What is the " a stinging something" in this sentence?
One day old Krag heard a crack! and a stinging something touched one horn and tore the hair from his shoulder.

I don't know what is the meaning of the "a stinging something". What is it ?

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What is the " a stinging something" in this sentence?
One day old Krag heard a crack!   and a stinging something touched one horn and tore the hair from his shoulder.

I  don't know what is the meaning of the "a stinging something".  What is it ?

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It is likely to be something that stings- perhaps a small animal or insect?

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The original comes from "Reading Skill Builder,  2. p. 70. ,  but I find no way to find its source even by online.

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The author is deliberately vague.  One possibility is that he has been struck by a whip.   A google search will find numerous phrases such as the "crack of the whip" and the "sting of the lash" (another name for a whip).

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The speaker doesn't know what it is, either, at that moment. Presumably it's explained as you read further.

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