《神奇树屋》 第三十四册 Season of the Sandstorm 08 room of the tree

　　Noo......cried jack¹.

Jack ran to beauty and yawn hunks of paper from her mouth, Annedropped her kneesand picked up the torn pieces of chewed aroundthe camels big feet.

The treasure had ruined. Mourned Anne.

Jack was stoned.

I shouldn’t left my bag here . he saidAll that is all my fault. I shouldn’t grown back to these kids. Wellweep wept Anne. I should be more humble² like merlin said.

Anne sounded like she was about to cry.

It’s ok. Said jack. But he knew it wasn’t.

The book was destroyed and they had failed with their mission.

Maybe, maybe we can fix it. Said Anne.

Jack shook his head. n\No,we can’t . he said . it’s completely destroyed. It can’t be fixed³.

Anne looked up.

What? What did you just say? She said.

I said it can’t be fixed. Said jack.

A big green crossed Anne’s face.

Right It can be fixed. She said.

Help me gather up all these pieces.

Why? Said jack.

But Anne got nuts.

Just do it. Quick! Said Anne.

Jack and Anne rushed around the stable gathering⁴ the pieces ofthe torn pages.

Now and pile everything here on top of the cover. And give me thebook. Said Anne.

What book?

Said jack.

The realm book! Said AnneOh! Oh! Said jack , all right!

He reached to his shoulder bag and pulled out teddy ad catherine’sbook of magic realms . jack opened the book and read on the list.

Here it is. Man can not be mended. He said.

That’

s the one. Said Anne.

Jack slipped the pages of the until they came to the realm. He heldup the book that until he and Anne can both see. Standing⁵ on thesunlight, jack read in a loud clear voice:

You was broken bee, the young repair,Anne read the second line:

I will be brave...all! Fin⁶ al mileThe paper blitz flatted, and they began to soaring of swirl⁷ off thefloor, they swirl up the ground as if they called for the small tomato,tornado⁸. The tornado captured all pages in to funny fury and thentwistedthem together. The paper swirled⁹ into a bright glidig light.

Jack narrowed his eyes and he heard a loud @WOOF...

When he looked up, the bright tornado had vanished, lying in thestable floor in front of jack and Anne was the ancient book. Holdinghis breath, jack carefully picked up the treasure and he opened theleather cover,Oh, ma’am, he whispered.

Aristotle’s priceless words of wisdom were neat on the yellowpages. There was no sign of ripple¹⁰ or tear anywhere.

Thank goodness. Braved Anne.

Yeah. Saidjack.

So what we do now? said Anne.

I don’t know said jack. What’s the ncxt thing Merlin tell us to do ?

He pulled out Merlin’s letter and read:

Beneath bird to singing the room of the treeGreat friends want to know and new friend to beRemember the line of ...you cressesWhat’s that mean? Said jack.

Sudden jack heard someone behind them. He and Anne turnedaround, the girl a girl was standing on the doorway¹¹ of the stable.

She wore long white robe, grown. her hair and face were hidden bythe wail¹².

Hi!

Said Anne. who are you?

I an the servant of the palace. The girl whispered. Come!

She motioned them to follow her.

Let’s go. Anne said to jack.

Where she taking us? Asked jack.

Why she whispering/I don’t know. Said Anne. I felt that we should followhere.

Ok. Said jack.

He put the book of wisdom and the book of magic realms back tohis bag. He slang the bag over his shoulder. And followed anewand servant girl out of the stable. The three of them walked throughthe call yard and through the palacestalls . they walked along awide candle lit hall way. Over a thick carpet, at the end of the hallway , was the tall covered doom¹³. Dome¹⁴.

A boy servant stood by the dome door, he wore baggie trousers and a long shirt. His face was almost completely hidden by headcloth. He didn’t speak or looked at them. The servant girl kept jackand Anne coming closer.

In her stranger whispering voice, she said: in front of the cheer ball,to the floor, don’t looked up, and don’t speak, until you’re spoken to.

But what? Said jack.

Go quickly. Whispered the girl.

The boy servant pulled open the heavy door and the girl servantpushed them into the room.

Wait. Said jack.

But the boy servant closed the door behind them. Leaving jack andAnne along.

Jack, look over here. Said Anne.

The room of our treeJack turned around. A giant tree stood at the center of the room, ithad silver leaves as if it was fluttered by the wind. The conicalgolden birds were singing twig¹⁶, twig twig, from the silver branches.

But beneath the strange tree was an empty black chair. Jewelryand spackles that is shinning woods.

We were in the throne place. said Anne.

She crewed to Merlin’s letter:

Beneath the bird to sing and room of the treeGreat friends wants new and new friend to beAnother mystery solved. Anne said.

Not really. Said jack. Where are the two friends/I don’t know but we’d better bellow¹⁷ form that chair like that girlservant told us to. Said Anne.

Jack and Anne nodding from the shinning black chair the ball hetzbeneath the floor. Jack quick to the bed, the treasures were inside.

Remember what all? She said. Anne reminded to jack.

Don’t look up, and don’t speak when we are spoken to . but there isnoone here. Said jack. He felt foolish in front of chair and listeningto the chirping¹⁸ of the organical birds.

Why do we doing this? He wondered.

The door opened with a low quaking sound.

Jack squeezed desire shut. He heard footsteps moving passingthem.

How did you get into the throne room?

A deep voice asked.

A servant brought us here. Said Anne.

And why where have you come? Asked the voicee have a priceless treasure to give to the caliph of Baghdad.

Said jack keep his head down.

It’s a book of wisdom.

Jack form his bag and pulled out the book, he kept his eyes tightlyshutted close the book up towards the voice. There was a longsilence.

