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the lion, the witch and the war_c,s,装叟帽-及10何蛍

酔楯荷恬: 梓囚徒貧圭鮗 ○ 賜 ★ 辛酔堀貧和鍬匈 梓囚徒貧議 Enter 囚辛指欺云慕朕村匈 梓囚徒貧圭鮗 ● 辛指欺云匈競何! 泌惚云慕短嗤堋響頼誅卒亮茂俊彭堋響辛聞喘貧圭 "辺茄欺厘議箝誓匂" 孔嬬 才 "紗秘慕禰" 孔嬬



the first thing he realized when he got outside and found the snow falling  all round him察was that he had left his coat behind in the beavers house。 and of course  there was no chance of going back to get it now。 the next thing he realized was that the  daylight was almost gone察for it had been nearly three oclock when they sat down to  dinner and the winter days were short。 he hadnt reckoned on this察but he had to make the  best of it。 so he turned up his collar and shuffled across the top of the dam luckily it  wasnt so slippery since the snow had fallen to the far side of the river。

it was pretty bad when he reached the far side。 it was growing darker every  minute and what with that and the snowflakes swirling all round him he could hardly  see three feet ahead。 and then too there was no road。 he kept slipping into deep drifts of  snow察and skidding on frozen puddles察and tripping over fallen tree´trunks察and  sliding down steep banks察and barking his shins against rocks察till he was wet and cold and  bruised all over。

the silence and the loneliness were dreadful。 in fact i really think he  might have given up the whole plan and gone back and owned up and made friends with the others察 if he hadnt happened to say to himself察 when im king of narnia the first thing  i shall do will be to make some decent roads。; and of course that set him off thinking  about being a king and all the other things he would do and this cheered him up a good  deal。 he had just settled in his mind what sort of palace he would have and how many  cars and all about his private cinema and where the principal railways would run and  what laws he would make against beavers and dams and was putting the finishing touches  to some schemes for keeping peter in his place察when the weather changed。 first the  snow stopped。 then a wind sprang up and it became freezing cold。 finally察the  clouds rolled  

away and the moon came out。 it was a full moon and察shining on all that  snow察it made everything almost as bright as day ´ only the shadows were rather  confusing。

he would never have found his way if the moon hadnt e out by the time  he got to the other river you remember he had seen when they first arrived at the  beavers a smaller river flowing into the great one lower down。 he now reached this and turned  to follow it up。 but the little valley down which it came was much steeper and rockier  than the one he had just left and much overgrown with bushes察so that he could not have  managed it at all in the dark。 even as it was察he got wet through for he had to stoop under  branches and great loads of snow came sliding off on to his back。 and every time this  happened he thought more and more how he hated peter ´ just as if all this had been  peters fault。

but at last he came to a part where it was more level and the valley opened  out。 and there察on the other side of the river察quite close to him察in the middle of  a little plain between two hills察he saw what must be the white witchs house。 and the  moon was shining brighter than ever。 the house was really a small castle。 it seemed  to be all towers察little towers with long pointed spires on them察sharp as needles。  they looked like huge dunces caps or sorcerers caps。 and they shone in the moonlight and  their long shadows looked strange on the snow。 edmund began to be afraid of the house。

but it was too late to think of turning back now。

he crossed the river on the ice and walked up to the house。 there was  nothing stirring察not the slightest sound anywhere。 even his own feet made no noise on the  deep newly fallen snow。 he walked on and on察past corner after corner of the house察 and past turret after turret to find the door。 he had to go right round to the far side  before he found it。 it was a huge arch but the great iron gates stood wide open。

edmund crept up to the arch and looked inside into the courtyard察and there  he saw a sight that nearly made his heart stop beating。 just inside the gate察with  the moonlight shining on it察stood an enormous lion crouched as if it was ready to  spring。 and edmund stood in the shadow of the arch察afraid to go on and afraid to go back察 with his knees knocking together。 he stood there so long that his teeth would have been  chattering with cold even if they had not been chattering with fear。 how long this really  lasted i dont know察but it seemed to edmund to last for hours。

then at last he began to wonder why the lion was standing so still ´ for it  hadnt moved one inch since he first set eyes on it。 edmund now ventured a little  nearer察still keeping in the shadow of the arch as much as he could。 he now saw from the way the  lion was standing that it couldnt have been looking at him at all。 ─but supposing  it turns its head拭─thought edmund。 in fact it was staring at something else namely a  little此dwarf who stood with his back to it about four feet away。 ;aha ─thought edmund。  ;when it springs at the dwarf then will be my chance to escape。; but still the lion  never moved察nor did the dwarf。 and now at last edmund remembered what the others had  said about the white witch turning people into stone。 perhaps this was only a stone  lion。 and as soon as he had thought of that he noticed that the lions back and the top  of its head were  

