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XIV JENNIE JUNEBUG
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On the day—or rather, on the night—when he first met Jennie Junebug, Freddie Firefly was ill at ease. In fact it might be truthfully said that he was quite upset.
 
One beautiful, warm, dark night early in the summer Freddie was hurrying to join a big family party which was already gathering1 in the hollow beyond the hill.
 
He was scooting along through the damp air, flashing his light at the rate of about thirty-six times a minute, when a heavy body bumped into him and knocked him head over heels upon the grass-carpeted ground.
 
It was no wonder that he felt upset. And he felt quite peevish2, too, as he picked himself up and looked about him to see what had happened.
 
The next moment he was flashing his light into the blinking eyes of an enormous fat person, who seemed to be dazed, either by the shock of the collision or by the light—Freddie Firefly couldn't tell which.
 
"Why don't you look where you're going?" Freddie cried impatiently. "You knocked the breath out of me. And you almost broke one of my legs." The next instant he was heartily3 ashamed of himself; for he saw, to his surprise, that he was talking to a lady. "Oh! I beg your pardon!" he cried. "Ex—excuse me! I hope you're not seriously injured?"
 
"Oh, no!" wheezed4 the fat lady. "I'm all right. It's no matter, I assure you. I'm quite used to running into things after dark."
 
Freddie Firefly didn't quite like being referred to as a THING. But he was too polite to say so.
 
"You ought to be careful," he told the strange fat lady. "It's dangerous for one of your weight—"
 
"Oh, don't!" she exclaimed quickly. "PLEASE don't tell me I'm fat! I've tried every remedy I know and I can't lose a single pound!"
 
"Don't you think that flying makes you thinner?" Freddie Firefly asked her.
 
But the stout5 person shook her head dolefully.
 
"It only seems to make me bigger," she groaned6.
 
"Then why do you do it?"
 
"Oh, I just adore flying!" she cried. "Don't you?"
 
Freddie Firefly admitted that he did like to fly. And he was sorry, the next moment, that he had made such a statement. For the fat lady blinked happily at him. And clasping her hands together, she said:
 
"Oh, do let's fly together, then!"
 
Freddie Firefly was so taken aback that at first he couldn't think what to say. But at last he managed to stammer7 a reply.
 
"Why—why—I—I'll be glad to, but I don't even know your name!" he told her.
 
"It's Jennie Junebug," she explained, as she fanned herself with a fan made from a white clover leaf.
 
"You're a newcomer in these parts, aren't you?" Freddie Firefly inquired.
 
"I just arrived here this month," she informed him. "This is the month of June, you know. And I'm one of the well-known Junebug family. … I already know who you are," she continued. "You've been pointed8 out to me. You are Freddie Firefly; and you can't deny it."

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1 gathering ChmxZ     
n.集会,聚会,聚集
参考例句:
  • He called on Mr. White to speak at the gathering.他请怀特先生在集会上讲话。
  • He is on the wing gathering material for his novels.他正忙于为他的小说收集资料。
2 peevish h35zj     
adj.易怒的,坏脾气的
参考例句:
  • A peevish child is unhappy and makes others unhappy.一个脾气暴躁的孩子自己不高兴也使别人不高兴。
  • She glared down at me with a peevish expression on her face.她低头瞪着我,一脸怒气。
3 heartily Ld3xp     
adv.衷心地,诚恳地,十分,很
参考例句:
  • He ate heartily and went out to look for his horse.他痛快地吃了一顿,就出去找他的马。
  • The host seized my hand and shook it heartily.主人抓住我的手,热情地和我握手。
4 wheezed 282f3c14e808036e4acb375c721e145d     
v.喘息,发出呼哧呼哧的喘息声( wheeze的过去式和过去分词 )
参考例句:
  • The old organ wheezed out a tune. 那架老风琴呜呜地奏出曲子。 来自辞典例句
  • He wheezed out a curse. 他喘着气诅咒。 来自辞典例句
5     
参考例句:
6 groaned 1a076da0ddbd778a674301b2b29dff71     
v.呻吟( groan的过去式和过去分词 );发牢骚;抱怨;受苦
参考例句:
  • He groaned in anguish. 他痛苦地呻吟。
  • The cart groaned under the weight of the piano. 大车在钢琴的重压下嘎吱作响。 来自《简明英汉词典》
7 stammer duMwo     
n.结巴,口吃;v.结结巴巴地说
参考例句:
  • He's got a bad stammer.他口吃非常严重。
  • We must not try to play off the boy troubled with a stammer.我们不可以取笑这个有口吃病的男孩。
8 pointed Il8zB4     
adj.尖的,直截了当的
参考例句:
  • He gave me a very sharp pointed pencil.他给我一支削得非常尖的铅笔。
  • She wished to show Mrs.John Dashwood by this pointed invitation to her brother.她想通过对达茨伍德夫人提出直截了当的邀请向她的哥哥表示出来。


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