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2、5 arefull葉 rootin tootin cowboysanacowg仇s. Ana science fiction can bring us face-to-facewith scary, out葉thisworla creature引 Table ofcontents 4 嚇 e L oft. . 8BenjaminsBathtub11cowbo,y s Hat. The CreatureUrtfrom Copernicus Crater. George.2GreatGrandpaGlossary 2 4 Gaardoss Books Leve U,U One Boring Sat

3、urdayRaindrops splattered the asphalt like a million exploding firecrackers. Miguel lined up toothpicks in the shape of a rocket ship on the counter.Working at his familys sandwich shop was not Miguels idea of an exciting Saturday afternoon. Neither was doing homework. He had an essay due on Monday,

4、 and, of course, he hadnt even started!心Its slow now, Miguels mom said. Go start your essay.Its toohard. Miguel munchedthe last pickle from the jar. I cant write an essayabout Reading Is an Adventure.仁 10That doesnt sound so bad, Miguels mom said.It does to me.Peel these, she slid a box of cucumbers

5、 over to him, or start your essay.IINot much of a choice, Miguel thought.Fine, Ill do the essay. He dragged himselfto the back room andplopped down on a box. He stared at the lines on his paper. His mind was empty, like the pickle jar. How could reading be anadventure?5 The Great Gallardos Books Lev

6、el U6 TheLoftA tall, red ladder stood along the wall and Miguel wandered over to it. Miguels mom used the ladder to reach the high boxes in the storage room. The ladder was so old that strips of red paint peeled off the wooden rungs. Miguel puthis foot on the first rung and looked upa lofthed never

7、noticed!Miguel tugged himself quickly up the ladder. Crack! The topmost rung snapped. Miguel began to slide.His heart raced. Red paint chips fluttered down onto his hair like confetti. Miguel caught his foot on a rung and pushed off hard, leaping up into the loft. He made it!，Miguel found dusty boxe

8、s stacked to the ceiling, old magazines and newspapers littering the ground, and a sagging, purple couch. Oldpostersplasteredthe wallsposters that evenintheir faded condition, screamed with color and interesting designs. One read The Great Gallardo! It showed a hooded figure beneath an arch of shoot

9、ing stars. A glittery black chest with a lock fit snugly up against the couch. Tiny pictures carved into the wood seemed to dance acrossthe lidship s sailed, horses trotted, andstarstwinkled.Miguel lookeddown at his feet andfound an old skeleton key. Its shape and shine had almost worn away, buta go

10、lden letter G still beamed through its dullness. Miguel kneeled next to the chest. He cleared cobwebs from the keyhole and turned the key in the lock. Itclicked!7 The Great Gallardos Books Level UBenjamins BathtubMiguel lifted the lid to the old chest, hoping to find gold coins, jewels, or swords in

11、side. He peeked inside, and his heart sank. The chest was full, not with treasure, but withbooks.Who would keep old books in such a cool trunk? he asked himself, picking up a thick, black book with fancy lettering: The Story of Benjamin Franklin.Ugh, he muttered, a boring biography. He tried to put

12、the book back, but for some reason he felt he hadto open it. He focused on the words, Chapter Eight: Benjamins Bathtub, whenhismoms voice distracted him.Miguel, what are you doing? she called out from the diners front counter.Reading.Really? his mom asked. Yeah, really.He glanced back down at the wo

13、rds: During theAmerican Revolution. but they became strangely fuzzy and danced around on the page.8 askedBenjamin toCongressgotoFranklin byFrance.wasMiguel squeezed his eyes shut. His balance shifted, as if thefloor moved beneath him. Salty air stung hiseyes andtingled his tongue. Miguel no longer s

14、melled the dusty, old loft.Im an old man of seventy, a mans voice called out, on a perilous journey toFrance.Miguel opened his eyes tofind himselfaboard a ship on the ocean, sitting on a wooden lid that covereda.abathtub! One endofthe lidwas open, and out popped an old manshead.n- 、,飛. 、-.z4Zz，乙-0/

