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CHAPTER 1
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CHAPTER 1
Leaves brushed Jaykit’s pelt2 like fallingsnow. More crackled underpaw, stiff with frost and so deep that he struggled with every step. An icy wind pierced his fur—still nursery soft—and made him shiver.
“Wait for me!” he wailed3. He could hear his mother’s voice ahead, her warm body always a few steps out of reach.
“You’ll never catch it!”
A high-pitched mew sliced into his dream, and Jaykit woke with a start. He pricked4 his ears, listening to the familiar sounds of the bramble nursery. His sister and brother scrabbling in play. Ferncloud lapping her dozing5 kits6. There was no snow now; he was in the camp, safe and warm. He could smell his mother’s nest, empty but still fresh with her scent7.
“Oof!” He let out a gasp8 of surprise as his sister, Hollykit, landed heavily on top of him. “Watch out!”
“You’re awake at last!” She rolled off him and pushed her hind9 paws into his flank. With a leap, she twisted away and grasped for something just out of reach.
Mouse! Jaykit could smell it. His brother and sister must be playing catch with fresh-kill newly brought into camp. He sprang to his paws and gave a quick stretch that sent a shiver through his small body.
“Catch this, Jaykit!” Hollykit mewed. The mouse whistled past his ear.
“Slow slug!” she teased as he turned too late to grab it.
“I’ve got it!” Lionkit called. He pounced10 on the fresh-kill, his paws thudding on the nursery’s packed earth floor.
Jaykit wasn’t going to let his brother steal the prize from him so easily. He might be the smallest in the litter, but he was fast. He leaped toward Lionkit, knocking him out of the way and stretching his forepaw to reach for the mouse.
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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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pelt
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wailed
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| v.哭叫,哀号( wail的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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pricked
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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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scent
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pounced
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skid
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jolt
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moss
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underneath
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gasped
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flea
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belly
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apprentice
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apprentices
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den
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pointed
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warrior
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flicker
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frustration
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barbs
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tug
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grooming
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clan
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prey
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Flared
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sweeping
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tangle
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cubs
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heralded
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jaws
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triumphantly
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morsel
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wriggled
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brook
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rumbled
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| 发出隆隆声,发出辘辘声( rumble的过去式和过去分词 ); 轰鸣着缓慢行进; 发现…的真相; 看穿(阴谋) | |
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scents
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wren
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gathering
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jealousy
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gnawed
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