covered with snow。 of course it must be only a statue no living animal  would have let itself get covered with snow。 then very slowly and with his heart beating  as if it would burst察edmund ventured to go up to the lion。 even now he hardly dared to  touch it察but at last he put out his hand察very quickly察and did。 it was cold stone。 he had  been frightened of a mere statue

the relief which edmund felt was so great that in spite of the cold he  suddenly got warm all over right down to his toes察and at the same time there came into his  head what seemed a perfectly lovely idea。 ;probably察─he thought察 this is the great  lion aslan that they were all talking about。 shes caught him already and turned him into  stone。 so thats the end of all their fine ideas about him pooh whos afraid of aslan垂

and he stood there gloating over the stone lion察and presently he did  something very silly and childish。 he took a stump of lead pencil out of his pocket and  scribbled a moustache on the lions upper lip and then a pair of spectacles on its eyes。 then he  said察 yah silly old aslan how do you like being a stone拭you thought yourself mighty fine察 didnt you拭─but in spite of the scribbles on it the face of the great stone beast  still looked so terrible察and sad察and noble察staring up in the moonlight察that edmund  didnt really get any fun out of jeering at it。 he turned away and began to cross the courtyard。

as he got into the middle of it he saw that there were dozens of statues  all about ´ standing here and there rather as the pieces stand on a chess´board when it  is half´way through the game。 there were stone satyrs察and stone wolves察and bears and  foxes and cat´amountains of stone。 there were lovely stone shapes that looked like  women but who were really the spirits of trees。 there was the great shape of a centaur  and a winged horse and a long lithe creature that edmund took to be a dragon。 they all looked  so strange standing there perfectly life´like and also perfectly still察in the bright  cold moonlight察that it was eerie work crossing the courtyard。 right in the very middle stood a  huge shape like a man察but as tall as a tree察with a fierce face and a shaggy beard and a  great club in its right hand。 even though he knew that it was only a stone giant and not a  live one察edmund did not like going past it。

he now saw that there was a dim light showing from a doorway on the far  side of the courtyard。 he went to it察there was a flight of stone steps going up to an  open door。

edmund went up them。 across the threshold lay a great wolf。

;its all right察its all right察─he kept saying to himself察 its only a  stone wolf。 it cant hurt me;察and he raised his leg to step over it。 instantly the huge creature  rose察with all the hair bristling along its back察opened a great察red mouth and said in a growling  voice此  whos there拭whos there拭stand still察stranger察and tell me who you are。

;if you please察sir察─said edmund察trembling so that he could hardly speak察  my name is edmund察and im the son of adam that her majesty met in the wood the other  day and ive e to bring her the news that my brother and sisters are now in  narnia ´ quite close察in the beavers house。 she ´ she wanted to see them。

;i will tell her majesty察─said the wolf。 ;meanwhile察stand still on the  threshold察as you value your life。; then it vanished into the house。

edmund stood and waited察his fingers aching with cold and his heart  pounding in his chest察and presently the grey wolf察maugrim察the chief of the witchs  secret police察came bounding back and said察 e in e in fortunate favourite of the queen  ´ or else not so fortunate。

and edmund went in察taking great care not to tread on the wolfs paws。

he found himself in a long gloomy hall with many pillars察full察as the  courtyard had been察of statues。 the one nearest the door was a little faun with a very sad  expression on its face察and edmund couldnt help wondering if this might be lucys friend。  the only light came from a single lamp and close beside this sat the white witch。

;im e察your majesty察─said edmund察rushing eagerly forward。

;how dare you e alone拭─said the witch in a terrible voice。 ;did i not  tell you to bring the others with you垂

;please察your majesty察─said edmund察 ive done the best i can。 ive  brought them quite close。 theyre in the little house on top of the dam just up the riverwith  mr and mrs beaver。

a slow cruel smile came over the witchs face。

;is this all your news拭─she asked。

;no察your majesty察─said edmund察and proceeded to tell her all he had heard  before leaving the beavers house。

;what aslan拭─cried the queen察 aslan is this true拭if i find you have  lied to me ´

;please察im only repeating what they said察─stammered edmund。

but the queen察who was no longer attending to him察clapped her hands。  instantly the same dwarf whom edmund had seen with her before appeared。

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