15、The Great Gallardos Books Level UTemple, my grandson, America shall be free! The man looked directly atMiguel.An image of a face on an old half-dollar that he had gotten from his own grandpa flashed before Miguel. This was Benjamin Franklin!Miguel had been transported into the biography he had flipp

16、ed open, and nowBen Franklin thought Miguel was hisgrandson,Temple!Ah, I do wish I were in fair health like you, Ben said. Then I could make my daily swim at sea. Now I must resort to these baths to soothe my aching joints.Miguel tried not to gigglebio grap h ie s could reveal intimate details about

17、 a person. Miguel rememberedlearning that Ben Franklin traveledto France to ask for help in Americas fight against the British. He couldnt imagine that Franklin actually brought along abathtub!I have so many questions, Miguelstarted.But before he could finish, Ben Franklins face blurred. Miguel shut

18、 his eyes and held his breath. The dusty smell of theloft once again tickled his nose. He was back.10Under theCowboys HatMiguelshutthe biographyandput itback in the chest. How could that have happened? he thought. Maybereading biographies isnt so boring 葉ter all.Aleather-boundbook titled Riding Roun

19、dups sat intherownext to the Ben Franklin biography.Must be a western, Miguel said, looking at the cowboys on the cover.He opened the book and read. Just as Miguel turned thepage to Chapter Five: Under the Cowboys Hat, thewords flipped upside down and backward.c o罰對(duì) Wx con岡 兇鄧 邯 LO皿 qnba uqYU礎(chǔ) 叩 皿 囥

20、 因 鄧 2 0 TheGreat Gallardos Books Level UI IMiguel covered his eyes with his hands.A strong wind that blew against his cheeks brought with it the smell of sweet sagebrushand stinky cow manure. Miguel was ontheprairie, surrounded by a dozen cowboys andhundreds of longhorncattle.Lasso those horns! a c

21、owboy shouted at him from behind.A rope trembled in Miguels hands as he realized hed become a cowboy in the OldWest.Before Miguel could take a breath, the cowboy slippedout his rope, flew past Miguel, lassoed the bulls horns, and circled his stallionarounda tree. Miguel stared in awe.Cowboy Max, one

22、 ofthe other cowhands shouted, is still as quick as lightning!，知312Get a move on, Greenie, Cowboy Max said, nodding his head toward Miguel.Miguel remembered that cowhands in the Old West drove longhorn cattle up trails from Texas to Kansas. Being called a greenie must mean that he didnt know what he

23、 was doing.Boy, are they right! he thought.Back at camp the smell of coffee and smoked meat hung in the air. Miguel watched the men sitting near the fire playing poker andtelling stories. Cowboy Max removed his black hat and out fell a long gray braid tied with a redribbon.Miguels mouth dropped. Cow

24、boy Max was a lady!She smiled at Miguel. Sorry, Greenie, thought you knew.He shook his head. They call you Cowboy Max.Its short for Maxine, she said. Some people dont like women who wear breeches and speak up forthemselves.You still ride?You bet, said Maxine. Im my happiest when Im with my herd.The

25、Great Gallardos Books Level U13- 拿），一、，-七 LYoure brave, said Miguel.Just lucky, shesaid. I get treated fairly in these parts. A lot of women ranchers dont.Miguel hadmany questions, but the stars began to blur. He felt dizzy, so he shut his eyes. In an instant, Miguelfound himselfback at the loft.14T

26、heCreaturefromCopernicusCraterMiguel sat down on the floor.Life wastough on the prairie, especially for women. He never imagined westerns were so interesting! It was getting late, but Miguel hadto try one more book.A small book with a silver moon on the cover called The Creaturefrom Copernicus Crate

27、r grabbed his attention.Sciencefiction? he thought. Thats weird, thefirst chapter starts on page 214.Miguelbegan to read, Colonel Chan guarded the underground lunar outpost. He hadnt seen another living thing for two years until. Suddenly the words streamed together.adangerousandmysteriouscreatureap

28、pearednearthecrater!Miguel shivered and closed his eyes. The air seeping into his nostrils smelled artificial, like the air at a hospital. Computers beeped in the distance. Miguel opened his eyes to find himselfin anunderground laboratory. Countertops were jammedwithhigh-techequipmentcameras,scanner

