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the lion, the witch and the war_c·s·刘易斯-第19部分

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ng to crush the human vermin and the traitors now that the great fool;  the great cat; lies dead。鈥

at this moment the children were for a few seconds in very great danger。  for with wild cries and a noise of skirling pipes and shrill horns blowing; the whole of  that vile rabble came sweeping off the hill…top and down the slope right past their hiding… place。 they felt the spectres go by them like a cold wind and they felt the ground shake  beneath them under the galloping feet of the minotaurs; and overhead there went a flurry  of foul wings and a blackness of vultures and giant bats。 at any other time they would  have trembled with fear; but now the sadness and shame and horror of aslans death so  filled their minds that they hardly thought of it。

as soon as the wood was silent again susan and lucy crept out onto the open  hill…top。

the moon was getting low and thin clouds were passing across her; but still  they could see the shape of the lion lying dead in his bonds。 and down they both knelt  in the wet grass and kissed his cold face and stroked his beautiful fur … what was  left of it … and cried till they could cry no more。 and then they looked at each other and held  each others hands for mere loneliness and cried again; and then again were silent。 at  last lucy said;  〃i cant bear to look at that horrible muzzle。 i wonder could we take if  off?鈥

so they tried。 and after a lot of working at it (for their fingers were  cold and it was now the darkest part of the night) they succeeded。 and when they saw his face  without it they burst out crying again and kissed it and fondled it and wiped away the  blood and the foam as well as they could。 and it was all more lonely and hopeless and  horrid than i know how to describe。

〃i wonder could we untie him as well?〃 said susan presently。 but the  enemies; out of pure spitefulness; had drawn the cords so tight that the girls could make  nothing of the knots。

i hope no one who reads this book has been quite as miserable as susan and  lucy were that night; but if you have been … if youve been up all night and cried  till you have no more tears left in you … you will know that there es in the end a sort  of quietness。 you feel as if nothing was ever going to happen again。 at any rate that was how  it felt to these two。 hours and hours seemed to go by in this dead calm; and they hardly  noticed that they were getting colder and colder。 but at last lucy noticed two other  things。 one was that the sky on the east side of the hill was a little less dark than it  had been an hour ago。

the other was some tiny movement going on in the grass at her feet。 at  first she took no interest in this。 what did it matter? nothing mattered now! but at last she  saw that whatever…it…was had begun to move up the upright stones of the stone table。  and now whatever…they…were were moving about on aslans body。 she peered closer。  they were little grey things。

〃ugh!〃 said susan from the other side of the table。 〃how beastly! there are  horrid little mice crawling over him。 go away; you little beasts。〃 and she raised her  hand to frighten them away。

〃wait!〃 said lucy; who had been looking at them more closely still。 〃can  you see what theyre doing?鈥

both girls bent down and stared。

〃i do believe …〃 said susan。 〃but how queer! theyre nibbling away at the  cords!鈥

〃thats what i thought;〃 said lucy。 〃i think theyre friendly mice。 poor  little things … they dont realize hes dead。 they think itll do some good untying him。鈥

it was quite definitely lighter by now。 each of the girls noticed for the  first time the white face of the other。 they could see the mice nibbling away; dozens and  dozens; even hundreds; of little field mice。 and at last; one by one; the ropes were all  gnawed through。

the sky in the east was whitish by now and the stars were getting fainter …  all except one very big one low down on the eastern horizon。 they felt colder than they  had been all night。 the mice crept away again。

the girls cleared away the remains of the gnawed ropes。 aslan looked more  like himself without them。 every moment his dead face looked nobler; as the light grew  and they could see it better。

in the wood behind them a bird gave a chuckling sound。 it had been so still  for hours and hours that it startled them。 then another bird answered it。 soon there were  birds singing all over the place。

it was quite definitely early morning now; not late night。

〃im so cold;〃 said lucy。

〃so am i;〃 said susan。 〃lets walk about a bit。鈥

they walked to the eastern edge of the hill and looked down。 the one big  star had almost disappeared。 the country all looked dark grey; but beyond; at the very end  of the world; the sea showed pale。 the sky began to turn red。 they walked to ands fro  more times than they could count between the dead aslan and the eastern ridge; trying to  keep warm; and oh; how tired their legs felt。 then at last; as they stood for a moment  looking out towards they sea and cair paravel (which they could now just make out) the red  turned to gold along the line where the sea and the sky met and very slowly up came the  edge of the sun。

at that moment they heard from behind them a loud noise … a great cracking;  deafening noise as if a giant had broken a giants plate。

