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CHAPTER FIFTEEN DEEPER MAGIC FROM BEFORE THE DAWN OF TIME（第2页）

“I—Ifeelafraidtoturnround，”saidSusahingaening。”

“They&#somethioHim，”saidLueon!”Aurned，pullingSusanroundwithher。

Therisingofthesuhinglooksodifferent—alldshaded—thatforamomenttheydidn'tseetheimportantthiheydid。TheStoablewasbrokenintotwopiecesbyagreatcrackthatrandownitfromehere

“Oh，oh，oh!”criedthetwbacktotheTable。

“Oh，it'stoobad，”sobbedLucy;“theymighthaveleftthebodyalone。”

“Who'sdo?”criedSusan。“Whatdoesitmean?Isitmic?”

“Yes!”saidagreatvoidtheirbacks。“Itismic。”Theylookedround。There，shininginthesunrise，largerthantheyhadseenhimbefore，shakinghismahadapparentlygrownagain）stoodAslanhimself。

“Oh，Aslahe，staringupathim，almostasmuchfrightehey>

&youdeadthen，dearAslan?”saidLucy。

“Notnow，”saidAslan。

“You'renot—nota—?”askedSusaninashakyvoice。She&#herselftosaythewhost。Aslanstoopedhisgoldenheadandlickedherforehead。Thewarmthofhisbreathandariellthatseemedtohangabouthishaircamealloverher。

“DoIlookit?”hesaid。

“Oh，you'rereal，you'rereal!Oh，Aslan!”criedLudbthemselvesuponhimahkisses。

“Butwhatdoesitallmean?”askedSusaheyweresome>

“Itmeans，”saidAslan，“thatthoughtheWitewtheDeepMagic，thereisamagicdeeperstillwhichshedidnotknegoesbalytothedawifshecouldhavelookedalittlefurtherbatothestillhedarkimedawned，shewouldhavereadthereadifferentin。Shewouldhaveknoillingviittednotreacherywaskilledinatraitor'sstead，theTablewoulddDeathitselfwbackwards。Andnow—”

“Ohyes。Now?”saidLugupandgherhands。

“Oh，，”saidtheLiorengthingbae。Oh，，catchmeifyou!”Hestoodforased，hiseyesverybright，hislimbsquivering，lashihhistail。ThenhemadealeaphighovertheirheadsaheothersideoftheTable。Laughing，thoughshedidn'tknowwhy，Lucyscrambledoverittoreachhim。Aslanleapedagain。Amadchasebegan。Roundandrouopheledthem，oftheirreaowletticatchhistail，nowdivihem，nowtossiheairwithhishugeaifullyvelvetedpawsandgthemagain，andnowstoppiedlysothatallthreeofthemretherinahappylaughingheapoffurandarmsaasnoonehaseverhadexarnia;awasmorelikeplayingwithathuwithakittenLuevermakeuphermind。Ahingwasthatwhenallthreefinallylaytihegirlsiiredryorthirsty。

“Andnow，”saidAslaobusiness。IfeelIamgoingtoroar。Youhadbetterputyersinyourears。”

Andtheydid。AndAslanstoodupandwhenheopenedhismouthtoroarhisfacebecamesoterriblethattheydidolookatit。Andtheysawallthetreesinfrontofhimbeheblastasgrassbendsinameadowbeforethewind。Thenhesaid，“Wehavealo。Youmustrideonme。”AndhecrouandthetoldenbadSusansatfirst，holdingontightlytohismaneandLucysatbehindholdingontightlytoSusan。Andwithagreatheaveheroseuhemaoff，fasterthananyhorsecouldgo，downhillandihickoftheforest。

ThatridesthemthathappeheminNarnia。Haveyallopohinkofthat;aakeawaytheheavyhehoofsandthejihebitsaeadthealmostnoiselesspaddipaws。Theeadoftheblackrayorutbackofthehorsetheshnessofgoldenfur，andthemaneflyingbathewind。Andthenimagineyabouttwiceasfastasthefastestracehorse。Butthisisamountthatdoesn'tobeguidedaired。Herushesonandhisfootiing，threadinghiserfectskillbetweerunks，jumpingoverbushandbriarandthesmallerstreams，wadingthelarger，swimmiofall。Andynotonaroadnorinaparkhedowns，butrightaia，inspring，downsolemnavenuesofbeedaygladesofhwildorchardsofsrees，pastrwaterfallsandmossyrodegs，upwiwithgorsebushes，andacrosstheshouldersofheatherymountainsandalonggiddyridgesanddonagainintowildvalleysandoutintoacresofblueflowers。

Itwasnearlymiddaywhehemselveslookingdohillsideatacastle—alittletoycastleitlookedfromwheretheystood—whichseemedtobeallpoiheLidownatsuchaspeedthatitgrewlargereverymomeheyhadtimeeventoaskthemselveserealreadyo。Andnowitnolongerlookedlikeatoycastlebutrinfrontofthem。Nofacelookedoverthebattlementsaeswerefastshut。AndAslan，notatallslaghispace，rushedstraightasabulletto>

&e!”heow，，holdtight。”

&thewholeworldseemedtoturnupsidedown，andthefeltasiftheyhadlefttheirihem;fortheLionhadgatheredhimselftreaterleapthamadeandjumped—oryoumaycallitflyihanjumping—rightoverthecastlewall。Thetwogirls，breathlessbutunhurt，fouumblingoffhisbathemiddleofawidestoyardfullofstatues。