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Chapter 8 THE SHIP IN THE BOTTLE
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Chapter 8 THE SHIP IN THE BOTTLE
LUCY-ANN managed to get some paper and wrap up the bottle and ship before Philip saw it. Theothers were curious to know what she had got, but she wouldn't tell them.
"It's something breakable because you're carrying it so carefully!" said Jack1. When they got back tothe ship she unwrapped the bottle when she and Dinah got into their cabin, and showed it to her.
"What a dirty old thing!" said Dinah. "What is it? You haven't spent your money on that, surely!""Half of it," said Lucy-Ann. "It's for Philip's birthday. He said he wanted one. It's a ship in a bottle.""Is it really? Gosh, so it is!" said Dinah, interested. "Let's clean it up and see it properly. Isn't it a bigone?"
They rubbed soap on a flannel2 and proceeded to clean up the bottle. Once the glass was clean the shipinside could be plainly seen. It was a beauty, quite big, intricately carved, with carefully-made sails.
In contrast to the bottle, it was clean and free from dust. The colours it had been painted with werestill bright.
"Look at that!" said Lucy-Ann in delight. "It must be a model of one of the old Greek ships. How didit get into the bottle, Dinah? Look, the neck of the bottle is small and narrow — nobody couldpossibly push that lovely little ship through the neck. It would be quite impossible.""I can't imagine how it got into the bottle," said Dinah, puzzled too. "But it's certainly inside. Won'tPhilip be pleased? I rather like it myself.""Oh, so do I. It's wizard," said Lucy-Ann. She stood it on a shelf. The bottle had a flat side, and stoodon this, the lovely little ship sailing along as it seemed, in the middle of the bottle, all its sails set.
"What's the ship called?" said Dinah, peering at it. "I can't tell, can you? The letters on it aren't likeours. They must be Greek."
The ship in the bottle was duly given to Philip two days later on his birthday. He was thrilled. Lucy-Ann glowed with delight when she saw how pleased he was.
"But where did you get it? Why, it's the nicest one I've ever seen!" he said. "Quite the nicest. Reallybeautifully made. I wonder how old it is. I'm glad it's such a nice big one too. Most of the ships inbottles I've seen are much smaller than this."Micky and Kiki came to look at the ship in the bottle. Micky saw the ship through the glass and triedto get hold of it. He couldn't, of course, because of the glass, and it puzzled him.
"Happy Christmas," said Kiki to Philip, every now and again. She had been taught to say "Happyreturns" but she kept mixing it up with "Happy Christmas," which she said every few minutes.
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n.插座,千斤顶,男人;v.抬起,提醒,扛举;n.(Jake)杰克 | |
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n.法兰绒;法兰绒衣服 | |
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retired
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clattering
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发出咔哒声(clatter的现在分词形式) | |
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