📖 The Silver Arrow

On the night before Kate's 11th birthday, she decides to write a letter to her uncle Herbert, a man who was described to her as rich and irresponsible. In the letter, she asks: "Dear Uncle Herbert— You've never met me but I'm your niece Kate, and since it is my birthday tomorrow and you are super rich do you think you could please send me a present?" She puts the letter in the mailbox but doesn't expect anything since she doesn't know where he lives and does not put a stamp on the letter. However, Uncle Herbert shows up with a massive steam locomotive, named the Silver Arrow, on a similarly gigantic truck. When they put the train on some tracks installed in the backyard connected to some old tracks in the woods, the strange train magically starts chugging down the tracks, with Kate and her brother Tom inside. They find themselves on an adventure traveling across the globe and transporting animals to safer places.

在Kate11岁生日的前一天晚上,她决定给她叔叔Herbert写一封信,父母告诉她,叔叔非常富有但不是个负责任的人。信中她问道:"亲爱的赫伯特叔叔——你从未见过我,但我是你的侄女凯特,明天是我的生日,你超级有钱,你能给我寄一份礼物吗?" Kate把信放在邮箱里,但并不期待什么,因为她不知道他住在哪里,也没有在信上贴邮票。然而,赫伯特叔叔带着一辆名为银箭的巨大蒸汽机车出现在一辆同样巨大的卡车上。当他们把火车放在安装在后院的一些轨道上,与树林里的一些旧轨道相连时,这列奇怪的火车神奇地开始沿着轨道行驶时,Kate和她的第弟Tom还在火车里面。他们发现自己加入了一次冒险环游全球的旅程,而且要把火车上的会说话的动物们运送到安全的地方。