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CHAPTER SEVEN MAINLY ABOUT DWARFS(第1页)

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CHAPTERSEVENMAINLYABOUTDWARFS

&woeheheadofthetheytookfreatlordages,cametoahaltaheirspearsinsalute。

“OMyMaster,”saidohem,“weleadthesemanikinstoentoworkiheTisroc,may-he-live-forever。”

“BythegreatgodTash,theyareveryobedient,”saidTirian。Theurhemselves。Aboutoneinsixofthemcarriedatordbythatfliglighthecouldseetheirbeardedfacesalllookingathimwithgrimanddoggedexpressions。“HasTheTisrocfoughtagreatbattle,Dwarfs,andqueredyourland?”heasked,“thatthusyougopatientlytodieisofPugrahan?”

&wlaredathimiheDwarfsallanswered,“Aslan'sorders,Aslan'sorders。He'ssoldus。Whatwedoagainsthim?”

“Tisrodeed!”addedo。“I'dliketoseehimtryit!”

“Silence,dogs!”saidthechiefsoldier。

“Look!”saidTirian,pullingPuzzleforwardi。“Ithasallbeenalie。AslanhasoNarniaatall。YouhavebeeheApe。Thisisthethioutofthestabletoshowyou。Lookatit。”

WhattheDthattheycouldseeitclose,waslyenoughtomakethemwoheyhadeverbeehelion-skinhadgotprettyuntidyalreadyduringPuzzle'simprisohestableandithadbeenknockedcrhisjhthedarkwood。Mostofitonohehead,besidesbeingpushedsideways,hadsomehowgotveryfarbacksothatanyoneowseehissilly,gentle,donkeyishfagoutofit。Somegrassstuckoutofoneouth,forhe'dbeendoingalittlequietnibblihimaloering,“Itwasn'tmyfault,I'mnotclever。IneversaidI>

ForonesedalltheDwarfsuzzlewithwideopenmouthsandthehesoldierssaidsharply,“Areyoumad,MyMaster?Whatareyoudoingtotheslaves?”ahersaid,“Andwhoareyou?”heirspearswasatthesalutenonandreadyfora。

&hepassword,”saidthechiefsoldier。

“Thisismypassword,”saidtheKingashedrewhissword。“Thelightisdawning,theliebroken。Nowguardthee,misTirianofNarnia。”

Heflewuponthechiefshtace,whohaddraheheKingdrawhis,rushedattheotherone:hisfaceale,butIwouldn'tblamehimforthat。Aheluckthatbegiimesdohave。HefotallthatTiriaeachhimthatafternoon,slashedwildly(indeedI'mnotsurehiseyesweren'tshut)andsuddenlyfound,tohisorise,thattheehisfeet。Andthoughthatwasagreatrelief,itwas,atthemomeening。TheKing'sfightlastedaseder:theoohadkilledhismanaace,“'Waretheothertwo。”

ButtheDwarfshadsettledthetweherewas。

&ruck,Eustace!”criedTirian,ghimonthebaow,Dwarfs,youarefree。TomorrowIwillleadyoutofreeallNarnia。ThreecheersforAslan!”

Buttheresultwhichfollolywretched。TherewasafeebleattemptfromafewDwarfs(aboutfive)whichdiedawayallatonseveralothersthereweresulkygrowls。Manysaidnothingatall。

“Don'ttheyuand?”saidJillimpatiently。“What&#withallyouDwarfs?Don'tyouhearwhattheKingsays?It'sallover。TheApeisn'tgoingtoruleNarniaanylonger。Everyonegobacktoordinarylife。Youhavefunagaiyouglad?”

Afterapauseofnearlyami-very-nigDwarfwithhairandbeardasblackassootsaid:“Andwhomightyoube,Missie?”

“I'mJill,”shesaid。“ThesameJillwhoresgRiliamentandthisisEustacewhodidittoo—andwe'veebaanotherworldafterhundredsofyears。Aslaus。”

TheDwarfsalllookedatohgrins;sneeringgrins,notmerryones。

“Well,”saidtheBlackDwarf(whosenamewasGriffle),“Idon'tknowhowallyouchapsfeel,butIfeelI'veheardasmuchaboutAslanasIwanttofortherestofmylife。”

“That&#ht,that&#rowledtheotherDwarfs。“It'sallaplant,allabloomingplant。”

“Whatdoyoumean?”saidTiriabeenpalewhenhewasfightingbuthealehoughtthiswasgoiifulmoment,butitwasturningoutmorelikeabaddream。

“Youmustthinkwe'rebloomingsoftiyoumust,”saidGriffle。“We'vebeentakeninonowyouexpectustobetakeninagaie。We'venomoreuseforstoriesaboutAslahim!Ahlongears!”

“Byheaven,youmakememad,”saidTirian。“WhichofussaidthatwasAslan?ThatistheApe'simitationoftherealAslan。'tyouuand?”

“Andyou'vegotabetterimitation,Isuppose!”saidGriffle。“Nothanks。We'vebeenfooledondwe&#oingtobefooledagain。”

“Ihavenot,”saidTirianangrily,“IservetherealAslan。”

“Where'she?Who'she?Showhimtous!”saidseveralD>

“DoyouthinkIkeephimi,fools?”saidTirian。“WhoamIthatIakeAslamybidding?He'snotatamelion。”

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