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《神奇树屋》 第三十册 Haunted Castle on Hallows Eve 04 The Castle

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  The castle was still and silent. No candles burned inits windows. No guards stood at its gatehouse. Noarchers patrolled the tops of its walls.

"Hello!" Teddy shouted. No one answered.

"Not very well protected, eh?" said Teddy. "Ourmission should be easy.""Yeah,"said Annie.

Jack1 didn't say anything. He would have felthappier if guards had been protecting the castle. Thatwould have seemed more normal.

33Teddy held up his lantern before the arched doubledoors. Cobwebs sparkled in the misty2 light.

"Hello! May we enter?" he called.

Silence. They all stared at the heavy wooden doors.

"Never fear, I shall get us in," said Teddy. The boysorcerer put down his lantern. He took a deep breath.

He rubbed his hands together. Then he stretched outhis an-ns and shouted:

"Open, ye two oaken doors. .

. . "He looked at Jack and Annie. "Quick, what rhymeswith doors?""Uh-floors?" said Jack.

"Good, " said Teddy. He opened his arms again andyelled:

"Open,ye two oaken doors!

Or we willnot mop up your floors!" Nothing happened.

Teddy looked at Jack and Annie. "Bad rhyme," hesaid.

34Annie frowned and nodded.

"Are you sure they're even locked?" said Jack. "Let'ssee, " said Annie. She pushed on one door. Jackpushed on the other.

Slowly the doors creaked open.

"Ah, brilliant!" said Teddy with a laugh. "Shall we?"He held out his hand and wavedJack and Annie through the open doorway3.

The castle gatehouse was cold and empty. Jackcould see his breath in the sharp air. He heard a creak.

They all turned to look. The heavy doors moved bythemselves and closed with athump.

They all stared at the doors for a moment. ThenTeddy broke the silence. "Interesting," he saidcheerfully.

Jack tried to smile. "Indeed. Interesting," he said. Heshivered. He couldn't tell if it was fromcold or from fright.

Now?

he wondered.

Now are we entering the tunnel of fear?

"Onward4!" said Teddy. He led them through35the empty gatehouse onto the shadowy castlegrounds.

There were no signs of life anywhere. Jack thoughtof the old woman's rhyme:

Where is the girlwho spins wool into thread? Where are the boyswho play chess before bed? Where is the houndwho waits to be fed?

Jack wondered what the rhyme could mean.

What girl? What boys? What hound?

Teddy crossed the courtyard to the entrance of alarge building. Jack and Annie quickly followed him.

Teddy held up his lantern so they could see inside.

There were rows of clean, empty stalls. Saddles andbridles hung from pegs5 on the walls. Hay was piled inthe corners.

"Must be the stables, " said Jack. "But no horses, ysaid Annie.

"No matter, us orderly," said Teddy. "Onward!" Heled them to the open doorway of another building.

Teddy's lantern shone on a brick oven, a stone hearth6,baskets of apples, and strings7 of onions hanging fromthe rafters.

"The kitchen,9said Jack.

"But no cooks or servants, 19 said Annie.

"No matter, 'tis orderly here, too," said Teddy.

"Onward!"As they wandered through the moonlit courtyard,Jack looked to his right and his left. He glancedbehind them.

If there are ghosts, hethought,what do they look like? Halloween ghosts insheets? See-through people like in the movies?

He stopped. "Hey, guys!" he whispered loudly.

"Wait a minute, wait a minute!""What is it?" said Annie.

Jack pushed his glasses into place. "Are we justgoing to keep wandering from building to building?"he said. "What's our strategy here?"37"Strategy?" asked Teddy.

"Jack means we should make a plan," said Annie.

"Ah, indeed, " said Teddy. "Excellent idea. A plan,yes." He grinned. "How do we do that?" "Well, firstwe ask ourselves: Where exactly* 9" said Jack. are we going.

