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Chapter 12
Dovewing found herself walking through shadowy trees, and for a heartbeat she was terrified that somehow she had found her way into the Dark Forest. But moonlight was filtering down through the branches, and when she looked up she could see the stars.
Al was quiet except that in the distance Dovewing could hear the wails1 of a cat in distress2. She began to search among the ferns and brambles, but she couldn’t figure out where the wails were coming from. They grew louder and more urgent, but the cat stil remained hidden.
Panicking, Dovewing started to run. Her flying paws tripped over a dead branch; letting out a startled screech4, she rol ed over on the ground and woke in her own nest, her legs flailing5 in the struggle to get up. Ivypool was sleeping beside her, while Cherrypaw and Molepaw were curled up together at the opposite side of the den3.
“Whew!” Dovewing muttered. “That was some dream!”
Then she realized that she could stil hear the wails of distress. They were fainter than in her dream, but loud enough to reach her through the wal s of the camp.
“That’s Sorreltail!” she exclaimed. “And she’s somewhere outside the camp.”
Struggling to her paws, Dovewing scrambled7 out of the den and raced across the camp to find Jayfeather.
“Wake up!” she panted, brushing past the bramble screen at the entrance to the medicine cat’s den.
“Jayfeather, it’s Sorreltail!”
“It’s Sorreltail,” Dovewing repeated. “I can hear her wailing9. She must be having her
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| 痛哭,哭声( wail的名词复数 ) | |
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flailing
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| v.鞭打( flail的现在分词 );用连枷脱粒;(臂或腿)无法控制地乱动;扫雷坦克 | |
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scrambled
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wailing
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kit
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moss
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pelt
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clan
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murmur
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warrior
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cleft
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pricked
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exhausted
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wailed
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tingle
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| vi.感到刺痛,感到激动;n.刺痛,激动 | |
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spasm
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puffs
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spat
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gritted
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touching
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rhythmic
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talon
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admiration
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