波波小说

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JILLfeltsomethingticklingherear。ItwasJeweltheUnicorn，whisperingtoherwiththewidewhisperofahorse’smouth。Assoonassheheardwhathewassayingshenoddedandtip-toedbacktowherePuzzlewasstanding。Quicklyandquietlyshecutthelastcordsthatboundthelion-skintohim。Itwouldn’tdoforhimtobecaughtwiththaton，afterwhattheApehadsaid!Shewouldliketohavehiddentheskinsomewhereveryfaraway，butitwastooheavy。Thebestshecoulddowastokickitinamongthethickestbushes。ThenshemadesignstoPuzzletofollowherandtheybothjoinedtheothers．

TheApewasspeakingagain．

“Andafterahorridthinglikethat，Aslan-Tashlan-isangrierthanever。Hesayshe’sbeenagreatdealtoogoodtoyou，comingouteverynighttobelookedat，see!Well，he’snotcomingoutanymore。”

HowlsandmewingsandsquealsandgruntsweretheAnimals’answertothis，butsuddenlyaquitedifferentvoicebrokeinwithaloudlaugh．

“Harkwhatthemonkeysays，”itshouted。“Weknowwhyheisn’tgoingtobringhispreciousAslanout。I’lltellyouwhy：becausehehasn’tgothim。Heneverhadanythingexceptanolddonkeywithalion-skinonitsback。Nowhe’slostthatandhedoesn’tknowwhattodo。”

TiriancouldnotseethefacesontheothersideofthefireverywellbutheguessedthiswasGriffletheChiefDwarf。Andhewasquitecertainofitwhen，asecondlater，alltheDwarfs’voicesjoinedin，singing：“Don’tknowwhattodo!Don’tknowwhattodo!Don’tknowwhattodo-o-o!”

“Silence!”thunderedRishdaTarkaan。“Silence，childrenofmud!Listentome，youotherNarnians，lestIgivecommandtomywarriorstofalluponyouwiththeedgeofthesword。TheLordShifthasalreadytoldyouofthatwickedAss。Doyouthink，becauseofhimthatthereisnorealTashlaninthestable!Doyou？Beware，beware。”

“No，no，”shoutedmostofthecrowd。ButtheDwarfssaid，“That’sright，Darkie，you’vegotit。Comeon，Monkey，showuswhat’sinthestable，seeingisbelieving。”

Whennexttherewasamoment’squiettheApesaid：“YouDwarfsthinkyou’reveryclever，don’tyou？Butnotsofast。Ineversaidyoucouldn’tseeTashlan。Anyonewholikescanseehim。”

Thewholeassemblybecamesilent。Then，afternearlyaminute，theBearbeganinaslow，puzzledvoice：

“Idon’tquiteunderstandallthis，”itgrumbled，“Ithoughtyousaid-”

“Youthought!”repeatedtheApe。“Asifanyonecouldcallwhatgoesoninyourheadthinking。Listen，youothers。AnyonecanseeTashlan。Buthe’snotcomingout。Youhavetogoinandseehim。”

“Oh，thankyou，thankyou，thankyou，”saiddozensofvoices。“That’swhatwewanted!Wecangoinandseehimfacetoface。Andnowhe’llbekindanditwillallbeasitusedtobe。”AndtheBirdschattered，andtheDogsbarkedexcitedly。Thensuddenly，therewasagreatstirringandanoiseofcreaturesrisingtotheirfeet，andinasecondthewholelotofthemwouldhavebeenrushingforwardandtryingtocrowdintothestabledooralltogether。ButtheApeshouted：

“Getback!Quiet!Notsofast。”

TheBeastsstopped，manyofthemwithonepawintheairmanywithtailswagging，andallofthemwithheadsononeside．

“Ithoughtyousaid，”begantheBear，butShiftinterrupted．

“Anyonecangoin，”hesaid。“But，oneatatime。Who’llgofirst？Hedidn’tsayhewasfeelingverykind。He’sbeenlickinghislipsalotsinceheswallowedupthewickedKingtheothernight。He’sbeengrowlingagooddealthismorning。Iwouldn’tmuchliketogointothatstablemyselftonight。Butjustasyouplease。Who’dliketogoinfirst？Don’tblamemeifheswallowsyouwholeorblastsyouintoacinderwiththemereterrorofhiseyes。That’syouraffair。Nowthen!Who’sfirst？WhataboutoneofyouDwarfs？”

“Dilly，dilly，comeandbekilled!”sneeredGriffle。“Howdoweknowwhatyou’vegotinthere？”

“Ho-ho!”criedtheApe。“Soyou’rebeginningtothinkthere’ssomethingthere，eh？Well，allyouBeastsweremakingnoiseenoughaminuteago。What’sstruckyoualldumb？Who’sgoinginfirst？”

ButtheBeastsallstoodlookingatoneanotherandbeganbackingawayfromthestable。Veryfewtailswerewaggingnow。TheApewaddledtoandfrojeeringatthem。“Ho-ho-ho!”hechuckled。“IthoughtyouwereallsoeagertoseeTashlanfacetoface!Changedyourmind，eh？”

TirianbenthisheadtohearsomethingthatJillwastryingtowhisperinhisear。“Whatdoyouthinkisreallyinsidethestable？”shesaid。“Whoknows？”saidTirian。“TwoCalormeneswithdrawnswords，aslikelyasnot，oneoneachsideofthedoor。”“Youdon’tthink，”saidJill，“itmightbe。。。youknow。。。thathorridthingwesaw？”“Tashhimself？”whisperedTirian。“There’snoknowing。Butcourage，child：weareallbetweenthepawsofthetrueAslan。”

