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CHAPTER TEN THE FIRST JOKE AND OTHER MATTERS（第2页）

“What?”saidthee?Mewhatusedtyouahotmashofaneveningwhenyouwasoutofsorts?Mewhatrubbedyoudownproper?Mewhattoputyouryouifyouwasstandinginthe_cold?Iwouldn't'avethoughtitofyou，Strawberry。”

“Itdoesbegintoeback，”saidtheHhtfully。“Yes。Letmethihink。Yes，youusedtotieahorridblagbehiheomakemerun，andhoweverfarIranthisblagwouldalwaysbeilebehindme。”

“We&#toearn，see，”saidtheCabby。“Yoursthesameasmine。Andifthere'adn'tbeennoworkandnowhipthere'd'avebeennostable，nohay，nomash，andnooats。ForyoudidgetatasteofoatswhenIcouldafford'em，whiey。”

“Oats?”saidtheHuphisears。“Yes，Iremembersomethingaboutthat。Yes，Iremembermoreandmore。Youwerealwayssittingupsomewherebehind，andIwasalwaysrunninginfront，pullingyouahing。IknowIdidallthework。”

“Summer，Igrantyou，”saidtheCabby。”'Otworkforyouandacoolseatforme。Butwhataboutwinter，oldboy，whenyouingyourselfwarmandIwassittihmyfeetlikeidmynosefairpinewiththewind，andmy'andsthatnumbI't'ardly'oldthereins?”

“Itwasahard，try，”saidStrawberry。“Therewasnograss。Allhardstones。”

“Tootrue，mate，tootrue!”saidtheCabby。“A'ardaysdidsaythosepaving-stofaironany'oss。That'sLunn'on，thatis。Ididn'tlikeithanwhatyoudid。Youwereatry'oss，andIwasaaosinginthechoir，Idid，downat'ome。Buttherewasn'talivihere。”

“Ohplease，please，”saidDigory。“Couldwegeton?TheLion'sgettingfurtherandfurtheraway。AndIdoeaktohimsodreadfullybadly。”

“Look'ere，Strawberry，”saidtheCabby。“Thisyounggen'leman'assomethingonhismiotalktotheLionabout;'imyou。Supposeyouwastolet'imrideonyourback（which'e'dtakeitverykindly）andtrot'imovertowheretheLionis。Ahelittlegirlwillbefollo>

“Ride?”saidStrawberry。“Oh，Iremembernow。Thatmeanssittingonmyback。Irememberthereusedtobealittleowo-leggerswhousedtodothatloohavelittlehard，squarelumpsofsomewhitestuffthathegaveme。Theytasted—oh，wonderful，sweeterthangrass。”

“Ah，that'dbesugar，”saidtheCabby。

&rawberry，”beggedDigory，“do，doletmegetupaoAslan。”

“Well，Idon'tmind，”saidtheHorse。“Notforonayouget。”

“GoodoldStrawberry，”saidtheCabby。“&#'un，I'llgiveyoualift。”DigorywassoononStrawberry'sbadquitefortable，forhehadriddenbare-backbeforeonhisownpony。

“rawberry，”hesaid。

“Youdon'thappeofthatwhitestuffaboutyou，Isuppose?”saidtheHorse。

“No。I'mafraidIhaven't，”saidDigory。

&'tbehelped，”saidStrawberry，a。

AtthatmomentalargeBulldog，whohadbeensniffingandstaringveryhard，said:“Look。Isn'tthereahesequeercreaturesoverthere，besidetheriver，urees?”

