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1、www.readinga-Sister Sleuth and the Silver BlazeSister Sleuth and the Silver BlazeA Reading AZ Level V Leveled BookWord Count:2,117Visit www.readinga- for thousands of books and materials.A Great Gallardo Book Written by Lori Polydoros Illustrated by David CockcroftLEVELED BOOK VA Great Gallardo Book
2、 Written by Lori PolydorosIllustrated by David CockcroftSister Sleuth and the Silver BlazeSister Sleuth and the Silver BlazeLevel V Leveled Book Learning AZWritten by Lori PolydorosIllustrated by David CockcroftAll rights reserved.www.readinga-CorrelationLEVEL VR4040Fountas&PinnellReading RecoveryDR
3、ANote:Sister Sleuth and the Silver Blaze is the third in a continuing series written by Lori Polydoros.Travel with Miguel Ventura and his family as they experience classic adventures.www.readinga-34Table of ContentsSummertime Blues .4Mysteries on the Moor .7Imagining Tracks .13Sister Sleuth .17Gloss
4、ary .24Summertime BluesSummer was here.The beaches were blazing hot,the parks were packed,but Miguel was stuck working at his familys sandwich shop.To make it worse,his seven-year-old sister was driving him crazy.“Teresa!”Miguel shouted.“Get your toys off of the counter.I just cleaned it.”“Youre bos
5、sy,”she said,swiping her figurines into her arms.Teresa was obsessed with her horses.“Maybe if you played with me,you wouldnt be in such a bad mood.”“Playing with horses,”Miguel said as he stared out the window,“wouldnt make me feel any better.”“Youre a meanie,”she mumbled,“with no imagination.”Sist
6、er Sleuth and the Silver Blaze Level V56Miguel rolled his eyes and glanced around the shop to see his mom chatting with their only customer.Dad was out making deliveries.Teresa was back in horse land.It might be the perfect time for Miguel to take a little trip up to the loft.During the school year,
7、Miguel had discovered an old chest full of magical books in the loft of the backroom.They belonged to his great-grandfather,a magician called The Great Gallardo.After reading a few of these books,he had been transported into the stories as one of the characters.So far,hed become Ben Franklins grands
8、on and Huckleberry Finn.Hed also battled a monster on the moon and rounded up cattle in the Old West.He couldnt wait to see what The Great Gallardos books had in store for him next!After scrambling up the ladder,Miguel found a miniature,golden statue of a horse on top of the chest.“Oh no,”he whisper
9、ed.“Could Teresa have found the books too?”He prayed that she hadnt found them as he carelessly tossed the statue to the floor.It slid across the smooth wood and banged down the ladder.A book from the chest awaited him.“The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes!”Miguel loved mysteries,and Sherlock Holmes was a
10、 famous detective.Miguel read the first paragraph and nothing happened.Usually,the words mixed themselves up just before he mysteriously went into the story.Miguel read the whole first page,but he remained in the loft.He hung his head thinking that maybe the magic was gone.Sister Sleuth and the Silv
11、er Blaze Level V78Mysteries on the MoorFrustrated,Miguel tossed the book back into the chest.Footsteps padded on the floor below him.He peered down,but saw no one,so he tried to catch a glimpse of the golden horse that he threw from the loft,but saw nothing.The back room was unusually quiet.Before M
12、iguel could climb down the ladder to check things out,the Sherlock Holmes book opened in front of him.The pages fluttered forward and back,until the book opened to page 185.“The Adventure of the Silver Blaze!”Miguel read.“Ill try one more time.Its got to work.”Miguel read,“Im afraid Watson,that I sh
13、all have to go,said Holmes.Go?Where to?To Dartmoorto Kings Pyland.”Miguel felt a chilly breeze on his neck as the words began dancing around on the page.Was my wonder that already up case had extraordinary surprised.I in only mixed this been was Indeed.Miguel opened his eyes to find a man standing n
14、ext to him wearing a tweed coat,a weird cap with earflaps,and smoking a pipe.Sherlock Holmes!Miguel thought.Miguel glanced down at himself,dressed in a gray suit with a black top hat upon his head.He could only guess that hed become .“Dr.Watson!”Holmes said.Miguel jumped.“Still with us?”he asked,as
15、two other men appeared behind him.Miguel nodded as a train chugging away down the tracks caught his attention.“Welcome!”said a small man with long sideburns.“Im Colonel Ross,and this is Inspector Gregory.”Holmes shook their hands.“Meet Dr.Watson,my closest friend and colleague.”Miguel grasped the in
16、spectors hand.“Watson,you remember I told you of Colonel Ross,owner of the missing champion horse,Silver Blaze?”Holmes said.Miguel nodded warily.Sister Sleuth and the Silver Blaze Level V910“Im in charge of the case here in Dartmoor,”said the inspector.“Nice to meet you.”Miguel hoped Holmes didnt ex
17、pect too much out of him because he didnt have a clue as to what was going on in this book.As the group bumped down the road in a small carriage,Miguel tried to gather a few facts from their conversation.The carriage stopped.“Taking notes,Watson?”asked Holmes.“Trying to keep up,sir,”Miguel said,as h
