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CHAPTER THIRTEEN HOW THE DWARFS REFUSED TO BE TAKEN IN（第2页）

&edalongtimeagain。Atlastthedooropehethirdtimeandthereayoungehesehedoorstarted，andlookedverysurprised，whenhesawhim。Ithinkhe'dbeeiedifferent—”

&allnow，”saidEustace（hehadthebadhabitstories）。“TheCatwastogoinfirstaryhadorderstodohimnoharm。Thewastoeoutandsayhe'dseeashlahteosals。ButwhatShiftneverguessedwasthattherealTashwouldturnup;soGireallyfrightened。A，Shiftwouldsendiedtogetridofarywouldkillthem。And—”

“Friend，”saidTiriansoftly，“youhiheladyiale。”

“Well，”saidLucy，“thesentryrised。Thatgavetheothermanjusttimetogetonguard。Theyhadafight。Hekilledthesentryandflunghimoutsidethedoor。Thenhecamewalkingsloherewewere。Hecouldseeus，ahiriedtotalktohimbuthewasratherlikeamanionsayingTash，Tash，whereisTash?IgotoTash。Soaawaysomewhere—overthere。Ilikedhim。A。。。ugh!”Lucymadeaface。

&，”saidEdmund，“someonefluhroughthedoor。AndTashwasthereagain。Mysisterissoteedshedoesn'tliketotellyouthatTashmadeoheMonkeywasgone!”

“Servehimright!”saidEustace。“Allthesame，Ihopehe'lldisagreewithTashtoo。”

“A，”saidEdmuadozenDwarfs:andthenJill，aadlastofallyourself。”

“IhopeTashatetheDwarfstoo，”saidEustace。“Littleswine。”

“No，hedidn't，”saidLuddon'tbehorrid。Thery'restillhere。Infaseethemfromhere。AndI'vetriedaomakefriendswiththembutit'snouse。”

&hthem!”criedEustace。“IfyoukhoseDwarfshavebeenbehaving!”

“Ohstopit，Eustace，”saidLueairian，perhapsyouethingwiththem。”

“IogreatloveforDwarfstoday，”saidTiriay，Lady，Iwoulddoagreaterthingthanthis。”

LucyledthewayandsoontheycouldallseetheDwarfs。Theyhadaveryoddlook。Theyweren&#abthemselves（althoughthecordswithwhichtheyhadbeeohavevanished）heylyingdownandhaviheyweresittingveryclosetogetherinalittlecirgoheyneverlookedroundortookahehumanstillLudTiriaotouchthem。ThentheDwarfsallcockedtheirheadsasifthey'tseeawerelisteninghardandtryihesoundening。

“Lookout!”saidoheminasurlyvoidwherey。Don'twalkintoourfaces!”

“Allright!”saidEustaantly。“We'renotblind。We'vegoteyesinourheads。”

&bedarngoodonesifyouhere，”saidthesameDwarfwhosenamewasDiggle。

“Inwhere?”askedEdmund。

“Whyyoubone-head，inhereofcourse，”saidDiggle。“Inthispitch-blaellylittleholeofastable。”

“Areyoublind?”saidTirian。

“Ain'tweallblindinthedark!”saidDiggle。

“Butitisn'tdark，youpoorstupidDwarfs，”saidLu'tyousee?Lookup!Lookround!'tyouseetheskyaheflowers?'tyouseeme?”

“HowinthenameofallHumbugIseewhatain'tthere?AndhowIseeyouahanyouseemeinthispitess?”

“ButIseeyou，”saidLucy。“I'llproveIseeyou。You'vegotapipeinyourmouth。”

“Aknowsthesmellofbaccycouldtellthat，”saidDiggle。

“Ohtheps!Thisisdreadful，”saidLushehadaoppedandpiewildviolets。“Listen，Dwarf，”shesaid。“Evenifyoureyesarewrong，perhapsyournoseisallright:ellthat?”Sheleanedadheldthefresh，dampflle'suglyshehadtojumpbackquiordertoavoidablowfromhishardlittlefist。

&!”heshouted。“Howdareyou!Whatdoyoumeanbyshovingalotoffilthystable-litteriherewasathistleinittoo。It'slikeyoursaudwhoareyouany>

&h-man，”saidTiriaheQueeherbyAslanoutofthedeeppast。AnditisforhersakealoI，TirianyourlawfulKing，donotcutallyourheadsfromyourshoulders，provedaraitorsthatyouare。”

&hatdoesn'tbeateverything!”exclaimedDiggle。“Howyougoontalkingallthatrot?YourwonderfulLiondidn'teandhelpyou，didhe?Thoughtnot。Andnohenyou'vebeeenahisblackhole，justthesameastherestofus，you'restillatyame。Startiryingtomakeusbelievewe'renoneofusshutup，anditain'tdark，andheavenkno>

“Thereisnoblackhole，saveinyourownfancy，fool，”criedTiriaofit。”And，leaningforward，hecaughtDigglebythebeltandthehoodandswunghimrightoutofthecircleofDwarfs。ButthemomentTirianputhimdowedbacktohisplagthehisnoseandhohatd'youdmyfastthewall。You'venearlybrokenmynose。”

“Ohdear!”saidLucy，“Whatarewetodoforthem?”

&'emalone，”saidEustace:butashespoketheearthtrembled。Thesweetairgrewsuddeer。Abrightnessflashedbehiuririabecausehewasafraid。Therestoodhisheart'sdesire，hugeahegoldenLion，Aslanhimself，aheotherswerekneelinginacirdhisforepawsandburyingtheirhandsandfahismaoopedhisgreatheadtotouchthemwithhistohenhefixedhiseyesuponTirian，andTiriarembling，andfluheLion'sfeet，andtheLionkissedhimandsaid，“WelldooftheKingsofNarniawhostoodfirmatthedarkesthour。”

“Aslan，”saidLucythroughhertears，“couldyou—willyou—dosomethingforthesepoorD>

&，”saidAslan，“IwillshowyoubothwhatIdwhatIeclosetavealo，butitsetalltheairshaking。ButtheDwarfssaidtooher，“Hearthat?That'sthegahereable。Tryingthtewithamaekind。Don'ttakeaheywon'ttakeusinagain!”

AslanraisedhisheadandshookhismalyagloriousfeastappearedontheDwarfs'konguesariflesandideachDwarfhadagobletofgoodwineinhisrighthand。Butitwasn'tmuchuse。Theybegainganddrinkinggreedilyenough，butitwasclearthatthey'ttasteitproperly。Theythoughttheywereeatinganddrinkingoofthingsyoumightfindinastable。Oryihayandanothersaidhehadabitofanoldturnipandathirdsaidhe'dfeleaf。Andtheyraisedgoldesofrietotheirlipsandsaid“Ugh!Fangdirtywaterouththatadonkey'sbeewe'detothis。”ButverysooneveryDegthateveryotherDwarfhadfouhihanhehad，aedgrabbingandsnatdwent，tilliestherewasafreefightandallthegoodfoodwassmearedontheirfadclothesortrodde。Butwhenatlasttheysatdowheirbladtheirbleediheyallsaid:“Well，atahere'snoHumbughere。Wehaven'tletaheDwarfsarefortheD

“Yousee，”saidAslan。“Theywillushelpthem。Theyhaveninginsteadofbelief。Theirprisonisonlyintheirownmiheyareinthatprison;andsoafraidofbeitheyotbetakenout。Bute，。Ihaveotherworktodo。”

&heDoorandtheyallfollowedhim。Heraisedhisheadandroared，“Nowitistime!”theime!”;thensoloudthatitcouldhaveshakears，“TIME。”TheDoorflewopen。