兒童英語讀物《神奇樹屋》第十冊GhostTownatSundown

1、兒童英語讀物神奇樹屋第十冊Ghost Town at Sundown 033 Player PianoOutside， the sad tune played on.“ It s coming from there，” said Annie.She crept toward a building that had a sign with the word HOTEL on it. Jack limped after her.矚慫潤厲釤瘞睞櫪廡賴賃軔朧。Annie slowly pushed open a swinging door. They peeked inside. 聞創(chuàng)溝燴鐺險愛氌譴凈

2、禍測樅。The fading daylight lit a piano in the corner of the room. The keys were moving up and down. But no one was there!殘騖樓諍錈瀨濟溆塹籟婭騍東。“ Yikes， ” whispered Annie.“ A ghost playing the piano!釅錒極額閉鎮(zhèn)檜豬訣”錐顧葒鈀。Suddenly the keys were still. The air got very cold.彈貿攝爾霽斃攬磚鹵廡詒爾膚?！?No. No way， ” said Jack. “ The

3、re s no such thing as謀蕎a摶ghost篋飆鐸.懟類蔣薔點鉍”雜。 “ We saw one in ancient Egypt， ” whispered Annie.“ Yeah， but that was ancient Egypt ， ” said Jack. Even so， his heart raced.廈礴懇蹣駢時盡繼價騷巹癩龔?！?I lookll it up. ”Jack pulled out the Wild West book. He found a picture of a piano. He readaloud：煢楨廣鰳鯡選塊網羈淚鍍齊鈞。Playe

4、r pianos were popular in the Old West. The piano played automatically when someone pumped its floor pedals.Later ， with the help of electricity ， the piano played all by itself. 鵝婭盡損鵪慘歷蘢鴛賴縈詰聾。“ Whew.” Jack closed the book.“ I knew there was，”an answerhesaid.“ It must be ，electricandsomehow it came o

5、n. 籟叢”媽羥為贍僨蟶練淨櫧撻曉?！?I didn t know they had electricity in the Wild West，”said Annie. 預頌圣鉉儐歲齦訝驊糴買闥齙。 “ They didn ，t”said Jack.He looked at Annie.，“manOh， let s get out of here!” he said.滲釤嗆儼勻諤鱉調硯錦鋇絨鈔。Jack and Annie backed out of the hotel.When they got outside， they heard another sound：horse hooves t

6、humping against the hardground.鐃誅臥瀉噦圣騁貺頂廡縫勵羆。A cloud of dust seemed to be moving toward the town. As it got closer， Jack saw three riders.They were herding a small band of horses. 擁締鳳襪備訊顎輪爛薔報贏無?！?Hide! ” Jack said. “ Where?” said Annie.Jack looked around wildly. He saw two barrels outside the hotel.

7、 贓熱俁閫歲匱閶鄴鎵騷鯛漢鼉?！?There! ” he said.Jack and Anniehurried to the empty barrels.Jack climbed inside one and triedto scrunchdown.His hat wouldn t fit!He jumped out of the barrel and threw his hat into the hotel壇摶.鄉(xiāng)囂懺蔞鍥鈴氈淚躋馱釣。“ Mine， too! ”said Annie.Jack grabbed hers and threw it.Then he scrambled back

8、into the barrel. 蠟變黲癟報倀鉉錨鈰贅籜葦繯。Just in time.Jack heard the horses thunder into town.He peeked through a crack in the barrel and saw a blur of cowboys and horses go by.買鯛鴯譖曇膚遙閆擷凄屆嬌擻?！?Whoa! ”“ Whoa! ” “ Whoa! ” men shouted.Jack heard the horses come to a halt. They stamped and snorted. All he could s

9、ee were shadows through the crack. 綾鏑鯛駕櫬鶘蹤韋轔糴飆鈧麥。1 / 4Dust covered Jack. He had to sneeze.He pinched his nose.驅躓髏彥浹綏譎飴憂錦諑瓊針?！?The creek bed must have dried up!” a cowboy yelled.貓蠆驢繪燈鮒誅髏貺廡獻”“ This town s a ghost!鵬縮?！?Yup， it gives me the shivers ，” said another.鍬籟饗逕瑣筆襖鷗婭薔嗚訝擯?！?Let s camp over the ris

10、e.”Jack really had to sneeze now. He pinched his nose tighter. But he couldn t stop the sneeze. H構氽頑黌碩飩薺齦話騖門戲鷯。out a choked “ Ah-choo! ”“ What was that? ” someone said.Just then a loud whinny split the air. Jack saw a beautiful horse rear up. 輒嶧陽檉籪癤網儂號澩蠐鑭釃。 She had no rider or saddle ， just a rope a

11、round her neck. She was as red as the sunset.She had a wild black mane and a white star above her eyes. 堯側閆繭絳闕絢勵蜆贅瀝紕縭。“ We can t keep fighting this one， boss! ” a cowboy yelled識.饒鎂錕縊灩筧嚌儼淒儂減攙?！?Yup. She wants her colt， ” another said.“ We shouldn t have left him凍鈹behind鋨勞臘鍇.癇婦脛糴”鈹賄鶚?！?He was too slow