Teddy looked about. He pointed8 to a tower risingabove the courtyard. "There," he said, "the keep. 'Tiswhere the family lives, the duke and duchess.""Great, " said Jack. "Now, what will we do when weget there?""Climb the stairs to each floor," said Teddy. "Have alook around.""And if we see anything that's not orderly, we'lltidy it up!" said Annie.

"Excellent,91said Teddy. "And then?" asked Jack.

"We leave!" said Teddy. "Our mission done." Jacknodded. This wasn't much of a plan-or38a mission, he thought. But he liked the "leaving"part. He hoped that happened before any ghostsshowed up. "Okay," he said.

Holding his lantern to light their way, Teddy ledthem to the entrance of the castle keep. He pushedopen a wooden door, and they all stepped inside.

Dark figures loomed9 against the stone walls. "Ah!"Jack cried. He jumped back, bumping into Annie.

Annie laughed. "It's only our shadows," she said.

Jack felt silly. "Right. Sorry, sorry," he said. He tooka deep breath. "Okay, let's find the stairway.""Aye," said Teddy. He started walking slowly downa dark passageway. Jack and Annie followed closebehind.

The air was heavy and damp. Jack's heart waspounding.

Now?

he wondered.

Now are weinthe tunnelof fear?

39A moaning sound came through the passageway.

Then a loud bang!

"Yikes!" said Annie. She and Jack grabbed eachother.

Teddy laughed. "'Twas only the shutters10 banging,"he said.

"What about that moaning?" asked Jack. "'Twasonly the wind blowing through the crannies, " saidTeddy.

Jack took another deep breath and kept going. Soonthey came to a twisting stairway. "The stairs!" saidAnnie.

Good, thought Jack. Climbing the stairway was asolid part of their plan.

"Shall we?" said Teddy.

"Indeed. Upward!" said Jack, trying to sound likeTeddy.

Teddy held up his lantern and started up the steepstone stairs. Jack and Annie followed. They climbedaround and around the twisting stairway.

40When they came to the first landing, Teddy ledthem to the doorway of a room. They peeked11 in. Theysaw rows of helmets, breastplates, gauntlets, shields,spears, and swords.

"The armor room, " said Jack. "Aye," said Teddy.

"Everything seems in order here,'9 said Annie. Jacknodded. He liked the order in the room.

It made him feel safer.

"Shall we keep going?" said Teddy.

"Of course, " said Jack. He was starting to feel a lotbraver now.

They returned to the stairs and began climbingagain. On the third floor, they peered through anarched entrance into a huge room.

Teddy used the candlefrom his lantern to light torches on either side ofthe doorway. In the flickering12 light, Jack saw a highceiling and walls hung with tapestries13.

"It's the great hall," he said, "where they have feastsand stuff."41"Let's look around, " said Annie. "See if anythingseems out of order."As the three of them slowly walked forward, Jackkept an eye out for ghosts.

Teddy held up his lantern. It shone on a longbanquet table.

"Aha!" he said. The table was littered with breadcrumbs, candle wax, and the petals14 of dead flowers.

The floor near the table was messy, too, with bits offood and meat bones.

"Finally we've found something to put in order,"said Teddy. "Shall we?"Jack caught sight of a straw broom in the corner.

"Sure, I'll sweep," he said.

"I'll clear the table, " said Annie.

"I will scrape the wax," said Teddy.

Jack grabbed the straw broom and began sweepingthe floor around the table. He swept up applepeelings, fish bones, bits of eggshells, and old cheese.

As he swept everything into a neat pile, he42felt good. They were finally carrying out theirmission.

We're bringing order to the castle, just like Merlintold us to,he thought.

Soon we can leave.

Suddenly Annie screamed.

Jack dropped his broom and whirled around.

"Look!" Annie cried, her eyes wide. She pointedtoward a stone hearth at the other end of the greathall.

In front of the hearth, a large white bone hoveredin the air. It bobbed up and down. Then it beganfloating straight toward them!


