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CHAPTER TEN THE FIRST JOKE AND OTHER MATTERS（第1页）

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ITwasofcoursetheLion'svoice.Thehadlohathecouldspeak:yetitwasalovelyandterribleshohedid.

Outofthetreeswildpeoplesteppedfodsahewood;withthemsandSatyrsandDwarfs.OutoftheriverrodwithhisNaiaddaughters.Andalltheseasandbirdsintheirdifferentvoices，lhorthickorclear，replied:“Hail，Aslan.Wehearandobey.elove.Wethink.Wespeak.Weknow.”

“Butplease，wedon'tknowverymuchyet，”

saidanoseyandsnortykindofvoidthatreallydidmakethejump，foritwasthecab-horseoken.

“GoodoldStrawberry，”

saidPolly.“IamgladhewasoheoobeaTalki.”

AndtheCabby，stahe，said，“Strikemepink.Ialwaysdidsaythat'oss'adalotofsehough.”

&ures，Igiveyouyourselves，”

saidthestrong，happyvoiceofAslaoyouforeverthislandiveyouthewoods，thefruits，therivers.IgiveyouthestarsandIgiveyoumyself.TheDumbBeastswhomIhavenotareyoursalso.TreatthemgentlyahembutdonotgobacktotheirwayslestyouceasetobeTalkis.Foroutofthemyouweretakenandintothemyou.Donotso.”

“No，Aslan，wewon't，wewon't，”

saideveryooneperkyjackdawaddedinaloudvoiofear!”

andeveryoneelsehadfibeforehesaiditsothathiswordscameoutquiteadeadsilendperhapsyouhavefoundouthowawfulthatbe—say，ataparty.TheJackdawbebarrassedthatithiditsheaduswingsasifitwasgoingtosleep.Aheranimalsbeganmakingvariousqueernoiseswhicharetheirwaysoflaughingandwhich，ofoonehaseverheardinourworld.Theytriedatfirsttorepressit，butAslansaid:“Laugha，creatures.Nowthatyerdumbandwitless，youalwaysbegrave.Forjokesaswellasjustieinwithspeech.”

Sotheyallletthemselvesgo.AndtherewassuchmerrimentthattheJackdawhimselfpluckedupcainahecab-horse'shead，betweenitsears，gitswings，andsaid:“Aslan!Aslahefirstjoke?WilleverybodyalwaysbetoldhowImadethefirstjoke?”

“No，littlefriend，”

saidtheLion.“Youhavehefirstjoke;youhaveohefirstjoke.”

TheneveryohaheJa'tmindaasloudtillthehorseshookitsheadandtheJackdawlostitsbalandfelloff，butremembereditswiill）beforeitreachedtheground.

“Andnow，”

saidAslan，“Narablished.Wemustfitsafe.Iwilleofyoutomyehithertome，youthechiefDwarf，andyod，andyouOakandtheOwl，andboththeRavensandtheBull-Elephaalktogether.Fhtheworldisnotfivehoursoldanevilhasalreadye.”

&ureshehadnamedcameforwardaurwardwiththem.Theantalking，sayingthididhesayhadeheworld?—A'saNeevil?—No，hedidn'tsayaNeevil，hesaidahat'sthat?”

“Lookhere，”

saidDigorytoPolly，“I'vegottogoafterhim—AslaheLion.Imustspeaktohim.”

“Doyouthinkwe?”

saidPolly.“Iwouldn'tdare.”

“I'vegotto，”

saidDigory.“It'saboutMother.Ifanyonecouldgivemesomethingthatwoulddood，itwouldbehim.”

“I'llealongwithyou，”

saidtheCabby.“Ilikedthelooksof'im.AndIdon'tretheseotherbeastswillgoforus.AndIitholdStrawberry.”

Soallthreeofthemsteppedoutboldly—orasboldlyastheycould—towardtheassemblyofanimals.Thecreaturesweresobusytalkiherandmakitheydidn'threehumansuntiltheywereveryordidtheyhearUndreasstandingtremblinginhisbuttosagoodwayoffandshouting（butbyhetopofhisvoice）.

“Digory!ebaebayou'retold.Iforbidyoutogoastepfurther.”

&theywererightinamongtheanimals，theanimalsallstoppedtalkingahem.

“Well?”

saidtheHe-Beaveratlast，“what，inthenameofAslahese?”

“Please，”