12、， ” a growly voice said.“ We ll sell her when we cross the border恥.諤銪滅縈歡煬 ”鞏鶩錦聰櫻鄶。That s terrible! thought Jack.He knew Annie must be upset， too.He just hoped that she wouldn tjump out of her barrel. 鯊腎鑰詘褳鉀溈懼統(tǒng)庫搖飭緡。But the cowboys pulled the red horse away.The ground rang from the pounding of hooves

13、as theygalloped off. 碩癘鄴頏謅攆檸攜驤蘞鷥膠據(jù)。Jack and Annie stood up.They watched the riders disappear into the dust. 閿擻輳嬪諫遷擇楨秘騖輛塤鵜。The pounding faded away.All was quiet again ， except for the lazy buzzing of flies. 氬嚕躑竄貿懇彈瀘頷澩紛釓鄧?！?They were meanto that horse， ” Annie said in a low， angry voice. 釷鵒資贏車贖孫滅獅贅慶獷緞

14、。 “ I know. But there was nothing we could do， ” said Jack. His boots were killing him. He climbedout of his barrel. 慫闡譜鯪逕導嘯畫長涼馴鴇撟。 “ Man， I have to get these off ，” he said.Jack sat down on the porch of the hotel.He grabbed the boot of one foot and pulled.諺辭調擔鈧諂動禪瀉類謹覡鸞?！?Jack，” said Annie， “ I thin

15、k there is something we can do. 嘰覲詿縲鐋囁偽純”鉿錈癱懇跡。 “ What? ” Jack looked up.A small horse was running down the road. He was as red as the wild mother horse.He had the same black mane and white star above his eyes.熒紿譏鉦鏌觶鷹緇機庫圓鍰緘。 A rope was around his neck. He looked very lost.3 自動演奏的鋼琴外面，悲傷的曲調依然彈奏著?！笆菑哪?/p>

16、里傳來的?！卑材菡f。安妮躡手躡腳地向一幢掛著“旅館 ”的房子走去，杰克則一瘸一拐地跟在后面。安妮慢慢地推開一扇搖搖晃晃的門，他們一齊往里看去。夕陽的余光正照在角落里的一架鋼琴上。琴鍵一上一下地叮咚作響，卻不見有人彈奏?！鞍パ?! ”安妮小聲地說，“一定是一個幽靈在彈琴?！蓖蝗凰械那冁I都停了下來?？諝庾兊脹鲲`颼的?！安?，不可能。 ”杰克說， “根本就沒有所謂的幽靈?！薄翱墒俏覀冊诠虐＜耙娺^一個啊?！卑材葺p聲地說?！暗鞘窃诠虐＜?。”杰克回答。雖然是這么說，他的心還是加速跳動著。2 / 4“我來查查看。 ”杰克拿出狂野西部那本書。他找到了一幅鋼琴的畫，大聲讀道：在昔日的西部，自動演奏鋼琴是很普遍

17、的。只要有人踩踏板，鋼琴就能自動演奏。后來，借助電力，又有了完全自動演奏的鋼琴。鶼漬螻偉閱劍鯫腎邏蘞闋簣擇?！昂?。 ”杰克合上書， “我就知道一定會有答案的。 ”他說， “一定是電，一定有電通過來了。 ” “我可不知道在狂野的西部還有電。 ”安妮說?！笆菦]有啊。 ”杰克說。他一面看著安妮，大聲說： “天啊，咱們快點離開這里吧。 ” 杰克和安妮趕緊離開了旅館。他們一到外面，又聽到了另一種聲音：馬蹄敲擊堅硬地面所發(fā)出的聲音。似乎有一片塵霧正朝小鎮(zhèn)涌來。 當塵霧飄近時， 杰克看到了三個騎馬的人。 他們趕著一小群馬。“快躲起來 ! ”杰克說。“躲到哪里啊 ?”安妮問。杰克忙亂地向四周看看，看到旅館外面

18、的兩個酒桶。“那里 ! ”杰克說。杰克和安妮趕緊跑向那兩個空酒桶。杰克爬進其中一個， 準備蹲下來。 可他的帽子卻塞不進去。杰克跳出酒桶，把帽子扔進了旅館。紂憂蔣氳頑薟驅藥憫騖覲僨鴛。“還有我的 ! ”安妮說。杰克一把奪過安妮的帽子也扔了進去。然后又趕緊爬進了桶里。時間剛剛好。杰克聽到馬隊沖進了小鎮(zhèn)。他從酒桶的縫隙里向外看，模模糊糊看到一群牛仔和馬經過。“吁! ”“吁! ”“吁! ”那些人喊道。杰克聽到馬隊停了下來。那些馬跺著腳，打著響鼻。從縫隙中，杰克只能看到一些影子。塵霧撲面而來。杰克想打噴嚏了，他使勁捏著自己的鼻子?！靶∠暮哟惨欢ㄒ呀浉闪?! ”一個牛仔嚷嚷著， “這個鎮(zhèn)就是個鬼鎮(zhèn)。 ”“是啊，我都有些怕得發(fā)抖呢。”另一個牛仔說， “咱們在高處扎營吧。”杰克現(xiàn)在真的要打噴嚏了。他愈發(fā)使勁地捏住鼻子，卻還是沒能壓住噴嚏。他發(fā)出了一聲：“阿嚏