The cry brought him skulking back to his master and a blunt bootless kick sent him unscathed across a spit of sand, crouched in flight.

• 这么一嚷，狗就怯懦地回到主人跟前，它被没穿靴子的脚猛踢了一下，虽没伤着，却倦缩着逃到沙滩另一头。