&heanimalslookedandsawUaillamongtherhododendronsandhopinghewouldn'tbenoticed。

“eon!”saidseveralvoices。“Let'sgoandfindout。”So，whileStrawberrywasbrisklytrottingawaywithDigoryiion（andPollyandtheCabbywerefollowingonfoot）mostofthecreaturesrushedtowardUhrrunts，andvariousnoisesofcheerfuli。

&nowgobackabitandexplainwhatthewholesehadlookedlikefromUndrew'spoihad'allthesameimpressiononhimasonthedthe。Forwhatyouseeandheardependsagooddealonwhereyouarestanding:italsodependsonwhatsortofpersonyouare。

&heanimalshadfirstappeared，Undrewhadbeenshrinkingfurtherandfurtherbatothethicket。Hewatchedthemveryhardofcourse;buthewasn'treallyieditheyweredoing，ohertheyweregoingtomakearushathim。LiketheWitch，heractical。Hesimplydidn'tAslanwasgoofeverykis。Allhesaw，hthesaw，wasalotofdangerouswildanimalswalki。Awhytheotheranimalsdidn'trunawayfromthebigLion。

&hegreatmomeheBeastsspoke，hemissedthewholepoint;foraratheriingreasoheLiunsinging，lowasstillquitedark，hehadrealizedthatthenoisewasasong。Andhehaddislikedthesongverymuch。Itmadehimthihiwanttothihehesunroseathesingerwasalion（“onlyalioohimself）hetriedhishardesttomakebelievethatitwasn'tsingingandneverhadbeensinging—asanylionmightinazooinourownworld。“Ofcourseit'treallyhavebeensingi，“Imusthaveimagi。I'vebeeioutoforder。Whoeverheardofalionsinging?”AndthelongeraheLionsang，theharderUomakehimselfbelievethathecbutr。roubleabtomakeyourselfstupiderthanyoureallyareisthatyouveryoftensudrewdid。HesoohingbutrinAslan'ssong。Soonhe'thaveheardanythingelseeveedto。AtheLionspokeandsaid，“Narniaawake，”hedidn'thearanywords:heheardonlyasnarl。AheBeastsspokeinanswer，heheardrowlings，bayings，andhowlings。Aheylaughed—well，youe。ThatwasworseforUhananythingthathadhappe。Suchahorrid，bloodthirstydinrybruteshehadneverheardiohisutterrageandhorror，hesawtheotherthreehumansactuallywalkingoutiomeettheanimals。

“Thefools!”hesaidtohimself。“eswilleattheringsalongwiththeandI'llogethomeagain。WhataselfishlittleboythatDigoryis!Ahersarejustasbad。Iftheywanttothrowawaytheirow'stheirbusiwhataboutme?Theydon'tseemtothinkofthat。hinksofme。”

Finally，dofanimalscamerushingtowardhim，heturnedandranforhislife。Andnowanyonecouldseethattheairofthatyoungworldwasreallydoilemangood。InLondonhehadbeenfartoooldtoruaspeedwhichwouldhavemadehimtowinthehundredyards'rayPrepsEngland。Hiscoattailsflyingoutbehindhimwereafi。Butofcourseitwasnouse。Manyoftheanimalsbehiowasthefirstruntheyhadevertakenintheirlivesandtheywerealllongiheirerhim!Afterhim!”theyshouted。“Perhapshe'sthatally-ho!Tantivy!Cuthimoff!Roundhimup!Keepitup!Hurrah!”

Inaveryfewmihemgotaheadofhim。Theylinedupinarowandbarredhisway。Othershemmedhiminfrombehind。Whereverhelookedhesawterrors。Antlersofgreatelksandthehugefaelephanttoweredoverhim。Heavy，serious-mindedbearsandbruntedbehindhim。Cool-lookingleopardsahsarcasticfaces（ashethought）staredathimaails。Whatstruckhimmostofallwasthenumberofopenmouths。Theanimalshadreallyopehstopatheyhadopehstoeathim。

Uremblingandswayingthiswayandthat。Hehadneverlikedanimalsatthebestoftimes，beingusuallyratherafraidofthem;andofcourseyearsofdoisonanimalshadmadehimhateahemfarmore。

“Now，sir，”saidtheBulldoginhisbusiness-likeway，“areyouaable，ormihatwaswhatitreallysaid;butallUndrewheardwas“Gr-r-rarrh-ow!”