《神奇树屋》 第四十二册 A Good Night for Ghosts 08 Heebie Jeebies

　　Thunder shook the night. The wind howled. Thepirate ghost floated down the stairs.

"The ghost of Jean Lafitte!" whispered Annie.

The ghost pointed¹ a bony finger at Happy. "NOTAFRAID OF GHOSTS?" his voice boomed again. Hepointed at Big Nose Sidney. "NOT EVEN A LITTLEBIT? HAH-HAH-HAH!""AHHHHHHH!" everyone shrieked² again. They allscrambled out of the back room to the front room.

They pushed on the front door together. But the doorstill wouldn't open.

92"SCURVY DOGS! YOU CANNOT ESCAPE ME!"the ghost of Jean Lafitte shouted.

The pirate ghost floated to the center of the roomand stopped. He rested his hands on his hips³, threwback his head, and laughed again. "YOU'RETRAPPED NOW!" Jean Lafitte roared. "TRAPPEDHERE FOREVER!"To Jack⁴'s horror, more ghost pirates began glidingthrough the walls into the room. One at a time theycame: a pirate with a gold earring⁵, another with apistol, one with a head scarf, another with an eyepatch, one with a saber, another with a bushy beard,one with a thin mustache, another with a sack, onewith a striped shirt, another with a peg⁶ leg.

Finally ten ghost pirates circled the room!

From the center of the circle, Jean Lafitte let outanother peal⁷ of mean laughter. "HAH-HAH-HAH!"The pirate crew snorted, snarled⁸, and growled,"YARRR! ARGHH! ARRL!"93Suddenly Jack started singing:

Skiddle-diddle dog!

Hey, hey, hey!

Ghost, go away,Go away, go away!

"Jack!" said Annie. "What are you doing?""Play, Annie! Play!" squeaked⁹ Jack.

"I can't!" said Annie. "We used up the magic! It'sjust an ordinary trumpet¹⁰ now!""Here, give it to me!" said Dipper.

Annie handed Dipper the trumpet.

Dipper put the trumpet to his lips. He closed hiseyes. He took a deep breath, and then he blew. Theair vibrated with a single warm note. Then Dipper'sfingers danced over the trumpet's valves. A lively,swinging tune¹¹ filled the blacksmith shop.

Jean Lafitte stopped laughing his mean laugh. Heheld up his hands for his crew to be silent. As Dipperplayed, crooked¹³ smiles crossed the pirates' faces.

94Dipper's joyful¹⁴ music drowned out the noise of thestorm outside. Annie snatched two rungs from abroken chair. She used them as drumsticks, tappingthem against a wooden bucket. Jack grabbed twomore rungs and did the same.

Dipper paused long enough to yell to his trio, "Hey,boys! Sing the Heebie-Jeebie song!""We don't know it!" said Little Mack.

"Make somethin' up!" called Dipper.

As Dipper played the trumpet, Little Mack sang:

I got the heebies!

You got the jeebies!

Then Happy sang:

The heebies make you hop¹²!

And the jeebies make you quake!

Then Big Nose Sidney sang:

'Do a little dance, Mama!

Stomp¹⁵ and shake!

95As the trio sang, the ghost of Jean Lafitte started todance. He shook his head and clapped his hands. Hewaved his arms through the air. He turned in a circle.

"Go, Mama, go!" he shouted.

Lafitte's crew began dancing like their captain. Allthe ghost pirates moved in a circle, shaking theirheads and waving their hands. Some floated off thefloor, turning this way and that.

Little Mack sang:

Hey, Papa! Hey, Mama!

Hey! Hey! Hey!

"Hey, hey, hey!" all the pirates shouted. "Hey, hey,hey!"Dipper played the trumpet. Jack and Anniedrummed on the bucket. The trio sang. The floorshook. The windows rattled¹⁶. And all the piratesstomped and shook, doing the Heebie-Jeebie dance.

"SWING THAT MUSIC!" shouted Jean Lafitte'sghost.

969798"YARR!" the pirates all shouted. "YARR! YARR!"The front door suddenly banged open.

"GO, MAMA! GO, PAPA! GO! GO! GO!" shoutedthe ghost of Jean Lafitte. He danced out of the shop,and his pirate crew followed, one by one.

As the ghosts all danced out of the shop, Dipperkept playing. The trio kept singing, and Jack andAnnie kept drumming.

