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Chapter 13 JUNIOR SPRINGS A SURPRISE!
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Chapter 13 JUNIOR SPRINGS A SURPRISE!
The six children felt a sudden upsurge of excitement, and Timmy felt it too and barked loudly.
Snippet joined in, and the jackdaw danced up and down on Harry1's shoulder, chacking hoarsely2.
Junior, who had seen them start out and was tracking them, stared in surprise from behind a bush in anearby hedge. NOW what was all the excitement about? What had Timmy and Snippet found?
He saw the six children spread out and begin to go slowly up the great slope of the hill. Timmyfollowed them, rather puzzled. He wished he knew what they were looking for - then he could hunttoo! Junior kept safely behind the bush. He knew that if he followed too closely after the children,Timmy would hear him, and bark.
Suddenly the Harries3 gave a shout. 'Hey!' The others looked up from their search, and saw thembeckoning in excitement. 'What about THIS? Come and look!'
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Everyone hurried over to the twins, who were standing4 on a little ridge5 about two hundred yardsbelow the top of the gently sloping hill. 'Look!' said Harry, sweeping6 his arm in a circle. 'Would thisbe a likely place for the castle-site?'
The four looked at the great shallow depression that the twins pointed7 to. In shape it was like a veryshallow soup-plate, certainly big enough for a castle to have been built there! It was covered withthick, closely-growing grass, which was a little darker in colour than the grass around.
Julian clapped Harry on the shoulder. 'Yes! I bet this is where the castle once stood! Why should theground here suddenly have this great depression in it, as if it had sunk down, for some reason? Theonly reason could be that some enormously heavy building once stood here - and it must have beenthe castle!'
'It's not too far from the kitchen- midden, where they threw their rubbish, is it?' asked Anne,anxiously, looking back to see how far away that was.
'No - just about right,' said Julian. 'They would be sure to have it some distance away, because itwould smell, especially in the hot weather. Yes, twins - I think you really have hit on the castle-site -and I bet if we had the
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1 harry | |
vt.掠夺,蹂躏,使苦恼 | |
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2 hoarsely | |
adv.嘶哑地 | |
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n.使苦恼( harry的名词复数 );不断烦扰;一再袭击;侵扰v.使苦恼( harry的第三人称单数 );不断烦扰;一再袭击;侵扰 | |
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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 ridge | |
n.山脊;鼻梁;分水岭 | |
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6 sweeping | |
adj.范围广大的,一扫无遗的 | |
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7 pointed | |
adj.尖的,直截了当的 | |
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8 machinery | |
n.(总称)机械,机器;机构 | |
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9 excavate | |
vt.挖掘,挖出 | |
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10 dungeons | |
n.地牢( dungeon的名词复数 ) | |
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11 decided | |
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12 prick | |
v.刺伤,刺痛,刺孔;n.刺伤,刺痛 | |
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13 annoyance | |
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14 tugging | |
n.牵引感v.用力拉,使劲拉,猛扯( tug的现在分词 ) | |
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15 triumphantly | |
ad.得意洋洋地;得胜地;成功地 | |
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v.挖掘( excavate的第三人称单数 );开凿;挖出;发掘 | |
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adv.不以为然地,不赞成地,非难地 | |
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vi.窥(刺)探,打听;vt.撬动(开,起) | |
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19 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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纪念品,令人回忆的东西( memento的名词复数 ) | |
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21 drawn | |
v.拖,拉,拔出;adj.憔悴的,紧张的 | |
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v.使震惊(astound的过去式和过去分词);愕然;愕;惊讶 | |
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23 mound | |
n.土墩,堤,小山;v.筑堤,用土堆防卫 | |
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25 defiance | |
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