《神奇树屋》 第三十四册 Season of the Sandstorm 01 the golden age

　　Jack¹ put his mass home work set, he open the drum beside the bedand put up a small hand-made book, for a hundreds of time hestared at the title of the cover: tenmagic realms for Anne and jack.

From teddy and Catherine. One dream jack and Anne be able touse these magic again. The books ten realms would be used onfour missions and each realm could be used only once. Jack andAnne had already used two realms on their mission in Venice.

Jack! Anne rushed into jack’s room.

Her eyes were shinning.

Bring the book, let’s go.

Where? Said jack.

You know where.come on. Anne called and she ran backdownstairs. Jack quickly put teddy and Catherine’s book into hisbackpack he put on his jacket and took off downstairs, Anne waswaiting on the front porch,Hurry ! she cried.

Wait! How do you know it’s there? Jack said,Because I just saw it. Anne shouted.

She hurried down the porch step and cross the yard.

You saw it? Actually saw it? Yelled jack as if he saw Anne throughthe chilly² winter air.

Yes, yes! Anne yelled.

When? Shouted jack.

Just now. said Anne. I was walking home from the library. And I hadthis feeling. So I went to look and they were waiting for us.

Jack and Anne rushed into the frog creek³ woods they ran betweenthe morning shrub⁴ budding and leaves over ..of early spring. Untilthey came to the tallest oak.

See? Said Anne.

Yes. Agreed jack.

They stared at the magic tree house. It rub letter the dingoabovethe mushy groundAnne started climbing up, jack followed. When they got inside, jackpulled out his backpack,Look! A book and a letter! anne said.

She picked up the folded letter from the floor, and jack picked upthe book with gold cover,That dad. jack said.

He showed the book to Anne, its title was: the golden age ofbaghdad.

A golden age? Anne said.

That sounds cool.

Wait! We should read the letter first. Said jack.

Right. Said Anne.

She unfolded the paper, lorenze’s handwriting. She said. she readaloud.

Dear jack and Anne of frog creek:

Your mission is to journey to Baghdad of long ago and helped thecaliph spread wisdom to the world. To succeed you must be humbleand use your magic wisely. Follow his way.

What is the caliph? Said jack.

And what’w Merlin means spread wisdom to the world?

That’s a big responsibility.

I don’t know. Said Anne. let me finish. She kept reading.

Follow these instructions:

Ride the ship of the desertOn cold starry⁵ nightRide to the dust and half morning lightRide the horse on the duneThe one who says allIn the heart of the city behind the third wallBeneath bird to singing the room of the treeGreat friends wants new and new friend to beRemember the line of ...you cressesReturn to the tree house before the moon risesAmIt sounds pretty easy. Said Anne.

No. it doesn’t. said jack. This instruction had so many mysterious.

We don’t know any of them mean.

We will find out when we got there. Said Anne. the first we shouldget there make the wish!

Ok! Saidjack.

He pointed⁶ to the cover of the book,I wish we could go to the golden age of the Baghdad. He said.

The wind started to blow, the tree house started to spin. It spanfaster and faster. Then everything was still. Absolutely still.

1 jack   

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 chilly   

adj.凉快的，寒冷的

参考例句：

• I feel chilly without a coat.我由于没有穿大衣而感到凉飕飕的。
• I grew chilly when the fire went out.炉火熄灭后，寒气逼人。

3 creek   

n.小溪，小河，小湾

参考例句：

• He sprang through the creek.他跳过小河。
• People sunbathe in the nude on the rocks above the creek.人们在露出小溪的岩石上裸体晒日光浴。

4 shrub   

n.灌木，灌木丛

参考例句：

• There is a small evergreen shrub on the hillside.山腰上有一小块常绿灌木丛。
• Moving a shrub is best done in early spring.移植灌木最好是在初春的时候。

5 starry   

adj.星光照耀的, 闪亮的

参考例句：

• He looked at the starry heavens.他瞧着布满星星的天空。
• I like the starry winter sky.我喜欢这满天星斗的冬夜。

6 pointed   

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。