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纳尼亚传奇6:银椅|Silver chair

第四章 猫头鹰会议|CHAPTER FOUR: A PARLIAMENT OF OWLS

属类： 双语小说 【分类】魔幻小说 -[作者: 路易斯] 阅读：[6244]
是英国作家C.S.路易斯创作的《纳尼亚传奇》系列奇幻儿童文学小说第六部（按照写作顺序是第四部）。按照故事发展顺序，该册为“纳尼亚传奇”系列第六部，讲述了主人公尤斯塔斯和波尔在寄宿学校被一群坏学生追赶，意外闯入纳尼亚。两个少年接受狮王阿斯兰的重托，寻找凯斯宾国王失踪的独子——瑞廉王子。在忠实的伙伴沼泽怪的帮助下，他们经过重重考验，终于在地下王国找到王子。王子劈毁银椅，斩杀了地下女王，重回纳尼亚。
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说来有趣，你越困，准备上床的时间就越长，特别是如果你足够幸运房间里面有一个壁炉的话。吉尔觉得她如果不先在壁炉前坐一会儿，就根本没有办法脱衣服。但坐下去之后，她就再也不想起来了。她已经对自己说了五次“我必须上床睡觉了”，这时传来轻拍窗户的声音，让她吃了一惊。

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她站起来，拉开窗帘，一开始只看到一片黑暗。然后，她跳了起来，向后退，因为有个庞然大物冲到窗户上，撞响了玻璃。一个非常不愉快的念头出现在了她的脑中：“这应该是这个国家的大蛾子吧！呃！”但这时，那个东西又回来了，而这一次，她差不多可以肯定她看到了一个鸟喙，是那个鸟喙敲响了窗户。“这是一种巨鸟。”吉尔想，“是一只老鹰吗？”她可不怎么期待一只老鹰过来拜访，不过，她打开窗户，向外望去。伴随着一阵巨大的扑拍翅膀的声音，那个东西落在了窗台上，站在那里，占满了整个窗户，所以，吉尔不得不又向后退了一步，给它腾出地方。来访的是猫头鹰。

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“嘘嘘！嘟——呜，嘟——呜！”猫头鹰说，“不要出声。你们两个真的渴望去做你们要做的事情吗？”

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“关于失踪的王子，你是说？”吉尔说，“是的，我们渴望。”现在，她想起了狮子的声音和脸孔，在大厅里享受盛宴和听故事的时候，她几乎把那些都忘光了。

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“很好。”猫头鹰说，“那没有时间可浪费了。你们必须立刻离开这里。我去唤醒另外那个人。然后我会回来找你。你最好换下那些宫廷服装，穿上一些可以旅行的衣服。我一转眼就会回来。嘟——呜！”吉尔还没来得及回答，他就飞走了。

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如果吉尔过去经常冒险的话，她可能会质疑猫头鹰的话，不过她没有这样的经历，一想到午夜出逃，她就兴奋不已，完全没有了睡意。她重新换上了自己的运动衫和短裤，短裤的腰带上有一把多功能小刀，她觉得可能会用得到——然后又带上了一些那个长着柳条似的头发的女孩给她留在房间里的东西。她挑了一件短斗篷，这件斗篷到膝盖长，连着一个兜帽（“要是下雨，正好用得着”，她想），她还拿了几块手帕和一把梳子。然后，她坐下来静静等着。

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她又开始困了的时候猫头鹰才回来。

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“我们准备好了。”猫头鹰说。

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“你最好带路。”吉尔说，“我还不熟悉这些走廊。”

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“嘟——呜！”猫头鹰说，“我们不是要穿过城堡，那样行不通。你骑到我身上来，我们飞过去。”

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“噢！”吉尔张大嘴巴，一动不动，她不太喜欢这个主意，“对你来说，我会不会太重了点儿？”

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“嘟——呜！嘟——呜！别傻了。我已经驮过另一个了。好啦，不过我们得先把灯熄灭。”

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灯熄灭之后，透过窗户看到的夜色就显得没有那么黑了——不再是黑漆漆的，而是灰蒙蒙的了。猫头鹰站在窗台上，背朝着房间，举起了翅膀。吉尔不得不爬上他短短的胖身子，把膝盖伸到翅膀下面，紧紧夹住。他的羽毛温暖又柔软，但没有可以抓的地方。“我真好奇斯克罗布喜不喜欢他的骑行经历！”吉尔想。她还在这么想时，他们已经猛地一冲，离开了窗台，那双翅膀掀起了一阵风，吹在她的耳朵边，夜晚的空气凉爽而潮湿，轻拂着她的脸颊。

