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CHAPTER EIGHT THE FIGHT AT THE LAMPPOST(第2页)

Andhedid。Hestruckupatonceaharvestthanksgivinghymn,allab“safelygatheredin”。Itwasabletoaplacewhichfeltasifnothiheresihebeginniwastheoneheberbest。Hehadafihejoiwasveryg。UheWitotjoinin。

TowardtheendofthehymnDigoryfeltsomeoneplugathiselbeneralsmellofbrandyanddgoodclotheshedecidedthatitmustbeUndrew。Undrewwascautiouslypullinghimawayfromtheothers。WhentheyhadgoledistaheoldmanputhismouthsoclosetoDigory'searthatittidwhispered:

“Now,myboy。Slip。Let'sbeoff。”

ButtheWitchhadverygoodears。“Fool!”camehervoidsheleapedoffthehorse。“HaveyottenthatIhearmen'sthoughts?Letgotheboy。IfyouattempttreacheryIwilltakesuyouasneverwasheardofinallworldsfromthebeginning。”

“And,”addedDigory,“ifyouthinkI'msupigastogooffandleavePolly—andthedthehorseihis,you're>

“Youareaverynaughtyalittleboy,”saidUndrew。

“Hush!”saidtheCabby。Theyalllistened。

Inthedarkhingeningatlast。Avoicehadbeguntosing。ItwasveryfarawayandDigoryfoundithardtodewhatdireitwasesitseemedtoalldiresatoimeshealmostthoughtitwasingoutoftheearthbeslowernotesweredeepenoughtobethevoiceoftheearthherself。Therewerenowords。Therewashardlyevewas,beyondostbeautifulnoisehehadeverheard。Itwassobeautifulhecouldhardlybearit。Thehorseseemedtolikeittoo;hegavethesortofwhinneyahorsewouldgiveif,afteryearsofbeingacab-horse,itfounditselfbatheoldfieldwhereithadplayedasafoal,andsawsomeorememberedandlovedingacrossthefieldtitalumpofsugar。

“Gawd!”saidtheCabby。“Ain'titlovely?”

&woehesamemomethevoicewassuddehervoices;morevoiyoucouldpossiblyt。Theywereinharmonywithit,butfarhigherupthescale:gling,silveryvoices。Thesederwasthattheblaessoverhead,allatonce,wasblazingwithstars。Theydidn'teoutgentlyoheydoonasummereveherehadbeennothingbutdarkathousand,thousandpointsoflightleapedout—siars,stellations,as,brighterahananyinourworld。Therewerenoclouds。Thearsandthenewvoiatexactlythesametime。Ifyouhadsee,asDigorydid,youwouldhavefeltquitethatitwasthestarsthemselveswhichweresinging,andthatitwastheFirstVoice,thedeepone,whichhadmadethemappearahemsing。

“Glorybe!”saidtheCabby。“I'dha'beeermanallmylifeifI'dkhihis。”

TheVoitheearthwasnowlouderariumphant;butthevoithesky,aftersingingloudlywithitforatime,begaer。Andhingelseening。

Faraway,ahehorizon,theskybeganthtwind,veryfresh,begantostir。Thesky,inthatoneplace,grewslowlyandsteadilypaler。Youcouldseeshapesofhillsstandingupdarkagainstit。AllthetimetheVoisinging。

Therewassoonlightenoughforthemtoseeoher'sfaces。Thedthetwohadopenmouthsandshiheyweredrinkinginthesound,andtheylookedasifitremihemofsomething。Undrew'smouthentoo,buthjoy。Helookedmoreasifhishadsimplydroppedawayfromtherestofhisface。Hisshoulderswerestoppedandhiskneesshook。HewasnotlikingtheVoice。Ifhecouldhavegotawayfromitbygintoarat'shole,hewouldhavedotheWitchlookedasif,inaway,sheuhemusicbetterthananyofthem。Hermouthwasshut,herlipswerepressedtogether,aswereched。EversihesongbegathatthisasfilledwithaMagitfromhersandstro。Shewouldhavesmashedthatwholeworld,orallworlds,topieces,ifitwouldonlystopthesioodwithitsearswellforward,andtwitg。Everynowasampedtheground。Itnolongerlookedlikeatiredoldcab-horse;youowwellbelievethatitsfatherhadbeeninbattles。

&ernskygedfromwhitetopinkandfrompinktogold。TheVoidrose,tillalltheairwasshakingwithit。Andjustasitswelledtothemightiestandmostglorioussoundithadyetproduced,thesunarose。

Digoryhadneverseensu。Thesuheruinsofhadlookedolderthanours:thislookedyounger。Youagilaughedforjoyasitcameup。Andasitsbeamsshotacrossthelaravellerscouldseeforthefirsttimewhatsortofplacetheywerein。Itwasavalleythroughwhichabroad,swiftriverwounditsardtowardthesun。Southwardthereweremountains,northwardtherewerelowerhills。Butitwasavalleyofmereearth,rodwater;therewasabush,notabladeofgrasstobeseehwasofmanycolors:theywerefresh,hotandvivid。TheymadeyoufeelextilyousawtheSihenyelse。

ItwasaLion。Huge,shaggy,andbright,itstoodfagtherisensun。Itsmoutheninsonganditwasaboutthreehundredyardsa>

“Thisisaterribleworld,”saidtheWitch。“WemustflyatoheMagic。”

“Iquiteagreewithyou,Madam,”saidUndrew。“Amostdisagreeableplapletelyuncivilized。Ifermanandhadagun—”

“Garn!”saidtheCabby。“Youdon'tthinkyoucouldshoot'im,doyou?”

“Andwhoolly。

&heMagic,oldfool,”saidJadis。

&ainly,Madam,”saidUndrewgly。“Imusthaveboththetougme。Putonyourhatonce,Digory。”HewaawaywithouttheWitch。

“Oh,it&#s,isit?”criedJadis。ShewouldhavehadherhandsinDigory'spocketbeforeyoucouldsaykDigrabbedPollyaakecare。Ifeitherofyouehalfaniwowillvanishandyou'llbeleftherefood。Yes:Ihavearingiollyandmehome。Andlook!Myhandisjustready。Sokeepyourdistansorryaboutyou(helookedatthedaboutthehorse,butI'thelpthat。Asforyoutwo(helookedatUheQueen),you'rebothmagis,soyououghttoenjoyliviher。”

“Oldyournoise,everyone,”saidtheCabby。“Iwanttolistentothemoosic。”

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