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CHAPTER TWO JILL IS GIVEN A TASK（第2页）

shesaid.

“Ihavesgirlsandboys，womenandmen，kingsaiesandrealms，”

saidtheLion.Itdidn'tsaythisasifitwereboasting，norasifitweresorry，norasifitwereangry.Itjustsaidit.

“Idaren'teanddrink，”

saidJill.

“Thenyouwilldieofthirst，”

saidtheLion.

“Ohdear!”

saidJill，iepnearer.“IsupposeImustgoandlookforareamthen.”

“Thereisream，”

saidtheLion.

ItneveroccurredtoJilltodisbelievetheLion—noonewhohadseenhissternfacecoulddothat—andhermindsuddeselfup.Itwasthewshehadeverhadtodo，butshewentforwardtothestream，kdown，andbegansgupwaterinherhand.Itwasthewatershehadevertasted.Youdidn'todrinkmuchofit，foritquehirstatonce.BeforeshetasteditshehadbeeomakeadashawayfromtheLioshehadfinished.Now，sherealizedthatthiswouldbeohemofall.Shegotupandstoodtherewithherlipsstillwetfr.

“ehere，”

saidtheLioo.Shewasalmostbetweenitsfrontpawsnow，lhtintoitsface.Butshe'tstandthatf;shedroppedhereyes.

“HumanChild，”

saidtheLioheBoy?”

“Hefelloverthecliff，”

saidJill，andadded，“Sir.”

Shedidn'tkocallhim，anditsouoothing.

“Howdidheetodothat，HumanChild?”

&ryingtostopmefromfalling，Sir.”

“Whywereye，HumanChild?”

“Iwasshowingoff，Sir.”

“Thatisaverygoodanswer，Humanore.AndhefirsttimetheLion'sfacebecamealittlelessstern）“theboyissafe.IhaveblownhimtoNarnia.Butyourtaskwillbetheharderbecauseofwhatyouhavedone.”

&task，Sir?”

saidJill.

&askforwhichIhereoutofyourownworld.”

ThispuzzledJillverymuistakingmeforsomeohought.Shedidn'tdaretotelltheLionthis，thoughshefeltthingswouldgetintoadreadfulmuddleunlessshedid.

&hought，HumanChild，”

saidtheLion.

“Iwasw—Imean—couldtherebesomemistake?BeobodycalledmeandScrubb，youknohoaskedtoehere.Scrubbsaidweweretoebody—itwasanameIwouldn'tkheSomebodywouldletusin.Andwedid，ahedooropen.’

“YouwouldomeunlessIhadbeengtoyou，”

saidtheLion.

“ThenyouareSomebody，Sir?”

saidJill.

“Iam.Aask.FarfromhereinthelandofNarniatherelivesanagedkingwhoissadbecausehehasnoprinceofhisbloodtobekingafterhim.Hehasnoheirbecausehisonlysonwasstolenfromhimmanyyearsago，andnooneinNarniakpriorwhetherheisstillalive.Butheis.Ilayonyouthisand，thatyouseekthislostpriileitheryouhavefoundhimandbroughthimtohisfather'shouse，orelsediedi，ooyourownworld.”

“How，please?”