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外面比她预想的要亮很多，尽管是阴天，但一抹水汪汪的银色，表明月亮藏在云层后面。下面的田野看上去是灰蒙蒙的，树木都是黑漆漆的。有一些风——是一种刷刷刷哗哗哗的风，显示大雨将至。

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猫头鹰兜了一个圈子，城堡出现在他们的前方。只有很少的几扇窗户还亮着灯。他们从城堡上方飞过，飞向北方，飞过那条河，空气变得越来越冷，吉尔觉得她能够看到下方的水面上猫头鹰白色的倒影。但是很快，他们就飞到了河的北岸，飞到了森林地带的上方。

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猫头鹰猛地咬住了一个吉尔都没有看到的东西。

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“噢，拜托不要这样！”吉尔说，“不要那样乱动。你差点儿把我甩出去。”

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“抱歉。”猫头鹰说，“我只是抓住了一只蝙蝠。从节俭这方面来说，没有比可口美味的小胖蝙蝠更能抗饿的东西了。要不要我给你抓一只？”

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“不了，谢谢。”吉尔打着哆嗦说。

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现在，猫头鹰飞得低了一些，一个黑色的庞然大物出现在他们前方。吉尔刚好来得及看清楚这是一座塔——她觉得是一座部分倾圮的塔，塔身上爬满常春藤——然后，她就发现自己要俯身躲过一扇窗户的拱顶，猫头鹰带着她穿过了一个爬满常春藤、挂满蜘蛛网的入口，从凉爽的灰色夜幕进入到塔楼顶部内的一个黑漆漆的地方。里面有一股浓重的霉味，打从猫头鹰背上滑下来起，她就意识到（一个人通常总能莫名其妙地意识到）这里很拥挤。她听见黑暗之中，四面八方都传来了“嘟——呜！嘟——呜！”的声音，她意识到这里挤满了猫头鹰。这时，一个非常与众不同的声音响起，她真的长出了一口气，那声音说：“是你吗，波尔？”

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“是你吗，斯克罗布？”吉尔说。

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“好啦，”闪亮羽毛说，“我想人都到齐了。咱们召开猫头鹰会议吧。”

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“嘟——呜，嘟——呜。你说得对，正该这么办。”好几个声音说。

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“等一小会儿，”斯克罗布的声音说，“我想先说些事情。”

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“说，说，说。”猫头鹰们说。吉尔也说：“快说。”

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“我猜，你们所有人——我是说猫头鹰，”斯克罗布说，“我猜你们全都知道国王凯斯宾十世年轻时曾经向世界东方尽头航行的事情。呃，我和他一起进行了那场航行，和他，还有老鼠雷佩契普、德里宁大人以及其他所有人。我知道这听起来难以置信，但是在我们的世界，人长大变老的速度和你们这里不一样。我想说的就是，我是国王的人，如果这场猫头鹰会议是任何反对国王的阴谋，我一点儿都不会参与其中。”

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“嘟——呜，嘟——呜，我们也都是国王的猫头鹰。”猫头鹰们说。

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“那么，会议是为了什么？”斯克罗布说。

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“事情是这样的，”闪亮羽毛说，“如果摄政王矮人杜鲁普金听说你们要去寻找失踪的王子，他是不会让你们去的。他会立刻把你们囚禁起来，严加看管。”

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“老天爷啊！”斯克罗布说，“你不会是说杜鲁普金是一个叛国者吧？过去，在海上的时候，我听过很多关于他的事情。凯斯宾——我的意思是说国王——无比信任他。”

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“噢，不是的。”一个声音说，“杜鲁普金不是叛国者。不过有三十多个勇士（骑士、半人马、善良的巨人以及各种人），先后出发去寻找失踪的王子，没有一个回来的。最后，国王说，他不能让所有最勇敢的纳尼亚人都因为寻找他的儿子而折损掉。所以，现在任何人都不得去寻找王子。”“但他肯定会让我们去的。”斯克罗布说，“只要他知道我是谁，知道是谁派我来的。”

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（“派了我们两个。”吉尔插话说。）

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“是的。”闪亮羽毛说，“我觉得，他很可能会同意。但是国王不在，杜鲁普金会严守规定。他忠诚如钢，但他聋得像根柱子似的，脾气又非常暴躁。你根本不能让他明白这也许是该破例的时候。”

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“你可能会以为他会听取我们的一些建议，因为我们是猫头鹰，每个人都知道猫头鹰有多聪明。”另外一只猫头鹰说，“但他太老了，他只会说：‘你不过是只小鸟崽。我还记得你是个蛋的时候。别来教育我，先生。多嘴多舌！’”

