CHAPTER THREE THE DWARF（第2页）
&away，”saidEdmund。“Tothemainland。”
“Iwasn'tshootingtokill，youknow，”saidSusan。Shewouldnothavelikedahinksheissatsuchashe。
“Hm，”saidtheDwarf。“That'snotsogood。Thatmaymeaeroheyhuesfortheiro>
“Whatweretheygoingtodrownyoufor?”askedPeter。
“Oh，I'madangerousal，Iam，”saidtheDwarfcheerfully。“Butthat'salongstory。Meantime，Iwaswifperhapsytoaskmetobreakfast?You'veagivesone，beied。”
“There'sonlyapples，”saidLucydolefully。
&hannothing，butnotsogoodasfreshfish，”saidtheDwarf。“ItlooksasifI'llhavetoaskyoutobreakfastinstead。Isawsomefishiboat。Andaakeherrouhersideoftheisland。Wedon'twahemainlandingdownandseeingher。”
“Ioughttohavethoughtofthatmyself，”saidPeter。
ThefourandtheDer'sedge，pushedofftheboatwithsomediffidscrambledaboard。TheDwarfatoe。Theoarswereofcoursetoobigforhimtouse，soPeterrowedaeeredthemnthedpresewardrouheisland。Fromherethechtuptheriver，andallthebaysandheadlabeyotheycsofit，butthewoods，whichhadgrowime，madeeverythinglookverydifferent。
&heyhaderoundintoopeheeastoftheislaooktofishing。Theyhadachofpavenders，abeautifulrainbow-coloredfishwhichtheyallrememberedeatinginCairParavelintheolddays。Whentheyhadoughtheyraupintoalittledmooredhertoatree。TheDasamostcapableperson（ahoughosbadDwarfs，IneverheardofaDasafool），cutthefishopehem，andsaid:“Noaissomefirewood。”
“We'vegotsomeupatthecastle，”saidEdmund。
TheDwarfgavealowwhistle。“Beardsaeads!”hesaid。“Sotherereallyisacastle，afterall?”
“It'sonlyaruin，”saidLucy。
&aredroundatallfourofthemwithaverycuriousexpressiononhisfadwhooh—?”hebegan，butthenbrokeoffandsaid，“Nomatter。Breakfastfirst。Butohingbefoon。youlayyourhandosandtellmeI'mreallyalive?AreyousureIwasn'tdrownedandwe'renotallghoststogether?”
&heyhadallreassuredhim，theionwashowtocarrythefish。TheyhadnothingtthemonandheyhadtouseEdmund'shatintheendbeooneelsehadahat。Hewouldhavemademuchmorefussaboutthisifhehadnotbynowbeensoravenouslyhungry。
AtfirsttheDwarfdidnotseemveryfortableile。Hekeptlookingroundandsniffingandsaying，“H'm。Looksabitspookyafterall。Smellslikeghosts，too。”Buthecheeredupwheingthefireandshowioroastthefreshpaveheembers。Eatinghotfishwithnoforks，a-kweenfivepeople，isamessybusiherewereseveralburntfihemealwase，asitwasnownineo'dtheyhadbeenupsinobodymiheburnssomuighthaveexpeeveryonehadfihadrinkfromtheleorso，theDroducedapipeaboutthesizeofhisownarm，filledit，litit，blewagreatclrantsmoke，andsaid，“Now。”
“Youtellusyourstoryfirst，”saidPeter。“Andthenwe'lltellyouours。”
“Well，”saidtheDwarf，“asyou'vesavedmylifeitisonlyfairyoushouldhaveyourownway。ButIhardlykobegin。FirstofallI'mamessengerofKing's。”
“Who'she?”askedfourvoicesallatonce。
“theTenth，KingofNarnia，andlongmayhereigheDwarf。“Thatistosay，heoughttobeKingofNarniaandwehopeheresentheisonlyKingofusOldNarnians—”
“WhatdoyoumeanbyoldNarnians，please?”askedLucy。
“Why，that'sus，”saidtheDwarf。“We'reakindofrebellion，Isuppose。”
“Isee，”saidPeter。“AndisthechiefOldNarnian。”
“Well，inamannerofspeaking，”saidtheDwarf，sghishead。“Buthe'sreallyaNewNarelmarine，ifyoufollowme。”
“Idon't，”saidEdmund。
“It'sworsethantheWarsoftheRoses，”saidLucy。
“Ohdear，”saidtheDwarf。“I'mdoingthisverybadly。Lookhere:IthinkI'llhavethtbacktothebeginningandtellyouhoinhisuncle'sdhowheestobeoall。Butit'llbealongstory。”
“Allthebetter，”saidLucy。“Welovestories。”
SotheDwarfsettleddownandtoldhistale。Ishalloyouinhiswords，puttinginallthe'squestionsaiowouldtaketoolongandbeg，awouldleaveoutsomepointsthattheoer。Butthegistofthestory，astheykheend，wasasfollows。