Thenamostsurprisingthinghappened。GingertheCatsaidinacool，clearvoice，notatallasifhewasexcited，“I’llgoin，ifyoulike。”

EverycreatureturnedandfixeditseyesontheCat。“Marktheirsubtleties，Sire，”saidPoggintotheKing。“Thiscursedcatisintheplot，intheverycentreofit。Whateverisinthestablewillnothurthim，I’llbebound。ThenGingerwillcomeoutagainandsaythathehasseensomewonder。”

ButTirianhadnotimetoanswerhim。TheApewascallingtheCattocomeforward。“Ho-ho!”saidtheApe。“Soyou，apertPuss，wouldlookuponhimfacetoface。Comeon，then!I’llopenthedoorforyou。Don’tblamemeifhescaresthewhiskersoffyourface。That’syouraffair。”

AndtheCatgotupandcameoutofitsplaceinthecrowd，walkingprimlyanddaintily，withitstailintheair，notonehaironitssleekcoatoutofplace。ItcameontillithadpassedthefireandwassoclosethatTirian，fromwherehestoodwithhisshoulderagainsttheend-wallofthestable，couldlookrightintoitsface。Itsbiggreeneyesneverblinked。（“Coolasacucumber，”mutteredEustace。“Itknowsithasnothingtofear。”）TheApe，chucklingandmakingfaces，shuttledacrossbesidetheCat：putuphispaw：drewtheboltandopenedthedoor。TirianthoughthecouldheartheCatpurringasitwalkedintothedarkdoorway．

“Aii-aii-aouwee!-”Themosthorriblecaterwaulyoueverheardmadeeveryonejump。Youhavebeenwakenedyourselfbycatsquarrellingormakingloveontheroofinthemiddleofthenight：youknowthesound．

Thiswasworse。TheApewasknockedheadoverheelsbyGingercomingbackoutofthestableattopspeed。Ifyouhadnotknownhewasacat，youmighthavethoughthewasaginger-colouredstreakoflightning。Heshotacrosstheopengrass，backintothecrowd。Noonewantstomeetacatinthatstate。Youcouldseeanimalsgettingoutofhiswaytoleftandright。Hedashedupatree，whiskedaround，andhungheaddownwards。Histailwasbristledouttillitwasnearlyasthickashiswholebody：hiseyeswerelikesaucersofgreenfire：alonghisbackeverysinglehairstoodonend．

“I’dgivemybeard，”whisperedPoggin，“toknowwhetherthatbruteisonlyactingorwhetherithasreallyfoundsomethingintherethatfrightenedit!”

“Peace，friend，”saidTirian，fortheCaptainandtheApewerealsowhisperingandhewantedtohearwhattheysaid。Hedidnotsucceed，exceptthatheheardtheApeoncemorewhimpering“Myhead，myhead，”buthegottheideathatthosetwowerealmostaspuzzledbythecat’sbehaviourashimself．

“Now，Ginger，”saidtheCaptain。“Enoughofthatnoise。Tellthemwhatthouhastseen。”

“Aii-Aii-Aaow-Awah，”screamedtheCat．

“ArtthounotcalledaTalkingBeast？”saidtheCaptain。“Thenholdthydevilishnoiseandtalk。”

Whatfollowedwasratherhorrible。Tirianfeltquitecertain（andsodidtheothers）thattheCatwastryingtosaysomething：butnothingcameoutofhismouthexcepttheordinary，uglycat-noisesyoumighthearfromanyangryorfrightenedoldTominabackyardinEngland。AndthelongerhecaterwauledthelesslikeaTalkingBeasthelooked。UneasywhimperingsandlittlesharpsquealsbrokeoutfromamongtheotherAnimals．

“Look，look!”saidthevoiceoftheBear。“Itcan’ttalk。Ithasforgottenhowtotalk!Ithasgonebacktobeingadumbbeast。Lookatitsface。”Everyonesawthatitwastrue。AndthenthegreatestterrorofallfelluponthoseNarnians。Foreveryoneofthemhadbeentaught-whenonlyachickorapuppyoracub-howAslanatthebeginningoftheworldhadturnedthebeastsofNarniaintoTalkingBeastsandwarnedthemthatiftheyweren’tgoodtheymightonedaybeturnedbackagainandbelikethepoorwitlessanimalsonemeetsinothercountries。“Andnowitiscominguponus，”theymoaned．

“Mercy!Mercy!”wailedtheBeasts。“Spareus，LordShift，standbetweenusandAslan，youmustalwaysgoinandspeaktohimforus。Wedaren’t，wedaren’t。”

Gingerdisappearedfurtherupintothetree。Nooneeversawhimagain．

Tirianstoodwithhishandonhissword-hiltandhisheadbowed。Hewasdazedwiththehorrorsofthatnight。SometimeshethoughtitwouldbebesttodrawhisswordatonceandrushupontheCalormenes：thennextmomenthethoughtitwouldbebettertowaitandseewhatnewturnaffairsmighttake。Andnowanewturncame．

“MyFather，”cameaclear，ringingvoicefromtheleftofthecrowd。TirianknewatoncethatitwasoneoftheCalormenesspeaking，forinTheTisroc’sarmythecommonsoldierscalltheofficers“MyMaster”buttheofficerscalltheirseniorofficers“MyFather”。JillandEustacedidn’tknowthisbut，afterlookingthiswayandthat，theysawthespeaker，forofcoursepeopleatthesidesofthecrowdwereeasiertoseethanpeopleinthemiddlewheretheglareofthefiremadeallbeyonditlookratherblack。Hewasyoungandtallandslender，andevenratherbeautifulinthedark，haughty，Calormeneway．

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