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THE VOYAGE OF THE DAWN TREADER-第46章

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〃your majesty promised;〃 said reepicheep; 〃to be good lord to the talking  beasts of narnia。”

〃talking beasts; yes;〃 said caspian。 〃i said nothing about beasts that  never stop talking。”

and he flung down the ladder in a temper and went into the cabin; slamming  the door。

but when the others rejoined him a little later they found him changed; he  was white and there were tears in his eyes。

〃its no good;〃 he said。 〃i might as well have behaved decently for all the  good i did with my temper and swagger。 aslan has spoken to me。 no … i dont mean he was  actually here。

he wouldnt fit into the cabin; for one thing。 but that gold lions head on  the wall came to life and spoke to me。 it was terrible his eyes。 not that he was at all  rough with me … only a bit stern at first。 but it was terrible all the same。 and he said … he said  … oh; i cant bear it。

the worst thing he could have said。 youre to go on … reep and edmund; and  lucy; and eustace; and im to go back。 alone。 and at once。 and what is the good of  anything?”

〃caspian; dear;〃 said lucy。 〃you knew wed have to go back to our own world  sooner or later。”

〃yes;〃 said caspian with a sob; 〃but this is sooner。”

〃youll feel better when you get back to ramandus island;〃 said lucy。

he cheered up a little later on; but it was a grievous parting oo both  sides and i will not dwell on it。 about two oclock in the afternoon; well victualled and  watered (though they thought they would need neither food nor drink) and with reepicheeps  coracle on board; the boat pulled away from the dawn treader to row through the endless  carpet of lilies。

the dawn trader flew all her flags and hung out her shields to honour their  departure。

tall and big and homelike she looked from their low position with the  lilies all round them。 and before she was out of sight they saw her turn and begin rowing  slowly westward。 yet though lucy shed a few tears; she could not feel it as much  as you might have expected。 the light; the silence; the tingling smell of the silver  sea; even (in some odd way) the loneliness itself; were too exciting。

there was no need to row; for the current drifted them steadily to the  east。 none of them slept or ate。 all that night and all next day they glided eastward; and  when the third day dawned … with a brightness you or i could not bear even if we had dark  glasses on … they saw a wonder ahead。 it was as if a wall stood up between them and the sky;  a greenish…grey; trembling; shimmering wall。 then up came the sun; and at its first  rising they saw it through the wall and it turned into wonderful rainbow colours。 then they  knew that the wall was really a long; tall wave … a wave endlessly fixed in one place as  you may often see at the edge of a waterfall。 it seemed to be about thirty feet high; and  the current was gliding them swiftly towards it。 you might have supposed they would have  thought of their danger。 they didnt。 i dont think anyone could have in their  position。 for now they saw something not only behind the wave but behind the sun。 they could not  have seen even the sun if their eyes had not been strengthened by the water of the  last sea。 but now they could look at the rising sun and see it clearly and see things  beyond it。 what they saw … eastward; beyond the sun … was a range of mountains。 it was so  high that either  

they never saw the top of it or they forgot it。 none of them remembers  seeing any sky in that direction。 and the mountains must really have been outside the world。  for any mountains even a quarter of a twentieth of that height ought to have had  ice and snow on them。 but these were warm and green and full; of forests and waterfalls  however high you looked。 and suddenly there came a breeze from the east; tossing the top  of the wave into foamy shapes and ruffling the smooth water all round them。 it lasted  only a second or so but what it brought them in that second none of those three children  will ever forget。

it brought both a smell and a sound; a musical sound edmund and eustace  would never talk about it afterwards。 lucy could only say; 〃it would break your heart。〃  〃why;〃 said i; 〃was it so sad: 〃 〃sad!! no;〃 said lucy。

no one in that boat doubted chat they were seeing beyond the end of the  world into aslans country。

at that moment; with a crunch; the boat ran aground。 the water was too  shallow now for it。 〃this;〃 said reepicheep; 〃is where i go on alone。”

they did not even try to stop dim; for everything now felt as if it had  been fated or had happened before。 they helped him to lower his little coracle。 then he took  off his sword (〃i shall need it no more;〃 he said) and flung it far away across the idled  sea。 where it fell it stood upright with the hilt above the surface。 then he bade them goodbye  trying to be sad for their sakes but he was quivering with happiness。 lucy; for the  first and last time; did what she had always wanted to do; taking him in her arms and caressing  him。 then hastily he got into his coracle and took his paddle; and the current caught  it and away he went; very black against the lilies。 but no lilies grew on the wave; it was  a smooth green slope。 the coracle went more and more quickly; and beautifully it rushed up  the waves side。 for one split second they saw its shape and reepicheeps on the very  top。 then it vanished; and since that moment no one can truly claim to have seen  reepicheep the mouse。 but my belief is that he came safe to aslans country and is alive  there to this day。

as the sun rose the sight of those mountains outside the world faded away。  the wave remained but there was only blue sky behind it。

the children got out of the boat and waded … not towards the wave but  southward with the wall of water on their left。 they could not have told you why they did  this; it was their fate。 and though they had felt … and been very grown…up on the dawn  treader; they now felt just the opposite and held hands as they waded through the lilies。  they never felt tired。 the water was warm and all the time it got shallower。 at last they  were on dry sand; and then on grass … a huge plain of very fine short grass; almost  level with the
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