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CHAPTER 21
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CHAPTER 21
A bitter wind blew down fromthe mountains as the Clans1 joined the trail that led into the towering peaks. Heavy clouds blanketed the sky, and Leafpaw could tell by their yellow tinge3 that it would soon start snowing.
Brambleclaw and Stormfur were leading them along the side of a steep valley. It was as different from the forest as Leafpaw could possibly imagine. There were only a few trees, gnarled and stunted4, clinging to the smooth gray stone, with nowhere that prey5 might live. Moons of desperate hunger had left the WindClan cats’ fur thin and useless against the chill, but they plodded6 grimly on with their heads down. Tallstar looked as brittle7 as a leaf, often leaning on Onewhisker, who rarely strayed from his side. ShadowClan looked little better, their eyes weary and their pace slow, and RiverClan appeared shabby, their gleaming coats nothing but a memory, half-forgotten, like the days when every cat had enough to eat.
One of Tallpoppy’s kits9 gazed up at the crags with eyes as wide as an owl’s. “Are we really going up there?”
Morningflower paused, then stiffly lifted one paw and grazed her tongue across its pad.
“Are you all right?” Leafpaw asked the elderly she-cat. Blood welled between Morningflower’s claws. Leafpaw looked farther up the line, where Squirrelpaw and Brambleclaw padded side by side. “Squirrelpaw!”
Squirrelpaw turned at once.
“Can we stop? I need to dress Morningflower’s paw.”
“I’ll tell Firestar,” came the reply.
“Is there anything you need?” Brambleclaw meowed.
“Cobweb and comfrey, if possible.” Leafpaw gazed at the barren landscape with little hope of finding anything that would help.
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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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| n.氏族,部落,宗族,家族,宗派 | |
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stunted
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prey
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kit
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kits
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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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bleakly
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rippled
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throng
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warriors
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warrior
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softening
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spat
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sniffed
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seep
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moors
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grunted
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vertically
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funneled
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tugging
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| n.牵引感v.用力拉,使劲拉,猛扯( tug的现在分词 ) | |
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eerily
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| adv.引起神秘感或害怕地 | |
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rattle
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| v.飞奔,碰响;激怒;n.碰撞声;拨浪鼓 | |
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crumbled
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grit
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| n.沙粒,决心,勇气;v.下定决心,咬紧牙关 | |
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hind
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| vt./vi.大声哀号,恸哭;呼啸,尖啸 | |
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chunk
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clattered
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apprentice
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plummeting
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desperately
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precipice
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wailed
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muzzle
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scrap
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| n.碎片;废料;v.废弃,报废 | |
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helping
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| n.食物的一份&adj.帮助人的,辅助的 | |
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crouched
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| v.屈膝,蹲伏( crouch的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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bracing
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| adj.令人振奋的 | |
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growled
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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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grunting
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| 咕哝的,呼噜的 | |
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flattened
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| [医](水)平扁的,弄平的 | |
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chasm
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| n.深坑,断层,裂口,大分岐,利害冲突 | |
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pebbles
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| [复数]鹅卵石; 沙砾; 卵石,小圆石( pebble的名词复数 ) | |
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agility
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onward
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gaping
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skid
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shuffled
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ridge
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jutting
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hovered
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crevices
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conceal
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whined
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flicked
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perilous
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ledges
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pointed
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scrambled
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scent
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darted
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jolt
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wailing
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skidded
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hawthorn
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spun
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spotted
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swooped
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clenched
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talons
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scrambling
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gasped
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| v.喘气( gasp的过去式和过去分词 );喘息;倒抽气;很想要 | |
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| v.掠食( prey的过去式和过去分词 );掠食;折磨;(人)靠欺诈为生 | |
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flakes
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