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欧巴小说网>纳尼亚传奇6:银椅(双语)>chater fur a arliant f wl
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“Now,”saidGlimfeather,“Ithinkwe’reallhere。Letusholdaparliamentofowls。”

“Tu-whoo,tu-whoo。Trueforyou。That’stherightthingtodo,”saidseveralvoices。

“Halfamoment,”saidScrubb’svoice。“There’ssomethingIwanttosayfirst。”

“Do,do,do,”saidtheowls,andJillsaid,“Fireahead。”

“Isupposeallyouchaps—owls,Imean,”saidScrubb,“IsupposeyouallknowthatKingCaspiantheTenth,inhisyoungdays,sailedtotheeasternendoftheworld。Well,Iwaswithhimonthatjourney:withhimandReepicheeptheMouse,andtheLordDrinianandallofthem。Iknowitsoundshardtobelieve,butpeopledon’tgrowolderinourworldatthesamespeedastheydoinyours。AndwhatIwanttosayisthis,thatI’mtheKing’sman;andifthisparliamentofowlsisanysortofplotagainsttheKing,I’mhavingnothingtodowithit。”

“Tu-whoo,tu-whoo,we’realltheKing’sowlstoo,”saidtheowls。

“What’sitallaboutthen?”saidScrubb。

“It’sonlythis,”saidGlimfeather。“ThatiftheLordRegent,theDwarfTrumpkin,hearsyouaregoingtolookforthelostPrince,hewon’tletyoustart。He’dkeepyouunderlockandkeysooner。”

“GreatScott!”saidScrubb。“Youdon’tmeanthatTrumpkinisatraitor?Iusedtohearalotabouthimintheolddays,atsea。Caspian—theKing,Imean—trustedhimabsolutely。”

“Ohno,”saidavoice。“Trumpkin’snotraitor。Butmorethanthirtychampions(knights,centaurs,goodgiants,andallsorts)haveatonetimeoranothersetouttolookforthelostPrince,andnoneofthemhaveevercomeback。AndatlasttheKingsaidhewasnotgoingtohaveallthebravestNarniansdestroyedinthesearchforhisson。Andnownobodyisallowedtogo。”

“Butsurelyhe’dletusgo,”saidScrubb。“WhenheknewwhoIwasandwhohadsentme。”

(“Sentbothofus,”putinJill。)

“Yes,”saidGlimfeather,“Ithink,verylikely,hewould。ButtheKing’saway。AndTrumpkinwillsticktotherules。He’sastrueassteel,buthe’sdeafasapostandverypeppery。Youcouldnevermakehimseethatthismightbethetimeformakinganexceptiontotherule。”

“Youmightthinkhe’dtakesomenoticeofus,becausewe’reowlsandeveryoneknowshowwiseowlsare,”saidsomeoneelse。“Buthe’ssooldnowhe’donlysay,‘You’reamerechick。Irememberyouwhenyouwereanegg。Don’tcometryingtoteachme,Sir。Crabsandcrumpets!’”

ThisowlimitatedTrumpkin’svoiceratherwell,andthereweresoundsofowlishlaughterallround。ThechildrenbegantoseethattheNarniansallfeltaboutTrumpkinaspeoplefeelatschoolaboutsomecrustyteacher,whomeveryoneisalittleafraidofandeveryonemakesfunofandnobodyreallydislikes。

“HowlongistheKinggoingtobeaway?”askedScrubb。

“Ifonlyweknew!”saidGlimfeather。“Yousee,therehasbeenarumourlatelythatAslanhimselfhasbeenseenintheislands—inTerebinthia,Ithinkitwas。AndtheKingsaidhewouldmakeonemoreattemptbeforehediedtoseeAslanfacetofaceagain,andaskhisadviceaboutwhoistobeKingafterhim。Butwe’reallafraidthat,ifhedoesn’tmeetAslaninTerebinthia,he’llgooneast,toSevenIslesandLoneIslands—andonandon。Henevertalksaboutit,butweallknowhehasneverforgottenthatvoyagetotheworld’send。I’msureinhisheartofheartshewantstogothereagain。”

“Thenthere’snogoodwaitingforhimtocomeback?”saidJill。

“No,nogood,”saidtheOwl。“Oh,whatato-do!Ifonlyyoutwohadknownandspokentohimatonce!He’dhavearrangedeverything—probablygivenyouanarmytogowithyouinsearchofthePrince。”

JillkeptquietatthisandhopedScrubbwouldbesportingenoughnottotellalltheowlswhythishadn’thappened。Hewas,orverynearly。Thatis,heonlymutteredunderhisbreath,“Well,itwasn’tmyfault,”beforesayingoutloud:

“Verywell。We’llhavetomanagewithoutit。Butthere’sjustonethingmoreIwanttoknow。Ifthisowls’parliament,asyoucallit,isallfairandaboveboardandmeansnomischief,whydoesithavetobesojollysecret—meetinginaruinindeadofnight,andallthat?”

“Tu-whoo!Tu-whoo!”hootedseveralowls。“Whereshouldwemeet?Whenwouldanyonemeetexceptatnight?”

“Yousee,”explainedGlimfeather,“mostofthecreaturesinNarniahavesuchunnaturalhabits。Theydothingsbyday,inbroadblazingsunlight(ugh!)wheneveryoneoughttobeasleep。And,asaresult,atnightthey’resoblindandstupidthatyoucan’tgetawordoutofthem。Soweowlshavegotintothehabitofmeetingatsensiblehours,onourown,whenwewanttotalkaboutthings。”

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