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CHAPTER TEN THE FIRST JOKE AND OTHER MATTERS（第2页）

beganDigoryihlessvoiaRabbitsaid，“They'reakindelettuce，that'smybelief.”

“No，we'relywe'renot，”

saidPollyhastily.“We'renotatall.”

“There!”

saidtheMole.“Theytalk.Whoeverheardofatalkiuce?”

&hey'retheSedjoke，”

suggestedtheJackdaw.

APanther，whichhadbeenwashingitsface，stoppedforamomenttosay，“Well，iftheyare，they&#likesogoodasthefirsto，1don'tseeanythingveryfunnyaboutthem.”

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“Oh，please，”

saidDigory.“I'minsuchahurry.IwaheLion.”

AllthistimetheCabbyhadbeentryingtocatchStrawberry'seye.Nowhedid.“Now，Strawberry，oldboy，”

hesaid.“Youknowme.Youain'tgoingtostandthereandsayasyoudon'tknowme.”

“What'stheThingtalkingabout，Horse?”

saidseveralvoices.

“Well，”

saidStrawberryveryslowly，“Idolyknow，Ithinkmostofusdon'tknowmuchaboutanythiI'veasortofideaI'veseenathihisbefore.I'veafeelingIlivedsomewhereelse—orwassomethingelse—beforeAslanafewmi'sallverymuddled.Likeadream.Buttherewerethihreeinthedream.”

“What?”

saidthee?Mewhatusedtyouahotmashofaneveningwhenyouwasoutofsorts?Mewhatrubbedyoudownproper?Mewhattoputyouryouifyouwasstandinginthe_cold?Iwouldn't'avethoughtitofyou，Strawberry.”

“Itdoesbegintoeback，”

saidtheHhtfully.“Yes.Letmethihink.Yes，youusedtotieahorridblagbehiheomakemerun，andhoweverfarIranthisblagwouldalwaysbeilebehindme.”

“We&#toearn，see，”

saidtheCabby.“Yoursthesameasmine.Andifthere'adn'tbeennoworkandnowhipthere'd'avebeennostable，nohay，nomash，andnooats.ForyoudidgetatasteofoatswhenIcouldafford'em，whiey.”

“Oats?”

saidtheHuphisears.“Yes，Iremembersomethingaboutthat.Yes，Iremembermoreandmore.Youwerealwayssittingupsomewherebehind，andIwasalwaysrunninginfront，pullingyouahing.IknowIdidallthework.”

“Summer，Igrantyou，”

saidtheCabby.”

'Otworkforyouandacoolseatforme.Butwhataboutwinter，oldboy，whenyouingyourselfwarmandIwassittihmyfeetlikeidmynosefairpinewiththewind，andmy'andsthatnumbI't'ardly'oldthereins?”

“Itwasahard，try，”

saidStrawberry.“Therewasnograss.Allhardstones.”

“Tootrue，mate，tootrue!”

saidtheCabby.“A'ardaysdidsaythosepaving-stofaironany'oss.That'sLunn'on，thatis.Ididn'tlikeithanwhatyoudid.Youwereatry'oss，andIwasaaosinginthechoir，Idid，downat'ome.Buttherewasn'talivihere.”

“Ohplease，please，”

saidDigory.“Couldwegeton?TheLion'sgettingfurtherandfurtheraway.AndIdoeaktohimsodreadfullybadly.”

“Look'ere，Strawberry，”

saidtheCabby.“Thisyounggen'leman'assomethingonhismiotalktotheLionabout;'imyou.Supposeyouwastolet'imrideonyourback（which'e'dtakeitverykindly）andtrot'imovertowheretheLionis.Ahelittlegirlwillbefollo>

“Ride?”