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这只猫头鹰惟妙惟肖地模仿了杜鲁普金的声音，四周响起了一片猫头鹰的笑声。两个孩子开始发现，纳尼亚人对杜鲁普金的感觉，就像学校里面的学生对脾气暴躁的老师的感觉一样，每个人都有点儿怕他，每个人都开他的玩笑，但没有人真的讨厌他。

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“国王会离开多久？”斯克罗布问。

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“但愿我们能知道！”闪亮羽毛说，“你看，有传言说，阿斯兰在群岛上现身了，在泰拉本西亚，我觉得是那里。国王说他在死前应该努力和阿斯兰再见上一面，征询阿斯兰的建议，在他死后该由谁来继承王位。但我们都很担心，如果他没有在泰拉本西亚见到阿斯兰，他会向东，去七群岛和孤独群岛——然后再向东，向东。他从来都没有说过，但我们都知道他永远都忘不了去往世界尽头的航行。我肯定，在他的内心深处，他希望能再去那里一次。”

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“那么，等他回来是没有什么用的，对不对？”吉尔说。

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“没有，没有用。”猫头鹰说，“噢，真是一团糟！如果你们两个当时知道这些，立马就去和他谈谈！他会安排好一切——应该会给你们一支军队，让你们带着去搜寻王子。”

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吉尔这一回没有说话，她希望斯克罗布足够有风度，别把真相告诉所有的猫头鹰。他的确有那份风度，或者说是差不多有吧。就是说，他只是轻声咕哝了一句：“好吧，这并不是我的错。”然后，大声说道：“好吧。我们只好在没有军队的情况下尽力去实现目标了。但我还想知道一件事情。如果这个你所谓的猫头鹰会议，非常正直，光明正大，没有任何不轨之处，那为什么要搞得这么神秘呢——在夜深人静的时候，在一个废弃的古堡里开会？”

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“嘟——呜！嘟——呜！”好多只猫头鹰呼呼叫着，“我们应该在哪里见面？除了夜里，人们还会在什么时候开会？”

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“你看，”闪亮羽毛解释说，“纳尼亚的大部分生物都有着非常不符合自然规律的习惯。他们在白天做事，在亮堂堂的大太阳底下，呃，这个时候大家都应该在睡觉才对。然后呢，到了晚上，他们就又瞎又蠢，你没办法让他们说一句话。我们猫头鹰坚持在合乎情理的时间开会的习惯，因此在需要讨论事情的时候，我们就自己开会。”

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“我明白了。”斯克罗布说，“好啦，现在，我们继续吧。把关于失踪的王子的事情都告诉我们。”然后一只老猫头鹰，不是闪亮羽毛，给他们讲述了王子的故事。

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那是大约十年前，凯斯宾的儿子瑞利安还是一个非常年轻的骑士，五月的一个清晨，他和他的母后在纳尼亚的北方骑行。他们带了很多随从和女士，头上都戴着鲜嫩的树叶编织的花环，身边都带着号角，但他们没有带猎犬，因为他们是在进行五朔节(1)游行，而不是在打猎。那天比较暖和的时候，他们来到了一片风景宜人的林间空地，那儿还有一眼泉水从大地中汩汩冒出，他们在那里下马，欢乐饮宴，十分尽兴。过了一会儿，王后觉得困倦了，他们便在长满绿草的泉水岸边铺开斗篷供她休息，瑞利安王子和其他人走得远了一些，以防他们的谈话声和欢笑声吵到她。然而，过了一会儿，一条巨蟒从茂密的树丛中钻出来，在王后的手上咬了一口。所有人都听到了她的尖叫声，于是都向她奔去，瑞利安是第一个跑到她身边的。他看到那条大蟒蛇从王后身边溜走，便拔剑追了上去。那是一条又大又亮、青绿色的毒蛇，他看得十分清楚，但是它潜入了浓密的树丛，他没有办法追上去。于是，他回到母亲身边，发现人们都在她身边忙个不停。

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(1) 五朔节，每年5月1日举行，是为春天到来而举行的庆祝活动，是中古时代和现代欧洲的传统节日。
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但一切忙碌都是徒劳的，瑞利安一看到她的脸，就知道这世界上的任何药物都无法救治她了。弥留之际，她似乎想努力告诉他一些什么。但她没有办法说清楚，无论她想说些什么，都没有说明白就死去了。从他们听到她的叫声到她死去，几乎不到十分钟。

