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英文故事:猎犬鲍泽的故事(42)
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  • CHAPTER XLII

    ALL IS WELL THAT ENDS WELL

    When things go wrong, just patient be

    Until the end you plainly see.

    For often things that seem all bad

    Will end by making all hands glad.

    Bowser the Hound.

    Reddy Fox, trotting1 homeward, had nothing but bitterness in his heart, and nothing at all in his stomach. He was tired and hungry and bitterly disappointed. He was in a country with which he was not familiar, and so he did not know where to hunt, and he felt that he just must get something to eat. Do what he would, he couldn't help thinking about that fat hen he had hidden and which had so mysteriously disappeared. The more he thought of it, the worse he felt. It was bad enough to be hungry and have no idea where the next meal was coming from, but it was many times worse to have had that meal and then lose it. To Reddy, everything was all wrong.

    Now on his way home Ready had to pass several farms. Hunger made him bold, and at each farm he stole softly as near as possible to the farmyard, hoping that he might find more fat hens unguarded. Now it happened that that afternoon a farmer at one of these farms was preparing some chickens to be taken to market early the next morning. He was picking these chickens in a shed attached to the barn. He had several all picked when he was called to the house on an errand.

    It happened that just after he had disappeared Reddy Fox came stealing around from behind the barn, and at once he smelled those chickens. Just imagine how Reddy felt when he peeped in that shed and saw those fine chickens just waiting for him. Two minutes later Reddy was racing2 back to the woods with one of them. This time there was no dog behind him. And in a little hollow Reddy ate the finest dinner he ever had had. You see there were no feathers to bother him on that chicken, for it had been picked. When the last bit had disappeared, Reddy once more started for home, and this time he was happy, for his stomach was full.

    Long before Reddy got back to the Old Pasture Farmer Brown's boy and Bowser the Hound had reached home. Such a fuss as everybody did make over Bowser. It seemed as if each one at Farmer Brown's was trying to spoil Bowser. As for Bowser himself, he was the happiest dog in all the Great World.

    Blacky the Crow got back to the Green Forest near Farmer Brown's just before jolly, round Mr. Sun went to bed. Blacky had found plenty to eat and he had seen no more of fierce Mr. Goshawk. As Blacky settled himself on his roost he heard from the direction of Farmer Brown's house a great voice. It was the voice of Bowser the Hound trying to express his joy in being home. Blacky chuckled3 contentedly4. He, too, was happy, for it always makes one happy to have one's plans succeed.

    "All's well that end's well," he chuckled, and closed his eyes sleepily.

    Blacky never could have fooled old Granny Fox as he did Reddy. She is far too smart to be fooled even by so clever a scamp as Blacky. She is so smart that she deserves a book all her own, and so the next volume in this series will be Old Granny Fox.

     单词标签: trotting  racing  chuckled  contentedly 


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    1 trotting [trɔtɪŋ] cbfe4f2086fbf0d567ffdf135320f26a   第9级
    小跑,急走( trot的现在分词 ); 匆匆忙忙地走
    参考例句:
    • The riders came trotting down the lane. 这骑手骑着马在小路上慢跑。
    • Alan took the reins and the small horse started trotting. 艾伦抓住缰绳,小马开始慢跑起来。
    2 racing [ˈreɪsɪŋ] 1ksz3w   第8级
    n.竞赛,赛马;adj.竞赛用的,赛马用的
    参考例句:
    • I was watching the racing on television last night. 昨晚我在电视上看赛马。
    • The two racing drivers fenced for a chance to gain the lead. 两个赛车手伺机竞相领先。
    3 chuckled [ˈtʃʌkld] 8ce1383c838073977a08258a1f3e30f8   第9级
    轻声地笑( chuckle的过去式和过去分词 )
    参考例句:
    • She chuckled at the memory. 想起这件事她就暗自发笑。
    • She chuckled softly to herself as she remembered his astonished look. 想起他那惊讶的表情,她就轻轻地暗自发笑。
    4 contentedly [kən'tentɪdlɪ] a0af12176ca79b27d4028fdbaf1b5f64   第8级
    adv.心满意足地
    参考例句:
    • My father sat puffing contentedly on his pipe.父亲坐着心满意足地抽着烟斗。
    • "This is brother John's writing,"said Sally,contentedly,as she opened the letter.

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