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CHAPTER3
Hollypaw pushed through the brambles intothe nursery and set down a blackbird in front of Daisy. Rosekit and Toadkit lay in the curve of their mother’s belly1, suckling with their tiny tails stretched out behind them.
“Thank you,” Daisy mewed, reaching out one paw to drag the blackbird closer. “That feels like a good plump one.”
“Can we have some?” Foxkit sat up from where he was wrestling with his sister. “I’m starving!”
“Certainly not,” their mother, Ferncloud, replied. “You’re old enough to fetch your own fresh-kill.”
“Can we?” Icekit’s head popped up out of the bracken. “I could eat a whole rabbit.”
“All right,” Ferncloud meowed. “Fetch some for Millie, too!” she called after them as the two kits2 shot out through the opening in the brambles.
Millie blinked sleepily from where she lay in a mossy nest. Her belly looked huge; Hollypaw guessed that it wouldn’t be long before her kits were born.
“Thank you,” Millie purred to Ferncloud.
Ferncloud sighed. “It’s time those two were apprenticed4. They need mentors6 to keep an eye on them.”
Hollypaw silently agreed as she left the nursery and padded across to the fresh-kill pile to fetch prey7 for the elders. Foxkit and Icekit were already there, play fighting over a chaffinch.
“What about some prey for Millie?” Hollypaw reminded them.
“Oh, sorry.” Foxkit scrambled8 up, grabbed a couple of mice by their tails, and scampered9 off across the clearing with the prey swinging from his jaws10.
Icekit let out a little purr of triumph and settled down to eat the chaffinch.
Hollypaw began nosing through the fresh-kill pile to find something for the elders. The
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belly
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| n.肚子,腹部;(像肚子一样)鼓起的部分,膛 | |
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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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apprentice
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| n.学徒,徒弟 | |
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apprenticed
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| 学徒,徒弟( apprentice的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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mentor
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mentors
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prey
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| n.被掠食者,牺牲者,掠食;v.捕食,掠夺,折磨 | |
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scrambled
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scampered
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jaws
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scent
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scents
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| n.香水( scent的名词复数 );气味;(动物的)臭迹;(尤指狗的)嗅觉 | |
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clan
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longing
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pointed
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flicking
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| (尤指用手指或手快速地)轻击( flick的现在分词 ); (用…)轻挥; (快速地)按开关; 向…笑了一下(或瞥了一眼等) | |
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squeaking
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warrior
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| n.勇士,武士,斗士 | |
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embarrassment
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cuff
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privately
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| adv.以私人的身份,悄悄地,私下地 | |
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unbearable
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| adj.不能容忍的;忍受不住的 | |
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apprentices
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| 学徒,徒弟( apprentice的名词复数 ) | |
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rigid
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pelt
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| v.投掷,剥皮,抨击,开火 | |
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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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| n.兽穴;秘密地方;安静的小房间,私室 | |
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twitched
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lash
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annoyance
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standing
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prod
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spotted
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glossy
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pelts
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dignified
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| a.可敬的,高贵的 | |
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halfway
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overdue
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mentoring
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grooming
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| n. 修饰, 美容,(动物)梳理毛发 | |
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scarlet
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rustling
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enticing
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bristled
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sweeping
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thicket
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writhed
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| (因极度痛苦而)扭动或翻滚( writhe的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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| a.(表现出)恐惧的 | |
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| 混合,混入( mingle的过去式和过去分词 ); 混进,与…交往[联系] | |
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trespassing
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clumps
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fronds
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clans
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edgy
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growled
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