1、典范英语9第一本原文典范英语9第一本原文Sing for your SupperNick WarburtonCHAPTER 1Red BeardThe smell of mutton pies woke Jamie up.His nose twitched before his eyes opened. Jamies mother wasdead.His father had gone to sea and not come back. He remembered the big round sails as the little galleon movedout of Plymouth ha
2、rbour, but hed forg otten what his father looked like.For two years hed lived on the streets andbegged for his food, so he got used to sniffing out pies.Hed been dozing on a pile of straw beside the horse trough when the man walked by with his tray.Pies, Jamie thought at once.Fat warm pies.He didnt
3、have a coin to his name, but he jumped up and followed the man. He was heading for The BoarsHead.Jamie saw him push his tray into the crowd at the door and disappear.After him, Jamie said to himself.He dropped to his knees and crawled through a forest of sturdy legs. Jamie could tell by a sniff that
4、 the pie manhad stopped by a table in the corner.Keeping an eye open for the innkeeper, he crawled on.The pie man had settwo steaming pies on the table. He was counting a handful of coins into his purse.His customers werent ordinary sailors.They wore stiff ruffs and a line of fancy buttons down the
5、front of theirtunics. Jamie had seen one of them around Plymouth before - the one with the red curly hair and the pointed beard.He must be important,Jamie thought Whenever he goes theres bustle and talk.But he looks like a man whomight share his pie with a hungry boy.Jamie saw him push his tray into
6、 the crowd at the door and disappear.After him。Jamie said to himself .He dropped to his knees and crawled through a forest of sturdy legs. Jamie could tell by a sniff that the pieman had stopped by a table in the corner. Keeping an eye open for the innkeeper, he crawled on. The pie manhad set two st
7、eaming pies on the table.He was counting a handful of coins into his purse.His customers werent ordinary sailors. They wore stiff ruffs and a line of fancybuttons down the front of their tunics. Jamie had seen one of them around Plymouth before-the one with thered curly hair and the pointed beard .H
8、e must be important,Jamie thought. Wherever he goes theres bustle and talk .But he look like a man whomight share his pie with a hungry boy.No mutton pies afte r we set sai1., the man with the red bead was saying to his friend.Ships biscuits and hardcheese and not much else.But may be some Spanish g
9、old to spend when we get back, eh, Francis? his friend said.Francis.So that was his name.And Spanish gold.That meant sea-fights, didnt it? Maybe they were pirates.Well, Master Francis, Jamie said to himself. l cant wait for your gold but ld like to share a bit of your pie.And he popped up from behin
10、d the table as the redheaded man was about to eat.Can I sing you a song,Master Francis? Jamie asked him. Francis blinked at him with his mouth stil1 open.Please,Master.Jamie said.A song for a mouthful of pie.The man laughed and asked him if he had a good voice.wonderful voice, sir. Sweet as the bird
11、s,l promise.lf you want to earn the Price of a Pie, said Franciss friend, you can go down to the harbour and help load ourship.what ship is that, sir?Jamie asked.The Pelican.And its being loaded for a voyage to.But before he could say another word. Francis held up a hand to stop him.Quiet, WMi11, he
12、 said . A busy inn is not the place to talk about our plans.Willshut his mouth and looked round the noisy room.Jamie looked round, too.And sure enough- or so hethaught- there was a thin man at the next table, leaning towards them as if to catch every word.For a secondJamies eye met his, and the man
13、scowiled.A face to sour the milk, Jamie thought. And full of trouble, too. After two years on the streets,Jamie knewtrouble when he saw it.A shiver of fear ran up his spine.But Francis was speaking to him again.Come on then, lad. he said.Sing up.Jamie opened his mouth to Sing. but a broad hand took
14、hold of his neck and he felt himself jerked to his feat.lve told you before., boomed a voice.You leave my gentlemen in peace.lt was the innkeeper. He crooked an arm round Jamies throat and crushed him against his greasy apron.Jamie kicked out and flailed his arms but it was no use.The innkeeper haul
15、ed him backwards to the door andswung him out into the night.He twisted through the air and landed with a thud in the street. Instead of the smell of mutton, his nose wasfi1led with the stench of straw and horse dung. lt was the second time he had been thrown out of TheBoars Headthat night.He stood
16、up and shook himself.Across the street he saw the g1ow of candle-light from The Swan. The hum ofvoices inside tempted him to try his luck there , but hed been thrown out of The Swan, too. He didnt fel like beingdumped in horse muck a fourth time.Oh well he mumbled as he wiped himself down, maybe l s