29、s, andother strange contraptions. Jars full of rocks, dust, and liquids filled the shelves. Miguel picked up a jar andread: Copernicus Crater Lunar Rocks.The Great Gallardos Books Level U15Lunar rocks? Miguel whispered. Im on the moon!Miguel raced out the labs door and through long, silent corridors

30、, hoping to find a viewof the moon. He followed the red lightsthatdotted the floor. He pushed open a door that read Exit Room. Something beeped in the pocket of his jumpsuit. Miguel pulled out a radio communicator.16Colonel Chan? a woman said. This is Mission Control.Miguel pressed the red button an

31、d tried to sound official. This is Colonel Chan.This is Colonel Lundy, she said.We need you to get outside now and investigate some strange activity near the crater.Miguel gulped. Being on the moon alone would be terrifying!Get out there now, andreport back what you find. Colonel Lundy said.I can do

32、 it, he told himself as he tried to figure out how to work the spacesuit. After all, Im an astronaut now.He put on his helmet, engaged the door, and stepped out onto themoon.The sky was deep black. Miguel stepped forward and hopped into the air. Lunar gravity made him as light as a feather! I must w

33、eigh less than twenty pounds! he thought.He leaped andjumped across the silvery gray hills, leaving boot marks in the dust. He looked up and stopped dead in his tracks. There in the sky hung a crescent-shaped Earth!The Great Gallardos Books Level U17 -、予之忑-J盒- Then Miguel sensed a dark shape moving

34、toward him. He turned, and something struck him from behind, sending him sailing through the air like a helium balloon that had been cut free. He couldnt stop! Miguel floated past a tower, clung to the side, and shimmied down to the ground. There, Miguel came face to face with the ugliest creature h

35、ed ever seen!18，、一聲，雪.-cC-.,I.,.已 /點(diǎn)從 七 bp I/，J,-/尸，乙/- Bulging, laser-like eyes glowed from the fleshy face of a creature almost as white as the moon. Miguel threw his body forward, hop skipping out of there as fast as he could. Red laser eye-shots whizzed passed Miguel. He lunged for the lunar out

36、post in a panic. His breath fogged his visor. He tripped on a rock and tumbled forward, doing a complete somersault in the air. The creature groaned, its gooey arms almost upon him.l_/ l The Great Gallardos Books Level U19Miguel tapped all the buttons on the door panel, finally opening the door. He

37、slipped through just in time! As Miguel stumbled in, he accidentally activated his radio communicator.Mission Control.Something tried to kill me! Miguel gasped. But before anyone could answer, the ExitRoom walls blurred. Miguel closed his eyesand was happy to the feel the soft, warm couch beneath hi

38、m.20一，Great-Grandpa GeorgeMiguel slumped over onto the chest. Science fiction was terrifying and thrilling all at the same time! he thought.The shop would be closed soon, and Miguel knew that after his mom locked the doors, she would ask to see his essay. He putthe books back, leaving the key in the

39、 lock.When he got down from the loft, Miguel picked up his pencil. It felt good in his hand. Ideas were fresh in his mind, so Miguels words flowed easily, like pouring syrup on pancakes.The Great Gallardos Books Level U21hed his ou Miguel finisReading is anAdventureby Miguel VenturaReaaing is truly

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41、 sorne stuffup in thel founloft bacrandpas Your great-gstuff?his momsaid.Grandpa George?Great-Yes, hewas Gallardo“Really?.amag1iciancalled the Great she saidthe world,舊 e performed allo verht here.”And he ranhis magic shop rigWhy didnt you tell me?Maybe I was waiting for the right time. Miguels mom

42、winked. You know the most magical thing about him?Miguels heart raced. What?He loved to read more than anything else. Miguel smiled.His mom smiled back.Thanks to The Great Gallardos books, maybe Miguel didtoo. He couldnt wait to find more adventures in the glittery black chest in the loft.The Great Gallardos Books Level U23awe (n.)biography (n.) breeches (n.) confetti (n.)contraptions (n.)crater (n.)high-tech (adj.) intimate (adj.) laboratory(n.)lasso (v.)perilous (adj.) plastered (v.) resort (v.) s