满尘埃的旧书店里。
13 rubble 8XjxP     
n.(一堆)碎石,瓦砾
参考例句:
  • After the earthquake,it took months to clean up the rubble.地震后,花了数月才清理完瓦砾。
  • After the war many cities were full of rubble.战后许多城市到处可见颓垣残壁。
14 planks 534a8a63823ed0880db6e2c2bc03ee4a     
(厚)木板( plank的名词复数 ); 政纲条目,政策要点
参考例句:
  • The house was built solidly of rough wooden planks. 这房子是用粗木板牢固地建造的。
  • We sawed the log into planks. 我们把木头锯成了木板。
15 twigs 17ff1ed5da672aa443a4f6befce8e2cb     
细枝,嫩枝( twig的名词复数 )
参考例句:
  • Some birds build nests of twigs. 一些鸟用树枝筑巢。
  • Willow twigs are pliable. 柳条很软。
16 riddle WCfzw     
n.谜,谜语,粗筛;vt.解谜,给…出谜,筛,检查,鉴定,非难,充满于;vi.出谜
参考例句:
  • The riddle couldn't be solved by the child.这个谜语孩子猜不出来。
  • Her disappearance is a complete riddle.她的失踪完全是一个谜。
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