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儿童英语读物 The Mystery on Blizzard Mountain CHAPTER 9 We’ll Be Coming Down the Mountain

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“Your boots!” shouted Benny. “Look!”

Henry’s brown hiking boots were sitting on the cabin roof, right above the door!

Henry walked up to the cabin and stepped onto a stump1 next to the cabin door. He reached up and took down the boots.

“These are my boots for sure,” he said. “And I don’t think they’ve been here long. There’s hardly any snow on them.”

“But where did they come from?” Violet cried.

“Maybe it’s a joke,” Benny said.

“I don’t think so, Benny,” said Henry. “And I don’t think it was a ghost.”

“Do you think it was whoever was making all that noise?” asked Violet.

“It had to be,” said Jessie. She frowned. “But why? Why would anyone take your boots and then bring them back?”

“Maybe the thief realized that Henry couldn’t hike back down without his boots,” said Benny.

“Oh, no!” gasped2 Violet. “What if the boot thief took something else?”

They all pushed quickly into the cabin. But nothing had been touched. The cabin was just as they had left it.

“I don’t care who took the boots! I’ve had it,” Maris declared. “We’re going home tomorrow.”

“But what about the trail?” asked Jessie.

“We’ve done as much on the trail as we need to do before the winter snow sets in. And from the looks of things, if we don’t head down the trail soon, winter could trap us here,” said Maris.

“But we haven’t caught the ghost ... or the thief yet,” said Benny. “We will,” said Jessie.

Maris woke the Aldens before the sun was up the next morning. “It looks like it has been snowing off and on all night,” she told them. “We need to get down the mountain while we can.”

They ate quickly then loaded their packs and headed out.

“All the footprints from last night are gone,” said Benny.

“Yep. Whoever’s been bothering us got lucky,” said Henry.

The snow fell and fell as the little group slipped and slid down the side of the mountain. Drifts of snow soon covered the trail and Maris stopped often to make sure that they hadn’t lost their way.

Halfway3 down, Benny sank onto a rock. “My legs are tired,”he said. “They don’t want to walk anymore.”

“I could carry you,” Henry said.

But Maris shook her head. “Benny’s too heavy for you to carry on this slippery trail,” she said. As she spoke4, she pulled out the lightweight ax she carried and began to hack6 at a small tree by the trail.

“What are you doing?” Jessie asked.

“Building a sort of sled to pull Benny on,” Maris said. Swiftly she cut another tree. “Trim the branches off that tree and I’ll trim this one.”

When the branches were trimmed off both trees, Maris cut one trunk exactly in half. Then she cut the other trunk into four pieces. She laid the two long pieces of wood side by side. She tied the four shorter pieces across the two long pieces, in the middle.

“It looks like a ladder,” said Benny.

“It does,” said Maris. “But it’s your new sled.”

Quickly Maris wove some of the branches in and out of the rungs of the ladder-sled. Last of all, she lashed7 her waterproof8 tarp over the branches.

“Hop on,” she told Benny. “And let’s go.”

Benny climbed onto the sled and grabbed each side. Maris picked up the two poles on the end of the sled facing down the trail and started forward.

“Hold on tight,” she said. Benny and the sled slid over the snow.

Henry and Maris took turns pulling Benny. With Benny in the sled, they could all travel much faster.

They reached the bottom of the trail in the late afternoon. They were all very tired.

“Looks like we’re the last ones out,” said Maris. “Carola’s truck is gone and so’s Rayanne’s car. They must have come out even earlier than we did. I guess the snow buried their footprints.”

“Bobcat’s truck is gone, too,” said Violet.

“At least we know he’s not up on the mountain somewhere,” said Jessie.

“We’ll check in town,” said Maris. “I’m sure Bobcat is fine and there’s a logical reason why he didn’t come back.”

“Whew,” said Henry, helping9 Benny climb off the sled. “I was getting worried for a while there that we were going to get stuck on Blizzard10 Mountain.”

“It’s a good thing you built me a sled,” said Benny to Maris. “Thank you.”

