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Chapter 14 LADDERS - AND A LOT OF FUN!
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Chapter 14 LADDERS - AND A LOT OF FUN!
The children stared after Mr. Wooh and the chimpanzee. They saw Charlie pick up two emptybuckets, one in each strong paw, and race off to the right with them.
'Where's he going?' said Anne, astonished at the rate he was running along.
'I bet he's going to get some water from the stream in those pails, and take them to whoever washesdown the horses,' said George. She was right! Charlie soon came back again, walking this time,holding a heavy pail of water in each hand!
'Well, I must say that chimpanzee is jolly useful!' said Dick. 'Look - there's Madelon who trains thosebeautiful horses that paraded round the ring last night - she's wearing old trousers this morning, shelooks quite different. There - Charlie has set the pails of water down beside her. I bet that as soon asshe wants any more water, he'll be off again to the stream!'
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'I rather like old Charlie,' said Anne. 'I didn't at first - but now I do. I wish he didn't belong to Mr.
Wooh.'
Julian stood up, looking down at the paper on which he had so carefully written lines of small figuresand drawn3 many peculiar4 diagrams. 'I somehow feel this isn't much good now,' he said. 'I think Mr.
Wooh must have guessed it was all a make-up as soon as he saw it. He gave himself away a bit,though - I saw him looking at the paper in a rather startled way, as if he'd seen something very like itvery recently indeed!'
'So he had, the wretch5, if he'd sent someone up to get my Dad's papers out of the tower room!'
said Tinker. 'I say - what about having a look round the circus, to see if we can spot a ladderanywhere - one tall enough to reach the tower room!'
'Good idea!' said Dick. 'Come on - we'll go now. Chuck that drawing-board and diagram paper overour fence, Ju. I hardly think it's worth your while to finish it.'
The Five, with Tinker and Mischief6, wandered down the field to where the circus was encamped.
Dick spotted7 a ladder, lying in the grass, and nudged Julian.
'Julian! See that? Would it reach the tower?' Julian walked over to it. It certainly was very, very long- but would it be long enough? No - he didn't think it would. Still - he might as well find out whoowned it. At that moment up came the Boneless Man, walking
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1 chimp | |
n.黑猩猩 | |
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2 buck | |
n.雄鹿,雄兔;v.马离地跳跃 | |
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3 drawn | |
v.拖,拉,拔出;adj.憔悴的,紧张的 | |
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adj.古怪的,异常的;特殊的,特有的 | |
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5 wretch | |
n.可怜的人,不幸的人;卑鄙的人 | |
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6 mischief | |
n.损害,伤害,危害;恶作剧,捣蛋,胡闹 | |
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7 spotted | |
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8 perfectly | |
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9 joints | |
接头( joint的名词复数 ); 关节; 公共场所(尤指价格低廉的饮食和娱乐场所) (非正式); 一块烤肉 (英式英语) | |
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10 bent | |
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11 crumpled | |
adj. 弯扭的, 变皱的 动词crumple的过去式和过去分词形式 | |
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12 backwards | |
adv.往回地,向原处,倒,相反,前后倒置地 | |
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13 acrobat | |
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n.杂技演员( acrobat的名词复数 );立场观点善变的人,主张、政见等变化无常的人 | |
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15 hind | |
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16 whack | |
v.敲击,重打,瓜分;n.重击,重打,尝试,一份 | |
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17 dodged | |
v.闪躲( dodge的过去式和过去分词 );回避 | |
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19 galloped | |
(使马)飞奔,奔驰( gallop的过去式和过去分词 ); 快速做[说]某事 | |
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20 apparently | |
adv.显然地;表面上,似乎 | |
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21 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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23 standing | |
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24 winks | |
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