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Chapter One.
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An Accident and some of its Curious Results.
Every one has heard of those ponies—those shaggy, chubby1, innocent-looking little creatures—for which the world is indebted, we suppose, to Shetland.
Well, once on a time, one of the most innocent-looking, chubbiest2, and shaggiest of Shetland ponies—a dark brown one—stood at the door of a mansion3 in the west-end of London.
It was attached to a wickerwork vehicle which resembled a large clothes-basket on small wheels. We do not mean, of course, that the pony4 was affectionately attached to it. No; the attachment5 was involuntary and unavoidable, by reason of a brand-new yellow leather harness with brass6 buckles7. It objected to the attachment, obviously, for it sidled this way, and straddled that way, and whisked its enormous little tail, and tossed its rotund little head, and stamped its ridiculously small feet; and champed its miniature bit, as if it had been a war-horse of the largest size, fit to carry a Wallace, a Bruce, or a Richard of the Lion-heart, into the midst of raging battle.
And no wonder; for many months had not elapsed since that brown creature had kicked up its little heels, and twirled its tail, and shaken its shaggy mane in all the wild exuberance8 of early youth and unfettered freedom on the heather hills of its native island.
In the four-wheeled basket sat a little girl whom it is useless to describe as beautiful. She was far beyond that! Her delicate colour, her little straight nose, her sparkling teeth, her rosebud9 of a mouth, her enormous blue eyes, and floods of yellow hair—pooh! these are not worth mentioning in the same sentence with her expression. It was that which carried all before it, and swept up the
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adj.丰满的,圆胖的 | |
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adj.胖乎乎的,圆胖的,丰满的( chubby的最高级 ) | |
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pony
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adoration
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knight
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widower
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royalty
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gourmand
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luxurious
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gentry
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warrior
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chaff
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foe
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impudence
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n.厚颜无耻;冒失;无礼 | |
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repose
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v.(使)休息;n.安息 | |
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runaways
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(轻而易举的)胜利( runaway的名词复数 ) | |
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averse
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adj.厌恶的;反对的,不乐意的 | |
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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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smacking
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活泼的,发出响声的,精力充沛的 | |
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amiable
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adj.和蔼可亲的,友善的,亲切的 | |
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wont
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condescend
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v.俯就,屈尊;堕落,丢丑 | |
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aliases
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quotation
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n.引文,引语,语录;报价,牌价,行情 | |
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bin
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obstruction
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justified
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populous
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doctrine
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consternation
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baker
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