“You’re welcome, Benny,” said Maris. “It’s a good way to move something heavy, isn’t it? Especially when it snows.”

“Sort of like a dogsled,” said Jessie.

“Yes,” agreed Maris. She smiled tiredly. “It’s also a good thing you got your boots back, though, Henry. You would have been a lot heavier to pull!”

They climbed into the truck.

“I’m hungry,” Benny announced.

Maris nodded. “Next stop, the diner,” she said. “We can get something to eat. And we can ask about Bobcat.”

Benny pushed the diner door open. “It smells good!” he said. He raced to the counter to sit down.

“Rayanne!” said Jessie in surprise, as she and the others followed Benny. “Did you hike down Blizzard Mountain this morning and then come to work?”

The silver-haired waitress shook her head. “Nope. We hiked back down last night. Carola didn’t like the way the weather looked. Hiking at night. Ha!”

“I guess you didn’t like it,” said Benny.

“You guessed that right,” said the waitress. “What can I get you?”

“Anything but beans,” said Benny.

“Has anyone seen Bobcat?” Maris asked abruptly11.

“I haven’t,” said Rayanne. “No one I’ve talked to has.”

“I’m going to go check at the general store and see what I can find out,” said Maris. She slid off her counter stool and walked briskly out.

Jessie fixed12 Rayanne with a solemn look. “You hiked down the mountain last night?” she asked.

“If I go hiking again, it’s going to be in the summer,” declared Rayanne.

“Next time, you can take that purple opera cape13,” said Benny.

“What did you say?” Jessie asked.

“Remember that old purple velvet14 opera cape that got stolen?” he said. “And people were talking about it here and joking that you could use it to fly down the mountain like a superhero?” Benny flapped his arms. “I just remembered that!” He laughed.

“That’s it,” Jessie whispered. “That’s it!”

“What?” asked Violet.

But before Jessie could answer, the door to the diner opened.

Chuck limped in on his crutches15.

“You’re back,” he said to the Aldens. “Did you have a good trip? See any ghosts?”

“Yes,” said Benny.

“No,” said Henry firmly.

“Not exactly,” Jessie added.

“Well, at least you didn’t get trapped in all this snow,” Chuck said. He bent16 and knocked snow from his boots. “But I guess a little snow won’t hurt these old boots of mine.”

“Maybe you should get new boots,” said Benny, “to go with all your new hiking stuff.”

“New hiking stuff?” Chuck looked at Benny.

“Carola told us when you got lost, it was because you had all new stuff,” Benny said.

Chuck laughed and said, “I think I know what Carola said, and she’s right. New gear isn’t what makes you a good hiker. You have to learn that, just like lessons in school.”

Rayanne put a menu in front of Chuck. He glanced down, then glanced up again. “Where’s your friend Bobcat?” he asked the Aldens.

“He’s missing,” said Jessie. She had a very odd expression on her face.

“Missing?” asked Chuck. He raised his eyebrows17. “That’s strange. I just saw him a couple of days ago.”

“You did?” Violet said, her voice going up in surprise.

“Sure. Outside the general store. He was loading supplies into his truck. Said he was on his way back up the mountain to bring them to you,” Chuck said.

“He never hiked back up to bring us those supplies,” Henry said.

Chuck stroked his beard as if trying to remember something. Then he said, “You know, now that I think about it, I did wonder why Bobcat did what he did.”

“What did Bobcat do?” Violet asked.

“He drove in the wrong direction when he left here,” said Chuck. “The opposite direction from Blizzard Mountain.”

Jessie jumped up. “Thanks,” she said. “Come on, everyone. We have to find Maris.” She raced out of the diner.

The other Aldens exchanged surprised looks. Then they followed their sister. They met Maris just outside the door. “Bobcat’s okay,” Jessie said.

“What? How do you know that?” Maris asked.

“How do you know?” asked Henry at the same time.

“Jessie?” Violet said.

“Do you know where Bobcat is?” asked Benny.

