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CHAPTER 10
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CHAPTER 10
Fireheart held his breath as theTwoleg door opened. He longed for Cloudpaw to turn and run away, but part of him knew that the apprentice1 had no intention of leaving. He leaned forward on his branch, willing the Twoleg to shout and chase Cloudpaw away. Forest cats were not usually welcomed in Twolegplace. But this Twoleg bent2 down and stroked Cloudpaw, who stretched up to press his head against its hand as the Twoleg murmured something to him. By the Twoleg’s tone, it was clear they had greeted each other like this before. Disappointment as bitter as mouse bile pulsed through Fireheart’s body as Cloudpaw trotted3 happily through the door and vanished into the Twoleg nest.
Fireheart stayed clinging to the slender branch of the birch long after the Twoleg door had shut. His apprentice was being tempted4 back into the life that Fireheart had turned his back on. Perhaps Fireheart had been completely wrong about him after all. Lost in thought, he stirred only when the sun began to dip behind the trees and sent a chill through his fur. He slid lightly down to the fence and dropped onto the ground outside.
Fireheart padded back through the forest, blindly following his own scent5 trail back the way he had come. Cloudpaw’s actions felt like a terrible betrayal, yet it was hard to be angry with him. Fireheart had been so eager to prove to the Clan6 that kittypets were as good as forestborn cats, he hadn’t even considered that Cloudpaw might prefer life with the Twolegs. Fireheart loved his life in the forest, but he had chosen it for himself. Only now did it occur to him that Cloudpaw had been given to the Clan by his mother, passed along as a kit7 before he was old enough to make his own decision.
Fireheart trekked8
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apprentice
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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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clan
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kit
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trekked
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| v.艰苦跋涉,徒步旅行( trek的过去式和过去分词 );(尤指在山中)远足,徒步旅行,游山玩水 | |
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scents
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pelt
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skidding
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stammered
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chattering
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apprentices
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warrior
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guilt
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curiously
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prey
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blizzard
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warriors
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loyalty
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scramble
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jaws
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belly
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spat
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seething
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frustration
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growled
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defiantly
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steadily
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spotted
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loyalties
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desperately
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clatter
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cascading
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| 流注( cascade的现在分词 ); 大量落下; 大量垂悬; 梯流 | |
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overdoing
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banish
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fleas
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flicker
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miraculous
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mischievously
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indifference
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jeered
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apprenticeship
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triumphantly
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resentment
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arrogance
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tainted
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