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《神奇树屋》 第三十二册 Winter of the Ice Wizard 07 The Frost Giant

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  HUFFFF, HUFFFF, HUFFFFF... With each breathfrom the Frost Giant, a blast of cold wind sweptthrough the hollow.

Jack1 trembled. He felt chilled to the bone. HUFFFF,HUFFFF, HUFFFFF....

The giant's breathing grew louder and stronger.

Jack squeezed his eyes shut as icy, wet wind rushedagainst his body.

HUFFFF, HUFFFF, HUFFFFF....

Jack crouched2 lower and held on tightly to Annie.

78HUFFFF, HUFFFF, HUFFFFF....

The giant's breath howled like a hundred ghoststhrough the hollow. Jack thought of the blue Norn'swords: He is a blind force of nature that sparesnothing in his path....

But then the giant's breathing seemed to grow a bitsofter. What's happening? Jack wondered.

The breathing grew softer and softer. "Maybe he'sgoing to sleep," Annie whispered.

The breathing became calm and steady. The winddied to a light breeze.

"I think the Frost Giant is sleeping," Anniewhispered. "We should try to sneak3 out of here.""Okay, but keep your eyes down. Just look at theground!" whispered Jack.

"Right," whispered Annie.

Their heads bowed, Jack and Annie crept cautiouslyacross the floor of the hollow and began climbing uptoward the crack. Jack's teeth chattered4, but hecouldn't tell if it was from cold or fear.

79Suddenly a deafening5 roar shook the night! TheFrost Giant screamed with windy rage! He wasawake!

Jack was blown to the ground. He tried to crawlacross the snow, but he didn't know which way to go,and he was afraid to look up.

"Jack! This way!" Annie's voice called above theroar of the giant's breath. She helped him up and theystruggled together against the wind. Finally theycame to the crack in the wall.

Jack and Annie scrambled6 through the crack.

Outside, the wild wind knocked them over, and theytumbled down the side of the hill.

The wind swirled7 the snow across the plain.

"Annie! Annie!" Jack called. Where was she? Wherewas the sleigh? He couldn't see anything. He couldn'tstay on his feet.

The wind roared even louder. An avalanche8 ofsnow came crashing down the hillside. When it hitthe ground, the snow exploded into great clouds ofwhite powder.

80"Jack! Jack!"[ILLUSTRATION: Jack kneeling in the snow whilean avalanche comes from behind him.]

81[ILLUSTRATION: Jack tumbling down in anavalanche.]

82Jack heard Annie's voice in the screaming wind. Hetried to stand up. But snow kept falling on top of him,until he was completely covered.

As Jack lay buried under the snow, all his strengthleft his body. He knew he should dig his way out, buthe was too cold and too tired. He was too tired to lookfor Annie. He was too tired to fight the Frost Giant.

Instead, he closed his eyes and drifted into an icysleep.

Jack dreamed that cold fur was brushing against hisface. He dreamed that a wolf was digging aroundhim, nudging him, pushing him, sniffing9 him....

Jack opened his eyes. He felt dazed. At first hecouldn't see. But he could feel that he wasn't buried insnow anymore. He wiped off his glasses. He saw alow moon and some stars in a clear sky.

83The Frost Giant must have left, Jack thought. Butthen he heard a panting noise. He sat up and lookedaround. One of the white wolves was crouching10 rightbehind him!

Jack scrambled to his feet. "Go away!" he shouted.

The wolf stepped back and growled11.

"Go! Go! Go!" shouted Jack. He picked up handfulsof snow and threw them at the wolf.

The wolf backed away a few more feet. Jack lookedaround wildly. Annie was lying very still on top ofthe snow. The other white wolf was sniffing andpawing at her.

Jack's anger made him fearless. "Leave her alone!"he shouted. "Go away!" He scooped12 up more snowand threw it.

The wolf stepped back.

"GO! GO!" shouted Jack. "Get away! Leave usalone!" He glared angrily at the two white wolves.

The wolves stared back at Jack. Their yellow eyesgleamed.

"I'm not kidding--GO!" shouted Jack.

84[ILLUSTRATION: Annie lying on the snow whileJack Stares at two white wolves.]

85Jack stared fiercely at the wolves. Finally thewolves looked away. They glanced at each other andthen slowly backed off. They looked at Jack andAnnie one last time. Then they turned and trottedaway over the snow.

Jack rushed to Annie. He knelt beside her and liftedher head. "Wake up! Wake up!" he said.

Annie opened her eyes.

"You okay?" Jack asked.

"Yes... I dreamed about white wolves," Anniemurmured.

"Me too!" said Jack. "And then when I woke up,they were here! They were about to eat us!""Really?" Annie sat up and looked around.

