Umboo, the Elephant 乌姆布大象15章节
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CHAPTER IX TO THE SALT SPRING

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 Quickly, as the other elephants in the jungle heard the trumpet1 call of Tusker, they ran in from the different trees, where they were pulling off leaves or stripping bark, and gathered around the big leader. Tusker stood with upraised trunk, his eyes flashing in the sun.
 
"What is it?" asked Mr. Stumptail, and some of the others. "What is the matter now?"
 
"I smell danger," cried Tusker. "I smell the man-smell, and that always means danger to us. There are hunters coming—either black or white—and they will have guns or bows and arrows to shoot us. We are near danger and we must go far away. Come, elephants—away!"
 
Tusker raised his trunk again, and took a long breath through it. He was smelling to see in which direction the danger of the man-smell lay, and he would turn aside from that.
 
"The smell comes from the South," he said to the other elephants. "We must march to the North! Come!"
 
So he led the way through the jungle, Umboo and the other elephants following. As yet only a few of the others had smelled the danger-smell, and none of them heard any noise made by the hunters, if they were coming to shoot their guns or bows and arrows. But they all knew that Tusker was a wise elephant, and would lead them out of trouble. So they followed him.
 
On and on through the jungle crashed the big animals. They did not stop when trees and bushes got in their way, but broke them down, and stepped on them. A rush of elephants through the jungle to get away from danger is almost as hard to stop as a runaway2 locomotive3 and train of cars.
 
"Can you keep up with us?" asked Umboo's mother of him as he trotted4 along beside her. "Are we going too fast for you?"
 
"Oh, no. I can go quite fast now," said the elephant boy, and he really could, for he had grown much in the last few months. Plenty of palm nuts and the bark and leaves of the jungle trees had made him taller and stronger, and his legs were better fitted for running.
 
Still Tusker was a wise old elephant, and he knew, even in running from danger, that it was not well to go so fast that the smaller animals in the

