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12 Wolves in the night!
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Wolves in the night!
Snowy suddenly bleated1 loudly and took a flying leap off the rock before Philip could stop him.
He disappeared into the bushes below – and then a loud and welcome sound filled the air.
‘Ee-ore! Ee-ore! Ee-ore!’
‘Goodness! It’s a donkey!’ cried Jack2 and scrambled3 down to see. ‘Have they come back? IsDavid with them?’
They soon found what they were looking for. Dapple the donkey was in the bushes, nuzzlingSnowy, evidently full of delight at seeing him again. But there was no sign at all of the otherdonkeys or of David.
‘Dapple! You darling!’ said Lucy-Ann, running up to him in joy. ‘You’ve come back to us.’
‘Come back to Snowy, you mean!’ said Philip. ‘He was always fond of Snowy, weren’t you,Dapple? So you came back to find him. Well, we’re very very glad to see you, because you willsolve a very knotty4 problem for us – how to get all our goods up to that cave!’
Dapple had come back to see Snowy, but he was also very pleased to see the children again. Hewas a quiet, stout little donkey, hard-working and patient. He kept close to the children, and hadevidently made up his mind he was going to stay with them. Snowy was sweet with him, andtrotted by his side all the time.
‘Here, Dapple!’ called Philip. ‘Come and help us with these things, there’s a good fellow.’
Dapple stood obediently whilst the boys strapped6 things on to his back. He took all the beddingup to the cave first, scrambling7 up the steep bits with difficulty, but managing very well indeed.
Then he took up the panniers of food.
‘Thanks, Dapple,’ said Jack, giving him a pat. ‘Now come and have a drink!’
They all went to the stream and drank and splashed. The sun had come out again andimmediately it was very hot. The children flung off their coats and lay about,
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bleated
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v.(羊,小牛)叫( bleat的过去式和过去分词 );哭诉;发出羊叫似的声音;轻声诉说 | |
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n.插座,千斤顶,男人;v.抬起,提醒,扛举;n.(Jake)杰克 | |
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scrambled
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v.快速爬行( scramble的过去式和过去分词 );攀登;争夺;(军事飞机)紧急起飞 | |
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knotty
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adj.有结的,多节的,多瘤的,棘手的 | |
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trotted
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小跑,急走( trot的过去分词 ); 匆匆忙忙地走 | |
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adj.用皮带捆住的,用皮带装饰的;身无分文的;缺钱;手头紧v.用皮带捆扎(strap的过去式和过去分词);用皮带抽打;包扎;给…打绷带 | |
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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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basking
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v.晒太阳,取暖( bask的现在分词 );对…感到乐趣;因他人的功绩而出名;仰仗…的余泽 | |
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crimson
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n./adj.深(绯)红色(的);vi.脸变绯红色 | |
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retired
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glimmer
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v.发出闪烁的微光;n.微光,微弱的闪光 | |
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twigs
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细枝,嫩枝( twig的名词复数 ) | |
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flickered
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(通常指灯光)闪烁,摇曳( flicker的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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slippers
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n. 拖鞋 | |
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lighting
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n.照明,光线的明暗,舞台灯光 | |
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smelt
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v.熔解,熔炼;n.银白鱼,胡瓜鱼 | |
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unduly
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blessing
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n.祈神赐福;祷告;祝福,祝愿 | |
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peculiar
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adj.古怪的,异常的;特殊的,特有的 | |
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whine
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v.哀号,号哭;n.哀鸣 | |
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pointed
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adj.尖的,直截了当的 | |
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n.鼻口部;口套;枪(炮)口;vt.使缄默 | |
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awakened
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v.(使)醒( awaken的过去式和过去分词 );(使)觉醒;弄醒;(使)意识到 | |
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growled
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v.(动物)发狺狺声, (雷)作隆隆声( growl的过去式和过去分词 );低声咆哮着说 | |
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sniffed
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v.以鼻吸气,嗅,闻( sniff的过去式和过去分词 );抽鼻子(尤指哭泣、患感冒等时出声地用鼻子吸气);抱怨,不以为然地说 | |
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majestically
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雄伟地; 庄重地; 威严地; 崇高地 | |
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