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Next day
They all slept soundly in their unexpected shelter. They did not awake until late in the morning,because for one thing it was dark in the hole, and for another they had all been tired out.
Jack1 awoke first, feeling Kiki stirring against his neck. He could not think where he was. A littledaylight filtered through the entrance of the hole, but not much. It was very warm.
‘Arrrrrr!’ said a guttural voice, and made Jack jump. ‘Arrrrrr!’
It was the puffin which had come down its burrow2 to see them the night before. Jack switchedon his torch and grinned at it.
‘Good morning – if it is morning. Sorry to have disturbed you! I’ll get Huffin and Puffin toexplain to you, when we see them again.’
Philip woke and sat up. Then the girls stirred. Soon they were all wide awake, looking round thecurious cavity, and remembering the events of the night before.
‘What a night!’ said Dinah, shuddering3. ‘Oh – when our tents blew away – I really did feelawful!’
‘And when Philip disappeared, I felt worse,’ said Lucy-Ann. ‘What time is it, Jack?’
Jack looked at his watch and whistled. ‘My word – it’s almost ten o’clock. How we’ve slept!
Come on, let’s see if the storm is still going strong.’
He stood up and pulled away the overhanging heather that blocked up the narrow entrance tothe hole. At once a shaft4 of blinding sunlight entered, and the children blinked. Jack put his headout of the hole in delight.
‘Golly! It’s a perfect day! The sky is blue again, and there’s sunshine everywhere. Not a sign ofthe storm left. Come on, let’s go up into the sunlight and have a look around.’
Up they went, giving each other a hand. Once they were out of the hole, and the heather fellback into place again, there was no sign of where they had spent the night.
‘Wouldn’t it make an absolutely marvellous hiding-place?’ said Jack. The others looked at him,the same thought occurring to everyone at once.
‘Yes. And if the enemy come – that’s where we’ll go,’ said Dinah. ‘Unless they actually walkover the place they can’t possibly find it. Why – I don’t know myself where it is now – thoughI’ve just come out of it!’
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n.插座,千斤顶,男人;v.抬起,提醒,扛举;n.(Jake)杰克 | |
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vt.挖掘(洞穴);钻进;vi.挖洞;翻寻;n.地洞 | |
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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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v.急匆匆地走( scurry的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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11 screech | |
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n.探查法v.以鼻吸气,嗅,闻( sniff的现在分词 );抽鼻子(尤指哭泣、患感冒等时出声地用鼻子吸气);抱怨,不以为然地说 | |
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28 speck | |
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