18、e stepped out,in front of a red brick villa.“Dartmoor,I presume,”said Holmes.The sun began to set,transforming the sloping plain into a golden field,and casting shadows on the faded ferns lining the low curves of the moor.“What is that cluster of houses to the west,Colonel?”asked Holmes.“Mapleton St
19、ables,”the colonel answered.“Ah,your competition,”Holmes said.The Mystery of the Silver Blaze Silver Blaze,champion horse and first favorite in the Wessex Cup race,disappeared two nights ago.Owner,Colonel Ross of Kings Pyland stables John Straker,his trainer,found beaten to death out on the moor the
20、 night the horse disappeared.Strakers coat found draped over a bush.Small knife found in his hand.Fitzroy Simpson.Arrested for the murder and horsenapping.He had been at the stables that night questioning a stable hand to get information about the horse race.The same stable hand was drugged.He was f
21、ound passed out the next morning.Sister Sleuth and the Silver Blaze Level V1112Colonel Ross led the men out across the moor to where the trainers body was found.Holmes compared the tracks in the mud with shoes from the victim,the accused,and the missing horse.“No tracks anywhere else,”said the inspe
22、ctor.“I checked the grounds for one hundred yards in all directions myself.”“Id still like to take a little walk before darkness creeps upon us,”Holmes said.“Weve already alerted the Gypsies that live all over this moor about the handsome reward,”the inspector said.“But weve heard nothing so far.”Gy
23、psies?Miguel didnt know anything about Gypsies.“Follow me,Watson,”Holmes said.“Lets imagine what would have become of the horse if hed broken away after the tragedy.He might have gone back to Kings Pyland or to Mapleton Stables instead of running wild on the moor.”Miguel followed Holmes farther onto
24、 the darkening moor.“Could the Gypsies have taken him?”Miguel asked.“They have no interest in a stolen horse,and wish not to be bothered by police,”Holmes said.“Now,take this,”Holmes said as he tossed Miguel the horseshoe he used to compare to the tracks.“For good luck.”“Imagine there are more track
25、s out here,”Holmes said.“Im afraid that Inspector Gregorys main weakness is that he does think too much with his imagination.”Miguel wondered if maybe Holmes suffered from an overactive imagination,like his sister Teresa.Holmes went off to the left,Miguel to the right.As the skies went black,a chill
26、 crawled down Miguels spine like a spider.Owls screeched,the wind howled,someone screamed.Sister Sleuth and the Silver Blaze Level V1314Imagining TracksMiguel froze in the ringing silence of the night.That screamthat low,deep scream still echoed through his mind.Which way had it come from?The moor w
27、as quieter than any place hed ever been,and the darkness crept in more fully,leaving Miguel alone and lost.Leaves rustled to his left,and shadows stole toward him from the right.Miguels throat tightened.“Mr.Holmes?”he squeaked.“Is that you?”The sounds stopped cold.Miguel strained his eyes and ears,b
28、ut he could hear nothing but a faint moan.Was it human or just the wind?Not willing to find out,Miguel shot off in the opposite direction.Sweat built up under his heavy coat.“Mr.Holmes!”he cried out.“Where are .”Before he could finish,Miguel tripped into a depression in the moor and twisted his ankl
29、e.He cried out in pain.A light flickered off in the distance.Miguel crawled up the soft,mushy ground,his ankle throbbing.There was definitely something .or someone,coming.He had to get out of there!After struggling onto flat ground,Miguel fell to his back.His ankle felt tight inside his boot.There w
30、as no way he could run,or even walk,back to the stables.He closed his eyes,afraid.“OUCH!”Someone trounced right over his good ankle.“Oh,sorry,”a boy holding a lantern said.“Whatre you doing down there,sir?”“Twisted ankle,”Miguel moaned.“Let me help you,”he said,pulling Miguel to his feet.“Why are yo
31、u on the moor so late?”The young mans dark eyes looked vaguely familiar,Miguel thought,before he said,“Searching for horse tracks.”“Sir?”the boy asked.“Mr.Sherlock Holmes and I were searching for evidence that Silver Blaze might have run off the night of his trainers murder.”Sister Sleuth and the Si
32、lver Blaze Level V1516“Why sir,I love horses more than anything,”the boy said.“I shall be glad to assist you.”“No,”Miguel said as he shook his head from side to side.He didnt need another kid hanging around like his sister.“I shall manage,as soon as I find Mr.Holmes.”“You are in no condition to be o
33、ut on the moor alone at night,”the boy said.“And Ive got quite an imagination for such work.”“Imagination?”Miguel asked.“Have we met before?”“One too many times,”said the boy laughing.“Dont you recognize me?”Miguel cocked his head and said,“Teresa,is that you?”Sister Sleuth and the Silver Blaze Leve
