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CHAPTER VII “GOOD-BY, CHILDREN”
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CHAPTER VII “GOOD-BY, CHILDREN”
“I MUSTN’T cry again,” said David to himself the next morning. He stopped a minute picking up the
chips, before he threw them into the old basket. “Maybe I’ll get to school some time and learn
things.”
Then he threw the chips into the basket until it was full enough to empty into the wood-box behind
the old stove in the kitchen.
“Mamsie,” cried Joel, rushing in at dinner-time, “’twasn’t any fun piling wood at Deacon Blodgett’s
without Dave.”
“Davie can’t pile wood to-day, Joel,” said Mrs. Pepper, “he had such a hard time yesterday going
after Phronsie.” She glanced over at him affectionately, as she went into the pantry for the cold
potatoes to fry.
David began eagerly, “Oh, Mamsie—” then he stopped when he saw her face.
“O dear,” grumbled2 Joel. “It’s awful hard work piling wood without Dave. Isn’t dinner ready?” he
asked, impatiently.
“It will be in a few minutes,” said Mrs. Pepper, slicing the potatoes over by the table. “See, Joey, I’m
going to give you fried potatoes to-day.”
“Oh, goody!” exclaimed Joel, rushing over to the table and smacking3 his lips. “See, Dave, fried
potatoes!”
David tried to smile as he turned off.
“And I shall fry them brown,” said Mrs. Pepper, cutting the last potato into thin strips.
“She’s going to fry ’em brown,” announced Joel in great excitement, and running over to pull
David’s jacket, “real crispy brown, so they’ll crack in your teeth. Won’t you, Mamsie,—really crispy,
cracksy brown,” deserting David to rush over to the table again.
“Yes,” said Mrs. Pepper, smiling at him, as she went over to the stove to set on the frying-pan.
“Where’s Ben? It’s time that he was here.”
“I forgot,” said Joel, a flush spreading over his round cheeks; “Deacon Blodgett said Ben wouldn’t
come home.”
Mother Pepper paused with the frying-pan in her hand. “Did Deacon Blodgett say why?”
“They’re going to take something to eat in a basket,” said Joel, beginning to look very injured, “and
they wouldn’t take me. They told me to run home and tell you.”
“Oh, Joey, and you forgot a message,” said Mrs. Pepper reprovingly.
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1 hip | |
n.臀部,髋;屋脊 | |
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2 grumbled | |
抱怨( grumble的过去式和过去分词 ); 发牢骚; 咕哝; 发哼声 | |
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3 smacking | |
活泼的,发出响声的,精力充沛的 | |
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4 distress | |
n.苦恼,痛苦,不舒适;不幸;vt.使悲痛 | |
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5 burrowed | |
v.挖掘(洞穴),挖洞( burrow的过去式和过去分词 );翻寻 | |
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6 twitching | |
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7 stoutly | |
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8 heartily | |
adv.衷心地,诚恳地,十分,很 | |
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9 jug | |
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10 astonishment | |
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11 standing | |
n.持续,地位;adj.永久的,不动的,直立的,不流动的 | |
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12 apron | |
n.围裙;工作裙 | |
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13 awfully | |
adv.可怕地,非常地,极端地 | |
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14 peppermint | |
n.薄荷,薄荷油,薄荷糖 | |
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15 peppermints | |
n.薄荷( peppermint的名词复数 );薄荷糖 | |
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16 delightfully | |
大喜,欣然 | |
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17 relinquish | |
v.放弃,撤回,让与,放手 | |
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18 hopped | |
跳上[下]( hop的过去式和过去分词 ); 单足蹦跳; 齐足(或双足)跳行; 摘葎草花 | |
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19 bustle | |
v.喧扰地忙乱,匆忙,奔忙;n.忙碌;喧闹 | |
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20 anticipation | |
n.预期,预料,期望 | |
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21 groaned | |
v.呻吟( groan的过去式和过去分词 );发牢骚;抱怨;受苦 | |
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22 forth | |
adv.向前;向外,往外 | |
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23 crunch | |
n.关键时刻;艰难局面;v.发出碎裂声 | |
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24 bent | |
n.爱好,癖好;adj.弯的;决心的,一心的 | |
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25 crunching | |
v.嘎吱嘎吱地咬嚼( crunch的现在分词 );嘎吱作响;(快速大量地)处理信息;数字捣弄 | |
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26 swarmed | |
密集( swarm的过去式和过去分词 ); 云集; 成群地移动; 蜜蜂或其他飞行昆虫成群地飞来飞去 | |
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27 grudgingly | |
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28 drawn | |
v.拖,拉,拔出;adj.憔悴的,紧张的 | |
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29 gasp | |
n.喘息,气喘;v.喘息;气吁吁他说 | |
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30 sob | |
n.空间轨道的轰炸机;呜咽,哭泣 | |
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31 enchanting | |
a.讨人喜欢的 | |
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32 bonnet | |
n.无边女帽;童帽 | |
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33 lumbered | |
砍伐(lumber的过去式与过去分词形式) | |
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