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1、BeastsofNewYork1BeastsofNewYorkachildren'sbookforadultsbyJonEvansThisisthebare-bones,single-file,downloadableversionofBeastsofNewYork,anovelbyJonEvansthathasbeenreleasedundertheCreativeCommonslicenseviewableatthisURL:http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd
2、/3.0/.Tolearnmore,seewww.beastsofnewyork.comorJon'swebsitewww.rezendi.com.Pleasedonotchangeorremovethisintroductorytext.BEASTSOFNEWYORKbyJonEvans2achildren'sbookforadultsbyJonEvansI.TheCenterKingdomTheMissingAcornsAlongtimeago,whenhumansstilllivedincities,onaco
3、ldmorningneartheendofalong,cruelwinter,inmagnificentCentralParkinthemiddleofmagnificentNewYorkCity,ayoungsquirrelnamedPatchwasawakenedveryearlybythegrowlsofhisemptystomach.Asquirrel'shomeiscalledadrey.Patch'sdreywasverycomfortable.Helivedhighupanoldoaktree,inah
4、ollowed-outstumpofabigbranchthathadlongagobeencutoffbyhumans.TheentrancewasonlyjustbigenoughforPatchtosqueezeinandout,butthedreyitselfwasspacious,forasquirrel.Patchhadlinedhisdreywithdryleaves,grassesandbitsofnewspaper.Itwaswarmanddry,andonthatcoldmorninghewoul
5、dhavelikednothingbetterthantostayhomealldayandsleep.Buthewassohungry.Hungerfilledhimlikewaterfillsaglass.Thecherryandmapletreeshadnotyetstartedtobud;flowershadnotyetbeguntogrow;thejuicygrubsandbugsofspringhadnotyetemerged;andithadbeentwodayssincePatchhadfoundan
6、ut.Imaginehowhungryyouwouldfeelifyouwenttwowholedayswithouteating,andyoumayhavesomeideahowPatchfeltthatmorning.Patchpokedhisheadoutofthedreyintothecoldairandshiveredashelookedaround.Clumpsofwhite,crumblyicestillclungtotheground.Gustsofcoldwindshookandrustledthe
7、trees'barebranches.Thepaleanddistantsunseemeddrainedofheat.Patchtookamomenttosatisfyhimselfthattherewerenodangersnearby,nohawkcirclingaboveorunleasheddogbelow.Thenheemergedfromhisdreyandbegantolookforacorns.byJonEvans3Butwhatmarvels,whatmiracles,whatmysteriesar
8、ehiddeninsidethosesimplewords!Squirrelsareextraordinarycreatures.Thinkfirstofhowtheyclimb.WhenPatchlefthisdrey,hewentup,notdown.HepassedthedreyofhisfriendandneighbourTwitch,