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他们抬着死去的王后返回凯尔帕拉维尔城堡，瑞利安、国王以及所有的纳尼亚人都沉痛地哀悼着她。她是一位了不起的女士，睿智，慷慨，开朗，是凯斯宾国王从世界的东方的尽头带回来的新娘。人们都说她身上流淌着星星的血脉。王子对于母亲的离世非常悲伤，这倒并不奇怪。之后，他总是骑马去往纳尼亚的北方，寻找那条有毒的巨蟒，希望杀了它为母亲复仇。尽管王子每次漫游回来都疲惫不堪，心烦意乱，但大家对此倒不以为意。然而，在王后离世大约一个月后，有些人说他们看得出王子发生了变化。他的眼神就像那些看到了幻象的人那样呆滞散乱，尽管他整天待在外面，但是他的马匹却并没有长途跋涉的迹象。在那些年老的廷臣中，他最好的朋友就是曾经在他父亲去往世界东方的伟大航行时担任船长的德里宁大人。

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一天晚上，德里宁对王子说：“殿下必须及早停止寻找那条巨蟒。对无知的畜生，不比对一个人，谈不上真正的复仇。一切都是徒劳的，你只是在折腾自己而已。”王子回答说：“大人，最近这七天，我几乎已经忘记了那条蟒蛇了。”德里宁问他，如果真是这样，为什么他还总是骑马去北方的森林。“大人，”王子说，“我在那里见到了有史以来最美丽的东西。”“好王子，”德里宁说，“明天请容许我与您同行，这样我也能见见这美丽的东西。”“十分荣幸。”瑞利安说。

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于是，第二天一早，他们便上马向北方的森林飞奔，直到王后死去的泉水边才下马。德里宁觉得非常奇怪，王子居然偏偏选择了这个地方徘徊逗留。他们在那里休息，直到正午；午后，德里宁抬起头，看到了他这一生中见过的最美丽的女士，她就站在泉水的北面，一言不发，只是对着王子招手，仿佛是在请他到她身边去。她个子高高的，光彩照人，裹着一件薄薄的青绿色长外套。王子失魂落魄地凝视着她。但突然之间，那个女士消失不见了，德里宁不知道她去了哪里，两个人回到了凯尔帕拉维尔城堡。德里宁深深地觉得，那个光彩照人的绿幽幽的女人非常邪恶。

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德里宁犹豫不决，不确定自己是否该把这次旅行报告给国王，但是他极不愿意做一个告密者，于是闭紧了嘴巴。可是事后他反倒宁愿自己说了。第二天，瑞利安王子独自骑马出行。那天晚上，他没有回来，从那时起，在纳尼亚或是邻国的土地上，都再也没有发现过他的踪迹，也没有发现过他的马、他的帽子、他的斗篷或是任何他的其他东西。

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然后德里宁怀着满腔的痛苦，去见凯斯宾，说：“国王陛下，请立刻将我当作一个大叛徒处决吧：因为我的沉默，我害了你的儿子。”他把故事告诉给了国王。

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凯斯宾拿起一把战斧，冲向德里宁大人，要杀了他，德里宁一动不动地站着，等待着死亡的一击。但凯斯宾刚把斧子举了起来，又突然扔了出去，哭着说：“我已经失去了我的王后和儿子，难道我还要失去我的朋友吗？”他搂着德里宁大人的脖子，拥抱他，两个人相拥而泣，他们的友情一如既往。

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这就是瑞利安的故事。故事讲完之后，吉尔说：“我打赌，那条蛇和那个女人其实是一回事。”

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“是啊，是啊，我们也这么想。”猫头鹰们呜呜叫着。

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“但我们不认为她杀了王子。”闪亮羽毛说，“因为没有尸骨……”

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“我们知道她没有。”斯克罗布说，“阿斯兰告诉波尔他依然活在某个地方。”

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“而这就更糟糕了。”最年老的猫头鹰说，“这意味着她要利用他，意味着她有一个针对纳尼亚的重大阴谋。很久很久以前，在最开始的时候，有一个白女巫自北方而来，用冰雪禁锢了我们的土地长达百年。我们觉得这个可能是她的同伙。”

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“很好，那么，”斯克罗布说，“波尔和我必须去找王子。你们能帮帮我们吗？”

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“你们有任何线索吗，你们两个？”闪亮羽毛说。

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“有的。”斯克罗布说，“我们知道我们必须去北方，到达一座巨人的城市的遗迹。”

