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CHAPTER 7
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CHAPTER 7
As Jayfeather emerged from the barrierof thorns, he located Firestar heading for his den1, side by side with Sandstorm. Though Jayfeather was tired, he knew that he had to talk to his Clan2 leader right now. He had spent too long wondering what he could say to get Firestar to agree to another journey. He sprinted3 ahead and caught up to Firestar at the bottom of the tumbled rocks.
“Firestar, I need to speak to you,” he called.
He could sense his leader’s surprise. “Now? Can’t it wait until morning?”
“No.”
Firestar hesitated for a heartbeat, then replied, “Okay. Come up to my den.”
“I’ll go check on Poppyfrost and her kits,” Sandstorm mewed tactfully. “They had bellyache last night from eating too much squirrel.”
“I gave them watermint,” Jayfeather meowed after her as she padded toward the nursery. “Call me if they need more.”
Firestar was already climbing the rocks; Jayfeather followed, careful to let his pelt5 brush the cliff so that he didn’t stray too close to the edge of the path.
“What’s so urgent that it can’t wait?” Firestar’s voice came from his nest at the back of his cave.
Jayfeather slipped inside to join him. “I have to go to the mountains,” he announced. “I’ve been summoned.”
“By StarClan?”
“No, another cat.”
“Oh?” Curiosity radiated from Firestar; Jayfeather could feel it as if he was sitting in a beam of sunlight. “What other cat?”
“That’s…sort of hard to explain,” Jayfeather confessed. Would the ThunderClan leader believe that he had been able to speak with such an ancient cat? “But it’s not something I can ignore.”
Firestar let out a sigh of exasperation6; Jayfeather pictured the tip of his ginger7 tail
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| n.兽穴;秘密地方;安静的小房间,私室 | |
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| n.氏族,部落,宗族,家族,宗派 | |
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kit
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warrior
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| 武士,勇士,战士( warrior的名词复数 ) | |
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clans
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scents
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vapor
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shrugged
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winding
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wail
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apprentice
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savagely
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jaws
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