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Chapter 10 BACK WITH THE FAIR-FOLK AGAIN
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Chapter 10 BACK WITH THE FAIR-FOLK AGAIN
THE four of them, with Timmy capering1 behind, ran to meet Jo. She beamed at everyone.
'Hallo, Anne, hallo, George! Pleased to meet you again! This isn't half a surprise!'
'Jo! How did you get those horses?' said Dick, taking one by the bridle2.
'Easy,' grinned Jo. 'I just told Uncle Fredo all about you - what wonders you were - and all you didfor me - and wasn't I shocked when I heard they'd turned you out of your field! I let go then!
I told them just what I thought of them, treating my best friends like that!'
'Did you really, Jo?' said George, doubtfully.
'Didn't you hear me?' demanded Jo. 'I yelled like anything at Uncle Fredo, and then his wife, my AuntAnita, she yelled at him too - and then we both yelled at everyone.'
'It must have been quite a yelling match,' said Julian. 'And the result was that you got your way, andgot the horses to take back our caravans4, Jo?'
'Well, when Aunt Anita told me they'd taken your caravans into the next field and left them there, andwouldn't lend you horses to bring them back, I told them all a few things,' said Jo. 'I said - no, I'dbetter not tell you what I said. I wasn't very polite.'
'I bet you weren't' said Dick, who had already had a little experience of Jo's wild tongue the yearbefore.
'And when I told them how my father went to prison, and you got me a home with somebody nicewho looks after me, they were sorry they'd treated you roughly,' said Jo. 'And so I told Uncle Fredo Iwas going to catch two horses and bring your caravans back into the field again.'
'I see,' said Julian. 'And the fair-folk just let you?'
'Oh, yes,' said Jo. 'So let's hitch5 them in, Julian, and go back at once. Isn't that the farmer coming overthere?'
It was, and he looked pretty grim. Julian hurriedly put one horse into the shafts6 of the girls'
caravan3, and Dick backed the other horse into the shafts of the second caravan. The farmer came 42up and watched.
'So you thought you'd get horses after all, did you?' he said. 'I thought you would telling me a lot ofpoppycock about being
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1 capering | |
v.跳跃,雀跃( caper的现在分词 );蹦蹦跳跳 | |
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2 bridle | |
n.笼头,束缚;vt.抑制,约束;动怒 | |
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3 caravan | |
n.大蓬车;活动房屋 | |
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4 caravans | |
(可供居住的)拖车(通常由机动车拖行)( caravan的名词复数 ); 篷车; (穿过沙漠地带的)旅行队(如商队) | |
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5 hitch | |
v.免费搭(车旅行);系住;急提;n.故障;急拉 | |
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6 shafts | |
n.轴( shaft的名词复数 );(箭、高尔夫球棒等的)杆;通风井;一阵(疼痛、害怕等) | |
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7 stranded | |
a.搁浅的,进退两难的 | |
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8 reins | |
感情,激情; 缰( rein的名词复数 ); 控制手段; 掌管; (成人带着幼儿走路以防其走失时用的)保护带 | |
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9 growled | |
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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10 pegging | |
n.外汇钉住,固定证券价格v.用夹子或钉子固定( peg的现在分词 );使固定在某水平 | |
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11 pegs | |
n.衣夹( peg的名词复数 );挂钉;系帐篷的桩;弦钮v.用夹子或钉子固定( peg的第三人称单数 );使固定在某水平 | |
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12 astonishment | |
n.惊奇,惊异 | |
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13 spoke | |
n.(车轮的)辐条;轮辐;破坏某人的计划;阻挠某人的行动 v.讲,谈(speak的过去式);说;演说;从某种观点来说 | |
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14 hearty | |
adj.热情友好的;衷心的;尽情的,纵情的 | |
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15 guffaw | |
n.哄笑;突然的大笑 | |
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16 underneath | |
adj.在...下面,在...底下;adv.在下面 | |
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17 guffawed | |
v.大笑,狂笑( guffaw的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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18 abruptly | |
adv.突然地,出其不意地 | |
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19 curiously | |
adv.有求知欲地;好问地;奇特地 | |
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20 obstinate | |
adj.顽固的,倔强的,不易屈服的,较难治愈的 | |
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