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Chapter 17 TO GRINGO'S FAIR
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Chapter 17 TO GRINGO'S FAIR
At half past seven next morning Joan came running upstairs to Julian's bedroom, a piece of paper inher hand. She knocked on the door.
'Master Julian! A dirty little note was on the front door mat when I got down this morning. It's foldedover with your name on the outside.'
Julian was out of bed in a trice. A note from the kidnappers1 perhaps? No - it couldn't be. Theywouldn't write to him!
It was from Jo! She had scribbled2 it so badly that Julian could hardly read it.
'Julian, I saw Spiky3, he's coming to the beech4 at levven I took Dick's bike to go home on I will bringit back at levven, don't be too cross. Jo.'
'I suppose 'beech' doesn't mean a tree, it means the beach, the sands,' said Dick. 'And 'levven'
means eleven o'clock. Little scallywag - I hope she hasn't damaged my bike in any way.'
Jo hadn't. She had actually managed to find time to clean it before she left home, and arrived with itso bright and gleaming that Dick hadn't the heart to scold her!
She was early so she came to the house instead of the beach. She rode through the gate and up thefront path and Timmy ran to greet her with a volley of delighted barks. He liked Jo - in fact he reallyloved the little gypsy girl. She certainly had a way with animals! Sally followed, dancing on hertiptoes as usual, ready to welcome as a friend anyone that Timmy liked.
Dick hailed Jo from the front door as she came up. 'Hallo, bicycle-stealer! My word, what's happenedto my bike - have you spring-cleaned it?'
Jo grinned, looking at Dick warily5. 'Yes. I'm sorry I took it, Dick.'
'You're not a bit sorry - but I'll forgive you,' said Dick, grinning too. 'So you got to the Fair safelyafter all?'
'Oh yes - and I woke up Spiky - he wasn't half surprised,' said Jo. 'But his Pa was sleeping in the samecaravan as he was, so I couldn't say much. I just told him to be on Kirrin Beach at eleven.
Then I rode back home. I ought to have left your bike on the way back, but I was a bit tired, so I rodehome, instead of walking.
'You can't have had much sleep last night,' said Julian, looking at the sunburnt girl with her untidycurly hair. 'Hallo - who's that?'
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A short, plump boy was hurrying past the gate. He had a mop of black hair which stuck up intocurious
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1 kidnappers | |
n.拐子,绑匪( kidnapper的名词复数 ) | |
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v.潦草的书写( scribble的过去式和过去分词 );乱画;草草地写;匆匆记下 | |
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3 spiky | |
adj.长而尖的,大钉似的 | |
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4 beech | |
n.山毛榉;adj.山毛榉的 | |
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6 caravan | |
n.大蓬车;活动房屋 | |
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7 spikes | |
n.穗( spike的名词复数 );跑鞋;(防滑)鞋钉;尖状物v.加烈酒于( spike的第三人称单数 );偷偷地给某人的饮料加入(更多)酒精( 或药物);把尖状物钉入;打乱某人的计划 | |
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11 smuggle | |
vt.私运;vi.走私 | |
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adj.谨慎的,机警的,小心的 | |
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n.围裙;工作裙 | |
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刺,扎,戳( prick的过去式和过去分词 ); 刺伤; 刺痛; 使剧痛 | |
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n.探查法v.以鼻吸气,嗅,闻( sniff的现在分词 );抽鼻子(尤指哭泣、患感冒等时出声地用鼻子吸气);抱怨,不以为然地说 | |
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