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这时响起了一阵“嘟——呜”声，比之前都大，还有鸟儿们挪动脚步、扇动翅膀的声音，然后所有的猫头鹰都同时开始说话。他们都在解释说他们有多么遗憾不能和两个孩子一起去寻找失踪的王子。“你们要白天赶路，而我们想在晚上赶路。”他们说，“不行的，不行的。”还有几只猫头鹰补充说，即便是在这座废弃的塔楼中，现在也没有会议刚开始时那么黑了，因为会议进行了很长时间。实际上，只是提了一句要旅行到巨人的城市遗迹，似乎就令这些鸟儿情绪低落。

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“是的，是的，该这么做。”猫头鹰们说。

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“那么，来吧，”闪亮羽毛说，“我驮一个孩子。谁来驮另一个？必须今晚去。”

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“你准备好了吗？”闪亮羽毛问吉尔。

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“我觉得波尔睡着了。”斯克罗布说。

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IT is a very funny thing that the sleepier you are, the longer you take about getting to bed; especially if you are lucky enough to have a fire in your room. Jill felt she couldn’t even start undressing unless she sat down in front of the fire for a bit first. And once she had sat down, she didn’t want to get up again. She had already said to herself about five times, “I must go to bed”, when she was startled by a tap on the window.

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She got up, pulled the curtain, and at first saw nothing but darkness. Then she jumped and started backwards, for something very large had dashed itself against the window, giving a sharp tap on the glass as. it did so. A very unpleasant idea came into her head—“Suppose they have giant moths in this country! Ugh!” But then the thing came back, and this time she was almost sure she saw a beak, and that the beak had made that tapping noise. “It’s some huge bird,” thought Jill. “Could it be an eagle?” She didn’t very much want a visit even from an eagle, but she opened the window and looked out. Instantly, with a great whirring noise, the creature alighted on the window-sill and stood there filling up the whole window, so that Jill had to step back to make room for it. It was the Owl.

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“hush, hush! Tu-whoo, tu-whoo,” said the Owl. “Don’t make a noise. Now, are you two really in earnest about what you’ve got to do?”

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“About the lost Prince, you mean?” said Jill. “Yes, we’ve got to be.” For now she remembered the Lion’s voice and face, which she had nearly forgotten during the feasting and storytelling in the hall.

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“Good!” said the Owl. “Then there’s no time to waste.

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You must get away from here at once. I’ll go and wake the other human. Then I’ll come back for you. You’d better change those court clothes and put on something you can travel in. I’ll be back in two twos. Tu-whoo!” And without waiting for an answer, he was gone.

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If Jill had been more used to adventures, she might have doubted the Owl’s word, but this never occurred to her: and in the exciting idea of a midnight escape she forgot her sleepiness. She changed back into sweater and shorts—there was a guide’s knife on the belt of the shorts which might come in useful—and added a few of the things that had been left in the room for her by the girl with the willowy hair. She chose a short cloak that came down to her knees and had a hood (“just the thing, if it rains,” she thought), a few handkerchiefs and a comb. Then she sat down and waited.

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She was getting sleepy again when the Owl returned.

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“Now we’re ready,” it said.

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“You’d better lead the way,” said Jill. “I don’t know all these passages yet.”

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“Tu-whoo!” said the Owl. “We’re not going through the castle. That would never do. You must ride on me. We shall fly.”

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“Oh!” said Jill, and stood with her mouth open, not much liking the idea. “Shan’t I be too heavy for you?”

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“Tu-whoo, tu-whoo! Don’t you be a fool. I’ve already carried the other one. Now. But we’ll put out that lamp first.”

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As soon as the lamp was out, the bit of the night which you saw through the window looked less dark-no longer black, but grey. The Owl stood on the window-sill with his back to the room and raised his wings. Jill had to climb on to his short fat body and get her knees under the wings and grip tight. The feathers felt beautifully warm and soft but there was nothing to hold on by. “I wonder how Scrubb liked his ride!” thought Jill. And just as she was thinking this, with a horrid plunge they had left the window-sill, and the wings were making a flurry round her ears, and the night air, rather cool and damp, was flying in her face.

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It was much lighter than she expected, and though the sky was overcast, one patch of watery silver showed where the moon was hiding above the clouds. The fields beneath her looked grey, and the trees black. There was a certain amount of wind—a hushing, ruffling sort of wind which meant that rain was coming soon.

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The Owl wheeled round so that the castle was now ahead of them. Very few of the windows showed lights. They flew right over it, northwards, crossing the river: the air grew colder, and Jill thought she could see the white reflection of the Owl in the water beneath her. But soon they were on the north bank of the river, flying above wooded country.

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The Owl snapped at something which Jill couldn’t see.

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“Oh, don’t, please!” said Jill. “Don’t jerk like that. You nearly threw me off.”