"Yeah, but I scared them off," said Jack.

"What about the Frost Giant?" Annie said.

"He's gone, too," said Jack. "Come on. Let's get outof here!" Jack helped Annie up from the snow. "Doyou still have the wizard's eye?"Annie felt in her pocket. "Got it," she said.

"Good." Jack looked around. Beyond the86heaps of fallen snow, the silver sleigh was waitingfor them. Overhead, the sky had turned to a lightshade of gray.

"It's almost dawn," said Jack. "Remember what thewizard said? We have to bring back his eye by thebreak of day--or we'll never see Merlin or Morganagain!"Jack held Annie's hand and they trudged13 togetherthrough the snow. When they got to the sleigh, theyclimbed inside. Annie took her place at the rudder.

Jack pulled out the wind-string and untied14 a knot.

The breeze rocked the sleigh. Jack untied a secondknot, and the sail began to fill. He untied a third, andthe silver sleigh moved forward, gliding15 over thewhite ground.

Swish--swish--swish. The sleigh moved through thethick snow and away from the Hollow Hill. As theysailed over the white plain, the sky was turning fromgray to pale pink.

"We have to go faster!" said Annie.

87Jack untied a fourth knot. The wind whistled in hisears. The sleigh picked up speed. Annie steered16 it pastthe rocks and over the sea ice. She steered it over theplain, south to the palace of the Ice Wizard.

When the sleigh drew close to the palace, Jack tieda knot, and they began to slow down. He tied threemore, and the sleigh came to a stop.

Jack and Annie looked around in the faint, coldlight. "I wonder where Teddy and Kathleen are," saidAnnie. 'They said they'd meet us here at dawn."Jack studied the vast white plain, but he saw nosign of their friends. He wished he had Kathleen'svision. "I hope they're okay," he said. "I hope theydidn't run into the white wolves.""I have a feeling the wolves wouldn't hurt them,"said Annie. "The wolf in my dream seemed nice.""Dream wolves are different from real wolves," saidJack.

"I don't think we can wait for them," said88Annie. "The eye has to be back by the time the suncomes up.""The eye!" said Jack. "We never looked to see if itwas inside the hailstone."Annie reached in her pocket and pulled out thehailstone. She held it up.

89Jack gasped17. Staring out at him from inside the icewas an eyeball. It was about the size of a largemarble. The eyeball was white with a sparkling bluecenter.

"Oh, man," whispered Jack.

"It's beautiful, isn't it?" said Annie.
90"I don't know about that." Jack felt a little queasy18.

Seeing an eye outside of a human head was too weirdfor him. "Put it away for now," he said.

Annie put the hailstone back in her pocket. Jacklooked around again. The sky had brightened frompale pink to red. A thin sliver20 of the sun was peekingover the horizon.

"The sun!" cried Jack. "Hurry!" He and Anniejumped out of the sleigh and charged toward thepalace.

When they got to the entrance, Annie stopped.

"Look!" she said, pointing to big paw prints in thesnow. "Wolf tracks!""Oh, no," said Jack. "Do you think the white wolvesare inside? That's weird19.""It doesn't matter! We have to go in! Hurry!" saidAnnie. They rushed into the palace--just as the fieryball of the sun rose over the horizon.


