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CHAPTER 23
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CHAPTER 23
Leafpaw padded into the cave, blinkingat the gloom. The roar of the waterfall made the air tremble, and the light filtering through the sheet of tumbling water quivered on the rocky walls. A stream sparkled like frost as it trickled2 down the mossy rocks and ran into a pool in the cave floor. Two tunnels led away into darkness, one at each end of the back wall, and narrow claws of stone hung down from the shadowy roof far above.
Leafpaw felt the Tribe cats staring at her, their eyes gleaming in the darkness. She padded over to Squirrelpaw. “They don’t seem frightened of us.”
Squirrelpaw blinked. “Why should they be? We hardly look threatening, as thin as we are. And besides, there are no other cats around here. Now that Sharptooth is dead, the only enemies the Tribe knows are eagles.”
“I’d forgotten about Sharptooth,” Leafpaw mewed. “All this would have been so much worse if he were still prowling the mountains.”
“Yes,” Squirrelpaw agreed, her gaze softening4. “When Feathertail died, she did more than save the Tribe. She helped to protect us, too.”
As her eyes adjusted, Leafpaw began to pick out individual shapes, some lithe5 and sleek6, others well muscled and broad shouldered. Yet they were all smaller than the Clan7 cats—even WindClan—leaner, with broad heads and slender necks.
The kits8 playing outside the entrance to one of the tunnels stopped and gazed at the Clan cats as they filed into the cave, their eyes wide and curious. A gray-and-white queen padded over to Leafpaw and sniffed10 her pelt11.
“This is Wing,” Squirrelpaw explained. “She looked after Tawnypelt last time we were here, when she was sick from a rat bite.”
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| n.家族,亲属,血缘关系;adj.亲属关系的,同类的 | |
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moss
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softening
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| n.用具包,成套工具;随身携带物 | |
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sniffed
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pelt
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prey
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| v.(狗等)嗥叫,(炮等)轰鸣;n.嗥叫,轰鸣 | |
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scoops
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clans
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apprentice
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apprentices
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muzzle
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exhaustion
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killing
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winced
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amber
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kindly
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twitching
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ripples
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| 逐渐扩散的感觉( ripple的名词复数 ) | |
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| n.兽穴;秘密地方;安静的小房间,私室 | |
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mesmerized
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swirled
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| v.旋转,打旋( swirl的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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rippling
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| 起涟漪的,潺潺流水般声音的 | |
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pelts
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desperately
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| adv.极度渴望地,绝望地,孤注一掷地 | |
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brook
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mentor
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exhausted
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indigo
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scent
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swelling
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spotted
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glimmered
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starry
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haze
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gratitude
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fiery
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watery
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blizzard
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promising
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belly
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instinctively
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| v.发出嘶嘶声;发嘘声表示不满 | |
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jaws
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scents
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grooming
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fleas
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| n.跳蚤( flea的名词复数 );爱财如命;没好气地(拒绝某人的要求) | |
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tremor
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gathering
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gatherings
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| 聚集( gathering的名词复数 ); 收集; 采集; 搜集 | |
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loyalty
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warriors
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warrior
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scarcity
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raven
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| n.(车轮的)辐条;轮辐;破坏某人的计划;阻挠某人的行动 v.讲,谈(speak的过去式);说;演说;从某种观点来说 | |
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