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By the start of the pizza party, the Aldens hadn’t solved the mystery. Blake’s camera was still missing.



Jessie opened the door to the Greenfield Zoo Education Center’s red barn. The place was decorated with balloons and streamers.



“I smell pepperoni,” Benny said. “And veggie pizza. And . . .” He sniffed 1 the air. “. . . a couple of plain cheese pies, too.” Benny rubbed his belly 2 and smiled.



“You have an amazing nose,” Violet said, pointing to a table along a side wall. On top of it were the three types of pizzas Benny’s nose had predicted.



“Pizza makes every party perfect,” Benny told Jessie.



“The only thing that would have made this party better,” Henry said, “is if we’d solved the mystery of Blake’s missing camera.”



Jessie agreed. “I’m disappointed, too. I went over the suspect list a thousand times. I just can’t figure it out.”



Violet shrugged 4. “I hope Blake’s not too sad at how things turned out. There’s still a possibility that one of his other pictures will win.”



“Well, I hope one of our pictures wins,” Benny said. He grabbed Henry’s arm. “Come on, Henry. The pizza’s getting cold, and everyone’s waiting for me to take the first slice, just like Mr. Newton promised.”



The Aldens went to the pizza table and everyone grabbed a few slices, following Benny. Then they sat in the circle of folding chairs.



Matthew and Griffin came to sit beside them. They were dressed in twin zoo shirts with monkeys on them.



“It’s a picture of Simio,” Matthew told Benny.



“It does kind of look like him,” Benny said, leaning in to study the shirt.



“We wanted to always remember that funny monkey,” Griffin said.



Sophie joined the circle. She had her blond hair pulled back in a ponytail.



Sophie was wearing her swim charm bracelet 5. When Mr. Newton showed up, he was wearing his tennis shoes.



“We did solve a few mysteries,” Benny told Jessie. “We found a bracelet and a missing shoe!”



Jessie smiled. “I guess it wasn’t all bad detective work, huh?”



“No,” Violet said. “We did pretty well. Two out of three.”



Blake was sitting at the opposite side of the circle. “No one will ever know how great my giraffe picture was,” Blake said sadly. “It was an artistic 6 masterpiece!”



“Oh, give it up already,” Annika told him. “You lost the camera. The contest results have been decided 7. Stop complaining.”



“I wouldn’t complain if you hadn’t taken it,” Blake said, standing 8 up and waving his pizza crust at her.



“They’re fighting again,” Violet said to Henry. “Can you get them to stop?”



“I think once Mr. Newton announces the winner, it’ll be over,” Henry said. “There won’t be anything more to argue about.”



All the remaining children took seats in the circle. Annika came to sit by the Aldens, as far away from Blake as she could.



“I got all of your photos developed after the tour ended,” Mr. Newton said. “The zoologist 9 judges looked at all the pictures. It was hard to decide because there were so many good ones.” He took out a zoo pass and held it up. “There is only one grand prize, but today we’ll also award second and third place winners.”



Mr. Newton asked the kids to make drum roll sounds by patting their hands against their thighs 10.



“Third place, for his picture of Simio, is . . . Griffin!” Mr. Newton told Griffin to come to the front of the room.



“Thank you,” Griffin said, taking a bow. “Third place is good for me!” Mr. Newton gave Griffin a coupon 11 for a free ice cream at the snack bar.



“Oooh,” Benny said. “That’s a yummy prize!”



“You have to share the cone 12 with me,” Matthew told his brother. “It was my camera.”



“I do not have to share,” Griffin said. “I was the one who took the picture.”



“They’re as bad as Blake and Annika,” Henry whispered to Jessie.



“They are worse,” Jessie whispered back. “I bet they fight all day!”



Mr. Newton went on with the presentation. “In second place,” he said, “with a shot of her brother and a butterfly on his head is . . . Violet Alden!”



“How’d you know I took the picture?” Violet asked Mr. Newton with a huge smile. “I was sharing the camera with Henry, Jessie, and Benny all day.”



Mr. Newton showed her the winning shot. The butterfly was on Benny’s head, and Henry and Jessie were in the background of the photo.



“You were the only one not in the picture,” Mr. Newton said. “It wasn’t too hard to figure out.”



“Oh,” Violet said with a smile. “Good detective work, Mr. Newton.”



“Thanks.” Mr. Newton gave Violet a coupon for a supersize popcorn 13 bucket.



“Yippee!” Benny cheered. He held out his hand to take the ticket from Violet.



“No way,” she said. “I’m keeping it in my purse. I know you,” she winked 14. “You’ll eat the whole thing by yourself.”



Benny laughed, rubbing his hands together. “You read my mind,” he said.



Mr. Newton brought out an easel that was covered with a sheet. “Here’s the grand prize winning photo,” he said. “I had a big poster of it made. Are you ready to see?”



The children all got up from their chairs and gathered around.



“And in first place, winning a year pass to the zoo, is . . .” Mr. Newton whipped off the sheet.



Beneath it stood a picture of a baby giraffe, wobbly on its legs, standing next to its mother.



