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chater eight what haened after dner（第1页）

“ANDnow，”saidLucy，“dopleasetelluswhat’shappenedtoMr。Tumnus．”

“Ah，that’sbad，”saidMr。Beaver，shakinghishead．“That’savery，verybadbusiness．There’snodoubthewastakenoffbythepolice．Igotthatfromabirdwhosawitdone．”

“Butwhere’shebeentakento？”askedLucy．

“Well，theywereheadingnorthwardswhentheywerelastseenandweallknowwhatthatmeans．”

“No，wedon’t，”saidSusan．Mr。Beavershookhisheadinaverygloomyfashion．

“I’mafraiditmeanstheyweretakinghimtoherHouse，”hesaid。

“Butwhat’lltheydotohim，Mr。Beaver？”gaspedLucy．

“Well，”saidMr。Beaver，“youcan’texactlysayforsure。Butthere’snotmanytakenintherethatevercomesoutagain．Statues．Allfullofstatuestheysayitis-inthecourtyardandupthestairsandinthehall．Peopleshe’sturned”-（hepausedand

shuddered）“turnedintostone．”

“But，Mr。Beaver，”saidLucy，“can’twe-Imeanwemustdosomethingtosavehim．It’stoodreadfulandit’sallonmyaccount．”

“Idon’tdoubtyou’dsavehimifyoucould，dearie，”saidMrs。Beaver，“butyou’venochanceofgettingintothatHouseagainstherwillandevercomingoutalive．”

“Couldn’twehavesomestratagem？”saidPeter．“Imeancouldn’twedressupassomething，orpretendtobe-oh，pedlarsoranything-orwatchtillshewasgoneout-or-oh，hangitall，theremustbesomeway．ThisFaunsavedmysisterathisownrisk，Mr。Beaver．Wecan’tjustleavehimtobe-tobe-tohavethatdonetohim．”

“It’snogood，SonofAdam，”saidMr。Beaver，“nogoodyourtrying，ofallpeople．ButnowthatAslanisonthemove-”

“Oh，yes！TellusaboutAslan！”saidseveralvoicesatonce；foronceagainthatstrangefeeling-likethefirstsignsofspring，likegoodnews，hadcomeoverthem．

“WhoisAslan？”askedSusan．

“Aslan？”saidMr。Beaver．“Why，don’tyouknow？He’stheKing．He’stheLordofthewholewood，butnotoftenhere，youunderstand．Neverinmytimeormyfather’stime．Butthewordhasreachedusthathehascomeback．HeisinNarniaatthismoment．He’llsettletheWhiteQueenallright．Itishe，notyou，thatwillsaveMr。Tumnus．”

“Shewon’tturnhimintostonetoo？”saidEdmund．

“Lordloveyou，SonofAdam，whatasimplethingtosay！”

answeredMr。Beaverwithagreatlaugh．Turnhimintostone？Ifshecanstandonhertwofeetandlookhiminthefaceit’llbethemostshecandoandmorethanIexpectofher．No，no．He’llputalltorightsasitsaysinanoldrhymeintheseparts：

Wrongwillberight，whenAslancomesinsight，

Atthesoundofhisroar，sorrowswillbenomore，

Whenhebareshisteeth，wintermeetsitsdeath，

Andwhenheshakeshismane，weshallhavespringagain．

You’llunderstandwhenyouseehim．

“Butshallweseehim？”askedSusan．

“Why，DaughterofEve，that’swhatIbroughtyouherefor。I’mtoleadyouwhereyoushallmeethim，”saidMr。Beaver．

“Is-isheaman？”askedLucy．

“Aslanaman！”saidMr。Beaversternly．“Certainlynot。ItellyouheistheKingofthewoodandthesonofthegreatEmperor-beyond-the-Sea．Don’tyouknowwhoistheKingofBeasts？Aslanisalion-theLion，thegreatLion．”

“Ooh！”saidSusan，“I’dthoughthewasaman．Ishe-quitesafe？Ishallfeelrathernervousaboutmeetingalion．”

“Thatyouwill，dearie，andnomistake，”saidMrs。Beaver；“ifthere’sanyonewhocanappearbeforeAslanwithouttheirkneesknocking，they’reeitherbraverthanmostorelsejustsilly．”

“Thenheisn’tsafe？”saidLucy．

“Safe？”saidMr。Beaver；“don’tyouhearwhatMrs。Beavertellsyou？Whosaidanythingaboutsafe？Courseheisn’tsafe．Buthe’sgood．He’stheKing，Itellyou．”

“I’mlongingtoseehim，”saidPeter，“evenifIdofeelfrightenedwhenitcomestothepoint．”