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“I beg your pardon,” said the Owl. “I was just nabbing a bat. There’s nothing so sustaining, in a small way, as a nice plump little bat. Shall I catch you one?”

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“No, thanks,” said Jill with a shudder.

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He was flying a little lower now and a large, black looking object was looming up towards them. Jill had just time to see that it was a tower—a partly ruinous tower, with a lot of ivy on it, she thought—when she found herself ducking to avoid the archway of a window, as the Owl squeezed with her through the ivied cobwebby opening, out of the fresh, grey night into a dark place inside the top of the tower.

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It was rather fusty inside and, the moment she slipped off the owl’s back, she knew (as one usually does somehow) that it was quite crowded And when voices began saying out of the darkness from every direction “Tuwhoo! Tu-whoo!” she knew it was crowded with owls. She was rather relieved when a very different voice said:

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“Is that you, Pole?”

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“Is that you, Scrubb?” said Jill.

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“Now,” said Glimfeather, “I think we’re all here. Let us hold a parliament of owls.”

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“Tu-whoo, tu-whoo. True for you. That’s the right thing to do,” said several voices.

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“Half a moment,” said Scrubb’s voice. “There’s something I want to say first.”

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“Do, do, do,” said the owls; and Jill said, “Fire ahead.”

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“I suppose all you chaps-owls, I mean,” said Scrubb, “I suppose you all know that King Caspian the Tenth, in his young days, sailed to the eastern end of the world. Well, I was with him on that journey: with him and Reepicheep the Mouse, and the Lord Drinian and all of them. I know it sounds hard to believe, but people don’t grow older in our world at the same speed as they do in yours. And what I want to say is this, that I’m the King’s man; and if this parliament of owls is any sort of plot against the King, I’m having nothing to do with it.”

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“Tu-whoo, tu-whoo, we’re all the King’s owls too,” said the owls.

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“What’s it all about then?” said Scrubb.

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“It’s only this,” said Glimfeather. “That if the Lord Regent, the Dwarf Trumpkin, hears you are going to look for the lost Prince, he won’t let you start. He’d keep you under lock and key sooner.”

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“Great Scott!” said Scrubb. “You don’t mean that Trumpkin is a traitor? I used to hear a lot about him in the old days, at sea. Caspian—the King, I mean—trusted him absolutely.”

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“Oh no,” said a voice. “Trumpkin’s no traitor. But more than thirty champions (knights, centaurs, good giants, and all sorts) have at one time or another set out to look for the lost Prince, and none of them have ever come back. And at last the King said he was not going to have all the bravest Narnians destroyed in the search for his son. And now nobody is allowed to go.”

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“But surely he’d let us go,” said Scrubb. “When he knew who I was and who had sent me.”

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(“Sent both of us,” put in Jill.)

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“Yes,” said Glimfeather, “I think, very likely, he would. But the King’s away. And Trumpkin will stick to the rules. He’s as true as steel, but he’s deaf as a post and very peppery. You could never make him see that this might be the time for making an exception to the rule.”

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“You might think he’d take some notice of us, because we’re owls and everyone knows how wise owls are,” said someone else. “But he’s so old now he’d only say, ‘You’re a mere chick. I remember you when you were an egg. Don’t come trying to teach me, Sir. Crabs and crumpets!’”

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This owl imitated Trumpkin’s voice rather well, and there were sounds of owlish laughter all round. The children began to see that the Narnians all felt about Trumpkin as people feel at school about some crusty teacher, whom everyone is a little afraid of and everyone makes fun of and nobody really dislikes.

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“How long is the King going to be away?” asked Scrubb.

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“If only we knew!” said Glimfeather. “You see, there has been a rumour lately that Aslan himself has been seen in the islands—in Terebinthia, I think it was. And the King said he would make one more attempt before he died to see Aslan face to face again, and ask his advice about who is to be King after him. But we’re all afraid that, if he doesn’t meet Aslan in Terebinthia, he’ll go on east, to Seven Isles and Lone Islands—and on and on. He never talks about it, but we all know he has never forgotten that voyage to the world’s end. I’m sure in his heart of hearts he wants to go there again.”

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“Then there’s no good waiting for him to come back?” said Jill.

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“No, no good,” said the Owl. “Oh, what a to-do! If only you two had known and spoken to him at once! He’d have arranged everything—probably given you an army to go with you in search of the Prince.”

