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V WHITE RABBIT’S CHEESE SCRUPLE
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White Rabbit had so many scruples2 that sometimes he could not sleep. He awoke one night and came over to Gray Mouse’s bed and pulled at the covers.
“Gray Mouse,” he whispered, “I have a scruple1, and it keeps me awake. I am afraid that it would not be right for you to go to the Man’s house to-night just because there has been a party, and there are so many good things lying around within reach.”
“Who said anything about cake?” yawned Gray Mouse, and he rolled over as if he were going to sleep again.
“Gray Mouse,” called White Rabbit, “I thought that I ought to ask you. Do you think it would be wrong if I went along with you and just took a look into the cellar to see if that careless cook had forgotten to put away the carrots?”
“Certainly not,” answered Gray Mouse, scrambling3 out of bed. “Even if you should make a mistake and eat some carrots, it would be all right, because it would teach that cook to be careful. I heard the man’s wife tell her only the other day that she was the most careless cook they had had for a week. If I should find some cake, it would be well for me to eat as much of it as I can, so as to keep the man’s children from making themselves ill.”
So Gray Mouse and White Rabbit hurried out from under the barn floor and went to the cellar of the man’s house, laughing and jumping.
“What a pretty, little house,” said Gray Mouse, for in the centre of the cellar floor was a little wire box with a funny door.
Gray Mouse and White Rabbit walked all around it.
“Why,” said Gray Mouse, “it has cheese inside of it. Put in your paw, White Rabbit, and pull out that fine supper for me.”
“No, thank you,” answered White Rabbit, “I have such a scruple. That is toasted cheese inside of the little house, and toasted cheese is what men call Welsh Rabbit. I will let you know, Gray Mouse, that I am no cannibal. The door is open. Why don’t you go in and get the cheese yourself?”
“You are not very obliging, White Rabbit,” replied Gray Mouse, “but since you are so mean I think that I will get it myself.”
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scruple
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n./v.顾忌,迟疑 | |
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scruples
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n.良心上的不安( scruple的名词复数 );顾虑,顾忌v.感到于心不安,有顾忌( scruple的第三人称单数 ) | |
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scrambling
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v.快速爬行( scramble的现在分词 );攀登;争夺;(军事飞机)紧急起飞 | |
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shrieked
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v.尖叫( shriek的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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jaws
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n.口部;嘴 | |
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turnips
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芜青( turnip的名词复数 ); 芜菁块根; 芜菁甘蓝块根; 怀表 | |
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scuttled
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v.使船沉没( scuttle的过去式和过去分词 );快跑,急走 | |
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chuckling
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轻声地笑( chuckle的现在分词 ) | |
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saucy
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adj.无礼的;俊俏的;活泼的 | |
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