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1、WATERSHIPDOWNbyRICHARDADAMS(1972)[VERSION1.1(Apr2903).Ifyoufindandcorrecterrorsinthetext,pleaseupdatetheversionnumberby0.1andredistribute.]ToJulietandRosamond,rememberingtheroadtoStratford-on-AvonNoteNuthangerFarmisarealplace,likealltheotherplacesinthebook.ButMr
2、.andMrs.Cane,theirlittlegirlLucyandtheirfarmhandsarefictitiousandbearnointentionalresemblancetoanypersonsknowntome,livingordead.AcknowledgementsIacknowledgewithgratitudethehelpIhavereceivednotonlyfrommyfamilybutalsofrommyfriendsRegSonesandHalSummers,whoreadthebo
3、okbeforepublicationandmadevaluablesuggestions.IalsowishtothankwarmlyMrs.MargaretAppsandMissMiriamHobbs,whotookpainswiththetypingandhelpedmeverymuch.Iamindebted,foraknowledgeofrabbitsandtheirways,toMr.R.M.Lockley'sremarkablebook,ThePrivateLifeoftheRabbit.Anyonewh
4、owishestoknowmoreaboutthemigrationsofyearlings,aboutpressingchinglands,chewingpellets,theeffectsofover-crowdinginwarrens,thephenomenonofre-absorptionoffertilizedembryos,thecapacityofbuckrabbitstofightstoats,oranyotherfeaturesofLapinelife,shouldrefertothatdefinit
5、ivework.PARTITheJourney1.TheNoticeBoardCHORUS:Whydoyoucryoutthus,unlessatsomevisionofhorror?CASSANDRA:Thehousereeksofdeathanddrippingblood.CHORUS:Howso?'Tisbuttheodorofthealtarsacrifice.CASSANDRA:Thestenchislikeabreathfromthetomb.Aeschylus,AgamemnonTheprimrosesw
6、ereover.Towardtheedgeofthewood,wherethegroundbecameopenandslopeddowntoanoldfenceandabramblyditchbeyond,onlyafewfadingpatchesofpaleyellowstillshowedamongthedog'smercuryandoak-treeroots.Ontheothersideofthefence,theupperpartofthefieldwasfullofrabbitholes.Inplacesth
7、egrasswasgonealtogetherandeverywheretherewereclustersofdrydroppings,throughwhichnothingbuttheragwortwouldgrow.Ahundredyardsaway,atthebottomoftheslope,ranthebrook,nomorethanthreefeetwide,halfchokedwithkingcups,watercressandbluebrooklime.Thecarttrackcrossedbyabric
8、kculvertandclimbedtheoppositeslopetoafive-barredgateinthethornhedge.Thegateledintothelane.TheMaysunsetwasredinclouds,andtherewasstillhalfanhourtotwilight.Thedryslopew