“Annika Gentry 15!”



“Oh my gosh!” Annika jumped up and down. She danced around and cheered.



Mr. Newton handed her the zoo pass and a small blue first-place ribbon. “Congratulations,” he said, shaking her hand.



“Thanks so much,” Annika told him. Annika went over to Benny. “You were my witness!” she said. “Tell Blake that he has to let me be a photographer for the newspaper.”



“You made her a deal,” Benny said to Blake.



“Oh, fine,” Blake said. “I’m not a sore loser. You can take pictures for the paper.”



Annika was so excited, she jumped forward, grabbed Blake, and hugged him.



He quickly stepped backwards 16 out of her arms. “No hugging on the newspaper.” Annika laughed.



“I want to see your picture close-up,” Blake said, moving through the crowd. “It’s good,” he started to give Annika a compliment, but stopped. “Mr. Newton!” he called in a loud voice. “Hold everything! Annika didn’t win the contest.”



The room went silent.



“I won the contest.” He pointed 3 at the photograph. “I took this picture!”



1 sniffed
v.以鼻吸气,嗅,闻( sniff的过去式和过去分词 );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
  • When Jenney had stopped crying she sniffed and dried her eyes. 珍妮停止了哭泣,吸了吸鼻子,擦干了眼泪。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • The dog sniffed suspiciously at the stranger. 狗疑惑地嗅着那个陌生人。 来自《简明英汉词典》
2 belly
n.肚子,腹部;(像肚子一样)鼓起的部分,膛
  • The boss has a large belly.老板大腹便便。
  • His eyes are bigger than his belly.他眼馋肚饱。
3 pointed
adj.尖的,直截了当的
  • 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。
4 shrugged
vt.耸肩(shrug的过去式与过去分词形式)
  • Sam shrugged and said nothing. 萨姆耸耸肩膀,什么也没说。
  • She shrugged, feigning nonchalance. 她耸耸肩,装出一副无所谓的样子。 来自《简明英汉词典》
5 bracelet
n.手镯,臂镯
  • The jeweler charges lots of money to set diamonds in a bracelet.珠宝匠要很多钱才肯把钻石镶在手镯上。
  • She left her gold bracelet as a pledge.她留下她的金手镯作抵押品。
6 artistic
adj.艺术(家)的,美术(家)的;善于艺术创作的
  • The picture on this screen is a good artistic work.这屏风上的画是件很好的艺术品。
  • These artistic handicrafts are very popular with foreign friends.外国朋友很喜欢这些美术工艺品。
7 decided
adj.决定了的,坚决的;明显的,明确的
  • This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
  • There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。
8 standing
n.持续,地位;adj.永久的,不动的,直立的,不流动的
  • After the earthquake only a few houses were left standing.地震过后只有几幢房屋还立着。
  • They're standing out against any change in the law.他们坚决反对对法律做任何修改。
9 zoologist
n.动物学家
  • Charles darwin was a famous zoologist.查尔斯达尔文是一位著名的动物学家。
  • The zoologist had spent a long time living with monkeys.这位动物学家与猴子一起生活了很长时间。
10 thighs
n.股,大腿( thigh的名词复数 );食用的鸡(等的)腿
  • He's gone to London for skin grafts on his thighs. 他去伦敦做大腿植皮手术了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • The water came up to the fisherman's thighs. 水没到了渔夫的大腿。 来自《简明英汉词典》
11 coupon
n.息票,配给票,附单
  • The coupon can be used once only.此优惠券只限使用一次。
  • I have a coupon for ten pence off a packet of soap.我有一张优惠券买一盒肥皂可以便宜十便士。
12 cone
n.圆锥体,圆锥形东西,球果
  • Saw-dust piled up in a great cone.锯屑堆积如山。
  • The police have sectioned off part of the road with traffic cone.警察用锥形路标把部分路面分隔开来。
13 popcorn
n.爆米花
  • I like to eat popcorn when I am watching TV play at home.当我在家观看电视剧时,喜欢吃爆米花。
  • He still stood behind his cash register stuffing his mouth with popcorn.他仍站在收银机后,嘴里塞满了爆米花。
14 winked
v.使眼色( wink的过去式和过去分词 );递眼色(表示友好或高兴等);(指光)闪烁;闪亮
  • He winked at her and she knew he was thinking the same thing that she was. 他冲她眨了眨眼,她便知道他的想法和她一样。
  • He winked his eyes at her and left the classroom. 他向她眨巴一下眼睛走出了教室。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
15 gentry
n.绅士阶级,上层阶级
  • Landed income was the true measure of the gentry.来自土地的收入是衡量是否士绅阶层的真正标准。
  • Better be the head of the yeomanry than the tail of the gentry.宁做自由民之首,不居贵族之末。
16 backwards
adv.往回地,向原处,倒,相反,前后倒置地
  • He turned on the light and began to pace backwards and forwards.他打开电灯并开始走来走去。
  • All the girls fell over backwards to get the party ready.姑娘们迫不及待地为聚会做准备。
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