"MY CREW AND I SURE ENJOYED YOUR VISIT!"the pirate ghost captain shouted back to Dipper andthe others. "BE SURE TO COME BACK! SAME TIMENEXT YEAR!"The ghost of Jean Lafitte turned and waved hisarms in the air again. "COME ON, BOYS! PAPA'SDOIN' THE HEEBIE-JEEBIES DANCE!" Then, doingthe Heebie-Jeebies dance, allthe pirate ghosts dancedaway into the dark New Orleans night.
 

1 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。

2 shrieked   

v.尖叫( shriek的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• She shrieked in fright. 她吓得尖叫起来。
• Li Mei-t'ing gave a shout, and Lu Tzu-hsiao shrieked, "Tell what? 李梅亭大声叫，陆子潇尖声叫：“告诉什么？ 来自汉英文学 - 围城

3 hips   

abbr.high impact polystyrene 高冲击强度聚苯乙烯，耐冲性聚苯乙烯n.臀部( hip的名词复数 )；[建筑学]屋脊；臀围（尺寸）；臀部…的

参考例句：

• She stood with her hands on her hips. 她双手叉腰站着。
• They wiggled their hips to the sound of pop music. 他们随着流行音乐的声音摇晃着臀部。 来自《简明英汉词典》

4 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。

5 earring   

n.耳环，耳饰

参考例句：

• How long have you worn that earring?你戴那个耳环多久了？
• I have an earring but can't find its companion.我现在只有一只耳环,找不到另一只了。

6 peg   

n.木栓，木钉；vt.用木钉钉，用短桩固定

参考例句：

• Hang your overcoat on the peg in the hall.把你的大衣挂在门厅的挂衣钩上。
• He hit the peg mightily on the top with a mallet.他用木槌猛敲木栓顶。

7 peal   

n.钟声；v.鸣响

参考例句：

• The bells of the cathedral rang out their loud peal.大教堂响起了响亮的钟声。
• A sudden peal of thunder leaves no time to cover the ears.迅雷不及掩耳。

8 snarled   

v.（指狗）吠，嗥叫， （人）咆哮( snarl的过去式和过去分词 )；咆哮着说，厉声地说

参考例句：

• The dog snarled at us. 狗朝我们低声吼叫。
• As I advanced towards the dog, It'snarled and struck at me. 我朝那条狗走去时，它狂吠着向我扑来。 来自《简明英汉词典》

9 squeaked   

v.短促地尖叫( squeak的过去式和过去分词 )；吱吱叫；告密；充当告密者

参考例句：

• The radio squeaked five. 收音机里嘟嘟地发出五点钟报时讯号。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
• Amy's shoes squeaked on the tiles as she walked down the corridor. 埃米走过走廊时，鞋子踩在地砖上嘎吱作响。 来自辞典例句

10 trumpet   

n.喇叭，喇叭声；v.吹喇叭，吹嘘

参考例句：

• He plays the violin, but I play the trumpet.他拉提琴，我吹喇叭。
• The trumpet sounded for battle.战斗的号角吹响了。

11 tune   

n.调子；和谐，协调；v.调音，调节，调整

参考例句：

• He'd written a tune,and played it to us on the piano.他写了一段曲子，并在钢琴上弹给我们听。
• The boy beat out a tune on a tin can.那男孩在易拉罐上敲出一首曲子。

12 hop   

n.单脚跳，跳跃；vi.单脚跳，跳跃；着手做某事；vt.跳跃，跃过

参考例句：

• The children had a competition to see who could hop the fastest.孩子们举行比赛，看谁单足跳跃最快。
• How long can you hop on your right foot?你用右脚能跳多远？

13 crooked   

adj.弯曲的；不诚实的，狡猾的，不正当的

参考例句：

• He crooked a finger to tell us to go over to him.他弯了弯手指，示意我们到他那儿去。
• You have to drive slowly on these crooked country roads.在这些弯弯曲曲的乡间小路上你得慢慢开车。

14 joyful   

adj.欢乐的，令人欢欣的

参考例句：

• She was joyful of her good result of the scientific experiments.她为自己的科学实验取得好成果而高兴。
• They were singing and dancing to celebrate this joyful occasion.他们唱着、跳着庆祝这令人欢乐的时刻。

15 stomp   

v.跺（脚），重踩，重踏

参考例句：

• 3.And you go to france, and you go to stomp! 你去法国，你去看跺脚舞！
• 4.How hard did she stomp? 她跺得有多狠？

16 rattled   

慌乱的，恼火的

参考例句：

• The truck jolted and rattled over the rough ground. 卡车嘎吱嘎吱地在凹凸不平的地面上颠簸而行。
• Every time a bus went past, the windows rattled. 每逢公共汽车经过这里，窗户都格格作响。