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CHAPTER 17
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CHAPTER 17
“How will I manage without him?”gasped Mothwing, her eyes huge and scared.
“You’ll be fine,” Cinderpelt assured her. “And there will be time to grieve, but not now.”
Mothwing looked at her for a moment, then nodded and left the medicine clearing to tell her Clan2 that Mudfur was dead. Leafpaw waited until the RiverClan cats began to pad through the tunnel to pay their final respects, then hurried out into the main clearing.
Mothwing was sitting in the rain with her head bowed, water streaming from her whiskers. “I can’t believe he’s gone,” she mewed.
“He hasn’t gone far,” Leafpaw comforted her. “He’s with StarClan.”
“I hope so,” Mothwing murmured.
Leopardstar emerged from the medicine clearing and padded over to Firestar. “Shadepelt and Loudbelly will remain here with your elders,” she meowed. “They are too old to travel and wish to sit in vigil for Mudfur.”
Firestar nodded. “We will wait until RiverClan is ready to travel,” he murmured.
Hawkfrost and Stormfur padded toward Leafpaw and Mothwing. For once, Hawkfrost’s gaze was gentle as he rested his muzzle4 against his sister’s cheek.
“I never thought we’d be leaving anyone behind.” Stormfur sighed.
“Neither did I,” Leafpaw agreed, gazing at Frostfur and Speckletail. The image of Graystripe staring out from the monster’s belly3 flashed through her mind.
Leopardstar padded to the center of the clearing and looked around. “Is everyone ready?”
“We haven’t hunted today,” a RiverClan queen protested, wrapping her tail protectively around her kit5.
“We can hunt on the way,” Leopardstar told her.
The moment had arrived. Silently, the cats began to head for the camp entrance. Frostfur and Speckletail sat in the clearing watching their Clanmates leave.
“Good-bye, Frostfur,” Leafpaw whispered. “Good-bye, Speckletail. Good hunting.”
“Good hunting,” Frostfur replied.
Leafpaw looked up at the gray sky crisscrossed by leaf-bare branches. The rain spattered on her face, and she blinked away the drops that clung to her eyelashes. It was as if StarClan wept to see their
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pelt
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| v.投掷,剥皮,抨击,开火 | |
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clan
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| n.氏族,部落,宗族,家族,宗派 | |
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belly
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| n.肚子,腹部;(像肚子一样)鼓起的部分,膛 | |
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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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kit
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| n.用具包,成套工具;随身携带物 | |
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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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| 无望地,阴郁地,苍凉地 | |
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scent
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| 衣物和装备( kit的名词复数 ); 成套用品; 配套元件 | |
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| (尤指用手指或手快速地)轻击( flick的现在分词 ); (用…)轻挥; (快速地)按开关; 向…笑了一下(或瞥了一眼等) | |
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| n.敌对,敌意;抵制[pl.]交战,战争 | |
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| v.发出嘶嘶声;发嘘声表示不满 | |
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nurtured
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| 养育( nurture的过去式和过去分词 ); 培育; 滋长; 助长 | |
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legacy
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| n.遗产,遗赠;先人(或过去)留下的东西 | |
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warriors
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loyalty
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| adv.挑战地,大胆对抗地 | |
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| v.(狗等)嗥叫,(炮等)轰鸣;n.嗥叫,轰鸣 | |
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