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CHAPTER 3
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CHAPTER 3
Leafpool opened her eyes, sticky withsleep, and blinked. She was crouched1 in the middle of the stone hollow beside Cinderpelt’s body. Next to her, Firestar lay with his nose pushed deep into his friend’s gray fur, his eyes narrowed to slits3 as if he were lost in memories of the cat who had once been his apprentice4. Above the hollow, the sky was milky5 pale with the first light of dawn.
Opening her jaws6, Leafpool tried to draw in the last of her beloved mentor7’s scent8, but all she could taste was death. She had come to sit vigil with Cinderpelt after all the injured cats had been treated. But exhaustion9 had overwhelmed her and she had fallen asleep. I couldn’t even stay awake for you, she thought despairingly.
She would never forget the dream she had had on her journey with Crowfeather, in which she had heard Cinderpelt’s terrible cry of pain as the badger10 struck its killing11 blow. I should have stayed here, she told herself, guilt12 tearing at her sharper than a badger’s claws.
But even though she had come back to her Clan13, her thoughts were still haunted by Crowfeather. The glow in his amber
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crouched
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slits
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apprentice
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milky
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scent
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exhaustion
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| n.耗尽枯竭,疲惫,筋疲力尽,竭尽,详尽无遗的论述 | |
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badger
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killing
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guilt
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clan
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warrior
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warriors
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merged
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| (使)混合( merge的过去式和过去分词 ); 相融; 融入; 渐渐消失在某物中 | |
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touching
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pelts
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badgers
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permanently
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spoke
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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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interfere
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flinching
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| v.(因危险和痛苦)退缩,畏惧( flinch的现在分词 ) | |
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spotted
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trotting
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| 小跑,急走( trot的现在分词 ); 匆匆忙忙地走 | |
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gratitude
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| adj.感激,感谢 | |
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winced
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| 赶紧避开,畏缩( wince的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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flick
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scurrying
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flopped
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swollen
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privately
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shuddering
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pulp
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kit
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stiffened
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braced
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trickle
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| vi.淌,滴,流出,慢慢移动,逐渐消散 | |
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prey
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puffs
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uncertainty
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famished
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dens
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exhausted
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sneaked
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starry
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ruffling
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| 弄皱( ruffle的现在分词 ); 弄乱; 激怒; 扰乱 | |
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indigo
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rustling
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