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CHAPTER 14
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CHAPTER 14
Feathertail gazed back helplessly at thetunnel entrance as the cave-guards thrust her out of the tunnel and back into the main cave. She felt unseen claws tearing into her heart with every step she took away from her brother.
What did Stoneteller mean, that Stormfur was the promised cat who would save the Tribe from Sharptooth? True, her brother was a strong and brave warrior1, more skilled at fighting than any of the other cats on this journey. But if Sharptooth was as huge and terrible as the Tribe cats said, what could even the bravest warrior do?
“Please,” she meowed to one of the cave-guards, a huge mud-colored tabby whose name was Scree Beneath Winter Sky, “you can’tkeep Stormfur here. He belongs with us.”
There was sympathy in the Tribe cat’s eyes, but he still shook his head. “No. He is the cat sent here by the Tribe of Endless Hunting. They told us a silver cat would come.”
“But—”
“Don’t try to argue with them,” Crowpaw growled2 into Feathertail’s ear. “There’s no point. If we have to fight to get Stormfur out, then that’s what we’ll do.”
Feathertail looked at the WindClan cat’s bristling4 fur and the fierce courage in his eyes. “We can’t,” she mewed sorrowfully. “There are too many of them.”
“I don’t see why the Tribe is so worried about Sharptooth.” Crowpaw’s voice was scornful. “We haven’t seen a whisker of him since we arrived, so what’s the big deal?”
“Be thankful you haven’t seen him,” Scree meowed.
Crowpaw bared his teeth, but this time he didn’t spring at the guard, just turned away and touched his nose to Feathertail’s muzzle5. He would have fought the whole of StarClan for her, Feathertail knew that, but he had to see that this time fighting would do no good.
The cave-guards herded6 the Clan3 cats across the cave until they reached their sleeping hollows.
“What’s going on?” Brambleclaw mewed in surprise. “Aren’t you throwing us out?”
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warrior
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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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| n.氏族,部落,宗族,家族,宗派 | |
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bristling
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muzzle
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| n.鼻口部;口套;枪(炮)口;vt.使缄默 | |
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| 群集,纠结( herd的过去式和过去分词 ); 放牧; (使)向…移动 | |
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jaws
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prey
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prod
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spotted
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spat
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falcon
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crouched
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pointed
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| 发嘶嘶声( hiss的过去式和过去分词 ); 发嘘声表示反对 | |
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badger
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defense
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horrified
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huddled
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| 挤在一起(huddle的过去式与过去分词形式) | |
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spoke
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sneering
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kit
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clans
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hawk
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apprehension
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twitching
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instinctively
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exhaustion
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| n.耗尽枯竭,疲惫,筋疲力尽,竭尽,详尽无遗的论述 | |
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drowsily
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standing
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doomed
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brook
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legacy
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warriors
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| 武士,勇士,战士( warrior的名词复数 ) | |
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foam
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| v./n.泡沫,起泡沫 | |
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vowed
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| 起誓,发誓(vow的过去式与过去分词形式) | |
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scent
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irritably
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wary
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ruffled
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flinch
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scramble
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lurking
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grassy
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ridge
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spiky
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crevice
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scrap
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uncertainty
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wriggling
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defensive
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stuffy
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ominous
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ginger
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winced
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ooze
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foaming
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gasp
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