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The Last Battle-第16章

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s cheek with his soft nose。 they did not try to fort  one another with words。 it wasnt very easy to think of anything to say that would be  forting。 tirian had never dreamed that one of the results of an apes setting up as a false  aslan would be  

to stop people from believing in the real one。 he had felt quite sure that  the dwarfs would rally to his side the moment he showed them how they had been deceived。 and  then next night he would have led them to stable hill and shown puzzle to all the  creatures and everyone would have turned against the ape and; perhaps after a scuffle  with the calormenes; the whole thing would have been over。 but now; it seemed; he  could count on nothing。 how many other narnians might turn the same way as the dwarfs?

〃somebodys ing after us; i think;〃 said puzzle suddenly。

they stopped and listened。 sure enough; there was a thump…thump of small  feet behind them。

〃who goes there!〃 shouted the king。

〃only me; sire;〃 came a voice。 〃me; poggin the dwarf。 ive only just  managed to get away from the others。 im on your side; sire: and on aslans。 if you can  put a dwarfish sword in my fist; id gladly strike a blow on the right side before alls  done。”

everyone crowded round him and weled him and praised him and slapped him  on the back。 of course one single dwarf could not make a very great difference;  but it was somehow very cheering to have even one。 the whole party brightened up。 but  jill and eustace didnt stay bright for very long; for they were now yawning their  heads off and too tired to think about anything but bed。

it was at the coldest hour of the night; just before dawn; that they got  back to the tower。

if there had been a meal ready for them they would have been glad enough to  eat; but the bother and delay of getting one was not to be thought of。 they drank from a  stream; splashed their faces with water; and tumbled into their bunks; except for  puzzle and jewel who said theyd be more fortable outside。 this perhaps was just as well;  for a unicorn and a fat; full…grown donkey indoors always make a room feel rather  crowded。

narnian dwarfs; though less than four feet high; are for their size about  the toughest and strongest creatures there are; so that poggin; in spite of a heavy day and  a late night; woke fully refreshed before any of the others。 he at once took jills bow; went  out and shot a couple of wood pigeons。 then he sat plucking them on the doorstep and  chatting to jewel and puzzle。 puzzle looked and felt a good deal better this morning。 jewel;  being a unicorn and therefore one of the noblest and delicatest of beasts; had been  very kind to him; talking to him about things of the sort they could both understand  like grass and sugar and the care of ones hoofs。 when jill and eustace came out of the  tower yawning and rubbing their eyes at almost half past ten; the dwarf showed them where  they could gather plenty of a narnian weed called wild fresney; which looks rather  like our wood…sorrel but tastes a good deal nicer when cooked。 (it needs a little butter  and pepper to make it perfect; but they hadnt got these。) so that what with one thing  and another; they had the makings of a capital stew for their breakfast or dinner; whichever  you choose to call it。 tirian went a little further off into the wood with an axe and  brought back some branches for fuel。 while the meal was cooking … which seemed a very long  time;  

especially as it smelled nicer and nicer the nearer it came to being done …  the king found a plete dwarfish outfit for poggin: mail shirt; helmet; shield; sword;  belt; and dagger。

then he inspected eustaces sword and found that eustace had put it back in  the sheath all messy from killing the calormene。 he was scolded for that and made to  clean and polish it。

all this while jill went to and fro; sometimes stirring the pot and  sometimes looking out enviously at the donkey and the unicorn who were contentedly grazing。 how  many times that morning she wished she could eat grass!

but when the meal came everyone felt it had been worth waiting for; and  there were second helpings all round。 when everyone had eaten as much as he could; the  three humans and the dwarf came and sat on the doorstep; the four…footed ones lay  down facing them; the dwarf (with permission both from jill and from tirian) lit  his pipe; and the king said:  〃now; friend poggin; you have more news of the enemy; belike; than we。 tell  us all you know。 and first; what tale do they tell of my escape?”

〃as cunning a tale; sire; as ever was devised;〃 said poggin。 〃it was the  cat; ginger; who told it; and most likely made it up too。 this ginger; sire … oh; hes a  slyboots if ever a cat was … said he was walking past the tree to which those villains bound your  majesty。 and he said (saving your reverence) that you were howling and swearing and  cursing aslan: ‘language i wouldnt like to repeat were the words he used; looking ever  so prim and proper you know the way a cat can when it pleases。 and then; says ginger;  aslan himself suddenly appeared in a flash of lightning and swallowed your  majesty up at one mouthful。 all the beasts trembled at this story and some fainted right  away。 and of course the ape followed it up。 there; he says; see what aslan does to those  who dont respect him。 let that be a warning to you all。 and the poor creatures  wailed and whined and said; it will; it will。 so that in the upshot your majestys escape has  not set them thinking whether you still have loyal friends to aid you; but only made  them more afraid and more obedient to the ape。”

〃what devilish policy!〃 said tirian。 〃this ginger; then; is close in the  apes counsels。”

〃its more a question by now; sire; if the ape is in his counsels;〃 replied  the dwarf。 〃the ape has taken to drinking; you see。 my belief is that the plot is now  mostly carried on by ginger or rishda … thats the calormene captain。 and i think some words  that ginger has scattered among the dwarfs are chiefly to blame for the scurvy return they  made you。

and ill tell you why。 one of those dreadful midnight meetings had just  broken up the night before last and id gone a bit of the way 
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