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It seemed as though he had been falling for years.
Fly, a voice whispered in the darkness, but Bran did not know how to fly, so all he could do wasfall.
Maester Luwin made a little boy of clay, baked him till he was hard and brittle1, dressed him inBran’s clothes, and flung him off a roof. Bran remembered the way he shattered. “But I never fall,” hesaid, falling.
The ground was so far below him he could barely make it out through the grey mists that whirledaround him, but he could feel how fast he was falling, and he knew what was waiting for him downthere. Even in dreams, you could not fall forever. He would wake up in the instant before he hit theground, he knew. You always woke up in the instant before you hit the ground.
And if you don’t? the voice asked.
The ground was closer now, still far far away, a thousand miles away, but closer than it had been. Itwas cold here in the darkness. There was no sun, no stars, only the ground below coming up to smashhim, and the grey mists, and the whispering voice. He wanted to cry.
Not cry. Fly.
“I can’t fly,” Bran said. “I can’t, I can’t …”
How do you know? Have you ever tried?
The voice was high and thin. Bran looked around to see where it was coming from. A crow wasspiraling down with him, just out of reach, following him as he fell. “Help me,” he said.
I’m trying, the crow replied. Say, got any corn?
Bran reached into his pocket as the darkness spun2 dizzily around him. When he pulled his hand out,golden kernels3 slid from between his fingers into the air. They fell with him.
The crow landed on his hand and began to eat.
“Are you really a crow?” Bran asked.
Are you really falling? the crow asked back.
“It’s just a dream,” Bran said.
Is it? asked the crow.
“I’ll wake up when I hit the ground,” Bran told the bird.
You’ll die when you hit the ground, the crow said. It went back to eating corn.
Bran looked down. He could see mountains now, their peaks white with snow, and the silver threadof rivers in dark woods. He closed his eyes and began to cry.
That won’t do any good, the crow said. I told you, the answer is flying, not crying. How hard can itbe. I’m doing it. The crow took to the air and flapped around Bran’s hand.
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1 brittle | |
adj.易碎的;脆弱的;冷淡的;(声音)尖利的 | |
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2 spun | |
v.纺,杜撰,急转身 | |
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3 kernels | |
谷粒( kernel的名词复数 ); 仁; 核; 要点 | |
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4 pointed | |
adj.尖的,直截了当的 | |
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5 taut | |
adj.拉紧的,绷紧的,紧张的 | |
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6 shrieked | |
v.尖叫( shriek的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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7 plunged | |
v.颠簸( plunge的过去式和过去分词 );暴跌;骤降;突降 | |
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8 tapestry | |
n.挂毯,丰富多采的画面 | |
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9 squat | |
v.蹲坐,蹲下;n.蹲下;adj.矮胖的,粗矮的 | |
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10 anvil | |
n.铁钻 | |
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11 rustling | |
n. 瑟瑟声,沙沙声 adj. 发沙沙声的 | |
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12 galley | |
n.(飞机或船上的)厨房单层甲板大帆船;军舰舰长用的大划艇; | |
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13 racing | |
n.竞赛,赛马;adj.竞赛用的,赛马用的 | |
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14 gathering | |
n.集会,聚会,聚集 | |
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15 lashed | |
adj.具睫毛的v.鞭打( lash的过去式和过去分词 );煽动;紧系;怒斥 | |
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v.隐约出现,阴森地逼近( loom的过去式和过去分词 );隐约出现,阴森地逼近 | |
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17 fabled | |
adj.寓言中的,虚构的 | |
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18 jade | |
n.玉石;碧玉;翡翠 | |
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19 bastard | |
n.坏蛋,混蛋;私生子 | |
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20 spires | |
n.(教堂的) 塔尖,尖顶( spire的名词复数 ) | |
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21 impaled | |
钉在尖桩上( impale的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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22 desperately | |
adv.极度渴望地,绝望地,孤注一掷地 | |
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23 faltered | |
(嗓音)颤抖( falter的过去式和过去分词 ); 支吾其词; 蹒跚; 摇晃 | |
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24 pinions | |
v.抓住[捆住](双臂)( pinion的第三人称单数 ) | |
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25 beak | |
n.鸟嘴,茶壶嘴,钩形鼻 | |
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26 shrill | |
adj.尖声的;刺耳的;v尖叫 | |
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27 swirled | |
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