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CHAPTER ELEVEN THE DUFFLEPUDS MADE HAPPY（第2页）

“Oh，thefuhefunnies，”criedLucy，burstingintolaughter。“Didyoumakethemlikethat?”

“Yes，yes。ImadetheDuffersintoMonopods，”saidtheMagi。Hetoowaslaughingtillthetearsrandowwatch，”headded。

Itatg。Ofcoursetheselittleoedmen'twalkorruheygotaboutbyjumping，likefleass。Andstheymade!asifeachbigfootrings。Andwithwhatabouhey;thatwaswhatmadethethumpingnoiseuzzledLucyyesterday。Fornowtheywerejumpingiionsandgouttooher，“Hey，lads!We'revisibleagain。”

“Visibleweare，”saidoasselledredcapwhowasobviouslytheopod。“AndwhatIsayis，sarevisible，why，theyeanother。”

“Ah，thereitis，thereitis，Chief，”criedalltheothers。“There'sthepoint。Noone'sgotaclearerheadthanyou。You'thavemadeitplainer。”

&heoldmannapping，thatlittlegirldid，”saidtheopod。“We'vebeatenhimthistime。”

“Justere，goingtosayourselves，”chimedthechorus。“Ystrohaoday，Chief。Keepitup，keepitup。”

“Butdotheydaretotalkaboutyoulikethat?”saidLucy。“Theyseemedtobesoafraidofyouyesterday。Don'ttheyknowyoumightbelistening?”

“That'sohingsabouttheDuffers，”saidtheMagiialkasifIrahingandoverheardeverythingaremelydahehiakemeinbytricksthatababywouldseethrough—blessthem!”

“Willtheyhavetobeturnedbatotheirpropershapes?”askedLucy。“Oh，Idohopeitwouldn'tbeunkihemastheyare。Dotheyreallymindverymuch?Theyseemprettyhappy。Isay—lookatthatjump。Whatweretheylikebefore?”

“onlittledwarfs，”saidhe。“NothinglikesohesortyouhaveinNarnia。”

“Ititytogethemback，”saidLucy。“They'resofunny:andthey'rerathernice。Doyouthinkitwouldmakeanydiffereoldthemthat?”

“I'msureitwould—ifyoucouldgetitintotheirheads。”

“Willyoueandtry?”

“No，no。You'llgetohoutme。”

“Thanksawfullyforthelunch，”saidLudturnedquicklyaway。SheraairswhichshehadeupsohatmaoEdmuom。Alltheothersweretherewithhimwaiting，andLucy'scesmoteherwheheiranxiousfadrealizedhowlongshehadfottenthem。

“It'sallright，”sheshouted。“Everything'sallright。TheMagi'sabridI'veseenHim—Aslan。”

&shewentfromthemlikethewindandoutintothegardehwasshakingwiththejumpsandtheairringingwiththeshoutsoftheMonopods。Bothwereredoubledwhesightofher。

“Hereshees，hereshees，”theycried。“Threecheersforthelittlegirl。Ah!Sheputitacrosstheoldgentlemanproperly，shedid。”

“Andwe'reextremelyregrettable，”saidtheopod，“thatwe'tgiveyouthepleasureofseeingusaswewerebeflified，foryouwouldn'tbelievethedifferehat'sthetruth，forthere'snodenyingwe&#lynoon'tdeceiveyou。”

&weare，Chief，thatweare，”echoedtheothers，bounglikesomanytoyballoons。“You'vesaidit，you'vesaidit。”

“ButIdon'tthiall，”saidLucy，shoutingtomakeherselfheard。“Ithinkyoulookverynice。”

“Hearher，hearher，”saidtheMonopods。“Trueforyou，Missie。Verynicewelook。You'tfindahaheysaidthisriseanddidicethattheyhadgedtheirminds。

“She'sa-sayiheopod，“ashowwelookedverynicebeflified。”

“Trueforyou，Chief，trueforyou，”tedtheothers。“That'swhatshesays。Weheardherourselves。”

“Ididnot，”bawledLucy。“Isaidyou'reveryniow。”

“Soshedid，soshedid，”saidtheopod，“saidwewereveryhen。”

“Hear'emboth，hear'emboth，”saidtheMonopods。“There'sapairforyou。Alwaysright。They'thaveputitbetter。”