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1 trumpet AUczL     
n.喇叭，喇叭声；v.吹喇叭，吹嘘
参考例句：
  • He plays the violin, but I play the trumpet.他拉提琴，我吹喇叭。
  • The trumpet sounded for battle.战斗的号角吹响了。
2 runaway jD4y5     
n.逃走的人，逃亡，亡命者；adj.逃亡的，逃走的
参考例句：
  • The police have not found the runaway to date.警察迄今没抓到逃犯。
  • He was praised for bringing up the runaway horse.他勒住了脱缰之马受到了表扬。
3 locomotive s8Xzl     
adj.运动的，机动
参考例句：
  • The wheels were set further back on the original locomotive.车轮安装得比原来机车的更靠后些。
  • A group of enthusiasts have undertaken the reconstruction of a steam locomotive.一群火车迷已担负起重造蒸汽机车的任务。
4 trotted 6df8e0ef20c10ef975433b4a0456e6e1     
小跑，急走( trot的过去分词 )； 匆匆忙忙地走
参考例句：
  • She trotted her pony around the field. 她骑着小马绕场慢跑。
  • Anne trotted obediently beside her mother. 安妮听话地跟在妈妈身边走。
5 herd Pd8zb     
n.兽群，牧群；vt.使集中，把…赶在一起
参考例句：
  • She drove the herd of cattle through the wilderness.她赶着牛群穿过荒野。
  • He had no opinions of his own but simply follow the herd.他从无主见，只是人云亦云。
6 flapping 5d365b9865333e6498ac9769d0d5caa8     
（使）上下左右移动( flap的现在分词 )； 轻拍； 焦急，焦虑； 振（翅）
参考例句：
  • The flag was flapping around in the light wind. 那面旗子在微风中飘动。
  • Do stop flapping around, we'll get the job done in time. 大可不必担心，我们会按时完成这项工作的。
7 standing 2hCzgo     
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。
8 puppy ECZyv     
n.小狗，幼犬
参考例句：
  • You must school your puppy to obey you.你要训练你的小狗服从你。
  • Their lively puppy frisks all over the house.他们的小狗在屋里到处欢快地蹦跳。
9 chuckling e8dcb29f754603afc12d2f97771139ab     
轻声地笑( chuckle的现在分词 )
参考例句：
  • I could hear him chuckling to himself as he read his book. 他看书时，我能听见他的轻声发笑。
  • He couldn't help chuckling aloud. 他忍不住的笑了出来。 来自汉英文学 - 骆驼祥子
10 splash 5vRwD     
v.溅，泼；n.溅泼声，溅出的水等，斑点
参考例句：
  • I fell into the water with a splash.我跌入水中，激起水花四溅。
  • There's a splash of paint on the white wall.白墙上溅上了一片油漆。
11 slyly 1b0aae900be84cdb3badf8813262dd7f     
adv.狡猾地；偷偷地；俏皮地；会意地
参考例句：
  • She glanced slyly at Madeleine. 她诡秘地向马德琳瞥了一眼。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • He was lurking slyly in the background. 他狡猾地躲在背后活动。 来自《简明英汉词典》
12 butting 040c106d50d62fd82f9f4419ebe99980     
用头撞人（犯规动作）
参考例句：
  • When they were talking Mary kept butting in. 当他们在谈话时，玛丽老是插嘴。
  • A couple of goats are butting each other. 两只山羊在用角互相顶撞。
13 butts 3da5dac093efa65422cbb22af4588c65     
笑柄( butt的名词复数 )； （武器或工具的）粗大的一端； 屁股； 烟蒂
参考例句：
  • The Nazis worked them over with gun butts. 纳粹分子用枪托毒打他们。
  • The house butts to a cemetery. 这所房子和墓地相连。
14 scrambled 2e4a1c533c25a82f8e80e696225a73f2     
v.快速爬行( scramble的过去式和过去分词 )；攀登；争夺；（军事飞机）紧急起飞
参考例句：
  • Each scrambled for the football at the football ground. 足球场上你争我夺。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
  • He scrambled awkwardly to his feet. 他笨拙地爬起身来。 来自《简明英汉词典》
15 splashed 127fd523d272edcb5c979b7f84b6767c     
v.使（液体）溅起( splash的过去式和过去分词 )；（指液体）溅落
参考例句：
  • Water splashed onto the floor. 水哗的一声泼洒在地板上。
  • The cowboy splashed his way across the shallow stream with his cow. 牧童牵着牛淌过浅溪。 来自《简明英汉词典》
16 trumpeted f8fa4d19d667140077bbc04606958a63     
大声说出或宣告（trumpet的过去式与过去分词形式）
参考例句：
  • Soldiers trumpeted and bugled. 士兵们吹喇叭鸣号角。
  • The radio trumpeted the presidential campaign across the country. 电台在全国范围大力宣传总统竞选运动。
17 thorns b2e6f39bae5b32fce56b32d5d99cd02e     
（玫瑰之类植物的）刺( thorn的名词复数 )； 棘刺； 带刺的树； 荆棘
参考例句：
  • I was sitting on the thorns while waiting for the outcome. 等待结果时我如坐针毡。
  • They had to stop to pick out thorns from their feet. 他们只得停下来把脚上的刺拔去。
18 pointed Il8zB4     
adj.尖的，直截了当的
参考例句：
  • He gave me a very sharp pointed pencil.他给我一支削得非常尖的铅笔。
  • She wished to show Mrs.John Dashwood by this pointed invitation to her brother.她想通过对达茨伍德夫人提出直截了当的邀请向她的哥哥表示出来。
19 herds 0a162615f6eafc3312659a54a8cdac0f     
兽群( herd的名词复数 )； 牧群； 人群； 群众
参考例句：
  • Regularly at daybreak they drive their herds to the pasture. 每天天一亮他们就把牲畜赶到草场上去。
  • There we saw herds of cows grazing on the pasture. 我们在那里看到一群群的牛在草地上吃草。

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