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  • CHAPTER VII: The Merry Little Breezes Help Lightfoot

    Could you have seen the hunter with the terrible gun and Lightfoot the Deer that morning on which the hunting season opened you might have thought that Lightfoot was hunting the hunter instead of the hunter hunting Lightfoot. You see, Lightfoot was behind the hunter instead of in front of him. He was following the hunter, so as to keep track of him. As long as he knew just where the hunter was, he felt reasonably safe.

    The Merry Little Breezes are Lightfoot's best friends. They always bring to him all the different scents2 they find as they wander through the Green Forest. And Lightfoot's delicate nose is so wonderful that he can take these scents, even though they be very faint, and tell just who or what has made them. So, though he makes the best possible use of his big ears and his beautiful eyes, he trusts more to his nose to warn him of danger. For this reason, during the hunting season when he moves about, he moves in the direction from which the Merry Little Breezes may be blowing. He knows that they will bring to him warning of any danger which may lie in that direction.

    Now the hunter with the terrible gun who was looking for Lightfoot knew all this, for he was wise in the ways of Lightfoot and of the other little people of the Green Forest. When he had entered the Green Forest that morning he had first of all made sure of the direction from which the Merry Little Breezes were coming. Then he had begun to hunt in that direction, knowing that thus his scent1 would be carried behind him. It is more than likely that he would have reached the hiding-place of Lightfoot the Deer before the latter would have known that he was in the Green Forest, had it not been for Sammy Jay's warning.

    When he reached the tangle3 of fallen trees behind which Lightfoot had been hiding, he worked around it slowly and with the greatest care, holding his terrible gun ready to use instantly should Lightfoot leap out. Presently he found Lightfoot's footprints in the soft ground and studying them he knew that Lightfoot had known of his coming.

    "It was that confounded Jay," muttered4 the hunter. "Lightfoot heard him and knew what it meant. I know what he has done; he has circled round so as to get behind me and get my scent. It is a clever trick, a very clever trick, but two can play at that game. I'll just try that little trick myself."

    So the hunter in his turn made a wide circle back, and presently there was none of the dreaded5 man-smell among the scents which the Merry Little Breezes brought to Lightfoot. Lightfoot had lost track of the hunter.

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    1 scent [sent] WThzs   第7级
    n.气味,香味,香水,线索,嗅觉;vt.嗅,发觉;vi.发出…的气味;有…的迹象;嗅着气味追赶
    参考例句:
    • The air was filled with the scent of lilac. 空气中弥漫着丁香花的芬芳。
    • The flowers give off a heady scent at night. 这些花晚上散发出醉人的芳香。
    2 scents [sents] 9d41e056b814c700bf06c9870b09a332   第7级
    n.香水( scent的名词复数 );气味;(动物的)臭迹;(尤指狗的)嗅觉
    参考例句:
    • The air was fragrant with scents from the sea and the hills. 空气中荡漾着山和海的芬芳气息。
    • The winds came down with scents of the grass and wild flowers. 微风送来阵阵青草和野花的香气。 来自《简明英汉词典》
    3 tangle [ˈtæŋgl] yIQzn   第7级
    n.纠缠;缠结;混乱;vt.&vi.(使)缠绕;变乱
    参考例句:
    • I shouldn't tangle with Peter. He is bigger than me. 我不应该与彼特吵架。他的块头比我大。
    • If I were you, I wouldn't tangle with them. 我要是你,我就不跟他们争吵。
    4 muttered [ˈmʌtəd] 2764630c23cae6a012e2a09fc41abbd2   第6级
    轻声低语,咕哝地抱怨( mutter的过去式和过去分词 )
    参考例句:
    • He muttered a curse at the other driver. 他低声咒骂另一位开车的人。
    • She turned away and muttered something unintelligible. 她转向一旁,嘴里不知咕哝些什么。
    5 dreaded [ˈdredɪd] XuNzI3   第7级
    adj.令人畏惧的;害怕的v.害怕,恐惧,担心( dread的过去式和过去分词)
    参考例句:
    • The dreaded moment had finally arrived. 可怕的时刻终于来到了。
    • He dreaded having to spend Christmas in hospital. 他害怕非得在医院过圣诞节不可。 来自《用法词典》

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