“Butwe&#justtheopposite，”saidLucy，stampiwithimpatience。

“Soyouare，tobesure，soyouare，”saidtheMonopods。“Nothinglikeaup，bothofyou。”

“Yhtodriveanyonemad，”saidLudgaveitup。ButtheMonopodsseemedperfetented，ahatoheversationhadbeenasuccess。

Andbeforeeveryoobedthatevehingelsehappenedwhichmadethemeveisfiedwiththeiroion。dalltheNarbaaspossibletivetheiroRhiheothersonboardtheDawnTreader，whowerebynowveryanxious。And，ofcourse，theMohem，bouballsahoherinloudvoicestillEustacesaid，“IwishtheMagiakethemieadofinvisible。”（Hewassoonsorryhehadspokeheoexplainthatanihihingyou'thear，andthoughhetookalotoftroublehehattheMonopodshadreallyuood，andeoyedhimwasthattheysaidintheend，“Eh，he'tputthingsthewayourChiefdoes。Butyou'lllearn，youngman。Harktohim。He'llshowyouhowtosaythings。There'saspeakerforyou!”）Whehebay，Reepicheephadabrilliantidea。HehadhislittlecoracleloaddledhimselfaboutinittilltheMohhlyihenstoodupinitandsaid，“WorthyaMonopods，youdos。Eachofyouhasafootthatwilldoijumpaslightlyasyouthewaterahappens。”

Theopodhungbadwarhatthey'dfierpowerfulwet，butowooftheyourieditalmostatohehersfollowedtheirexample，andatlastthewholelotdidthesame。Itworkedperfectly。ThehugesiofaMonopodactedasanaturalraftorboat，andwheaughtthemhowtocutrudepaddlesforthemselves，theyallpaddledaboutthebayandroureader，lookingforalltheworldlikeafleetoflittleoeswithafatdiernofeadtheyhadradbottlesofereddowheshipasprizes，andthesailorsstoodleaheship'ssidesaheiro

TheDufferswerealsoverypleasedwiththeirnewnameofMonopods，whichseemedtothemamaghoughtheyright。“That'swhatweare，”theybellowed，“Moneypuds，Pomonods，Poddymons。Justwhatitwasoipsuestocallourselves。”ButtheysoongotitmixedupwiththeiroldnameofDuffersandfileddowntogthemselvestheDufflepuds;andthatiswhattheywillprobablybecalledforturies。

ThateveningalltheNarairswiththeMagidLuoticedhowdiffereopfloorlookednowthatshewasnolongerafraidofit。Themysterioussignsonthedoorswerestillmysteriousbutheyhadkindandcheerfulmeanihebeardedmirrornowseemedfuhadinnereveryonehadbymagicwhateveryooeatanddrink，andafterdiheMagididaveryusefulaifulpieagic。HelaidtwoblasofparthetableandaskedDriniantogivehimaateuptodate:andasDrihinghedescribedcameoutontheparfineestillatlasteachsheetlendidmapoftheEasternOa，Terebinthia，theSeveheLoneIslands，DragonIsland，BurntIslaer，andthelandoftheDuffersitself，allexactlytherightsizesapositiohefirstmapsevermadeofthoseseasahananythathavebeenmadesimagithese，thoughthetownsandmountaifirstjustastheywouldonanordinarymap，whentheMagitthemamagnifyingglassyousawthattheywereperfectlittlepicturess，sothatyoucouldseetheverydslavemarketasinNarrowhaven，allveryclearthoughverydistahihroughthewroelescope。Theonlydrawbackwasthattheeofmostoftheislandslete，forthemapshowedonlywhatDrihhisowheywerefihe。Magikeptonehimselfaheotherto:itstillhangsinhisentsatCairParavel。ButtheMagicouldtellthemnothingaboutseasorla。Hedid，however，tellthemthataboutsevenyearsbeforeaNarnianshiphadputinathiswatersandthatshehadonboardthelordsRevilian，Argoz，MavramornandRhoop:sotheyjudgedthatthegoldenmantheyhadseenlyiermustbetheLordRestimar。

&heMagimagidedthesterreaderwhereithadbeeheSearSerpentahusefulgifts。Therewasamostfriendlyparting，andwhenshesailed，twohoursafternoon，alltheDufflepudspaddledoutwithhertotheharbourmouth，ailshewasoutofsound。