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1 jack 53Hxp     
n.插座,千斤顶,男人;v.抬起,提醒,扛举;n.(Jake)杰克
参考例句:
  • I am looking for the headphone jack.我正在找寻头戴式耳机插孔。
  • He lifted the car with a jack to change the flat tyre.他用千斤顶把车顶起来换下瘪轮胎。
2 misty l6mzx     
adj.雾蒙蒙的,有雾的
参考例句:
  • He crossed over to the window to see if it was still misty.他走到窗户那儿,看看是不是还有雾霭。
  • The misty scene had a dreamy quality about it.雾景给人以梦幻般的感觉。
3 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。
4 onward 2ImxI     
adj.向前的,前进的;adv.向前,前进,在先
参考例句:
  • The Yellow River surges onward like ten thousand horses galloping.黄河以万马奔腾之势滚滚向前。
  • He followed in the steps of forerunners and marched onward.他跟随着先辈的足迹前进。
5 pegs 6e3949e2f13b27821b0b2a5124975625     
n.衣夹( peg的名词复数 );挂钉;系帐篷的桩;弦钮v.用夹子或钉子固定( peg的第三人称单数 );使固定在某水平
参考例句:
  • She hung up the shirt with two (clothes) pegs. 她用两只衣夹挂上衬衫。 来自辞典例句
  • The vice-presidents were all square pegs in round holes. 各位副总裁也都安排得不得其所。 来自辞典例句
6 hearth n5by9     
n.壁炉炉床,壁炉地面
参考例句:
  • She came and sat in a chair before the hearth.她走过来,在炉子前面的椅子上坐下。
  • She comes to the hearth,and switches on the electric light there.她走到壁炉那里,打开电灯。
7 strings nh0zBe     
n.弦
参考例句:
  • He sat on the bed,idly plucking the strings of his guitar.他坐在床上,随意地拨着吉他的弦。
  • She swept her fingers over the strings of the harp.她用手指划过竖琴的琴弦。
8 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。
9 loomed 9423e616fe6b658c9a341ebc71833279     
v.隐约出现,阴森地逼近( loom的过去式和过去分词 );隐约出现,阴森地逼近
参考例句:
  • A dark shape loomed up ahead of us. 一个黑糊糊的影子隐隐出现在我们的前面。
  • The prospect of war loomed large in everyone's mind. 战事将起的庞大阴影占据每个人的心。 来自《简明英汉词典》
10 shutters 74d48a88b636ca064333022eb3458e1f     
百叶窗( shutter的名词复数 ); (照相机的)快门
参考例句:
  • The shop-front is fitted with rolling shutters. 那商店的店门装有卷门。
  • The shutters thumped the wall in the wind. 在风中百叶窗砰砰地碰在墙上。
11 peeked c7b2fdc08abef3a4f4992d9023ed9bb8     
v.很快地看( peek的过去式和过去分词 );偷看;窥视;微露出
参考例句:
  • She peeked over the top of her menu. 她从菜单上往外偷看。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • On two occasions she had peeked at him through a crack in the wall. 她曾两次透过墙缝窥视他。 来自辞典例句
12 flickering wjLxa     
adj.闪烁的,摇曳的,一闪一闪的
参考例句:
  • The crisp autumn wind is flickering away. 清爽的秋风正在吹拂。
  • The lights keep flickering. 灯光忽明忽暗。
13 tapestries 9af80489e1c419bba24f77c0ec03cf54     
n.挂毯( tapestry的名词复数 );绣帷,织锦v.用挂毯(或绣帷)装饰( tapestry的第三人称单数 )
参考例句:
  • The wall of the banqueting hall were hung with tapestries. 宴会厅的墙上挂有壁毯。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • The rooms were hung with tapestries. 房间里都装饰着挂毯。 来自《简明英汉词典》
14 petals f346ae24f5b5778ae3e2317a33cd8d9b     
n.花瓣( petal的名词复数 )
参考例句:
  • white petals tinged with blue 略带蓝色的白花瓣
  • The petals of many flowers expand in the sunshine. 许多花瓣在阳光下开放。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
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