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  • CHAPTER IX: Lightfoot Becomes Uncertain

    Lightfoot the Deer traveled on through the Green Forest, straight ahead in the direction from which the Merry Little Breezes were blowing. Every few steps he would raise his delicate nose and test all the scents1 that the Merry Little Breezes were bringing. So long as he kept the Merry Little Breezes blowing in his face, he could be sure whether or not there was danger ahead of him.

    Lightfoot uses his nose very much as you and I use our eyes. It tells him the things he wants to know. He knew that Reddy Fox had been along ahead of him, although he didn't get so much as a glimpse of Reddy's red coat. Once he caught just the faintest of scents which caused him to stop abruptly3 and test the air more carefully than ever. It was the scent2 of Buster Bear. But it was so very faint that Lightfoot knew Buster was not near, so he went ahead again, but even more carefully than before. After a little he couldn't smell Buster at all, so he knew then that Buster had merely passed that way when he was going to some other part of the Green Forest.

    Lightfoot knew that he had nothing to fear in that direction so long as the Merry Little Breezes brought him none of the dreaded4 man-scent, and he knew that he could trust the Merry Little Breezes to bring him that scent if there should be a man anywhere in front of him. You know the Merry Little Breezes are Lightfoot's best friends. But Lightfoot didn't want to keep going in that direction all day.

    It would take him far away from that part of the Green Forest with which he was familiar and which he called home. It might in time take him out of the Green Forest and that wouldn't do at all. So after a while Lightfoot became uncertain. He didn't know just what to do. You see, he couldn't tell whether or not that hunter with the terrible gun was still following him.

    Every once in a while he would stop in a thicket5 of young trees or behind a tangle6 of fallen trees uprooted7 by the wind. There he would stand, facing the direction from which he had come, and watch and listen for some sign that the hunter was still following. But after a few minutes of this he would grow uneasy and then bound away in the direction from which the Merry Little Breezes were blowing, so as to be sure of not running into danger.

    "If only I could know if that hunter is still following, I would know better what to do," thought Lightfoot. "I've got to find out."

     单词标签: scents  scent  abruptly  dreaded  thicket  tangle  uprooted 


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    1 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》
    2 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。
    3 abruptly [ə'brʌptlɪ] iINyJ   第7级
    adv.突然地,出其不意地
    参考例句:
    • He gestured abruptly for Virginia to get in the car.他粗鲁地示意弗吉尼亚上车。
    • I was abruptly notified that a half-hour speech was expected of me.我突然被通知要讲半个小时的话。
    4 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》
    5 thicket [ˈθɪkɪt] So0wm   第10级
    n.灌木丛,树林
    参考例句:
    • A thicket makes good cover for animals to hide in. 丛林是动物的良好隐蔽处。
    • We were now at the margin of the thicket. 我们现在已经来到了丛林的边缘。
    6 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。
    7 uprooted [ʌpˈru:tid] e0d29adea5aedb3a1fcedf8605a30128   第10级
    v.把(某物)连根拔起( uproot的过去式和过去分词 );根除;赶走;把…赶出家园
    参考例句:
    • Many people were uprooted from their homes by the flood. 水灾令许多人背井离乡。 来自《简明英汉词典》
    • The hurricane blew with such force that trees were uprooted. 飓风强烈地刮着,树都被连根拔起了。 来自《简明英汉词典》

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