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15 The hidden room
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15 The hidden room
Jack1 wandered back to his hide. He felt safe there. He was sure no one would ever think of lookingin the very middle of a prickly, thick gorse bush for anyone. As evening fell he felt sleepy. Shouldhe try and go to sleep now, and keep awake later on? Could he possibly go to sleep in the hollowgorse bush?
He curled up in the thickest rug and made a pillow of another one. Kiki crawled in beside himand perched uncomfortably on his knees, her head bent2 to avoid a prickly bit of gorse. The eagleswere not to be seen. The young one was down in the nest. Anyway, the light was now too bad tobother about photographs.
Jack managed to fall asleep. He snored a little, for he had his head in an uncomfortable position.
Kiki imitated the snore perfectly3 for a little while, and then, as Jack made no remark about it toher, put her head under her wing and slept too.
Jack slept till midnight. Then he awoke suddenly, feeling dreadfully uncomfortable. Hestretched out, wondering where he was, and was immediately and painfully pricked4 by the gorse.
He drew his legs in again hastily.
‘I’m in the gorse bush, of course,’ he said to himself. ‘I must have been asleep for ages. What’sthe time?’
He looked at the phosphorescent hands of his watch and saw that it was ten past midnight.
‘Hm,’ said Jack, ‘Just about the time that someone in the castle starts to wake up! I suppose, if Iam going to do any tracking, I’d better get out of here and watch and listen.’
He crept painfully out of the bush, disturbing Kiki, who protested loudly till he made her besilent. ‘I’ll leave you behind if you make a row like that!’ whispered Jack furiously. Kiki fellsilent. She always knew when Jack wanted her to be quiet.
Now he was out of the bush, climbing silently down the crag, glad of the faint light of themoon, now a little bigger than the night before. He came into the yard and stood listening.
There was no sound to be heard except the wind blowing fairly hard. And then Jack thought heheard the far off sound of water splashing again – and the clank of the pump handle!
He stood listening. After a while he felt sure he heard quiet footsteps on stone somewhere – wasit someone walking on the castle wall – going to the tower to flash a torch again?
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1 jack | |
n.插座,千斤顶,男人;v.抬起,提醒,扛举;n.(Jake)杰克 | |
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2 bent | |
n.爱好,癖好;adj.弯的;决心的,一心的 | |
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3 perfectly | |
adv.完美地,无可非议地,彻底地 | |
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4 pricked | |
刺,扎,戳( prick的过去式和过去分词 ); 刺伤; 刺痛; 使剧痛 | |
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5 underneath | |
adj.在...下面,在...底下;adv.在下面 | |
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6 dungeon | |
n.地牢,土牢 | |
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7 tapestries | |
n.挂毯( tapestry的名词复数 );绣帷,织锦v.用挂毯(或绣帷)装饰( tapestry的第三人称单数 ) | |
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8 armour | |
(=armor)n.盔甲;装甲部队 | |
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9 astonishment | |
n.惊奇,惊异 | |
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10 deserted | |
adj.荒芜的,荒废的,无人的,被遗弃的 | |
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11 dented | |
v.使产生凹痕( dent的过去式和过去分词 );损害;伤害;挫伤(信心、名誉等) | |
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12 pitcher | |
n.(有嘴和柄的)大水罐;(棒球)投手 | |
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13 puddles | |
n.水坑, (尤指道路上的)雨水坑( puddle的名词复数 ) | |
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14 giggled | |
v.咯咯地笑( giggle的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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15 darted | |
v.投掷,投射( dart的过去式和过去分词 );向前冲,飞奔 | |
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16 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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17 standing | |
n.持续,地位;adj.永久的,不动的,直立的,不流动的 | |
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18 exclamation | |
n.感叹号,惊呼,惊叹词 | |
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19 clattered | |
发出咔哒声(clatter的过去式与过去分词形式) | |
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20 fervently | |
adv.热烈地,热情地,强烈地 | |
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21 screeched | |
v.发出尖叫声( screech的过去式和过去分词 );发出粗而刺耳的声音;高叫 | |
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22 lashed | |
adj.具睫毛的v.鞭打( lash的过去式和过去分词 );煽动;紧系;怒斥 | |
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23 crouching | |
v.屈膝,蹲伏( crouch的现在分词 ) | |
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24 hoarse | |
adj.嘶哑的,沙哑的 | |
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25 crouched | |
v.屈膝,蹲伏( crouch的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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26 shuddering | |
v.战栗( shudder的现在分词 );发抖;(机器、车辆等)突然震动;颤动 | |
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27 isle | |
n.小岛,岛 | |
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28 tickling | |
反馈,回授,自旋挠痒法 | |
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29 amazement | |
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