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CHAPTER THREE THE WOOD BETWEEN THE WORLDS（第1页）

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UNdrewandhisstudyvaly.Then，foramomehingbecamemuddled.ThehingDigorykhattherewasashtfromabove，anddarknessbelow.Hedidn'tseemtobestandingonanything，，.Nothioughim.“IbelieveI'minwater，”

saidDigory.“Oruhisfrightenedhimforased，butalmostatoncehecouldfeelthathewasrushingupwards.Thenhisheadsuddeotheairand，hefoundhimselfsgashore，outontosmroundattheedgeofapool.

&ohisfeethehewasherdrippingnforbreathasanyoerbeier.Hisclotheswereperfectlydry.Hewasstandingbytheedgeofasmallpool—efromsidetosideinaworewclosetogetherandweresoleafythathecouldgethesky.Allthelightwasgreenlightthatcamethroughtheleaves:buttheremusthavebeerongsuhisgreendaylightwasbrightandwarm.Itwasthequietestwoodyouagiherewerenobirds，s，noanimals，andnowind.Youostfeelthetreesgrowing.Thepoolhehadjustgotoutofwasnottheonlypool.Thereweredozensofothers—apooleveryfewyardsasfarashiseyescouldreaostfeelthetreesdrierupwiththeirroots.Thiswoodwasverymuchalive.WheodescribeitafterwardDigoryalwayssaid，“Itlace:asrichasplumcake.”

&rahingwasthat，almostbeforehehadlookedabouthim，Digoryhadhalffottenhowhehadethere.Atanyrate，hewaslynotthinkingaboutPolly，orUndrew，orevenhisMother.Hewasfrighteed，orcurious.Ifanyonehadaskedhim“Wheredidyou?”

hewouldprobablyhavesaid，“I'vealwaysbeewaswhatitfeltlike—asifonehadalwaysbeeninthatplaeverbeehoughnothinghadeverhappened.Ashesaidlongafterward，“It'sofplacewherethireesg，that'sall.”

AfterDigoryhadlookedatthewtimeheherewasagirllyithefootofatreeafewyardsaway.Hereyeswerebutnotquite，asifshewerejustbetweensleepingandwaking.Sohelookedatherftimeandsaidnothing.Andatlastsheopenedhereyesahimftimeandshealsosaidnothing.Thenshespoke，ieofvoice.

“IthinkI'veseenyoubefore，”

shesaid.

“Iratherthinksotoo，”

saidDigory.“Haveyoubeenherelong?”

“Oh，always，”

saidthegirl.“Atleast—Idon'tkime.”

“SohaveI，”

saidDigory.

“Noyouhaven't，saidshe.“I'vejustseeofthatpool.”

“Yes，IsupposeIdid，”

saidDigoryuzzledair，“I&#otten.”

Thenforquitealohersaidanymore.

“Lookhere，”

saidthegirlpresently，“Iwonderdidweeverreallymeetbefore?Ihadasortofidea—asortofpimyhead—ofaboyandagirl，likeus—liviedifferent—anddoingallsortsofthiwasonlyadream.”

“I'vehadthatsamedream，Ithink，”

saidDigory.“Aboutaboyandagirl，lividoor—ahingabamongrafters.Irememberthegirlhadadirtyface.”

&yougettingitmixed?Iwastheboywhohadthedirtyface.”

“Iembertheboy'sface，”

saidDigory:andthenadded，“Hullo!What'sthat?”

“Why!it'saguinea-pig，”

saidthegirl.Anditwas—afatguinea-pig，nosingaboutinthegrass.Butroundthemiddleoftheguihereraiedontoitbythetape，wasabrightyell.