17、hould go down to the harbour. If theyre loading fora voyage, maybe l can pick up some scraps.Scon he heard the lap of water against wooden hulls and ropes slapping in the breeze.He saw masts swayingagainst the blue-black sky.The ship in front of him was The Pelican.There were others, too, lined up b
18、ehind it.The harbour was busy for the time of night. Dark figures with sacks on their shoulders hurried backwards andforwards.Some dumped their loads on the harbour wall and others tottered up planks onto the ships.He stopped one of the sailors and asked if he could help.Clear off, little un, the sa
19、ilor growied.Youll only get under our feet.Jamie sighed and sat down in the shadow of a wall.His stomach grumbled with hunger in the dark. His headhurt. He watched the men loading their stores.Hed seen ships being loaded many times. Once hed seen a sackdrop and split open, sending cheeses rolling ov
20、er the cobbles.Agood round cheese would do nicely now, he thought. Maybe someonel drop a few sacks tonight.Sack aftersack he saw carried onto the ships.But no one stumbled. Nothing spiled.At last the men stopped work and went offtogether, laughing and joking.For a while Jamie watched the moon climb
21、s1owly in the sky.Then he stood up and stretched.Nothing doing here, he said softly to himself. He was about to wander back intoPlymouth Town when something caught his eye.Two of the men came back.Or were they the same men? lt was too dark to see properly and they werewrapped in long cloaks.They mov
22、ed like the men whod loaded the ships, trotting along with their heads bowed, but there wassomething different about them.At first Jamie couldnt think what it was. Then it came to him.They had no sacks on their backs. They wererunning up the plank onto The Pelican but they carried no stores. He saw
23、them drop into the ship and disappear inshadow.Jamie sat down again and waited.A man with a lantern on a pole came wandering along- the watchman, keeping his eye on the ships with theirload of fresh stores. Hea walked steadily a1ong the harbcur wal until he reached the ship furthest from The Pelican
24、.Then he paused for a moment before turning round. lt was then that the two men came scuttling down the plankagain.One was tall with pale hands which fluttered in the dark.Jamie knew him. lt was the sour-faced man from TheEoars Head.The other man was short and thick-set. They moved nimbly and silent
25、ly, and this time they werecarrying some-thing.At least, the short one was. t was more like a black bag than a sack and the short man carriedit on his shoulder like a barrel.Jamie Shrank back into the shadow of a wa11.He saw the men look round and spot the Watchman. The tallman stooped and picked up
26、 a stone in his pale hands.He hurled it high over the masts of me Pelican and Jamie heard it drop into the sea with a deep splash.Along the harbour wall the watchman heard it too. He spun round and held himself still.Then he lifted hislantern and peered between the ships, trying to see where the sou
27、nd had come from.While he was still staring at the sea, the men hurried away in the opposite direction, their cloaks fiapping behindthem as they ran.CHAPTER2Pale handsJamies mind was racing. He knew that something odd was going on.He waitead until the men were almost outof sight, then set off after
28、them. When they turned intosde see. he fres himsef to on fse. Mustntloe them nom he tought as he pounded along. Theyldisppear down some dark aley Imust kep up.Jamie had seen plenty of thieves on the steets. but these two were dferent andhe was suretheyweredangerousCommon. sense toid himto stay out o
29、ft Buthe was ounous. And maye there was the chance of pesing RedBeard and earning some pie. Maybe even something btter thanpie.Mustntlose them. he saidto himsef over and over. Mustnt lose them.As soon as the menreached the safey of a side steet. they stopped unning t如catch their breah.They wre bendn
30、g down to examine the tingin the black bag when Jamie hrted round the comer andanstaight into them.He fll over one and ro1led onto the other. There were rough shous, the rstle of cloaks anda waving of arms.Jamies stuggle didntlastlong-Soon he eta knee onhis chest and long fngers tghening on his arm.
31、 He twised his head and sawthesame| pale hand that had trown the stone。 There wes a siver ing onthe middie fnger. Afice came close and spoke tohimina harsh voiceAnd where do you think youre going?It was the broad man, the one who was kneing on him. and the Stench of his breath made Jamie finch.Im so
32、ry. master. he said. Pm Somy.Then the tall man spoke and his voice Was a thin whisper.Hes fol owing us, Tom. | saw him tlkinto Red Beard in The Boars Head.No, sir; sid Jamie. Tm not fol lowingyou. imunning awey. s Honest The wthanaster meThe ingers lseed on Jamies amm and the men dated al00k at eah other They gianee nevously backeatthe comer of the streetThey only loked away for a second butitwes enough for Jamie He wiged from under Toms kne
copyright@ 2008-2022 冰豆网网站版权所有
经营许可证编号:鄂ICP备2022015515号-1