“Not exactly, but I’m sure he’s okay. Come on! And I have a plan to catch the ghost that’s been trying to scare us all off Blizzard Mountain,” Jessie said. “This is what we need to do—and why.”

The Aldens walked back into the diner a few minutes later. “Back so soon?” Rayanne asked.

“We’re going to call Grandfather. He’s at Maris’s cabin. We hope he can drive into Blizzard Gap to meet us for dinner,” explained Henry.

“The phone booth is in the hall. I’ll be right back,” said Maris.

The Aldens settled down at a table.

Chuck chewed the hamburger he had ordered. He nodded to the Aldens, then said, “Did you find Bobcat yet?”

“We will. Tomorrow,” said Jessie. “But we can’t look for him now. It’s too dark.”

“I’m sure he’s okay,” Chuck said. “Maybe he had an emergency and had to leave in a hurry.”

“Yes. That’s what probably happened,” agreed Jessie. She turned to Violet and said in a loud voice, “Show me that piece of cloth you found at the cabin, Violet.”

Violet reached into her pocket and pulled out the small scrap18 of purple cloth.

“Velvet,” said Jessie. “Purple velvet.”

“It looks old,” said Benny.

“Probably been stuck up in the cabin for years,” said Henry. He made sure the others in the diner could hear their conversation.

“Velvet’s a funny thing to find in an old cabin in the woods, don’t you think, Violet?” Jessie asked.

“You’re right,” said Violet.

“Maybe it’s a clue,” said Benny. “To buried treasure.”

Rayanne was standing19 behind the counter, motionless. Her eyes were fixed on the scrap of velvet Violet held. “Where did you find that?” she demanded.

“Up at the cabin,” said Violet. “Isn’t it pretty?”

Rayanne came around the counter and snatched up the bit of velvet. She stared at it, then slapped it down on the table. She went back to work without another word.

But the Aldens felt her sharp eyes watching them.

Chuck dropped his hamburger and ketchup20 splashed on his shirt. He grabbed a napkin and began to poke5 at the stain.

“Yes, it is a clue,” Benny said, in a louder voice than before. “I bet it’s a clue to where Stagecoach21 George hid his treasure.”

“In the cabin? Oh, Benny, do you think so?” said Violet.

“I do,” said Benny.

“Well, we should go up there and look,” said Henry. “Maybe Maris will take us up tomorrow.”

Now Chuck dropped the napkin. He bent over to pick it up and straightened. He hit his head on the table. “Ow!” he said.

“Tomorrow. First thing. We go on a treasure hunt,” said Jessie.

“But ... but ... what about Bobcat?” asked Chuck.

“We’ll find the treasure. And maybe Bobcat, too,” said Benny, smiling. “We’re very good at finding things. Ask anybody back in Greenfield.”

Maris came back into the diner. “Your grandfather’s on his way,” she said.

“Good,” said Henry. “We can tell him about this clue we found.”

Violet held up the piece of velvet and nodded. “And about the ghost and how he tried to scare us away and didn’t,” she said. “And about how we’re going to hike right back up Blizzard Mountain to that cabin and look for treasure.”


