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Chapter Twenty. More Surprising Discoveries.
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While they were thus occupied, a cry was heard to ring through the forest. The Indian laid his hand on his gun, raised his head, which he turned to one side in a listening attitude, and sat as still as a dark statue. The only motion that could be detected in the man was a slight action in his distended1 nostrils2 as he breathed gently.
This attitude was but momentary3, however, for the cry was repeated (“Hi! Nelly, hi!”) in clear silvery tones, and Wapaw smiled as he recognised Roy’s voice, and quietly resumed his former occupation.
Nelly bounded up at once, and ran out to receive her brother, and tell him of the arrival of their old friend.
She slipped on her snow-shoes, and went off in the direction of the cry. On rounding the foot of a cliff she discovered Roy, standing4 as if he had been petrified5, with his eyes glaring at the snow with a mingled6 look of surprise and alarm.
Nelly’s step roused him.
“Ho! Nell,” he cried, giving vent7 to a deep sigh of relief, “I’m thankful to see you—but look here. What snow-shoe made this track? I came on it just this moment, and it pulled me up slick, I can tell ye.”
Nelly at once removed Roy’s alarm, and increased his surprise by telling him of the new arrival, who, she said, was friendly, but she did not tell him that he was an old friend.
“But come, now, what have you got for dinner, Roy?” said Nelly, with an arch smile, “for oh! I’m so hungry.”
Roy’s countenance8 fell, and he looked like a convicted culprit.
“Nell, I haven’t got nothin’ at all.”
“What a pity! We must just go supperless to bed, I suppose.”
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v.(使)膨胀,肿胀( distend的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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鼻孔( nostril的名词复数 ) | |
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adj.片刻的,瞬息的;短暂的 | |
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n.持续,地位;adj.永久的,不动的,直立的,不流动的 | |
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adj.惊呆的;目瞪口呆的v.使吓呆,使惊呆;变僵硬;使石化(petrify的过去式和过去分词) | |
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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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villain
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n.反派演员,反面人物;恶棍;问题的起因 | |
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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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adj.热情友好的;衷心的;尽情的,纵情的 | |
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ad.不同寻常地,相当地 | |
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n.雪橇,大锤;v.用雪橇搬运,坐雪橇往 | |
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lighting
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n.照明,光线的明暗,舞台灯光 | |
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