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1、WATERSHIPDOWNbyRICHARDADAMS(1972)[VERSION1.1(Apr2903).Ifyoufindandcorrecterrorsinthetext,pleaseupdatetheversionnumberby0.1andredistribute.]ToJulietandRosamond,rememberingtheroadtoStratford-on-AvonNoteNuthangerFarmisarealplace,likealltheotherplacesinthebook.ButMr.andMrs.Cane,theirl
2、ittlegirlLucyandtheirfarmhandsarefictitiousandbearnointentionalresemblancetoanypersonsknowntome,livingordead.AcknowledgementsIacknowledgewithgratitudethehelpIhavereceivednotonlyfrommyfamilybutalsofrommyfriendsRegSonesandHalSummers,whoreadthebookbeforepublicationandmadevaluablesugg
3、estions.IalsowishtothankwarmlyMrs.MargaretAppsandMissMiriamHobbs,whotookpainswiththetypingandhelpedmeverymuch.Iamindebted,foraknowledgeofrabbitsandtheirways,toMr.R.M.Lockley'sremarkablebook,ThePrivateLifeoftheRabbit.Anyonewhowishestoknowmoreaboutthemigrationsofyearlings,aboutpress
4、ingchinglands,chewingpellets,theeffectsofover-crowdinginwarrens,thephenomenonofre-absorptionoffertilizedembryos,thecapacityofbuckrabbitstofightstoats,oranyotherfeaturesofLapinelife,shouldrefertothatdefinitivework.PARTITheJourney1.TheNoticeBoardCHORUS:Whydoyoucryoutthus,unlessatsom
5、evisionofhorror?CASSANDRA:Thehousereeksofdeathanddrippingblood.CHORUS:Howso?'Tisbuttheodorofthealtarsacrifice.CASSANDRA:Thestenchislikeabreathfromthetomb.Aeschylus,AgamemnonTheprimroseswereover.Towardtheedgeofthewood,wherethegroundbecameopenandslopeddowntoanoldfenceandabramblyditc
6、hbeyond,onlyafewfadingpatchesofpaleyellowstillshowedamongthedog'smercuryandoak-treeroots.Ontheothersideofthefence,theupperpartofthefieldwasfullofrabbitholes.Inplacesthegrasswasgonealtogetherandeverywheretherewereclustersofdrydroppings,throughwhichnothingbuttheragwortwouldgrow.Ahun
7、dredyardsaway,atthebottomoftheslope,ranthebrook,nomorethanthreefeetwide,halfchokedwithkingcups,watercressandbluebrooklime.Thecarttrackcrossedbyabrickculvertandclimbedtheoppositeslopetoafive-barredgateinthethornhedge.Thegateledintothelane.TheMaysunsetwasredinclouds,andtherewasstill
8、halfanhourtotwilight.Thedryslopew