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Jill kept quiet at this and hoped Scrubb would be sporting enough not to tell all the owls why this hadn’t happened. He was, or very nearly. That is, he only muttered under his breath, “Well, it wasn’t my fault,” before saying out loud:

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“Very well. We’ll have to manage without it. But there’s just one thing more I want to know. If this owls’ parliament, as you call it, is all fair and above board and means no mischief, why does it have to be so jolly secret—meeting in a ruin in dead of night, and all that?”

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“Tu-whoo! Tu-whoo!” hooted several owls. “Where should we meet? When would anyone meet except at night?”

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“You see,” explained Glimfeather, “most of the creatures in Narnia have such unnatural habits. They do things by day, in broad blazing sunlight (ugh!) when everyone ought to be asleep. And, as a result, at night they’re so blind and stupid that you can’t get a word out of them. So we owls have got into the habit of meeting at sensible hours, on our own, when we want to talk about things.”

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“I see,” said Scrubb. “Well now, let’s get on. Tell us all about the lost Prince.” Then an old owl, not Glimfeather, related the story.

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About ten years ago, it appeared, when Rilian, the son of Caspian, was a very young knight, he rode with the Queen his mother on a May morning in the north parts of Narnia. They had many squires and ladies with them and all wore garlands of fresh leaves on their heads, and horns at their sides; but they had no hounds with them, for they were maying, not hunting.

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In the warm part of the day they came to a pleasant glade where a fountain flowed freshly out of the earth, and there they dismounted and ate and drank and were merry. After a time the Queen felt sleepy, and they spread cloaks for her on the grassy bank, and Prince Rilian with the rest of the party went a little way from her, that their tales and laughter might not wake her.

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And so, presently, a great serpent came out of the thick wood and stung the Queen in her hand. All heard her cry out and rushed towards her, and Rilian was first at her side. He saw the worm gliding away from her and made after it with his sword drawn. It was great, shining, and as green as poison, so that he could see it well: but it glided away into thick bushes and he could not come at it. So he returned to his mother, and found them all busy about her. But they were busy in vain, for at the first glance of her face Rilian knew that no physic in the world would do her good. As long as the life was in her she seemed to be trying hard to tell him something. But she could not speak clearly and, whatever her message was, she died without delivering it. It was then hardly ten minutes since they had first heard her cry.

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They carried the dead Queen back to Cair Paravel, and she was bitterly mourned by Rilian and by the King, and by all Narnia. She had been a great lady, wise and gracious and happy, King Caspian’s bride whom he had brought home from the eastern end of the world. And men said that the blood of the stars flowed in her veins. The Prince took his mother’s death very hardly, as well he might. After that, he was always riding on the northern marches of Narnia, hunting for that venomous worm, to kill it and be avenged. No one remarked much on this, though the Prince came home from these wanderings looking tired and distraught. But about a month after the Queen’s death, some said they could see a change in him. There was a look in his eyes as of a man who has seen visions, and though he would be out all day, his horse did not bear the signs of hard riding. His chief friend among the older courtiers was the Lord Driman, he who had been his father’s captain on that great voyage to the east parts of the earth.

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One evening Drinian said to the Prince, “Your Highness must soon give over seeking the worm. There is no true vengeance on a witless brute as there might be on a man. You weary yourself in vain.” The Prince answered him, “My Lord, I have almost forgotten the worm this seven days.” Drinian asked him why, if that were so, he rode so continually in the northern woods. “My lord,” said the Prince, “I have seen there the most beautiful thing that was ever made.” “Fair Prince,” said Drinian, “of your courtesy let me ride with you tomorrow, that I also may see this fair thing.” “With a good will,” said Rilian.

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Then in good time on the next day they saddled their horses and rode a great gallop into the northern woods and alighted at that same fountain where the Queen got her death. Drinian thought it strange that the Prince should choose that place of all places, to linger in. And there they rested till it came to high noon: and at noon Drinian looked up and saw the most beautiful lady he had ever seen; and she stood at the north side of the fountain and said no word but beckoned to the Prince with her hand as if she bade him come to her. And she was tall and great, shining, and wrapped in a thin garment as green as poison. And the Prince stared at her like a man out of his wits. But suddenly the lady was gone, Driman knew not where; and the two returned to Cair Paravel. It stuck in Drinian’s mind that this shining green woman was evil.

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Drinian doubted very much whether he ought not to tell this adventure to the King, but he had little wish to be a blab and a tale-bearer and so he held his tongue. But afterwards he wished he had spoken. For next day Prince Rilian rode out alone. That night he came not back, and from that hour no trace of him was ever found in Narnia nor any neighbouring land, and neither his horse nor his hat nor his cloak nor anything else was ever found.

