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《神奇树屋》 第十九册 Tigers at Twilight 09 The Hermit

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  Kah and Ko smoothed the man's hair with theirlittle paws and patted his cheeks gently.

The man smiled and whispered to the langurs. Hiseyes stayed closed.

Teddy walked up to the man and licked his hands.

The man still didn't open his eyes. But he strokedTeddy's fur.

"Knock, knock," Annie said softly.

"Is someone there?" the man asked.

He turned his face toward Jack1 and Annie. Now hiseyes were open, but he did not seem to see them. Jackrealized that the man was blind.

"Hi, I'm Annie," said Annie. "And I'm Jack," saidJack.

The blind man smiled.

"Good," he said, nodding. "Would you like to visitwith me?""Sure," said Annie.

She and Jack sat down next to the man. "Do youlive in this forest?" Annie asked. "Yes," he said.

"Are you a hermit2?" Jack asked. "Yes," the blindman said.

"What's a hermit?" said Annie.

"Hermits3 live far away from other people," said theblind man. "We like to be alone to think. I live in theforest so I can learn from nature.""How do you learn?" asked Jack.

"I listen," said the blind man.

"Listen to what?" asked Jack.

"To the chatter4 of the monkeys, the rumble5 of theelephant, the roar of the tiger," said the man. "I havelistened for so long, they have all begun to sound likeone voice--the one great voice of the forest.""Did the voice tell you that a tiger got caught in atrap last night?" asked Annie.

"Yes," the hermit said.

18"And did it tell you that after we saved him, hetried to attack us?" said Jack.

The blind man smiled.

"Please bring me one of the white flowers floatingon the stream," he said.

Jack wondered why the hermit was changing thesubject.

But Annie jumped up and hurried to the stream.

She pulled at one of the large flowers. It came up,muddy root and all. She took it to the blind man.

"Thank you," he said.

The man touched the flower's large white petalsand its dirty root.

"This perfect lotus blossom grows from dark, thickmud," he said. "Its beauty cannot live without itsugliness. Do you understand?""Yes," said Jack and Annie.

"When you saved the tiger, you saved all of him,"said the blind man. "You saved his graceful6 beauty-andhis fierce, savage7 nature. You cannot have onewithout the other.""Oh.. .right," said Jack.

"Take this lotus as a thank-you gift from all theforest for saving our fierce friend," said the blind man.

"Our world would not be complete without him."Annie took the gift from the hermit. "A gift from aforest far away," she said. Arf! Arf! Teddy wagged histail. The langurs clapped.

"We can go home now," said Jack, "if we can justfind the way.""Do not worry," said the blind man. "Your house inthe trees is close by. The elephants walked in a largecircle. So you are back at the place where youstarted.""Really?" said Jack.

The blind man pointed8 to the sky.

There was the magic tree house, high in a nearbytree.

"Oh, great," breathed Jack.

"I told you not to worry," said Annie. She and Jackpulled on their socks and shoes and stood up.

Before they left, Annie touched the hand of theblind man.

"Thanks for everything," she said.

The man held her hand for a moment. Then he tookJack's hand. Jack felt a wave of calm wash over him.

"Thank you," he said to the blind man.

Kah and Ko chattered9 and held out their long arms.

Jack and Annie hugged the two langurs19"We'll miss you," said Annie.

"You were great tour guides," said Jack. "Goodbye."Then he and Annie took off for the magic treehouse with Teddy scampering10 after them.

At the rope ladder, Jack put Teddy into his pack andclimbed up.

Annie carried the lotus blossom as she followedthem.

Inside the tree house, Jack picked up thePennsylvania book. But before he made a wish, helooked out the window with Annie.

In the distance, they saw Saba and the otherelephants bathing in the stream.

They saw Kah and Ko swinging on vines.

They saw the tiger sunbathing11 in the grass, lickinghis sore leg.

They saw tiny deer grazing.

They saw bright birds in the trees.

They saw the blind man sitting in front of his cave.

He was smiling.

