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CHAPTER TEN THE MAGICIANS BOOK（第2页）
“Ohyes，youdo，”saidAnne。“Youwerecrazyaboutherlastterm。”
“No，Iwasn't，”saidMarjorie。“I'vegotmoresehat。Notabadlittlekidinherway。ButIwasgettiiredofherbeforetheendofterm。”
“Well，youjollywellwon'thavetheyotherterm!”shoutedLucy。“Two-facedlittlebeast。”ButthesoundofherowondedherthatshewastalkingtoapidthattherealMarjoriewasfarawayinanotherworld。
“Well，”saidLucytoherself，“Ididthierofherthanthat。AndIdidallsortsofthierm，andIstucktoherwhennotmanyirlswould。Atoo。Aherstoneofallpeople!Iwonderareallmyfrieherearelotsofotherpio。Iwon'tlookatanymore。Iwon't，Iwon't'andwithagreateffortsheturhepage，butne，angrytearhadsplashedonit。
Opageshecametoaspell“fortherefreshme'。Thepictureswerefewerherebutverybeautiful。AndwhatLudherselfreadingwasmorelikeastorythawentesandbeforeshehadreadtothebottomofthepageshehadfottenthatshewasreadingatall。Shewaslivioryasifitwerereal，aureswererealtoo。WheteaheehatisthelovelieststoryI'veeverreadorevershallreadinmywholelife。Oh，IwishIcouldhavegitforteleastI'llreaditain。”
ButherepartofthemagicoftheBooktoplay。You'tturnback。Theright-haheonesahead，couldbetur-handpagesot。
“Oh，whatashame!”saidLucy。“IdidsowaagaileastImustrememberit。Let'ssee。。。itwasabout。。。about。。。ohdear，it'sallfadingawayagaihislastpageisgoingblank。Thisisaveryqueerbook。HowIhavefotten?Itwasaboutadaswordandatreeandagreenhill，Iknowthatmuch。ButIemberandwhatshallIdo?”
Andsheneverber;ahatdaywhatLusbyagoodstoryisastorywhidsherottenstoryintheMagi'sBook。
&urnedonandfoundtohersurpriseapagewithall;butthefirstwordselltomakehiddenthingsvisible。Shereaditthroughtomakesureofallthehardwordsaoutloud。Aowaswbecauseasshespoketheeiallettersatthetopofthepageauresbeganappearinginthemargins。ItwaslikewhenyouholdtothefiresomethingwritteninInvisibleIinggraduallyshowsup;ohedingyonjuice（whichistheeasiestIhiswasallgoldandblueaheywereoddpidaLuuchlikethelookof。Ahought，“IsupposeI'vemadeeverythiohumpers。Theremightbelotsofotherihingshangingaboutaplacelikethis。I'mIwahemall。”
Atthatmome，heavyfootfallsingalongthecorridorbehindher;andofcoursesherememberedwhatshehadbeentoldabouttheMagiwalkingiandmakihanacat。Itisalwaysbettertoturnroundthahinggupbehindyourback。Lucydidso。
Theill，foramoment（butofcourseshedidn'tknowit），shelookedalmostasbeautifulasthatotherLuthepidsheranforwardwithalittlecryofdelightaretchedout。ForwhatstoodinthedoorwaywasAslaheLioofallHighKings。Andhewassolidandrealandwarmaherkisshimandburyherselfinhisshiningmane。Andfromthelow，earthquake-likesoundthatinsidehim，Ludaredtothinkthatheurring。
“Oh，Aslan，”saidshe，“itwaskindofyoutoe。”
“Ihavebeehetime，”saidhe，“butyouhavejustmademevisible。”
“Aslan!”saidLucyalmostalittlereproachfully。“Don'tmakefunofme。Asifanything1akeyouvisible!”
“Itdid，”saidAslan。“DoyouthinkIwouldn'tobeymyownrules?”
&lepausehespokeagain。“Child，”hesaid，“Ithinkyouhavebeeneavesdropping。”
“Eavesdropping?”
“Youlisteyourtwoschoolfellaboutyou。”
“Ohthat?Ithating，Aslan。Wasn'titmagic?”
“Spyingonpeoplebymagicisthesameasspyingontheminanyotherway。Andyouhavemisjudgedyourfriend。Sheisweak，butshelovesyou。Shewasafraidoftheirlandsaidwhatshedoesnotmean。”
“Idon'tthinkI'deverbeabletetwhatIheardhersay。”
“No，youwon't。”
“Ohdear，”saidLucy。“HaveIsp?Doyoumeanwewouldhavegoneonbeihadn'tbeenforthis—andbeenreallygreatfriends—allourlivesperhaps—andnowwenevershall。”
“Child，”saidAslan，“didIoyouonoooldwhatened?”
“Yes，Aslan，youdid，”saidLusorry。Butplease—”
“Speako。”
“ShallIeverbeableto，readthatstain;theoneIember?Willyoutellittome，Aslan?Ohdo，do，do。”
“Indeed，yes，Iwilltellittoyouforyearsameetthemasterofthishouse。”