34、l V1718Sister Sleuth“Teresa!”Miguel stepped back.“Youre a boy!”“So?”she said.“Youre Dr.Watson,a smart man!”“How did you get out here?”“Same way you did.”“You found the books?”“Thanks to you!”she laughed.“When I saw the magic happen,I opened the book to follow you.Nothing happened so I kept reading u
35、ntil I realized that I had to read the beginning of the story to get the words to swirl around.”“I cant believe you were spying on me!”Miguel folded his arms and sat down.These books were supposed to be only his.“The Great Gallardo would want both of his great-grandchildren to have adventures in the
36、 books,dont you think?”Teresa said.Miguel shrugged.“Now get up,”she insisted.“Silver Blazes tracks have got to be out here somewhere!”“Its too dark,”Miguel said.“Well never find them.”“Use your imagination,Dr.Watson,”Teresa said.“Besides,Holmes is missing,right?”Miguel nodded.“If we dont hurry,they
37、might not find Silver Blaze in time for the big race!”she said.“How do you know the horse competes in the big race?”“I read ahead in the story before I realized that I needed to go back for the magic to happen.”Miguels mind raced.Maybe the magic only happened on certain pages.Looks like he had a mys
38、tery of his own to solve at home.“Lets go!”Miguel said.Sister Sleuth and the Silver Blaze Level V1920Teresa got a big branch for Miguel to use as a walking stick.Together,with the light of her lantern,they searched the moor.Under some ferns,Teresa found horse tracks plainly outlined in the soft eart
39、h.Miguel pulled out the horseshoe from his pocket,and it matched up perfectly to the tracks in the mud.“You did it,Teresa!”Miguels heart raced.Had they hurt Mr.Holmes?He turned to grab Teresa when the man called out.“Do not fear us,”he shouted.“Mr.Holmes is safe.”Miguel let out his breath and held u
40、p Teresas lantern.There was Holmes,spread out on the cart.“My dear Watson!”“I thought youd disappeared,”Miguel said,relieved,as he ran over to Holmes.“No,my friend,these lovely people assisted me when I injured myself out on the moor.They agreed to take me back to Kings Pyland.”Miguel looked at all
41、the Gypsies smiling faces.Hed been afraid for no reason at all.“Wait until you see,”Miguel shouted.“We found the tracks!”“We?”Holmes asked.“Well,my sis .er .my friend found the tracks!”Miguel pointed to Teresa as she waved.She smiled.Branches broke behind them,and Miguel turned his head slowly to se
42、e a group of people standing around a cart pulled by a horse.Gypsies!An older man walked toward Miguel.He held something very familiar in his handsSherlock Holmess cap!Sister Sleuth and the Silver Blaze Level V2122“I knew you could imagine the tracks.Now,lets take a detour and see where they lead,”H
43、olmes said as the carriage headed west,with Miguel and Teresa guiding them.Track by track,the trail led right to Mapleton Stables!Upon arriving there,Holmes said,“It is here we will find our beloved Silver Blaze.”“The horse is here?”Miguel asked.“Oh yes,I will discuss the matter with the owner,”Holm
44、es said.“Im sure hell do whatever I wish,now that we know the truth.”“The truth?”“The owner of the horse favored second in the race found Silver Blaze on the moor.He disguised him and kept Silver Blaze here so hed be out of the race,”Teresa said.“Smart boy,”said Holmes,pointing at Teresa,who giggled
45、.“Watson,you and your friend may head back to Kings Pyland,”said Holmes,“now that were back on track.”Miguel and Teresa said their goodbyes and took the first carriage back to the Kings Pyland stables.As the cool air brushed against Miguels face,he closed his eyes.When he opened them,the familiar ar
46、oma of bread tickled his nose.“Were home!”he said.“Here we are,”Teresa said.“Holmes said the story was back on track.”“But what about the rest of the case?”Miguel questioned.“Who murdered the trainer and stole the horse?”Sister Sleuth and the Silver Blaze Level V2324“Its all in here,my dear Watson,”
47、said Teresa as she tossed the book to Miguel.“But how can we go into books?How does the magic work?”Teresa asked.“I think that only certain pages are magic at certain .”“Times!”Teresa finished for him.“Yeah,we both read different pages and nothing happened.So I think .”Miguel opened the book to the
48、Silver Blaze story.“The magic happened only on page 185,so if my theory is correct,then today should be .”He carefully climbed down the ladder with Teresa trailing behind.Miguel snatched his mothers favorite calendar from the wall.It said in tiny italic print that today was the 185th day of the year
49、.“So thats how it works,”Teresa said.“Pretty good detective work,Dr.Watson.Way to use your imagination to solve the case.”“Yeah,thanks.”He smiled at Teresa.“Youre not so bad yourself.”Solving mysteries this summer with Teresa might actually be pretty fun!Glossarycarriage a vehicle with wheels,often
50、pulled by horses or other animals,to carry people(p.9)colleague a person with whom another works(p.8)depression a low,hollow place(p.14)detour a roundabout route that usually replaces a more direct way(p.21)disguised changed the looks of to hide identity (p.21)Gypsies members of a group of people wh