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CHAPTER 20
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CHAPTER 20
The mouse’s tail slipped between Leafpaw’soutstretched claws, leaving her to glare in frustration1 at the crevice2 where the tiny creature had vanished. She had left the camp to collect more herbs for Cinderpelt, and following Firestar’s order that no cats were to go out alone, Sorreltail was with her.
“Bad luck,” the tortoiseshell warrior3 meowed sympathetically. “But it was pretty scrawny to start with.”
“It was prey4,” Leafpaw retorted. “I’d have caught it if I weren’t so hungry that I can’t see straight.”
She began backing out from underneath5 the bush. Suddenly she noticed its familiar dark green leaves for the first time, and the red berries that clung to its branches and lay scattered7 around the trunk.
“Mouse dung!” she hissed8. “And I’ve got the filthy9 stuff on my paws.”
“What’s the matter?”
Leafpaw backed out the rest of the way and pointed10 at the berries with her tail. “Deathberries,” she meowed. “I was so keen to catch the mouse that I never saw them.”
Sorreltail shivered. “Let’s find some water and wash it off, quick.”
Leafpaw was puzzled to see the look of horror in her friend’s eyes. Deathberries were pretty bad, but only if you ate them. Sorreltail was one of the bravest cats she knew, yet she looked thoroughly11 spooked by the sight of the berries, her ears lying flat and her fur
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frustration
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crevice
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| n.(岩石、墙等)裂缝;缺口 | |
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warrior
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prey
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underneath
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scattered
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filthy
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pointed
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bristling
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lookout
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puddle
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kit
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clan
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spotted
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muzzle
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spun
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growling
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clump
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flattened
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debris
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misery
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tainted
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murmur
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dangling
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scent
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flick
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belly
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twitched
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scrambled
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snarled
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growled
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trespassing
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