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8 First night in camp
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First night in camp
The girls washed the dirty crockery in the cold spring water whilst David and the boys unpackedthe tents from the donkey that carried them. They took off the whole of his pack, and alsounstrapped the heavy panniers from the other donkey. Both were delighted to be rid of their loads.
They lay down on the ground and rolled, kicking their legs up into the air.
Kiki couldn’t understand this at all, and flew up into a tree. ‘She thinks they’ve gone mad,’ saidJack. ‘It’s all right, Kiki, they’re only feeling glad because their packs have gone!’
Kiki made a noise like a train screeching4 in a tunnel, and the two rolling donkeys leapt to theirfeet in alarm and raced some way down the hill. David also jumped violently, and then called tothe donkeys.
‘Kiki, if you do that again I’ll tie your beak5 up!’ threatened Jack2. ‘Spoiling this lovely peacefulevening with that horrible screech3!’
‘Wipe your feet, wipe your feet!’ screamed Kiki and danced from foot to foot on her branch.
The tents were soon put up, side by side. David did not want to sleep in one. He preferred tosleep outside. He had never slept in a tent, and he thought they were quite unnecessary.
‘Well, I’d just as soon he slept outside,’ said Jack to Philip. ‘I don’t believe there’d be room forone more in here, do you?’
‘Let’s leave the tent-flaps open,’ said Lucy-Ann, coming up with the clean crockery. ‘Then wecan look out down the mountain-side. I wouldn’t mind a bit sleeping in the open air, like David, asa matter of fact.’
‘Wind’s too cold,’ said Jack. ‘You’ll be glad to have a cosy6 sleeping-bag, Lucy-Ann! Davidmust be very hardy7 – he’s only got a thin rug to cover himself with, and he’s apparently
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1 strap | |
n.皮带,带子;v.用带扣住,束牢;用绷带包扎 | |
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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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n./v.尖叫;(发出)刺耳的声音 | |
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4 screeching | |
v.发出尖叫声( screech的现在分词 );发出粗而刺耳的声音;高叫 | |
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n.鸟嘴,茶壶嘴,钩形鼻 | |
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adj.温暖而舒适的,安逸的 | |
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7 hardy | |
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vi.嗅…味道;抽鼻涕;对嗤之以鼻,蔑视 | |
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(使)作汽笛声响,作汽车喇叭声( hoot的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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