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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 crouched 62634c7e8c15b8a61068e36aaed563ab     
v.屈膝,蹲伏( crouch的过去式和过去分词 )
参考例句:
  • He crouched down beside her. 他在她的旁边蹲了下来。
  • The lion crouched ready to pounce. 狮子蹲下身,准备猛扑。
3 sneak vr2yk     
vt.潜行(隐藏,填石缝);偷偷摸摸做;n.潜行;adj.暗中进行
参考例句:
  • He raised his spear and sneak forward.他提起长矛悄悄地前进。
  • I saw him sneak away from us.我看见他悄悄地从我们身边走开。
4 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。
5 deafening deafening     
adj. 振耳欲聋的, 极喧闹的 动词deafen的现在分词形式
参考例句:
  • The noise of the siren was deafening her. 汽笛声震得她耳朵都快聋了。
  • The noise of the machine was deafening. 机器的轰鸣声震耳欲聋。
6 scrambled 2e4a1c533c25a82f8e80e696225a73f2     
v.快速爬行( scramble的过去式和过去分词 );攀登;争夺;(军事飞机)紧急起飞
参考例句:
  • Each scrambled for the football at the football ground. 足球场上你争我夺。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
  • He scrambled awkwardly to his feet. 他笨拙地爬起身来。 来自《简明英汉词典》
7 swirled eb40fca2632f9acaecc78417fd6adc53     
v.旋转,打旋( swirl的过去式和过去分词 )
参考例句:
  • The waves swirled and eddied around the rocks. 波浪翻滚着在岩石周围打旋。
  • The water swirled down the drain. 水打着旋流进了下水道。
8 avalanche 8ujzl     
n.雪崩,大量涌来
参考例句:
  • They were killed by an avalanche in the Swiss Alps.他们在瑞士阿尔卑斯山的一次雪崩中罹难。
  • Higher still the snow was ready to avalanche.在更高处积雪随时都会崩塌。
9 sniffing 50b6416c50a7d3793e6172a8514a0576     
n.探查法v.以鼻吸气,嗅,闻( sniff的现在分词 );抽鼻子(尤指哭泣、患感冒等时出声地用鼻子吸气);抱怨,不以为然地说
参考例句:
  • We all had colds and couldn't stop sniffing and sneezing. 我们都感冒了,一个劲地抽鼻子,打喷嚏。
  • They all had colds and were sniffing and sneezing. 他们都伤风了,呼呼喘气而且打喷嚏。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
10 crouching crouching     
v.屈膝,蹲伏( crouch的现在分词 )
参考例句:
  • a hulking figure crouching in the darkness 黑暗中蹲伏着的一个庞大身影
  • A young man was crouching by the table, busily searching for something. 一个年轻人正蹲在桌边翻看什么。 来自汉英文学 - 散文英译
11 growled 65a0c9cac661e85023a63631d6dab8a3     
v.(动物)发狺狺声, (雷)作隆隆声( growl的过去式和过去分词 );低声咆哮着说
参考例句:
  • \"They ought to be birched, \" growled the old man. 老人咆哮道:“他们应受到鞭打。” 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • He growled out an answer. 他低声威胁着回答。 来自《简明英汉词典》
12 scooped a4cb36a9a46ab2830b09e95772d85c96     
v.抢先报道( scoop的过去式和过去分词 );(敏捷地)抱起;抢先获得;用铲[勺]等挖(洞等)
参考例句:
  • They scooped the other newspapers by revealing the matter. 他们抢先报道了这件事。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • The wheels scooped up stones which hammered ominously under the car. 车轮搅起的石块,在车身下发出不吉祥的锤击声。 来自《简明英汉词典》
13 trudged e830eb9ac9fd5a70bf67387e070a9616     
vt.& vi.跋涉,吃力地走(trudge的过去式与过去分词形式)
参考例句:
  • He trudged the last two miles to the town. 他步履艰难地走完最后两英里到了城里。
  • He trudged wearily along the path. 他沿着小路疲惫地走去。 来自《简明英汉词典》
14 untied d4a1dd1a28503840144e8098dbf9e40f     
松开,解开( untie的过去式和过去分词 ); 解除,使自由; 解决
参考例句:
  • Once untied, we common people are able to conquer nature, too. 只要团结起来,我们老百姓也能移山倒海。
  • He untied the ropes. 他解开了绳子。
15 gliding gliding     
v. 滑翔 adj. 滑动的
参考例句:
  • Swans went gliding past. 天鹅滑行而过。
  • The weather forecast has put a question mark against the chance of doing any gliding tomorrow. 天气预报对明天是否能举行滑翔表示怀疑。
16 steered dee52ce2903883456c9b7a7f258660e5     
v.驾驶( steer的过去式和过去分词 );操纵;控制;引导
参考例句:
  • He steered the boat into the harbour. 他把船开进港。
  • The freighter steered out of Santiago Bay that evening. 那天晚上货轮驶出了圣地亚哥湾。 来自《简明英汉词典》
17 gasped e6af294d8a7477229d6749fa9e8f5b80     
v.喘气( gasp的过去式和过去分词 );喘息;倒抽气;很想要
参考例句:
  • She gasped at the wonderful view. 如此美景使她惊讶得屏住了呼吸。
  • People gasped with admiration at the superb skill of the gymnasts. 体操运动员的高超技艺令人赞叹。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
18 queasy sSJxH     
adj.易呕的
参考例句:
  • I felt a little queasy on the ship.我在船上觉得有点晕眩想呕吐。
  • He was very prone to seasickness and already felt queasy.他快晕船了,已经感到恶心了。
19 weird bghw8     
adj.古怪的,离奇的;怪诞的,神秘而可怕的
参考例句:
  • From his weird behaviour,he seems a bit of an oddity.从他不寻常的行为看来,他好像有点怪。
  • His weird clothes really gas me.他的怪衣裳简直笑死人。
20 sliver sxFwA     
n.裂片,细片,梳毛;v.纵切,切成长片,剖开
参考例句:
  • There was only one sliver of light in the darkness.黑暗中只有一点零星的光亮。
  • Then,one night,Monica saw a thin sliver of the moon reappear.之后的一天晚上,莫尼卡看到了一个月牙。
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