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THE VOYAGE OF THE DAWN TREADER-第23章

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which sloped up to a rocky summit。 from the windy north beyond that summit  clouds came streaming rapidly。 they lowered the boat and loaded  her with any of the water casks which were now empty。

〃which stream shall we water at; drinian?〃 said caspian as he took his seat  in the stern…sheets of the boat。 〃there seem to be two ing down into the bay。”

〃it makes little odds; sire;〃 said drinian。 〃but i think its a shorter  pull to that on the starboard…the eastern one。”

〃here es the rain;〃 said lucy。

〃i should think it does!〃 said edmund; for it was already pelting hard。 〃i  say; lets go to the other stream。 there are trees there and well have some shelter。”

〃yes; lets;〃 said eustace。 〃no point in getting wetter than we need。”

but all the time drinian was steadily steering to the starboard; like  tiresome people in cars who continue at forty miles an hour while you are explaining to them  that they are on the wrong road。

〃theyre right; drinian;〃 said caspian。 〃why dont you bring her head round  and make for the western stream?”

〃as your majesty pleases;〃 said drinian a little shortly。 he had had an  anxious day with the weather yesterday; and he didnt like advice from landsmen。 but he  altered course; and it turned out afterwards that it was a good thing he did。

by the time they had finished watering; the rain was over and caspian; with  eustace; the pevensies; and reepicheep; decided to walk up to the top of the hill and  see what could be seen。 it was a stiffish climb through coarse grass and heather and they  saw neither man nor beast; except seagulls。 when they reached the top they saw that it was  a very small island; not more than twenty acres; and from this height the sea looked  larger and more desolate than it did from the deck; or even the fighting top; of the dawn  treader。

〃crazy; you know;〃 said eustace to lucy in a low voice; looking at the  eastern horizon。

〃sailing on and on into that with no idea what we may get to。〃 but he only  said it out of habit; not really nastily as he would have done at one time。

it was too cold to stay long on the ridge for the wind still blew freshly  from the north。

〃dont lets go back the same way;〃 said lucy as they turned; 〃lets go  along a bit and e down by the other stream; the one drinian wanted to go to。”

everyone agreed to this and after about fifteen minutes they were at the  source of the second river。 it was a more interesting place than they had expected; a  deep little mountain lake; surrounded by cliffs except for a narrow channel on the  seaward side out of which the water flowed。 here at last they were out of the wind; and all  sat down in the heather above the cliff for a rest。

all sat down; but one (it was edmund) jumped up again very quickly。

〃they go in for sharp stones on this island;〃 he said; groping about in the  heather。 〃where is the wretched thing? 。 。 。 ah; now ive got it 。 。 。 hullo! it wasnt a  stone at all; its a sword…hilt。 no; by jove; its a whole sword; what the rust has left of it。  it must have lain here for ages。”

〃narnian; too; by the look of it;〃 said caspian; as they all crowded round。

〃im sitting on something too;〃 said lucy。 〃something hard。〃 it turned out  to be the remains of a mail…shirt。 by this time everyone was on hands and knees;  feeling in the thick heather in every direction。 their search revealed; one by one; a  helmet; a dagger; and a few coins; not calormen crescents but genuine narnian 〃lions〃 and  〃trees〃 such as you might see any day in the market…place of beaversdam or beruna。

〃looks as if this might be all thats left of one of our seven lords;〃 said  edmund。

〃just what i was thinking;〃 said caspian。 〃i wonder which it was。 theres  nothing on the dagger to show。 and i wonder how he died。”

〃and how we are to avenge him;〃 added reepicheep。

edmund; the only one of the party who had read several detective stories;  had meanwhile been thinking。

〃look here;〃 he said; 〃theres something very fishy about this。 he cant  have been killed in a fight。”

〃why not?〃 asked caspian。

〃no bones;〃 said edmund。 〃an enemy might take the armour and leave the  body。 but who ever heard of a chap whod won a fight carrying away the body and  leaving the armour?”

〃perhaps he was killed by a wild animal;〃 lucy suggested。

〃itd be a clever animal;〃 said edmund; 〃that would take a mans mail shirt  off。”

〃perhaps a dragon?〃 said caspian。

〃nothing doing;〃 said eustace。 〃a dragon couldnt do it。 i ought to know。”

〃well; lets get away from the place; anyway;〃 said lucy。 she had not felt  like sitting down again since edmund had raised the question of bones。

〃if you like;〃 said caspian; getting up。 〃i dont think any of this stuff  is worth taking away。”

they came down and round to the little opening where the stream came out of  the lake; and stood looking at the deep water within the circle of cliffs。 if it had  been a hot day; no doubt some would have been tempted to bathe and everyone would have had a  drink。

indeed; even as it was; eustace was on the very point of stooping down and  scooping up some water in his hands when reepicheep and lucy both at the same moment  cried; 〃look;〃 so he forgot about his drink and looked。

the bottom of the pool was made of large greyish…blue stones and the water  was perfectly clear; and on the bottom lay a life…size figure of a man; made  apparently of gold。 it lay face downwards with its arms stretched out above its head。 and  it so happened that as they looked at it; the clouds parted and the sun shone  out。 the golden shape was lit up from end to end。 lucy thought it was the most beautiful  statue she had ever seen。

〃well!〃 whistled caspian。 〃that was worth ing to see! i wonder; can we  get it out?”

〃we can dive for it; sire;〃 said reepicheep。

〃no good at all;〃 said edmund。 〃at least; if its really gold … solid gold  … itll be far too heavy to bring up。 and that pools twelve or fifteen feet deep if its an  inch。 half a moment; though。 its a good thing ive brought a hunting spear with me。  lets see what the depth is like。 hold on to my hand; caspian; while i lean out over the  water a bit。”

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