JIMMY SAVES HIS TEDDY BEAR

 "Clang, clang!" went the bell on the fire engine, and the whistle blew fiercely as the wheels rumbled¹ along over the pavement.

 

Tommy ran across to the nursery window and pressed his face against the pane².

 

"Nurse, nurse!" he called out. "The engine has stopped just across the way. Why, it's at Jimmy Watson's."

 

Margaret, the nurse, looked out. "Why, so it is, dearie me!" she cried. "Just see the smoke."

 

Ladders were being placed against the house, and firemen in big red helmets ran up and down, dragging the hose³ after them and squirting water through the windows. It was very exciting and Tommy danced up and down on his toes. Just then a mass of flame shot up through the roof, and smoke poured out of the upper windows in big black clouds.

 

"I guess Jimmy's room is all burning up," said Tommy. "Just see the smoke going out of his window."

 

As he finished speaking he saw Jimmy himself coming down the front steps, holding tightly⁴ in his hands his favorite Teddy bear. After him came his mother and the servants, each carrying something.

 

"Dearie me!" said Nurse Margaret, "I'm afraid the house will be all burned up."

 

"Well," replied Tommy, "there's one thing to be thankful for, Jimmy has saved his Teddy bear."

 

"Will you come into my auto⁵?"

Said the spider to the fly.

"There is room in my Web-tonneau

And I'll join you by and by."

1 rumbled   

发出隆隆声，发出辘辘声( rumble的过去式和过去分词 )； 轰鸣着缓慢行进； 发现…的真相； 看穿（阴谋）

参考例句：

• The machine rumbled as it started up. 机器轰鸣着发动起来。
• Things rapidly became calm, though beneath the surface the argument rumbled on. 事情迅速平静下来了，然而，在这种平静的表面背后争论如隆隆雷声，持续不断。

2 pane   

n.窗格玻璃，长方块

参考例句：

• He broke this pane of glass.他打破了这块窗玻璃。
• Their breath bloomed the frosty pane.他们呼出的水气，在冰冷的窗玻璃上形成一层雾。

3 hose   

n.输水软管，长统袜；vt.浇园子，用管冲洗

参考例句：

• Connect the hose to the tap and turn on the tap.把水管接在龙头上，打开水龙头。
• After raining,I always hose the yard out.雨后，我总是用软管把院子冲干净。

4 tightly   

adv.紧紧地，坚固地，牢固地

参考例句：

• My child holds onto my hand tightly while we cross the street.横穿马路时，孩子紧拉着我的手不放。
• The crowd pressed together so tightly that we could hardly breathe.人群挤在一起，我们几乎喘不过气来。

5 auto   

n.(=automobile)(口语)汽车

参考例句：

• Don't park your auto here.别把你的汽车停在这儿。
• The auto industry has brought many people to Detroit.汽车工业把许多人吸引到了底特律。