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Then Drinian in the bitterness of his heart went to Caspian and said, “Lord King, slay me speedily as a great traitor: for by my silence I have destroyed your son.” And he told him the story.

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Then Caspian caught up a battle-axe and rushed upon the Lord Drinian to kill him, and Drinian stood still as a stock for the death blow. But when the axe was raised, Caspian suddenly threw it away and cried out, “I have lost my queen and my son: shall I lose my friend also?” And he fell upon the Lord Drinian’s neck and embraced him and both wept, and their friendship was not broken.

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Such was the story of Rilian. And when it was over, Jill said, “I bet that serpent and that woman were the same person.”

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“True, true, we think the same as you,” hooted the owls.

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“But we don’t think she killed the Prince,” said Glimfeather, “because no bones—”

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“We know she didn’t,” said Scrubb. “Aslan told Pole he was still alive somewhere.”

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“That almost makes it worse,” said the oldest owl. “It means she has some use for him, and some deep scheme against Narnia. Long, long ago, at the very beginning, a White Witch came out of the North and bound our land in snow and ice for a hundred years. And we think this may be some of the same crew.”

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“Very well, then,” said Scrubb. “Pole and I have got to find this Prince. Can you help us?”

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“Have you any clue, you two?” asked Glimfeather.

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“Yes,” said Scrubb. “We know we’ve got to go north. And we know we’ve got to reach the ruins of a giant city.”

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At this there was a greater tu-whooing than ever, and noise of birds shifting their feet and ruffling their feathers, and then all the owls started speaking at once. They all explained how very sorry they were that they themselves could not go with the children on their search for the lost Prince

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“You’d want to travel by day, and we’d want to travel by night,” they said. “It wouldn’t do, wouldn’t do.” One or two owls added that even here in the ruined tower it wasn’t nearly so dark as it had been when they began, and that the parliament had been going on quite long enough. In fact, the mere mention of a journey to the ruined city of giants seemed to have damped the spirits of those birds.

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But Glimfeather said: “If they want to go that way—into Ettinsmoor—we must take them to one of the Marsh-wiggles. They’re the Only people who can help them much.”

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“’True, true. Do,” said the owls.

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“Come on, then,” said Glimfeather. “I’ll take one. Who’ll take the other? It must be done tonight.”

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“I will: as far as the Marsh-wiggles,” said another owl.

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“Are you ready?” said Glimfeather to Jill.

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“I think Pole’s asleep,” said Scrubb.

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startle

['stɑːtl]

v.(使)吃惊;(使)惊愕

Jill

[ʤɪl]

n.吉尔(女子名)

hush

[hʌʃ]

n.肃静;安静;沉默

storytelling

['stɔːritelɪŋ]

n.说书;讲故事

handkerchief

['hæŋkətʃɪf]

n.手帕;方巾;围巾

sleepy

['sliːpi]

adj.欲睡的;困倦的

flurry

['flʌri]

n.一阵疾风;阵雪;忙乱

ruffle

['rʌfl]

n.褶饰;花边

jerk

[dʒɜːk]

v.急动;猛拉

plump

[plʌmp]

a. 丰满的；又嫩又胖的，圆呼呼的;

shudder

['ʃʌdə(r)]

vi.战栗;发抖

cobwebby

['kɒbˌwebɪ]

adj.(似)蛛网的;蛛网密布的

owl

[aʊl]

n.猫头鹰

sooner

['suːnə]

adv. soon的比较级

knight

[naɪt]

n.骑士;爵士;武士

peppery

['pepəri]

adj.胡椒味的;暴躁的

crabbed

['kræbɪd]

adj.暴躁的;难辨认的;难懂的

crusty

['krʌsti]

adj.有脆皮的;有硬壳的;顽固的;暴躁的

to-do

[tə'duː]

n. 骚动; 喧闹

jolly

['dʒɒli]

a. 欢乐的；兴高采烈的；快活的;

hunting

['hʌntɪŋ]

n.打猎;搜寻【电子学】速度偏差.

grassy

['ɡrɑːsi]

adj.长满草的;草绿色的;像草的

physic

['fɪzɪk]

n.药;医术

courtesy

['kɜːtəsi]

n.礼貌;好意

wit

[wɪt]

n.智力;才智;机智;风趣

cloak

[kləʊk]

n.斗蓬;宽大外衣;掩盖物

traitor

['treɪtə(r)]

n.叛徒;卖国贼;出卖朋友者

weep

[wiːp]

v.流泪;哭泣;悲叹;渗出

serpent

['sɜːpənt]

n.蛇;蛇一般的人;狡猾的人

Witch

[wɪtʃ]

n.女巫;巫婆

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