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CHAPTER TEN THE RETURN OF THE LION（第1页）

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Tokeepalohegewashadlooked.Beforetheyhadgonemanyyardstheyweretedwithyrowinge，aheyhadtriedththese，stoopingandpushingforaboutteheyrealizedthat，iwouldtakethemanhourtodohalfamile.Sotheycamebadoutagaiogoroundthefirwood.Thistookthemmuchfartherthtthaedtogo，faroutofsightofthedoutofsouilltheybegaheyhadlostitaltogether.ime，butitwasgettipartoftheday.

&heywereableatlasttogobacktotheedgee（nearlyamilebelowthepointfromwhichtheyhadstarted）theyfoundthetheirsideofitagooddeallowerandmorebroken.Soontheyfoundawaydowninteanduedthejourheriver'sedge.Butfirsttheyhadarestandalongdrialkingabreakfast，oreveh.

TheymayhavebeeicktotheRushinsteadofgoingalokeptthemsureoftheirdiredeversihefirwoodtheyhadallbeenafraidofbeioofaroutoftheirdlosihewood.Itwasanolda，andyouotkeepanythiraightit.Patchesofhopelessbrambles，fallentrees，boggypladdehwouldbealwaysgettinginyourway.ButthegeoftheRushwasnotatallaravelliher.Imean，itlaceforpeopleinahurry.Foranafternoon'srambleendinginapiicteaitwouldhavebeeful.Ithadeverythingyoutonanoofthatswaterfalls，silvercascades，deep，amber-ossyroddeepmossonthebanksinwhichyoukoveryourankles，everykindoffern，jewel-likedragoimesahawkoverheadaerandTrumpkin.boththought）aofcoursewhattheandtheDwarfwaoseeassoonaspossiblewastheGreatRiverbelowthem，andBeruna，aoAslan'sHow.

Astheywentantofallmoreaeeply.Theirjourneybeoreofadlessandlessofalaadangerousclimboverslipperyrockintodarkdtheriverrrilyatthebottom.

Youmaybesuretheywatchedthetheirlefteagerlyfnofabreakoraheybthem;butthosecliffsremaiwasmaddening，becauseeveryoifoheywereouteonthatside，theywouldhaveonlyasmoothslopeandafairlyshortian'sheadquarters.

TheboysandtheDinfavhtingafireandgtheirbear-meat.Susandidn'twantthis;sheonlywanted，asshesaid，“togetonandfinishitaofthesebeastlywoods”

.Lucywasfartootiredaohaveanyopinionaboutanything.Butastherewasnodrywoodtobehad，itmatteredverylittlewhata.Theboysbegantowonderifrawmeatwasreallyasnastyastheyhadalwaysbeentold.Trumpki

Ofcourse，ifthehadattemptedajourhisafewdaysagoiheywouldhavebeehinkIhaveexplainedbeforehowNarniawasalteringthem.EvenLucywasbynow，sotospeak，ohirdofalittlegirlgoingtschoolforthefirsttime，andtwo-thirdsofQueenLuia.

“Atlast!”

saidSusan.

“Oh，hurray!”

saidPeter.

TherivergehadjustmadeabendandthewholeviewspreadoutbeheycouldseeopentrystrettothehorizoahebroadsilverribboRiver.TheycouldseethespeciallybroadandshallowplacewhitheFordsofBerunabutannedbyalong，many-archedbridge.Therewasalittletownatthefarendofit.

“ByJove，”

saidEdmuheBattleofBerunajustwherethattownis!”

Thischeeredtheboysmorethananything.You'thelpfeelingstrongerwhenyoulookataplacewhereyouwonagloriousvientionakingdom，hundredso.PeterandEdmundweresoonsobusytalkingaboutthebattlethattheyfottheirsorefeetandtheheavydragoftheirmailshirtsontheirshoulders.TheDwarfwasioo.

Theywereallgettingonataquickerpaow.Thegoingbecameeasier.Thoughtherewerestillsheertheirleft，thegroundwasbeiheirright.Soonitwasneatall，onlyavalley.Therewereerfallsaheywereinfairlythick>

&once—whizz，andasouhestrokeofawoodpecker.Thewerestillwwhere（agesago）theyhadheardasoundjustlikethatandwhytheydislikeditso，whenTrumpkinshouted，“Down'，atthesamemLucy（eohim）flatdownintothebra.Peter，whohadbeenlookinguptoseeifhecouldspotasquirrel，hadseenwhatitwas—alongcruelarrowhadsunkirunkjustabovehishead.AshepulledSusandoedhimself，anothercameraspingoverhisshoulderandstruckthegroundathisside.

“Quick!Quick!Getback!Crawl!”

parumpkin.

&urnedandhill，uhebraamidcloudsofhorriblybuzzingflies.Arrowswhizzedrouru'shelmetingaheycrawledquicker.Souredoffthem.Theoopingnearlydouble.Theboysheldtheirswordsintheirhaheywouldtripthemup.

Itwasheart-breakinghillagain，backroundtheyhadalreadytravelled.Wheheyreally'truosavetheirlives，theyalldroppeddowninthedampmossbesideawaterfallandbehindabigb.Theyweresurprisedtoseehowhightheyhadalreadygot.

&elyandheardnosoundofpursuit.

“Sothat'sallright，”

saidTrumpkin，drabreath.“They'rehewood.Ories，Iexpect.ButitmeansthatMirazhasanoutpostdowlesahough，itwasahing.”

“Ioughttohavemyheadsmackedfusthiswayatall，”

saidPeter.

“Orary，yourMajesty，”

saidtheDwarf.“Forowasn'tyou，itwasyourroyalbrEdmund，whestedgoingbyGlass>

“I'mafraidtheD.L.F.&#ht，”

saidEdmund，whohadquiteholyfottehingsbegang.

“Andforairumpkin，“ifwe'dgonemyway，we'dhavewalkedstraightintothat，mostlikely;oratleasthadjustthesametroubleavoidingit.IthinkthisGlasswaterroutehasturforthebest.”

“Ablessingindisguise，”