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CHAPTER 4
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CHAPTER 4
Hollykit waited in the center of the clearing, where Brambleclaw had left her. The sun was sinking behind the trees, pulling a shadow across the camp. Lionkit sat beside her, his pelt2 golden in the fading sunshine. Cold air drifted down into the hollow, and Lionkit shivered.
Suddenly the brambles at the entrance of the medicine den3 trembled, and Hollykit saw the gray-striped head of Jaykit poke4 out. She nudged Lionkit. “Look!”
“He’s okay!” he mewed in relief.
“Thank StarClan!”
Jaykit turned around and went back into the den.
“Leafpool must be keeping him a bit longer,” Hollykit observed. She dug her claws into the ground to stop her paws from trembling. At least she knew her brother was all right. But they still had to face Firestar. How was he going to punish them this time?
She glanced around, hoping no cat was staring at them. Mousefur was leaning against the halfrock, a smooth low stone that stuck out of the ground near the entrance to the elders’ den. It would still be warm from the sun. Dustpelt was sharing tongues with Whitewing beside the thornbush that formed the warriors6’ den. His apprentice8, Hazelpaw, nodded to him before picking up a mouse from the fresh-kill pile and carrying it over to the apprentices9’ den. Her littermates, Mousepaw and Berrypaw, were there already, eating.
Hollykit caught Mousepaw’s eye. The young gray-and-white tom blinked sympathetically at her before looking away. Hollykit lifted her chin a little higher. She wasn’t going to let any cat see how scared she was. She would take her punishment like a true warrior7.
She watched Sorreltail carry fresh-kill to her mate, Brackenfur. The dark ginger10 tom was resting beneath Highledge, his breath
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| n.用具包,成套工具;随身携带物 | |
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| n.兽穴;秘密地方;安静的小房间,私室 | |
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poke
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| n.刺,戳,袋;vt.拨开,刺,戳;vi.戳,刺,捅,搜索,伸出,行动散慢 | |
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| n.氏族,部落,宗族,家族,宗派 | |
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warriors
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| 武士,勇士,战士( warrior的名词复数 ) | |
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warrior
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hoarse
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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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scrap
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apprenticeship
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pricking
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| 刺,刺痕,刺痛感 | |
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twitched
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sniffing
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mentor
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dabbing
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| 石面凿毛,灰泥抛毛 | |
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hopped
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