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CHAPTER NINE THE ISLAND OF THE VOICES（第3页）
“Well，”saidtheChiefVoice。“It'slikethis。Thisislaheprreatmagitimeoutofmind。Anderhapsinamannerofspeaking，Imightsay，wewere—hisservaogstoryshort，thismagithatIeakingabout，hetoldustodosomethingwedidn'tlike。Andwhynot?Becausewedidn'twahen，thissamemagihefellirage;fhttotellyouheowheislandandhewasn'tusedtobeingcrossed。Hewasterriblydht，youknow。Butletmesee，whereamI?Ohyes，thismagi，hegoesupstairs（foryoumustkallhismagigsupthereandweallliveddownbelow），Isayhegoesupstairsandputsaspellonus。Anuglifyingspell。Ifyousahimyopinionyoumaythankyourstarsyou't，youwouldn'tbelievewhatwelookedlikebeflified。Youwouldn'treally。Sothereweallweresouglywe'tbeartolookatohenell，I'lltellyouewaitedtillwethoughtthissamemagiiernoonaairsandgotohismagicbook，asboldasbrass，toseeifweythingaboutthisuglifi。Butwewereallofasweatandatremble，soIwon'tdeceiveyou。But，believemeorbelievemenot，Idoassureyouthatwe'tfindanythingintheellfofftheugliness。Andwhatwithtimegettingonandbeingafraidthattheoldgeanyminute—Iwasallofamucksweat，soIwon'tdeceiveyou—well，togstoryshort，whetherwedidrightorrong，intheendellfpeopleinvisible。Awe'dratherbeihangoonbeingasuglyasallthat。Andwhy?Becausewe'dlikeitbetter。Somylittlegirl，who'sjustabirl'sage，achildshewasbeforeshewasuglified，thoughsaidsoomended—Isay，mylittlegirlshesaysthespell，forit'sgottobealittlegirlorelsethemagihimself，ifyouseemymeaning，forotherwiseitwon'twork。Andwhyhinghappens。SomyClipsiesaysthespell，fhttohavetoldyoushereadsbeautifully，andthereweallwereasinvisibleasyoucouldwishtosee。AndIdoassureyouitwasareliefher'sfaces。Atfirst，anyway。Buttheloofitiswe'remortaltiredofbeingihere'sahing。Weneverreagi（theoellingyouabiwehaven'teverseenhimsince。Sowedon'tknowifhe'sdead，one。away，orwhetherhe'sjustsittingupstairsbeinginvisible，andperhapsingdownandbeingihere。A'snomaneningbecausehealwaysdidgoaboutwithhisbarefeeton，makihabigdI'lltellallyougeraight，it'sgettihanwhatourand。”
SuchwastheChiefVoice'sstory，butverymued，becauseIhaveleftoutwhattheOtherVoicessaid。Actuallyhemorethansixorsevenwordswithoutbeiedbytheiragreementsandes，whichdrovetheNaroftheirmindswithimpatiewasovertherewasaverylongsilence。
“But，”saidLucyatlast，“what'sallthisgottodowithus?Idon'tuand。”
“Why，blessme，ifIhaven'tgohewholepoint，”saidtheChiefVoice。
“Thatyouhave，thatyouhave，”roaredtheOtherVoiceswithgreatenthusiasm。“Noone'thaveleftitoutdbetter。Keepitup，Chief，keepitup。”
“Well，IgooverthewhaiheChiefVoice。
“ainlynot，”saiddEdmund。
&hen，toputitinanutshell，”saidtheChiefVoice，“we'vebeenwaitingfforalegirlfrnparts，likeitmightbeyou，Missie—thatwouldgotothemagidfiakesofftheinvisibleness，andsayit。Andweallsworethatthefirststrangersaslahisisland（havilegirlwiththem，Imean，foriftheyhadn'tit'dbeaer）wewouldn'tletthemgoawayaliveuhey'ddoheneedfulforus。Andthat'swhy，gentlemen，ifyirldoesn'teuptoscratch，itwillbeourpainfuldutytocutallyourthroats。Merelyinthewayofbusiness，asyoumightsay，andnooffence，Ihope。”
“Idon'tseeallyourons，”saidReepicheep。“Aretheyihewordswerescarouthbeforetheyheardawhizzingsouaspearhadstuck，quiverireesbehindthem。
“That'saspear，thatis，”saidtheChiefVoice。
“Thatitis，Chief，thatitis，”saidtheothers。“You'thaveputitbetter。”
“Andityhand，”theChiefVoiued。“Theygetvisiblewhentheyleaveus。”
“Butwhydoyouwahis?”askedLucy。“Why'toneofyourownpeople?Haven'tyougotanygirls?”
“Wedursen't，wedursen't，”saidalltheVoices。“We&#oingupstairsagain。”
“Inotherwords，”said，“ythisladytofaedangerwhichyoudaren'taskyourownsistersaoface!”
“That&#ht，that&#ht，”saidalltheVoicescheerfully。“You'thavesaiditbetter。Eh，you'vehadsomeedu，youhave。Anyo。”
“Well，ofalltheeous—”beganEdmund，butLuterrupted。
“WouldIhavetoght，orwoulditdoindaylight?”
“Oh，daylight，daylight，tobesure，”saidtheChiefVoiotatnight。Noone'saskingyoutodothat。Goupstairsinthedark?Ugh。”
“Allright，then，I'lldoit，”saidLuo，”shesaid，turnihers，“don'ttrytostopme。'tyouseeit'sherearedozehere。We'tfightthem。Aherwaythereisace。”
“Butamagi!”said。
“Iknow，”saidLucy。“Buthemayn'tbeasbadastheymakeout。Don'tyougettheideathatthesepeoplearenotverybrave?”
“They'relynotveryclever，”saidEustace。
“Lookhere，Lu，”saidEdmund。“Wereally'tletyoudoathihis。AskReep，I'msurehe'llsayjustthesame。”
“Butit'stosavemyownlifeaswellasyours，”saidLu'twaobitswithinvisibleswordsahananyoneelse。”
&yisi，”saidReepicheep。“Ifwehadanyassuranceofsavile，ourdutywouldbevery-plaiomethatwehaveheservicetheyaskofherisinnowaytrarytoherMajesty'shonour，butanobleandheroicalact。IftheQueen'sheartmoveshertoriskthemagi，Iwillnotspeakagainstit。”
Asnoonehadeverkobeafraidofanything，hecouldsaythiswithoutfeelingatallawkward。Buttheboys，whohadallbeenafraidquiteoften，grewveryred。wassuchobviousseheyhadtogivein。Loudtheinvisiblepeoplewhentheirdewasahelysupportedbyalltheothers）iheNarniaosupperahea'tt，butLucysaid，“I'msurethey'renottreacherous。They'reall，”ahersagreed。Andso，apaniedbyanenormoushumpings（whichbecamelouderwheheflaggedandegcourtyard）theyallwentbacktothehouse。