〃whats that?〃 said lucy; clutching susans arm。

〃i … i feel afraid to turn round;〃 said susan; 〃something awful is  happening。鈥

〃theyre doing something worse to him;〃 said lucy。 〃e on!〃 and she  turned; pulling susan round with her。

the rising of the sun had made everything look so different … all colours  and shadows were changed that for a moment they didnt see the important thing。 then  they did。 the stone table was broken into two pieces by a great crack that ran down it  from end to end; and there was no aslan。

〃oh; oh; oh!〃 cried the two girls; rushing back to the table。

〃oh; its too bad;〃 sobbed lucy; 〃they might have left the body alone。鈥

〃whos done it?〃 cried susan。 〃what does it mean? is it magic?鈥

〃yes!〃 said a great voice behind their backs。 〃it is more magic。〃 they  looked round。

there; shining in the sunrise; larger than they had seen him before;  shaking his mane (for it had apparently grown again) stood aslan himself。

〃oh; aslan!〃 cried both the children; staring up at him; almost as much  frightened as they were glad。

〃arent you dead then; dear aslan?〃 said lucy。

〃not now;〃 said aslan。

〃youre not … not a … ?〃 asked susan in a shaky voice。 she couldnt bring  herself to say the word ghost。 aslan stooped his golden head and licked her forehead。 the  warmth of his breath and a rich sort of smell that seemed to hang about his hair came all  over her。

〃do i look it?〃 he said。

〃oh; youre real; youre real! oh; aslan!〃 cried lucy; and both girls flung  themselves upon him and covered him with kisses。

〃but what does it all mean?〃 asked susan when they were somewhat calmer。

〃it means;〃 said aslan; 〃that though the witch knew the deep magic; there  is a magic deeper still which she did not know: her knowledge goes back only to the  dawn of time。

but if she could have looked a little further back; into the stillness and  the darkness before time dawned; she would have read there a different incantation。 she  would have known that when a willing victim who had mitted no treachery was killed  in a traitors stead; the table would crack and death itself would start working  backwards。

and now …鈥

〃oh yes。 now?〃 said lucy; jumping up and clapping her hands。

〃oh; children;〃 said the lion; 〃i feel my strength ing back to me。 oh;  children; catch me if you can!〃 he stood for a second; his eyes very bright; his limbs  quivering; lashing himself with his tail。 then he made a leap high over their heads and landed  on the other side of the table。 laughing; though she didnt know why; lucy scrambled  over it to reach him。 aslan leaped again。 a mad chase began。 round and round the hill …top he led them; now hopelessly out of their reach; now letting them almost catch his  tail; now diving between them; now tossing them in the air with his huge and  beautifully velveted paws and catching them again; and now stopping unexpectedly so that all  three of them rolled over together in a happy laughing heap of fur and arms and legs。 it  was such a romp as no one has ever had except in narnia; and whether it was more like  playing with  

a thunderstorm or playing with a kitten lucy could never make up her mind。  and the funny thing was that when all three finally lay together panting in the sun  the girls no longer felt in the least tired or hungry or thirsty。

〃and now;〃 said aslan presently; 〃to business。 i feel i am going to roar。  you had better put your fingers in your ears。鈥

and they did。 and aslan stood up and when he opened his mouth to roar his  face became so terrible that they did not dare to look at it。 and they saw all the  trees in front of him bend before the blast of his roaring as grass bends in a meadow before the  wind。 then he said;  〃we have a long journey to go。 you must ride on me。〃 and he crouched down  and the children climbed on to his warm; golden back; and susan sat first; holding  on tightly to his mane an
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