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THE STAR-CHILD
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MISS MARGOT TENNANT
Once upon a time two poor Woodcutters were making their way home through a great pine-forest. It was winter, and a night of bitter cold. The snow lay thick upon the ground, and upon the branches of the trees: the frost kept snapping the little twigs1 on either side of them, as they passed: and when they came to the Mountain-Torrent she was hanging motionless in air, for the Ice-King had kissed her.
So cold was it that even the animals and the birds did not know what to make of it.
‘Ugh!’ snarled2 the Wolf, as he limped through the brushwood with his tail between his legs, ‘this is perfectly3 monstrous4 weather. Why doesn’t the Government look to it?’
‘Weet! weet! weet!’ twittered the green Linnets, ‘the old Earth is dead and they have laid her out in her white shroud5.’
‘The Earth is going to be married, and this is her bridal dress,’ whispered the Turtle-doves to each other. Their little pink feet were quite frost-bitten, but they felt that it was their duty to take a romantic view of the situation.
‘Nonsense!’ growled6 the Wolf. ‘I tell you that it is all the fault of the Government, and if you don’t believe me I shall eat you.’ The Wolf had a thoroughly7 practical mind, and was never at a loss for a good argument.
‘Well, for my own part,’ said the Woodpecker, who was a born philosopher, ‘I don’t care an atomic theory for explanations. If a thing is so, it is so, and at present it is terribly cold.’
Terribly cold it certainly was. The little Squirrels, who lived inside the tall fir-tree, kept rubbing each other’s noses to keep themselves warm, and the Rabbits curled themselves up in their holes, and did not venture even to look out of doors. The only people who seemed to enjoy it were the great horned
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twigs
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细枝,嫩枝( twig的名词复数 ) | |
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v.(指狗)吠,嗥叫, (人)咆哮( snarl的过去式和过去分词 );咆哮着说,厉声地说 | |
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adv.完美地,无可非议地,彻底地 | |
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monstrous
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adj.巨大的;恐怖的;可耻的,丢脸的 | |
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owls
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rime
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marsh
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warily
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outskirts
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misery
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crook
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outstripped
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v.做得比…更好,(在赛跑等中)超过( outstrip的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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n.柳树( willow的名词复数 );柳木 | |
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int.唉(表示悲伤、忧愁、恐惧等) | |
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marvelling
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n.壁炉炉床,壁炉地面 | |
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安抚,抚慰( appease的过去式和过去分词 ); 绥靖(满足另一国的要求以避免战争) | |
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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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amber
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n.琥珀;琥珀色;adj.琥珀制的 | |
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petals
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mower
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outlaws
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歹徒,亡命之徒( outlaw的名词复数 ); 逃犯 | |
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orchard
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n.果园,果园里的全部果树,(美俚)棒球场 | |
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chide
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mole
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n.胎块;痣;克分子 | |
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责难或指责( rebuke的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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vile
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adj.卑鄙的,可耻的,邪恶的;坏透的 | |
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adder
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n.蝰蛇;小毒蛇 | |
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toad
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n.蟾蜍,癞蛤蟆 | |
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beheld
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v.看,注视( behold的过去式和过去分词 );瞧;看呀;(叙述中用于引出某人意外的出现)哎哟 | |
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loathsome
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comeliness
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n. 清秀, 美丽, 合宜 | |
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inquiry
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n.打听,询问,调查,查问 | |
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slay
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v.杀死,宰杀,杀戮 | |
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mildew
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n.发霉;v.(使)发霉 | |
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fen
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n.沼泽,沼池 | |
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pricked
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刺,扎,戳( prick的过去式和过去分词 ); 刺伤; 刺痛; 使剧痛 | |
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armour
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(=armor)n.盔甲;装甲部队 | |
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gilt
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adj.镀金的;n.金边证券 | |
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brass
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n.黄铜;黄铜器,铜管乐器 | |
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dungeon
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brackish
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nettles
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daggers
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distress
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cleft
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humility
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hatred
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sobbed
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