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Chapter 3
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He found a door in a wall; but it was locked, and there was no room for a fat little rabbit to squeeze1 underneath2.

An old mouse was running in and out over the stone doorstep, carrying peas and beans to her family in the wood. Peter asked her the way to the gate, but she had such a large pea in her mouth that she could not answer. She only shook her head at him. Peter began to cry.



Then he tried to find his way straight across the garden, but he became more and more puzzled. Presently3, he came to a pond where Mr. McGregor filled his water-cans. A white cat was staring at some gold-fish, she sat very, very still, but now and then the tip of her tail twitched4 as if it were alive. Peter thought it best to go away without speaking to her; he had heard about cats from his cousin, little Benjamin Bunny.



He went back towards the tool-shed, but suddenly, quite close to him, he heard the noise of a hoe—scr-r-ritch, scratch, scratch, scritch. Peter scuttered underneath the bushes. But presently, as nothing happened, he came out, and climbed upon a wheelbarrow and peeped5 over. The first thing he saw was Mr. McGregor hoeing6 onions. His back was turned towards Peter, and beyond him was the gate!



Peter got down very quietly off the wheelbarrow; and started running as fast as he could go, along a straight walk behind some black-currant bushes.

Mr. McGregor caught sight of him at the corner, but Peter did not care. He slipped underneath the gate, and was safe at last in the wood outside the garden.



Mr. McGregor hung up the little jacket and the shoes for a scare-crow to frighten the blackbirds.

Peter never stopped running or looked behind him till he got home to the big fir-tree.




He was so tired that he flopped7 down upon the nice soft sand on the floor of the rabbit-hole and shut his eyes. His mother was busy cooking; she wondered what he had done with his clothes. It was the second little jacket and pair of shoes that Peter had lost in a fortnight!



I am sorry to say that Peter was not very well during the evening.

His mother put him to bed, and made some camomile tea; and she gave a dose8 of it to Peter!

'One table-spoonful to be taken at bed-time.'




But Flopsy, Mopsy, and Cotton-tail had bread and milk and blackberries for supper.

The End

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1 squeeze pvYwX     
vt.硬塞,硬挤;挤压;n.榨;经济困难;拮据
参考例句:
  • This machine helps you to squeeze more juice out.这台机器能挤出更多的果汁。
  • It was a tight squeeze in the crowded bus.公共汽车上载客太多,挤得很。
2 underneath VKRz2     
adj.在...下面,在...底下;adv.在下面
参考例句:
  • Working underneath the car is always a messy job.在汽车底下工作是件脏活。
  • She wore a coat with a dress underneath.她穿着一件大衣,里面套着一条连衣裙。
3 presently pQnxr     
adv.不久,一会儿;现在,目前
参考例句:
  • I'll go to see your uncle presently.我一会儿就去看望你叔叔。
  • He is presently living in New York.他目前住在纽约。
4 twitched bb3f705fc01629dc121d198d54fa0904     
vt.& vi.(使)抽动,(使)颤动(twitch的过去式与过去分词形式)
参考例句:
  • Her lips twitched with amusement. 她忍俊不禁地颤动着嘴唇。
  • The child's mouth twitched as if she were about to cry. 这小孩的嘴抽动着,像是要哭。 来自《简明英汉词典》
5 peeped 5947f0fb945775ae7945db1d32efb568     
窥视( peep的过去式和过去分词 ); 偷看; 隐现; 慢慢露出
参考例句:
  • The moon finally peeped out from behind the clouds. 月亮终于从云层后面露了出来。
  • At the examination he peeped at his neighbour's paper. 他考试时偷看了他邻座的卷子。
6 hoeing 781087219062746857a1245de2ea7190     
锄( hoe的现在分词 ); 扒装; 锄地
参考例句:
  • Try not to walk on the flower beds when weeding or hoeing. 拔草和锄地时尽量不要踩到花坛。
  • Today he was hoeing in the vineyard. 今天他在葡萄园里锄地。
7 flopped e5b342a0b376036c32e5cd7aa560c15e     
v.(指书、戏剧等)彻底失败( flop的过去式和过去分词 );(因疲惫而)猛然坐下;(笨拙地、不由自主地或松弛地)移动或落下;砸锅
参考例句:
  • Exhausted, he flopped down into a chair. 他筋疲力尽,一屁股坐到椅子上。
  • It was a surprise to us when his play flopped. 他那出戏一败涂地,出乎我们的预料。 来自《简明英汉词典》
8 dose tsLxN     
n.(药的)剂量,一服;v.给(药);(给…)服药
参考例句:
  • In the accident,the workers received a heavy dose of radiation.在那次事故中,工人受到大剂量的辐射。
  • He gave me a dose of medicine for my cold.他给我开了一剂治感冒的药。


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