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1 stump hGbzY     
n.残株,烟蒂,讲演台;v.砍断,蹒跚而走
参考例句:
  • He went on the stump in his home state.他到故乡所在的州去发表演说。
  • He used the stump as a table.他把树桩用作桌子。
2 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》
3 halfway Xrvzdq     
adj.中途的,不彻底的,部分的;adv.半路地,在中途,在半途
参考例句:
  • We had got only halfway when it began to get dark.走到半路,天就黑了。
  • In study the worst danger is give up halfway.在学习上,最忌讳的是有始无终。
4 spoke XryyC     
n.(车轮的)辐条;轮辐;破坏某人的计划;阻挠某人的行动 v.讲,谈(speak的过去式);说;演说;从某种观点来说
参考例句:
  • They sourced the spoke nuts from our company.他们的轮辐螺帽是从我们公司获得的。
  • The spokes of a wheel are the bars that connect the outer ring to the centre.辐条是轮子上连接外圈与中心的条棒。
5 poke 5SFz9     
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:
  • We never thought she would poke her nose into this.想不到她会插上一手。
  • Don't poke fun at me.别拿我凑趣儿。
6 hack BQJz2     
n.劈,砍,出租马车;v.劈,砍,干咳
参考例句:
  • He made a hack at the log.他朝圆木上砍了一下。
  • Early settlers had to hack out a clearing in the forest where they could grow crops.早期移民不得不在森林里劈出空地种庄稼。
7 lashed 4385e23a53a7428fb973b929eed1bce6     
adj.具睫毛的v.鞭打( lash的过去式和过去分词 );煽动;紧系;怒斥
参考例句:
  • The rain lashed at the windows. 雨点猛烈地打在窗户上。
  • The cleverly designed speech lashed the audience into a frenzy. 这篇精心设计的演说煽动听众使他们发狂。 来自《简明英汉词典》
8 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。
9 helping 2rGzDc     
n.食物的一份&adj.帮助人的,辅助的
参考例句:
  • The poor children regularly pony up for a second helping of my hamburger. 那些可怜的孩子们总是要求我把我的汉堡包再给他们一份。
  • By doing this, they may at times be helping to restore competition. 这样一来, 他在某些时候,有助于竞争的加强。
10 blizzard 0Rgyc     
n.暴风雪
参考例句:
  • The blizzard struck while we were still on the mountain.我们还在山上的时候暴风雪就袭来了。
  • You'll have to stay here until the blizzard blows itself off.你得等暴风雪停了再走。
11 abruptly iINyJ     
adv.突然地,出其不意地
参考例句:
  • He gestured abruptly for Virginia to get in the car.他粗鲁地示意弗吉尼亚上车。
  • I was abruptly notified that a half-hour speech was expected of me.我突然被通知要讲半个小时的话。
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。
13 cape ITEy6     
n.海角,岬;披肩,短披风
参考例句:
  • I long for a trip to the Cape of Good Hope.我渴望到好望角去旅行。
  • She was wearing a cape over her dress.她在外套上披着一件披肩。
14 velvet 5gqyO     
n.丝绒,天鹅绒;adj.丝绒制的,柔软的
参考例句:
  • This material feels like velvet.这料子摸起来像丝绒。
  • The new settlers wore the finest silk and velvet clothing.新来的移民穿着最华丽的丝绸和天鹅绒衣服。
15 crutches crutches     
n.拐杖, 支柱 v.支撑
参考例句:
  • After the accident I spent six months on crutches . 事故后我用了六个月的腋杖。
  • When he broke his leg he had to walk on crutches. 他腿摔断了以后,不得不靠拐杖走路。
16 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。
17 eyebrows a0e6fb1330e9cfecfd1c7a4d00030ed5     
眉毛( eyebrow的名词复数 )
参考例句:
  • Eyebrows stop sweat from coming down into the eyes. 眉毛挡住汗水使其不能流进眼睛。
  • His eyebrows project noticeably. 他的眉毛特别突出。
18 scrap JDFzf     
n.碎片;废料;v.废弃,报废
参考例句:
  • A man comes round regularly collecting scrap.有个男人定时来收废品。
  • Sell that car for scrap.把那辆汽车当残品卖了吧。
19 standing 2hCzgo     
n.持续,地位;adj.永久的,不动的,直立的,不流动的
参考例句:
  • After the earthquake only a few houses were left standing.地震过后只有几幢房屋还立着。
  • They're standing out against any change in the law.他们坚决反对对法律做任何修改。
20 ketchup B3DxX     
n.蕃茄酱,蕃茄沙司
参考例句:
  • There's a spot of ketchup on the tablecloth.桌布上有一点番茄酱的渍斑。
  • Could I have some ketchup and napkins,please?请给我一些番茄酱和纸手巾?
21 stagecoach PuQww     
n.公共马车
参考例句:
  • She's getting off the stagecoach.她正在下马车。
  • The stagecoach driver cracked the whip.驿站马车的车夫抽响了鞭子。
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