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CHAPTER 13
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CHAPTER 13
“StarClan honors your courage and spirit.”Firestar touched his muzzle2 to Briarpaw’s head. Watching, Dovepaw felt a surge of excitement.
“I name you Briarlight.”
Bumblestripe and Blossomfall, already named, were the first to start the cheering for ThunderClan’s newest warrior3.
“Briarlight, Briarlight!”
The voices of the Clan1 shook the chilly4 air and rang up through the hollow into a clear blue sky. Millie and Graystripe pressed against each other, their proud gazes sharpened with grief.
Briarlight shifted her forepaws, propping5 herself higher, raising her chin. Dovepaw tried not to look at her hind6 legs, splayed uselessly behind her.
It had been a quarter moon since the tree fell. Dovepaw was weary, like the rest of her Clan. The work of clearing the camp of debris7 on top of the regular patrols had left every cat exhausted8. And with each shortening day, prey9 was starting to grow leaner and scarcer.
Dovepaw longed for a good night’s sleep. She had been plagued by terrible dreams. If only she’d given more warning, then Longtail might have been saved and Briarlight would be scampering10 around her littermates right now. A dream had woken Dovepaw only last night: the tree splintering into the clearing yet again, a trapped cat wailing11.
Ivypaw!
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clan
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| n.氏族,部落,宗族,家族,宗派 | |
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warrior
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chilly
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propping
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debris
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exhausted
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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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scampering
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| v.蹦蹦跳跳地跑,惊惶奔跑( scamper的现在分词 ) | |
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wailing
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| v.哭叫,哀号( wail的现在分词 );沱 | |
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underneath
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beech
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pelt
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morsel
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lashed
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wailed
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warriors
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apprentices
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gathering
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spacious
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boughs
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tangle
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flicked
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spotted
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acting
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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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| n.尖峰形成v.加烈酒于( spike的现在分词 );偷偷地给某人的饮料加入(更多)酒精( 或药物);把尖状物钉入;打乱某人的计划 | |
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embarrassment
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discomfort
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pebbles
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| [复数]鹅卵石; 沙砾; 卵石,小圆石( pebble的名词复数 ) | |
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crunching
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gracefully
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chattered
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| (人)喋喋不休( chatter的过去式 ); 唠叨; (牙齿)打战; (机器)震颤 | |
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pounced
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flattening
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clump
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spine
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scents
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| v.(狗等)嗥叫,(炮等)轰鸣;n.嗥叫,轰鸣 | |
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pang
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groaned
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defensive
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pointed
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| v.撕成碎片,变成碎片;n.碎布条,细片,些少 | |
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| 刺,扎,戳( prick的过去式和过去分词 ); 刺伤; 刺痛; 使剧痛 | |
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| v.抢先报道( scoop的过去式和过去分词 );(敏捷地)抱起;抢先获得;用铲[勺]等挖(洞等) | |
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