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儿童英语读物 The Mystery of the Missing Cat CHAPTER 10 The Chase Is On

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Jessie, Benny, and Watch were waiting at the Greenfield Post Office when it opened the next morning. It was a bright, sunny day. The post office was surrounded by shady trees and had windows across the front.

Jessie, Benny, and Watch were about to go in and find box 93 when Jessie noticed a sign on the post office door: NO DOGS ALLOWED.

“You and Watch will have to wait out here,” she said, pointing to the sign. Benny sounded out the words slowly and then looked at his sister.

“Why aren’t dogs allowed in the post office?” he asked. “I don’t like that rule!”

“I don’t either, Benny, but we have to obey it.”

“Okay,” said Benny, taking Watch’s leash1. “We’ll wait out here. Maybe we’ll even catch Mr. Jones while you’re inside.”

Jessie went inside the post office and quickly found box 93. It was midway up a row of boxes and it could be seen through the front window of the post office.

She hurried back out and showed Benny which box it was. “We can sit here under this tree and keep our eyes on the mailbox,” she said.

“Oh, good,” said Benny, sitting down.

Jessie sat down next to Watch and Benny, and leaned back against the tree. For a little while, the post office was very busy as people stopped by on their way to work. Then fewer people came. Several customers went to check their mail, but no one went to box number 93.

Benny yawned. “I’m tired,” he said. “We’ve been here a long, long time.”

“Henry and Violet and Soo Lee will come soon,” said Jessie. She watched a stout2 woman in a baseball cap walk up to the wall of mailboxes. Her heart beat faster in excitement. Was Mr. Jones really Ms. Jones?

But the woman reached up high and opened a mailbox in the corner. Jessie leaned back against the tree again.

Watch, who had been taking a nap next to Benny, lifted his head and barked.

“What is it, boy?” asked Benny. “Is it Mr. Jones?”

“I think it’s just a squirrel Watch wants to chase,” said Jessie, pointing.

Sure enough, a squirrel who had been hopping3 over the ground scurried4 up a nearby tree. Watch laid his head back down on his front paws.

The time seemed to pass very, very slowly. Jessie was glad when she stood up to stretch and saw Henry and Violet and Soo Lee riding their bicycles down the sidewalk toward them.

“Any luck?” asked Henry as they came to a stop near the tree.

Jessie shook her head. She showed them where box 93 was located. “No one has come near it,” she said. “I’m glad you’re here. We were getting tired.”

“And hungry,” said Benny.

“Well you can take a break now,” said Henry.

Violet set her backpack down on the ground and reached inside. “Here, Benny, I have an apple for you,” she said.

“Thanks!” said Benny.

Just then Soo Lee grabbed Jessie’s arm. “Look!” she said.

They all looked in the direction Soo Lee was pointing. Someone wearing an overcoat, dark glasses, and gloves, with a hat pulled low over his eyes was walking toward the wall of mailboxes.

Violet gasped5. “That looks like the person who followed us that day!”

“And like the person Professor Madison described,” said Henry.

As they watched, the person reached out and opened box number 93!

“It’s him,” said Henry.

Mr. Jones took out a single letter and ripped it open hastily, throwing the envelope to the floor.

“He’s littering,” said Benny indignantly.

“Wait a minute, Benny. Let’s see what happens,” Jessie told her younger brother.

Mr. Jones read the letter. Then he folded it up and stuck it in his pocket, and began to walk very fast toward the post office door.

“We can follow him,” Jessie said. “Everybody get your bicycles ready.”

But it was no use. When Mr. Jones got outside the post office, he went to a big, dark car parked in front of the post office. Before the Aldens could do anything, he had jumped inside and sped away.

The children jumped on their bicycles and rode as fast as they could after the car. But by the time they’d gone a block, the car had disappeared from sight.

“Oh, no!” said Henry. “We’ve lost him!”

“We’ll never solve this mystery!” cried Violet.

“Yes, we will,” panted Jessie, pulling her bicycle to a stop. “Remember what Grandfather said about not giving up.”

“What can we do?” asked Soo Lee.

“We’ll just have to watch the post office again tomorrow,” answered Jessie. “And the next day. And the next. For as many days as it takes.”

Benny made a face. Then he said, “But what about the envelope?”

“The envelope?” asked Violet.

“The envelope Mr. Jones threw on the floor. Maybe it has a return address on it,” said Benny. “Maybe that’s where Mr. Jones was going!”

“Benny, you’re a genius!” cried Jessie happily.

Benny blushed and grinned. “Thank you,” he said.

Jumping back on their bicycles, the Aldens raced back to the post office. Sure enough, the envelope that Mr. Jones had wadded up and thrown on the floor was still there.

Benny bent6 over and picked it up and smoothed it out.

They all crowded around and read the return address on the wrinkled envelope that Benny was holding.

“It’s from Mr. Allen!” said Jessie in amazement7.

“And Mr. Jones drove off in that direction,” added Henry.

“I bet I know what we do now,” said Benny. “We go to Mr. Allen’s!”

“You’re right,” said Jessie. “Mr. Allen, here we come!”

Without wasting another moment, the children got on their bicycles and pedalled as fast as they could to Mr. Allen’s house. In a short time, they were turning up the long gravel8 driveway.

“There’s Mr. Jones’s car,” said Violet. Sure enough, the same big, dark car that they’d watched Mr. Jones leave the post office in was parked by the front door of the house.

The Aldens left their bicycles out of sight by the side of the house, and Benny tied Watch to a nearby tree.

“Wait here,” he said, holding a finger to his lips. “And don’t bark. We’re about to solve a mystery!”


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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 stout PGuzF     
adj.强壮的,粗大的,结实的,勇猛的,矮胖的
参考例句:
  • He cut a stout stick to help him walk.他砍了一根结实的枝条用来拄着走路。
  • The stout old man waddled across the road.那肥胖的老人一跩一跩地穿过马路。
3 hopping hopping     
n. 跳跃 动词hop的现在分词形式
参考例句:
  • The clubs in town are really hopping. 城里的俱乐部真够热闹的。
  • I'm hopping over to Paris for the weekend. 我要去巴黎度周末。
4 scurried 5ca775f6c27dc6bd8e1b3af90f3dea00     
v.急匆匆地走( scurry的过去式和过去分词 )
参考例句:
  • She said goodbye and scurried back to work. 她说声再见,然后扭头跑回去干活了。
  • It began to rain and we scurried for shelter. 下起雨来,我们急忙找地方躲避。 来自《简明英汉词典》
5 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》
6 bent QQ8yD     
n.爱好,癖好;adj.弯的;决心的,一心的
参考例句:
  • He was fully bent upon the project.他一心扑在这项计划上。
  • We bent over backward to help them.我们尽了最大努力帮助他们。
7 amazement 7zlzBK     
n.惊奇,惊讶
参考例句:
  • All those around him looked at him with amazement.周围的人都对他投射出惊异的眼光。
  • He looked at me in blank amazement.他带着迷茫惊诧的神情望着我。
8 gravel s6hyT     
n.砂跞;砂砾层;结石
参考例句:
  • We bought six bags of gravel for the garden path.我们购买了六袋碎石用来铺花园的小路。
  • More gravel is needed to fill the hollow in the drive.需要更多的砾石来填平车道上的坑洼。
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