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CHAPTER THIRTEEN HOW THE DWARFS REFUSED TO BE TAKEN IN（第1页）

CHAPTERTHIRTEENHOWTHEDWARFSREFUSEDTOBETAKENIN

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TIRIANhadthought—orhewouldhavethoughtifhehadtimetothinkatall—thattheywereilethatchedstable，abouttwelvefeetlongawide.Iheystoodongrass，thedeepblueskywasoverhead，andtheairwhichblewgentlyontheirfaceswasthatofadayinearlysummer.Notfarawayfrroveoftrees，thicklyleaved，butuherepeepedoutthegoldorfaintyelllowingredoffruitssuoonehasseeninourworld.ThefruitmadeTiriamustbeautumnbuttherewassomethingiheairthattoldhimitotbelaterthaheyallmovedtowardthetrees.

Everyoneraisedhishandtopickthefruithebestlikedthelookof，andtheneveryonepausedforased.Thisfruitwassobeautifulthateachfelt“Iteantforme...surelywe'reopluckit.”

“It'sallright，”

saidPeter.“Iknoe'reallthinking.ButI'msure，quitesure，we.I'veafeelingwe'vegottothetrywhereeverythingisallowed.”

&hen!”

saidEustadtheyallbega.

Whatwasthefruitlike?Unfortunatelynoonedescribeataste.AllIsayisthat，paredwiththosefruits，thefreshestgrapefruityou'veevereatenwasdull，aewasdry，ameltingpearwashardandwoody，aassour.Andtherewereones，andnos.Ifyouhadofruit，allthehingsinthisworldwouldtastelikemediesafterit.ButI'tdescribeit.You'tfindoutwhatitislikeunlessyougettothatdtasteitforyourself.

&heyhadeateneacesaidtoKier，“Youhaven'tyettoldushowyougothere.Yoiirianturnedup.”

“There'snotmuchtotell，”

saidPeter.“Edmundaandiformandwesawyourtrainingihinkingitwastakioofast.AhinkinghowfunnyiteoplewereprobablyihoughLu'tknowaboutit—”

“Yourpeople，HighKing?”

saidTirian.

&herandMother—Edmund'sandLucy'sandmine.”

“Whywerethey?”

askedJill.“Youdon'tmeantosaytheyknowaboutNarnia?”

“Ohno，ithadnothingtodowithNarnia.TheywereooBristol.I'doheyweregoingthatm.ButEdmundsaidthey'dbeboundtobegoingbythattrain.”

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“Andehen?”

saidJill.

&'sodescribe，isit，Edmund?”

saidtheHighKing.

“Notvery，”

saidEdmund.“Itwasn'tatalllikethatothertimeerepulledoutofouric.Therewasafrightfulroaramewithabang，butitdidn'thurt.Asomuchscaredas—well，excited.Oh—andthisis.

I'dhadarathersoreknee，fromahackatrugger.Ihadsuddenlygone.Averylight.Andthen—herewewere.”

“Itwasmuchthesameforusintherailwaycarriage，”

saidtheLthelasttracesofthefruitfromhisgoldenbeard.“OnlyIthinkyouandI，Polly，chieflyfeltthatwe'dbeenunstiffened.Youyoungsterswon'tuaoppedfeelingold.”

“Youngsters，indeed!”

saidJill.“Idon'tbelieveyoutworeallyaremucholderthanwearehere.”

“Wellifwearen't，wehavebeen，”

saidtheLadyPolly.

“Andwhathasbeenhappehere?”