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Chapter Seventeen A SHOCK FOR EDGAR
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Chapter Seventeen A SHOCK FOR EDGAR
THE children slept well that night, and as Timothy did not growl1 at all, they were sure that nothingimportant could have happened. They had a fine breakfast of tongue, tinned peaches, bread andbutter, golden syrup2 and ginger-beer.
"That's the end of the ginger-beer, I'm afraid," said Julian, regretfully. "I must say ginger-beer is agorgeous drink - seems to go with simply everything.""That was the nicest meal I've ever had," said Anne. "It really was. We do have lovely meals onKirrin Island. I wonder if the Sticks are having nice meals too.""You bet they are!" said Dick. "I expect they have ransacked3 Aunt Fanny's cupboards and taken thebest they can find."
"Oh, the beasts!" said George, her eyes flashing. "I never thought of that - they may have robbed thehouse and taken all kinds of things."
"They probably have," said Julian, and he frowned. "I say, I never thought of that, somehow.
How awful, George, if your mother came back, feeling ill and weak, and found half her belongingsgone!"
"Oh dear!" said Anne, dismayed. "George, wouldn't that be dreadful?""Yes," said George, looking very angry. "I would believe anything of those Sticks! If they have thecheek to come to our island and live here, they've the cheek to steal from my mother's house.
I wish we could find out."
They could have brought quite a lot of things away in their boat," said Julian. "They must have comehere by boat. If they did bring stolen goods, they must have put them somewhere - down in thedungeons, I suppose."
"We might have a look round and see if we can spy anything, without the Sticks seeing us,"suggested Dick.
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"Let's have a look round now," said George, who always liked doing things at once. "Anne, you dothe washing up and tidy our cave-house for us, will you?"Anne was torn between wanting to go with the others, and longing4 to play "house" again. She did solove arranging everything and making the beds and tidying up the cave. In the end she said she wouldstay and the others could go.
So up the rope they went. Timothy stayed with Anne, because they were afraid he might bark.
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1 growl | |
v.(狗等)嗥叫,(炮等)轰鸣;n.嗥叫,轰鸣 | |
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2 syrup | |
n.糖浆,糖水 | |
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3 ransacked | |
v.彻底搜查( ransack的过去式和过去分词 );抢劫,掠夺 | |
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4 longing | |
n.(for)渴望 | |
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5 dungeon | |
n.地牢,土牢 | |
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6 dungeons | |
n.地牢( dungeon的名词复数 ) | |
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7 whined | |
v.哀号( whine的过去式和过去分词 );哀诉,诉怨 | |
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8 apparently | |
adv.显然地;表面上,似乎 | |
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9 spoke | |
n.(车轮的)辐条;轮辐;破坏某人的计划;阻挠某人的行动 v.讲,谈(speak的过去式);说;演说;从某种观点来说 | |
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10 wreck | |
n.失事,遇难;沉船;vt.(船等)失事,遇难 | |
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11 yelp | |
vi.狗吠 | |
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12 scuttled | |
v.使船沉没( scuttle的过去式和过去分词 );快跑,急走 | |
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13 scattered | |
adj.分散的,稀疏的;散步的;疏疏落落的 | |
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14 dismal | |
adj.阴沉的,凄凉的,令人忧郁的,差劲的 | |
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15 beckoned | |
v.(用头或手的动作)示意,召唤( beckon的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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16 wriggled | |
v.扭动,蠕动,蜿蜒行进( wriggle的过去式和过去分词 );(使身体某一部位)扭动;耍滑不做,逃避(应做的事等) | |
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n.树丛,草丛;vi.用沉重的脚步行走 | |
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