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13 Safe in the Cave
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13 Safe in the Cave
They all peeped out between the fern fronds1, Lucy-Ann holding her breath. Yes, there were thetwo men, clambering about dangerously near the waterfall.
‘But what are they doing down there?’ said Jack2 in wonder. ‘Why look for us there? They musthave know we didn’t go that way, if they were following us.’
‘Well, they must have seen me waving to you from behind the waterfall,’ said Dinah. ‘Theymust think that’s where our hiding place is.’
‘Waving to us from behind the waterfall?’ said Philip in the utmost amazement3. ‘What are youtalking about, Dinah? You must be bats.’
‘Well, I’m not,’ said Dinah. ‘That’s where Lucy-Ann and I were when you came up the slopethere to climb into the cave. We were standing4 behind the waterfall, and I tried my hardest toattract your attention and tell you that those two men were following you.’
‘But – how in the world did you get behind the waterfall?’ asked Jack. ‘It was an idiotic5 thing todo. Fancy climbing up those slippery rocks, and getting behind the water! You might have been . .
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‘We didn’t go that way, silly,’ said Dinah. ‘We went another way.’ And she told Jack and Philipall about the hole at the back of the cave that led down into the cave of echoes, and the passagethat came out behind the roaring waterfall. The boys listened in the greatest amazement.
‘Gosh! How extraordinary!’ said Jack. ‘Well, I suppose the men just caught sight of you downthere, Dinah, and took their eyes off me and Philip for a minute, and lost us. We must haveclimbed into this cave through the fern just as they were watching you. What a good thing!’
‘That’s why they’re messing about down there on those wet rocks,’ said Philip, grinning. ‘Theythink that that is our hiding place, behind the fall, and they want to get there and find us. Theydon’t guess that isn’t the right way. I can’t for the life of me see how they can possibly get behindthe water from any of those rocks in front. If they’re not jolly careful, they’ll get swept off by thewater – and down they’ll go like lightning.’
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1 fronds | |
n.蕨类或棕榈类植物的叶子( frond的名词复数 ) | |
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2 jack | |
n.插座,千斤顶,男人;v.抬起,提醒,扛举;n.(Jake)杰克 | |
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4 standing | |
n.持续,地位;adj.永久的,不动的,直立的,不流动的 | |
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5 idiotic | |
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v.战栗( shudder的过去式和过去分词 );发抖;(机器、车辆等)突然震动;颤动 | |
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