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CHAPTER ELEVEN THE LION ROARS（第1页）

CHAPTERELEVENTHELIONROARS

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&hewholepartywasfinallyawakeLucyhadtotellherstoryforthefourthtime.Theblanksilencewhichfolloweditwasasdisgasanythingcouldbe.

“I'tseeanything，”

saidPeterafterhehadstaredhiseyessore.“you，Susan?”

“No，ofcourseI't，”

snappedSusahereisn'tanythingtosee.She'sbeendreaming.Doliedownandgotosleep，Lucy.”

“AndIdohope，”

saidLuatremulousvoice，“thatyouwillalle.Because—becauseI'llhavetogowithhimwhetheranyoneelsedoesornot.”

“Don'ttalknonsense，Lucy，”

saidSusan.“Ofcourseyou'tgooffonyourown.Don'tlether，Peter.She'sbeingdhty.”

“I'llgowithher，ifshemustgo，”

saidEdmund.“She'sbeenrightbefore.”

“Iknowshehas，”

saidPeter.“Andshemayhavebeenrightthism.Welyhadnolugdownthege.Still—atthishourofthenight.AndwhyshouldAslanbeious?Heobe.It'snotlikehim.WhatdoestheD.L.F.say?”

“Oh，Isaynothingatall，”

aheDwarf.“Ifyouallgo，ofcourse，I'llgowithyou;andifyourpartysplitsup，I'llgowiththeHighKing.That'smydutytohimandKing.But，ifyouaskmyprivateopinion，I'maplaindwarfwhodoesn'tthinkthere'smudingaroadbynightwhereyou'tfindonebyday.AndIhaveniswhicharetalkinglionsanddon'ttalk，andfriendlylionsthoughtheydon'tdousanygood，andwhoppingbiglionsthoughnobodyseethem.It'sallbilgeaalksasfarasIsee.”

“He'sbeatinghispawonthegroundforustohurry，”

saidLucy.“WemustgoImust.”

“You'venhttotrytoforcetherestofuslikethat.It'sfourtooneandyou'retheyou，”

saidSusan.

“Oh，eon，”

growledEdmund.“We'vegottogo.There'llbeillwedo.”

HefullyiobackLucyup，buthewasalosinghisnight'ssleepandforitbydassulkilyaspossible.

“Ohen，”

saidPeter，wearilyfittinghisarmintohisshield-strapandputtion.AtaimehewouldhavesaidsomethioLucy，whowashisfavouritesister，forhekneretchedshemustbefeelihat，whateverhadhappewas.Buthe'thelpbeingalittleahherallthesame.

Susa.“SupposingIstartedbehavinglikeLucy，”

shesaid.“Imightthreatentostayherewhethertherestofyouwentonornot.IjollywellthinkIshall.”

&heHighKing，yourMajesty，”

saidTrumpki'sbeoff.IfI'mnottobeallowedtosleep，I'dassoonmardheretalking.”

Andsoatlasttheygotonthemove.Lutfirst，bitingherlipandtryingnottosayallthethiofsayingtoSusahemwhenshefixedhereyesonAslaurnedaaslowpaceaboutthirtyyardsaheadofthem.TheothershadonlyLucy'sdirestoguidethem，forAslanwasnotonlyihembutsilentaswell.Hisbigcat-likepawsmadehegrass.

&htofthedahertheywerestilldanobodyknew，forLucyhadhereyesontheLiohadtheireyesonLuearertheedgee.“dkettledrums!”

thoughtTrumpkihismadnessisn'tgoingtoendinamoonlightdbrokennecks.”

FwayAslaaloheprecipitheycametoaplacewheresomelittletreesgrewrightournedanddisappearedamongthem.Lucyheldherbreath，foritlookedasifhehadpluhecliff;butshewastoobusykeepinghiminsighttostopandthinkaboutthis.Shequiedherpadwassoonamoreesherself.Lookingdown，shecouldseeasteepandnarrowpathgoingslaebetweenrodAsla.Heturnedaherwithhishappyeyes.Lucyclappedherhaoscrambledownafterhim.Frombehihevoicesoftheothersshouting，“Hi!Lucy!Lookoodness'sake.Yhtohege.ebadtheer，Edmund'svoig，“No，she&#ht.Thereisawaydown.”

Half-waydowhEdmundcaughtupwithher.