Jack opened the book. He pointed to a picture of theFrog Creek12 woods.

"I wish we could go home," he said.

The tree house started to spin.

The wind started to blow.

It blew harder and harder.

Then everything was still.

Absolutely still.


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1 jack 53Hxp     
n.插座,千斤顶,男人;v.抬起,提醒,扛举;n.(Jake)杰克
参考例句:
  • I am looking for the headphone jack.我正在找寻头戴式耳机插孔。
  • He lifted the car with a jack to change the flat tyre.他用千斤顶把车顶起来换下瘪轮胎。
2 hermit g58y3     
n.隐士,修道者;隐居
参考例句:
  • He became a hermit after he was dismissed from office.他被解职后成了隐士。
  • Chinese ancient landscape poetry was in natural connections with hermit culture.中国古代山水诗与隐士文化有着天然联系。
3 hermits 878e9ed8ce97a52b2b0c8664ad4bd37c     
(尤指早期基督教的)隐居修道士,隐士,遁世者( hermit的名词复数 )
参考例句:
  • In the ancient China,hermits usually lived in hamlets. 在古代中国,隐士们通常都住在小村子里。
  • Some Buddhist monks live in solitude as hermits. 有些和尚在僻静处隐居。
4 chatter BUfyN     
vi./n.喋喋不休;短促尖叫;(牙齿)打战
参考例句:
  • Her continuous chatter vexes me.她的喋喋不休使我烦透了。
  • I've had enough of their continual chatter.我已厌烦了他们喋喋不休的闲谈。
5 rumble PCXzd     
n.隆隆声;吵嚷;v.隆隆响;低沉地说
参考例句:
  • I hear the rumble of thunder in the distance.我听到远处雷声隆隆。
  • We could tell from the rumble of the thunder that rain was coming.我们根据雷的轰隆声可断定,天要下雨了。
6 graceful deHza     
adj.优美的,优雅的;得体的
参考例句:
  • His movements on the parallel bars were very graceful.他的双杠动作可帅了!
  • The ballet dancer is so graceful.芭蕾舞演员的姿态是如此的优美。
7 savage ECxzR     
adj.野蛮的;凶恶的,残暴的;n.未开化的人
参考例句:
  • The poor man received a savage beating from the thugs.那可怜的人遭到暴徒的痛打。
  • He has a savage temper.他脾气粗暴。
8 pointed Il8zB4     
adj.尖的,直截了当的
参考例句:
  • He gave me a very sharp pointed pencil.他给我一支削得非常尖的铅笔。
  • She wished to show Mrs.John Dashwood by this pointed invitation to her brother.她想通过对达茨伍德夫人提出直截了当的邀请向她的哥哥表示出来。
9 chattered 0230d885b9f6d176177681b6eaf4b86f     
(人)喋喋不休( chatter的过去式 ); 唠叨; (牙齿)打战; (机器)震颤
参考例句:
  • They chattered away happily for a while. 他们高兴地闲扯了一会儿。
  • We chattered like two teenagers. 我们聊着天,像两个十多岁的孩子。
10 scampering 5c15380619b12657635e8413f54db650     
v.蹦蹦跳跳地跑,惊惶奔跑( scamper的现在分词 )
参考例句:
  • A cat miaowed, then was heard scampering away. 马上起了猫叫,接着又听见猫逃走的声音。 来自汉英文学 - 家(1-26) - 家(1-26)
  • A grey squirrel is scampering from limb to limb. 一只灰色的松鼠在树枝间跳来跳去。 来自辞典例句
11 sunbathing bb1a8564f9c25f1e1db56b2b14f574cb     
n.日光浴
参考例句:
  • tourists sunbathing on the beach 在海滩上沐浴着阳光的游客
  • We've been sunbathing on the beach. 我们一直在海滩上晒日光浴。
12 creek 3orzL     
n.小溪,小河,小湾
参考例句:
  • He sprang through the creek.他跳过小河。
  • People sunbathe in the nude on the rocks above the creek.人们在露出小溪的岩石上裸体晒日光浴。
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