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Chapter 12 A TRIP TO THE TOWER
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Chapter 12 A TRIP TO THE TOWER
'Blow this zip!' said Julian, desperately1. 'It's got absolutely stuck! It's so dificult for us to undo2 it fromthe inside of the beastly horse. Oh, this head. I must get it off.'
He pushed at the head but somehow or other it had got wedged on him, and Julian felt that short ofpulling his own head off he would certainly never get Clopper's off!
The horse sat down, exhausted3, looking a very peculiar4 shape. Julian leaned the head against the wallof the stable and panted. 'I'm so hot,' he complained. 'Dick, for goodness sake think of something.
We'll have to get help. But I daren't go back to the barn because of the Guv'nor, and we really can'tappear in the kitchen like this. Everyone would have a fit, and Sid and Mr. Binks would be furiouswith us.
'I think we were asses5 to try this,' said Dick, pulling viciously at the zip again. 'Ugh! What use arezips, I'd like to know. I feel most uncomfortable. Can't you get in some other position, Ju? I seem tobe standing6 on my head or something.'
'Let's go and scout7 round the kitchen,' said Julian trying to get up. Dick tried to get up too, but theyboth fell down on top of one another. They tried again and this time stood up rather shakily.
'It's not as easy as it looks, is it, to be a two-man horse,' said Julian. 'I wish I could get these eye holesin the right place. I'm absolutely blind!'
However, he managed to adjust them at last, and the two boys made their way cautiously andclumsily out of the stable. They went carefully over the farm-yard, Julian counting one-two, one-two,under his breath so that they walked in time with one another.
They came to the kitchen door and debated whether to try and catch someone's attention withoutgoing in. There was a fairly large window near by, open because of the warmth of the kitchen.
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1 desperately | |
adv.极度渴望地,绝望地,孤注一掷地 | |
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n.童子军,侦察员;v.侦察,搜索 | |
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adj.卷入的;陷入的;被缠住的;缠在一起的v.使某人(某物/自己)缠绕,纠缠于(某物中),使某人(自己)陷入(困难或复杂的环境中)( entangle的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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