CHAPTER TEN THE RETURN OF THE LION（第1页）

CHAPTERTEHELION

Tokeepalohegewashadlooked。Beforetheyhadgonemanyyardstheyweretedwithyrowinge，aheyhadtriedththese，stoopingandpushingforaboutteheyrealizedthat，iwouldtakethemanhourtodohalfamile。Sotheycamebadoutagaiogoroundthefirwood。Thistookthemmuchfartherthtthaedtogo，faroutofsightofthedoutofsouilltheybegaheyhadlostitaltogether。ime，butitwasgettipartoftheday。

&heywereableatlasttogobacktotheedgee（nearlyamilebelowthepointfromwhichtheyhadstarted）theyfoundthetheirsideofitagooddeallowerandmorebroken。Soontheyfoundawaydowninteanduedthejourheriver'sedge。Butfirsttheyhadarestandalongdrialkingabreakfast，oreveh。

TheymayhavebeeicktotheRushinsteadofgoingalokeptthemsureoftheirdiredeversihefirwoodtheyhadallbeenafraidofbeioofaroutoftheirdlosihewood。Itwasanolda，andyouotkeepanythiraightit。Patchesofhopelessbrambles，fallentrees，boggypladdehwouldbealwaysgettinginyourway。ButthegeoftheRushwasnotatallaravelliher。Imean，itlaceforpeopleinahurry。Foranafternoon'srambleendinginapiicteaitwouldhavebeeful。Ithadeverythingyoutonanoofthatswaterfalls，silvercascades，deep，amber-ossyroddeepmossonthebanksinwhichyoukoveryourankles，everykindoffern，jewel-likedragoimesahawkoverheadaerandTrumpkin。boththought）aofcoursewhattheandtheDwarfwaoseeassoonaspossiblewastheGreatRiverbelowthem，andBeruna，aoAslan'sHow。

Astheywentantofallmoreaeeply。Theirjourneybeoreofadlessandlessofalaadangerousclimboverslipperyrockintodarkdtheriverrrilyatthebottom。

Youmaybesuretheywatchedthetheirlefteagerlyfnofabreakoraheybthem;butthosecliffsremaiwasmaddening，becauseeveryoifoheywereouteonthatside，theywouldhaveonlyasmoothslopeandafairlyshortian'sheadquarters。

TheboysandtheDinfavhtingafireandgtheirbear-meat。Susandidn'twantthis;sheonlywanted，asshesaid，“togetonandfinishitaofthesebeastlywoods”。Lucywasfartootiredaohaveanyopinionaboutanything。Butastherewasnodrywoodtobehad，itmatteredverylittlewhata。Theboysbegantowonderifrawmeatwasreallyasnastyastheyhadalwaysbeentold。Trumpki

Ofcourse，ifthehadattemptedajourhisafewdaysagoiheywouldhavebeehinkIhaveexplainedbeforehowNarniawasalteringthem。EvenLucywasbynow，sotospeak，ohirdofalittlegirlgoingtschoolforthefirsttime，andtwo-thirdsofQueenLuia。

“Atlast!”saidSusan。

“Oh，hurray!”saidPeter。

TherivergehadjustmadeabendandthewholeviewspreadoutbeheycouldseeopentrystrettothehorizoahebroadsilverribboRiver。TheycouldseethespeciallybroadandshallowplacewhitheFordsofBerunabutannedbyalong，many-archedbridge。Therewasalittletownatthefarendofit。

“ByJove，”saidEdmuheBattleofBerunajustwherethattownis!”

Thischeeredtheboysmorethananything。You'thelpfeelingstrongerwhenyoulookataplacewhereyouwonagloriousvientionakingdom，hundredso。PeterandEdmundweresoonsobusytalkingaboutthebattlethattheyfottheirsorefeetandtheheavydragoftheirmailshirtsontheirshoulders。TheDwarfwasioo。

Theywereallgettingonataquickerpaow。Thegoingbecameeasier。Thoughtherewerestillsheertheirleft，thegroundwasbeiheirright。Soonitwasneatall，onlyavalley。Therewereerfallsaheywereinfairlythick>

&once—whizz，andasouhestrokeofawoodpecker。Thewerestillwwhere（agesago）theyhadheardasoundjustlikethatandwhytheydislikeditso，whenTrumpkinshouted，“Down'，atthesamemLucy（eohim）flatdownintothebra。Peter，whohadbeenlookinguptoseeifhecouldspotasquirrel，hadseenwhatitwas—alongcruelarrowhadsunkirunkjustabovehishead。AshepulledSusandoedhimself，anothercameraspingoverhisshoulderandstruckthegroundathisside。

“Quick!Quick!Getback!Crawl!”parumpkin。

&urnedandhill，uhebraamidcloudsofhorriblybuzzingflies。Arrowswhizzedrouru'shelmetingaheycrawledquicker。Souredoffthem。Theoopingnearlydouble。Theboysheldtheirswordsintheirhaheywouldtripthemup。

Itwasheart-breakinghillagain，backroundtheyhadalreadytravelled。Wheheyreally'truosavetheirlives，theyalldroppeddowninthedampmossbesideawaterfallandbehindabigb。Theyweresurprisedtoseehowhightheyhadalreadygot。

&elyandheardnosoundofpursuit。

“Sothat'sallright，”saidTrumpkin，drabreath。“They'rehewood。Ories，Iexpect。ButitmeansthatMirazhasanoutpostdowlesahough，itwasahing。”

“Ioughttohavemyheadsmackedfusthiswayatall，”saidPeter。

“Orary，yourMajesty，”saidtheDwarf。“Forowasn'tyou，itwasyourroyalbrEdmund，whestedgoingbyGlass>

“I'mafraidtheD。L。F。&#ht，”saidEdmund，whohadquiteholyfottehingsbegang。

“Andforairumpkin，“ifwe'dgonemyway，we'dhavewalkedstraightintothat，mostlikely;oratleasthadjustthesametroubleavoidingit。IthinkthisGlasswaterroutehasturforthebest。”

“Ablessingindisguise，”saidSusan。

“Somedisguise!”saidEdmund。

“Isupposewe'llhavethtupthegainnow，”saidLucy。

“Lu，you'reahero，”saidPeter。“That'stheyou'vegottodaytosayingItoldyouso。Let'sgeton。”

“Andassoonaswe'rewellupi，”saidTrumpkin，“whateveranyonesays，I'mgoingtolightafireandcooksupper。Butwemustgetwellawayfromhere。”

Thereisodescribehowtheytoiledbackupthege。Itrettyhardwork，butoddlyenougheveryomorecheerful。Theyweregettingtheirsed;andthewordsupperhadhadawo。