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CHAPTER 12
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CHAPTER 12
Stormfur crouched1 on a jutting3 spurof rock and looked down into the valley a couple of tail-lengths below. The sun was going down on the fourth day since he and his friends had come to the cave of the Tribe cats. Although the thought of what was happening in the forest hung over their heads like a swollen4 rain cloud, they had been unable to move on. Tawnypelt’s shoulder was healing again, thanks to the herbs Stoneteller had given her, but it was still too stiff for her to walk.
Meanwhile, Stormfur was beginning to think he had gotten the hang of the Tribe cats’ way of hunting. It depended much more on keeping still and silent than on stalking prey6, for among the rocks there was not as much cover as in the forest or even by the river where he used to fish.
His ears pricked7 as he caught the faint sound of fluttering wings, and he peered down into the shadows. A bird had landed just below him and was pecking at the ground. Bunching his muscles, Stormfur sprang. His claws met feathers, and the bird’s frantic8 alarm call was cut off as he killed it with one blow of his paw.
Stormfur stood up, his prey in his jaws9, and saw the dim shape of one of the mud-covered cave-guards approaching up the valley. The fresh-kill in his mouth masked the scent10, and he did not recognize Crag until the cat spoke11.
“Good catch! You’ll make a great prey-hunter.”
Stormfur nodded his thanks, but Crag’s words made him slightly anxious; did he really mean “you will make a good prey-hunter,” or had he meant to say “you would”? The cave-guard sometimes seemed to assume that Stormfur intended to stay with the Tribe for good. But there was no opportunity to ask him what he meant;
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prey
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gathering
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falcon
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clans
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| 宗族( clan的名词复数 ); 氏族; 庞大的家族; 宗派 | |
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warriors
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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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kits
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loyalty
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talons
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bristling
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lashing
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bowling
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battered
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belly
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pebbles
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| 对接的 | |
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frustrations
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sinister
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admiration
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| n.爱尔兰式曲棍球v.猛投,用力掷( hurl的现在分词 );大声叫骂 | |
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