We hope we will help the caliph spread wisdoms to the world. SaidAnne.

How do you come to be the procession of this book? The manasked.

We’re helping¹⁹ a friend. Said Anne. and wegot separated from sandstorm.

Ah.. did I suppose you brought this book to Baghdad to give arealm? For a reward. Said the man.

No. no. we didn’t . said jack. There is our it’s our mission to give it tocaliph.

Surely you must be seeking some payment for exchange thistreasure . said the man. Would you not like precious perfumegathered from Swedish flowers?

No. thank you. Said Anne.

Ruby²⁰ as large as hen’s eggs? Said the man.

No.thanks! said jack.

ou will not except the books wait in gold? Said theman.

We don’t need reward . said jack.

Since he likes book so much, why don’t you use it to caliph to use itto golden rubies²¹, and war of them. Said Anne.

Again it was silent. Silence. Then the man cleared his throat. Whenhe spoke¹⁵ his voice jack gentle and familiar sounding.

Look up at me. Jack and Anne. he said.

Jack opened his eyes. He slowly lifted his head, firstly he sawglomming gold slippers²² and then a long white robe with gold trim,then a familiar face.

Jack gasped²³.

He couldn’t believe his eyes. The man wasn’t the scary person atall.

The man was mammon.

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 humble   

adj.谦卑的，恭顺的；地位低下的；v.降低，贬低

参考例句：

• In my humble opinion,he will win the election.依我拙见，他将在选举中获胜。
• Defeat and failure make people humble.挫折与失败会使人谦卑。

3 fixed   

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。

4 gathering   

n.集会，聚会，聚集

参考例句：

• He called on Mr. White to speak at the gathering.他请怀特先生在集会上讲话。
• He is on the wing gathering material for his novels.他正忙于为他的小说收集资料。

5 standing   

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。

6 fin   

n.鳍；(飞机的)安定翼

参考例句：

• They swim using a small fin on their back.它们用背上的小鳍游动。
• The aircraft has a long tail fin.那架飞机有一个长长的尾翼。

7 swirl   

v.(使)打漩，(使)涡卷；n.漩涡，螺旋形

参考例句：

• The car raced roughly along in a swirl of pink dust.汽车在一股粉红色尘土的漩涡中颠簸着快速前进。
• You could lie up there,watching the flakes swirl past.你可以躺在那儿，看着雪花飘飘。

8 tornado   

n.飓风，龙卷风

参考例句：

• A tornado whirled into the town last week.龙卷风上周袭击了这座城市。
• The approaching tornado struck awe in our hearts.正在逼近的龙卷风使我们惊恐万分。

9 swirled   

v.旋转，打旋( swirl的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• The waves swirled and eddied around the rocks. 波浪翻滚着在岩石周围打旋。
• The water swirled down the drain. 水打着旋流进了下水道。

10 ripple   

n.涟波，涟漪，波纹，粗钢梳；vt.使...起涟漪，使起波纹； vi.呈波浪状，起伏前进

参考例句：

• The pebble made a ripple on the surface of the lake.石子在湖面上激起一个涟漪。
• The small ripple split upon the beach.小小的涟漪卷来，碎在沙滩上。

11 doorway   

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。

12 wail   

vt./vi.大声哀号，恸哭；呼啸，尖啸

参考例句：

• Somewhere in the audience an old woman's voice began plaintive wail.观众席里，一位老太太伤心地哭起来。
• One of the small children began to wail with terror.小孩中的一个吓得大哭起来。

13 doom   

n.厄运，劫数；v.注定，命定

参考例句：

• The report on our economic situation is full of doom and gloom.这份关于我们经济状况的报告充满了令人绝望和沮丧的调子。
• The dictator met his doom after ten years of rule.独裁者统治了十年终于完蛋了。

14 dome   

n.圆屋顶，拱顶

参考例句：

• The dome was supported by white marble columns.圆顶由白色大理石柱支撑着。
• They formed the dome with the tree's branches.他们用树枝搭成圆屋顶。

15 spoke   

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。

16 twig   

n.小树枝，嫩枝；v.理解

参考例句：

• He heard the sharp crack of a twig.他听到树枝清脆的断裂声。
• The sharp sound of a twig snapping scared the badger away.细枝突然折断的刺耳声把獾惊跑了。

17 bellow   

v.吼叫，怒吼；大声发出，大声喝道

参考例句：

• The music is so loud that we have to bellow at each other to be heard.音乐的声音实在太大，我们只有彼此大声喊叫才能把话听清。
• After a while,the bull began to bellow in pain.过了一会儿公牛开始痛苦地吼叫。

18 chirping   

鸟叫，虫鸣( chirp的现在分词 )

参考例句：

• The birds,chirping relentlessly,woke us up at daybreak. 破晓时鸟儿不断吱吱地叫，把我们吵醒了。
• The birds are chirping merrily. 鸟儿在欢快地鸣叫着。

19 helping   

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。

20 ruby   

n.红宝石，红宝石色

参考例句：

• She is wearing a small ruby earring.她戴着一枚红宝石小耳环。
• On the handle of his sword sat the biggest ruby in the world.他的剑柄上镶有一颗世上最大的红宝石。

21 rubies   

红宝石( ruby的名词复数 )； 红宝石色，深红色

参考例句：

• a necklace of rubies intertwined with pearls 缠着珍珠的红宝石项链
• The crown was set with precious jewels—diamonds, rubies and emeralds. 王冠上镶嵌着稀世珍宝—有钻石、红宝石、绿宝石。

22 slippers   

n. 拖鞋

参考例句：

• a pair of slippers 一双拖鞋
• He kicked his slippers off and dropped on to the bed. 他踢掉了拖鞋，倒在床上。

23 gasped   

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》