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Mowgli’s Brothers
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Now Rann the Kite brings home the night
That Mang the Bat sets free—
For loosed till dawn are we.
This is the hour of pride and power,
Oh, hear the call!—Good hunting all
That keep the Jungle Law!
Night-Song in the Jungle
It was seven o’clock of a very warm evening in the Seeonee hills when Father Wolf woke up from his day’s rest, scratched himself, yawned, and spread out his paws one after the other to get rid of the sleepy feeling in their tips. Mother Wolf lay with her big gray nose dropped across her four tumbling, squealing3 cubs4, and the moon shone into the mouth of the cave where they all lived. “Augrh!” said Father Wolf. “It is time to hunt again.” He was going to spring down hill when a little shadow with a bushy tail crossed the threshold and whined7: “Good luck go with you, O Chief of the Wolves. And good luck and strong white teeth go with noble children that they may never forget the hungry in this world.”
It was the jackal—Tabaqui, the Dish-licker—and the wolves of India despise Tabaqui because he runs about making mischief8, and telling tales, and eating rags and pieces of leather from the village rubbish-heaps. But they are afraid of him too, because Tabaqui, more than anyone else in the jungle, is apt to go mad, and then he forgets that he was ever afraid of anyone, and runs through the forest biting everything in his way. Even the tiger runs and hides when little Tabaqui goes mad, for madness is the most disgraceful thing that can overtake a wild creature. We call it hydrophobia, but they call it dewanee—the madness—and run.
“Enter, then, and look,” said Father Wolf stiffly, “but there is no food here.”
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herds
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兽群( herd的名词复数 ); 牧群; 人群; 群众 | |
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n.幼小的兽,不懂规矩的年轻人( cub的名词复数 ) | |
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cub
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whine
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v.哀号,号哭;n.哀鸣 | |
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whined
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mischief
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buck
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lame
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scour
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v.搜索;擦,洗,腹泻,冲刷 | |
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gratitude
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thicket
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sag
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beetles
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killing
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mumbling
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savagely
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adv. 野蛮地,残酷地 | |
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twitching
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n.颤搐 | |
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rustle
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v.沙沙作响;偷盗(牛、马等);n.沙沙声声 | |
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squeaking
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v.短促地尖叫( squeak的现在分词 );吱吱叫;告密;充当告密者 | |
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quarry
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n.采石场;v.采石;费力地找 | |
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cramped
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ram
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(random access memory)随机存取存储器 | |
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demon
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lone
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lairs
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boulders
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短而硬的毛发,刷子毛( bristle的名词复数 ) | |
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bristle
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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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glistened
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monotonous
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muffled
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adj.(声音)被隔的;听不太清的;(衣服)裹严的;蒙住的v.压抑,捂住( muffle的过去式和过去分词 );用厚厚的衣帽包着(自己) | |
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twitched
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vt.& vi.(使)抽动,(使)颤动(twitch的过去式与过去分词形式) | |
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growls
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v.(动物)发狺狺声, (雷)作隆隆声( growl的第三人称单数 );低声咆哮着说 | |
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owls
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spoke
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n.(车轮的)辐条;轮辐;破坏某人的计划;阻挠某人的行动 v.讲,谈(speak的过去式);说;演说;从某种观点来说 | |
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grunted
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(猪等)作呼噜声( grunt的过去式和过去分词 ); (指人)发出类似的哼声; 咕哝着说 | |
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buffalo
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n.(北美)野牛;(亚洲)水牛 | |
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scorch
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v.烧焦,烤焦;高速疾驶;n.烧焦处,焦痕 | |
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tune
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sloth
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afterward
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curiously
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drowsy
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scraps
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porcupine
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steadily
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sullenly
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不高兴地,绷着脸,忧郁地 | |
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eyebrows
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眉毛( eyebrow的名词复数 ) | |
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twilight
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chatter
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plowed
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fodder
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hearth
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halfway
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