The Pine Street Girls Club, otherwise2 known as the P.S.G.C., was formed by the girls who lived on Pine Street, of course. Its main purpose was to be a way to have fun, but the girls did try to do some good deeds here and there when they could. They'd babysit3 kids for moms who were sick. They'd help senior citizens4 with their yard work. And they had a bake sale5 to raise money to fix up6 the playground at the park.
　　Their winter service project was shoveling snow. The girls planned to pull out their shovels and clear the sidewalks on their block after each snowstorm7.
　　So when Laura woke up early one Saturday morning to find that a storm had dumped8 six inches of snow on the ground overnight, she jumped into action.

        She flipped9 on her light switch10. Nothing happened. Then she checked her digital11 clock. It was off. This sometimes happened in her town. A snowstorm could knock out12 the electric power13 for a whole neighborhood. No problem. Though. They wouldn't need electricity to shovel, and it was light enough outside to get to work.

Laura reached for her phone and began calling the other members of the P.S.G.C. Fifteen minutes later, half a dozen heavily bundled-up14 girls with snow shovels were gathered in front of Laura's house.
 　　“Where's Lindsey?” asked Cheri.
　　“I called her,” said Laura, “but there was no answer. Maybe her family went somewhere for the weekend.”
　　“I don't think so,” said Cheri. “I went to a movie with her last night, and she didn't say anything about going anywhere.”
　　“Oh, well,” said Laura. “We might as well15 get started.”
　　The girls got to work. The shoveling was hard, but the girls stuck with16 it. Within an hour they'd cleared a whole block of sidewalks—both sides. The club headed back to Laura's house.
　　“Great job, everybody! Who's ready for blueberry17 muffins18?” asked Laura with a smile. Just then, they saw someone coming down the sidewalk.
　　“Is it? I think it is. It's Lindsey,” said Cheri. “I didn't think she'd gone anywhere.” 　　The girls waited for Lindsey to arrive. “You missed the shoveling,” said Cheri.
　　“Oops!” said Lindsey. “I forgot all about it. You should have called me. I would have come and helped.”
　　“I did call you,” said Laura, “but no one answered the phone.”
　　“My parents went to the gym19 early this morning, but I was up,” said Lindsey. “I would have heard the phone ringing. Oh, wait...I'll bet20 you called while I was drying my hair. I can never hear anything over the racket21 my hair dryer22 makes. Sorry about that. I really wanted to come help.”
　　“Well, you're here now,” said Cheri. Turning to Laura, she said, “So, how about those muffins?”
　　Laura smiled. “We'll have some right away,” she said. “And, Lindsey, you're welcome to have some, too, even if you didn't answer my call, which I'm sure you heard.”
　　Why did Laura think that Lindsey had heard her phone call?

1. shovel  v． 铲（雪）
2． otherwise  adv． 另外
3． babysit v． 当临时保姆
4． senior ] citizen 老年人
5． bake [beik] sale 烘烤食物义卖
6． fix up 修理
7． snowstorm  n． 暴风雪
8． dump  v． 倾倒

9． flip [flip] v． 用手指轻弹
10． light switch [swit?蘩] 电灯开关
11． digitaladj． 数字的
12． knock out  破坏，切断
13． electric power 电力
14． bundled－up 被捆扎起来的；这里指穿的衣服很多。
15． might as well do sth． 不妨做某事
16． stick with 坚持做
17． blueberry  n． 蓝莓
18． muffin n． 松饼

19． gym  n． (gymnasium的缩写形式)体育馆
20． bet [bet] v． 打赌
21． racket  n． 喧闹嘈杂
22． hair dryer  干发器
23． get the truth out of．．． 查出…真相
24． driveway  n． 车道