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CHAPTER 4
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CHAPTER 4
“Sunningrocks was the safest place tohide,” Cinderpelt told them as she weaved through the bracken.
Squirrelpaw was surprised. “But there’s so little shelter there!” Sunningrocks was a wide stone slope near the RiverClan border, bare of trees or bushes except for a few scrubby tufts of grass. Aware that Stormfur was only a few pawsteps behind, Squirrelpaw lowered her voice. “And what about RiverClan? They’ve tried to claim it as their territory before—wasn’t Firestar afraid they might attack the Clan2?”
“RiverClan has made no threats lately,” Cinderpelt replied. “Sunningrocks is as far from the Twolegs and their tree-destroying monsters as we could get within our territory, and close to what little prey3 is left in the forest.”
Despite her limp, she led them quickly through the forest, but Squirrelpaw noticed that the medicine cat’s scrawny flanks heaved with the effort. She glanced at Brambleclaw. He was watching Cinderpelt too, his eyes narrowed with concern.
“We’re in much better shape than she is,” Squirrelpaw whispered to him.
“Our journey has made us stronger,” Brambleclaw commented.
Squirrelpaw felt an uncomfortable pang4 of guilt5 that their long and difficult journey had kept them safer and better fed than the cats they left behind. The sun was sinking in a clear blue sky, and a chill wind swayed the branches above them, tugging6 at the last stubborn leaves. She paused, listening. A few birds chirped7 a muted chorus, but in the distance she heard monsters all the time, humming like angry bees. Their sticky stench hung in the air and clung to her fur, and Squirrelpaw realized that she had returned to a forest that no longer smelled or sounded like home. It had become another place, one where cats could not survive. No place left for cats. You
stay, monsters tear you too, or you starve with no prey.Midnight’s prophecy was already coming true.
The pale gray bulk of Sunningrocks
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pelt
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| v.投掷,剥皮,抨击,开火 | |
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| n.氏族,部落,宗族,家族,宗派 | |
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prey
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| n.被掠食者,牺牲者,掠食;v.捕食,掠夺,折磨 | |
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pang
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guilt
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| n.犯罪;内疚;过失,罪责 | |
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| 鸟叫,虫鸣( chirp的过去式 ) | |
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warrior
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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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| vt.& vi.(使)抽动,(使)颤动(twitch的过去式与过去分词形式) | |
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gnawed
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| 突然的剧痛( pang的名词复数 ); 悲痛 | |
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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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chilly
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mentor
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scraps
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moss
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apprentice
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flinched
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hiss
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crevice
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| adv.痛苦地;悲惨地;糟糕地;极度地 | |
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| v.(通常指车辆) 侧滑( skid的过去式和过去分词 );打滑;滑行;(住在)贫民区 | |
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scrambled
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gathering
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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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| (使)窒息, (使)窒闷( stifle的过去式和过去分词 ); 镇压,遏制; 堵 | |
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wary
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growled
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distinctive
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sleekness
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| 油滑; 油光发亮; 时髦阔气; 线条明快 | |
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spat
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| n.口角,掌击;v.发出呼噜呼噜声 | |
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bristling
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| a.竖立的 | |
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loyalty
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spoke
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glossy
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| adj.平滑的;有光泽的 | |
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defiant
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ripple
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silhouetted
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rosy
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gratitude
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shuffled
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