"Hide me! Save me!" he cried. "Farmer's Trust is after me."

 

"Creep round behind the hedge," said the burdock; "then I'll hide you."

 

"You don't look to me as if you were cut out for that job," said the hare; "but beggars can't be choosers."

 

And then he hid behind the hedge.

 

"Now, in return, you might take some of my seeds to the fields with you," said the burdock; and she broke off some of her many burs and scattered¹ them over the hare.

 

Soon after, Trust came running along the hedge.

 

"Here's the dog!" whispered the burdock; and, with a bound, the hare leapt over the hedge into the rye.

 

"Have you seen the hare?" asked Trust. "I can see that I'm too old for hunting. One of my eyes is quite blind and my nose can no longer find the scent²."

 

"I have seen him," replied the burdock, "and, if you will do me a service, I will show you where he is."

 

Trust agreed and the burdock struck some of her burs in his back and said:

 

"Would you just rub yourself against the stile here, inside the field? But that's not where you're to look for the hare, for I saw him run to the wood a little while ago."

 

Trust carried the burs to the field and ran off into the wood.

 

"So now I've got my seeds settled," said the burdock and laughed to herself contentedly³. "But goodness knows how the thistle is going to manage and the dandelion and the bell-flower and the poppy!"

 

Next spring, already, the rye was standing⁴ quite high:

 

"We are very well off, considering all things," said the rye-stalks. "Here we are in a great company that contains none but our own good family. And we don't hamper

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1 scattered
adj.分散的，稀疏的；散步的；疏疏落落的
参考例句：
Gathering up his scattered papers,he pushed them into his case.他把散乱的文件收拾起来，塞进文件夹里。

2 scent
n.气味，香味，香水，线索，嗅觉；v.嗅，发觉
参考例句：
The air was filled with the scent of lilac.空气中弥漫着丁香花的芬芳。 The flowers give off a heady scent at night.这些花晚上散发出醉人的芳香。

3 contentedly
adv.心满意足地
参考例句：
My father sat puffing contentedly on his pipe.父亲坐着心满意足地抽着烟斗。 "This is brother John's writing,"said Sally,contentedly,as she opened the letter.

4 standing
n.持续，地位；adj.永久的，不动的，直立的，不流动的
参考例句：
After the earthquake only a few houses were left standing.地震过后只有几幢房屋还立着。 They're standing out against any change in the law.他们坚决反对对法律做任何修改。

5 hamper
vt.妨碍，束缚，限制；n.(有盖的)大篮子
参考例句：
There are some apples in a picnic hamper.在野餐用的大篮子里有许多苹果。 The emergence of such problems seriously hamper the development of enterprises.这些问题的出现严重阻碍了企业的发展。

6 vexed
adj.争论不休的；（指问题等）棘手的；争论不休的问题；烦恼的v.使烦恼( vex的过去式和过去分词 )；使苦恼；使生气；详细讨论
参考例句：
The conference spent days discussing the vexed question of border controls. 会议花了几天的时间讨论边境关卡这个难题。 He was vexed at his failure. 他因失败而懊恼。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》