THE SQUIRREL-TRAP.

 Henry had seen a squirrel¹ in a cage; he had watched him whirling² about and cracking his nuts, and he longed to have one of his own; so he built a trap-cage, and set it near the great nut tree. He set it in the morning, and then went to school, but he could not study much for thinking of the trap. After school it did not take him long to visit the old nut tree, and lo! there was a little squirrel in his trap; but little squirry soon got away, as you see, and ran off to the woods, happy enough to get his liberty again.

 

1 squirrel   

n.松鼠，松鼠的毛皮；vt.贮藏以备用

参考例句：

• The squirrel makes a store of nuts for the winter.松鼠贮藏坚果以备过冬。
• A squirrel hoards nuts for the winter.松鼠为过冬贮藏坚果。

2 whirling   

v.（使）飞快移动，使旋转( whirl的现在分词 )；扑朔迷离；涡流；婆娑

参考例句：

• He threw himself around the stage like a whirling dervish. 他在台上转圈，如同跳旋转舞蹈的托钵僧一样。
• They were caught up in a whirling vortex of emotion. 他们陷入了感情旋涡。