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CHAPTER TWO JILL IS GIVEN A TASK（第3页）

saidJill.

“Iwilltellyou，Child，”

saidtheLiohesignsbywhichIwillguideyoui;assooacesetsfootinNarnia，hewillmeetanoldanddearfriegreetthatfriendatonce;ifhedoes，youwillbothhavegoodhelp.SeustjourofNarillyouetotheruiyoftheas.Third;youshallfindawritingoruiy，andyoumustdowhatthewritingtellsyou.Fourth;youwillkprince（ifyoufindhim）bythis，thathewillbethefirstpersoinyourtravelswhowillaskyoutodosomethingihenameofAslan.”

AstheLioohavefihoughtsheshouldsaysomethihankyouverymuch.Isee.”

“Child，”

saidAslalervoihehadyetused，“perhapsyoudoeaswellasyouthink.Butthefirststepistoremember.Repeattome，ihefns.”

Jilltried，anddidn'tgetthemquiteright.SotheLioedher，athemagainandagaintillshecouldsaythemperfectly.Heatiehis，sothat，whenitwasdone，Jillpluckedupcetoask:

“Please，howamItogettoNarnia?”

“Oh，”

saidtheLion.“IwillblowyouiheworldasIble>

“ShallIcattimetotellhimthefirstsign?ButIsupposeitwon'tmatter.Ifheseesanoldfriend，he&#oaohim，isn'the?”

“Youwillhaveospare，”

saidtheLion.“ThatiswhyImustsendyouatone.Walkbeforemetotheedgeofthecliff.”

Jillrememberedverywellthatiftherewasospare，thatwasherownfault.“IfIhadn'tmadesuyself，SdIwouldhavebeengoiher.Andhe'dhaveheardalltheinstrusaswellasme，”

shethought.Soshedidasshewastold.Itwasveryalarmingwalkingbacktotheedgeofthecliff，especiallyastheLiondidnotwalkwithherbutbehindher—makingnonoiseonhissoftpaws.

Butlongbeforeshehadgotaheedge，thevoidhersaid，“Standstill.IIwillblow.But，first，remember，remember，rememberthesigns.Saythemtoyourselfwhehemandwhenight，andwhehemiddleofthenight.Arahingsmayhappentoyou，letnothingturnyourmindfromfollowingthesigns.Andsedly，Igivey.Hereoaioyouclearly:Iwillnotoftendosodowninhemountain，theairisdyourmindisclear;asyoudropdownintoNarnia，theairwillthi.Takegreatcarethatitdoesnotind.Andthesignswhichyouhavelearlookatallasyouexpectthemtolook，whehere.Thatiswhyitissoimportanttoknowthembyheartandpayoappearahesighesigns.ers.Andnow，daughterofEve，farewell—”

Thevoicehadbeengrowiowardtheendofthisspeeowitfadedawayaltogether.JilllookedbehioherastoshesawthecliffalreadymorethanahundredyardsbehiheLionhimselfaspeckoldo.Shehadbeeihandgherfistsforaterribleblastoflion'sbreath;butthebreathhadreallybeeshehadientatwhichshelefttheearth.Andhingbutairforthousandsuponthousabelowher.

&frightenedonlyforased.Foroheworldbehherwassoveryfarawaythatitseemedtohavenothingtodowithher.ForaihoftheLioremelyfortable.Shefoundshecouldlieonherbaherfadtwistanyleased，justasyouwater（ifyou'velearofloatreallywell）.Andbecauseshewasmovingatthesamepaceasthebreath，therewasnowind，andtheairseemedbeautifullywarm.Itwaslikebeinginanaeroplaherewasnonoiseandnovibration.IfJillhadeverbeeninaballoohavethoughtitmorelikethat;oer.

Whenshelookedbaowshecouldtakeiimetherealsizeofthemountainshewasleaving.ShewonderedwhyamountaiwashsnowaIsupposeallthatsortofthingisdifferentinthisworld，”

thoughtJill.Thenshelookedbelowher;butshewassohighthatsheakeoutwhethershewasfloatingoverlandorsea，noreedshewasgoingat.

“ByJove!Thesigns!”

saidJillsuddenly.“I'dbetterrepeatthem.”

Sheanicforasedortwo，butshefouillsaythemallcorrectly.“Sothat'sallright，”

shesaid，andlaybatheairasifitwasasofa，withasighofent.

“Well，Idodeclare，”

saidJilltoherselfsomehourslater，“I'vebeenasleep.Fangonair.Iwonderifanyone'sdobefore.Idon'tsupposetheyhave.Ohbother—Scrubbprobablyhas!Onthissamejourlebitbeforeme.Let'sseewhatitlookslikedownbelow.”

Whatitlookedlikewasanenormous，verydarkblueplain.Therewerenohillstobeseen;buttherewerebiggishwhitethingsmovingslowlyacrossit.“Thosemustbeclouds，”

shethought.“Butfarbiggerthantheoneswesawfromthecliff.Isupposethey&#erbecausethey'rebegettiherthissun.”

Thesunwhichhadbeenhighoverheadwhenshebeganherjourneywasohereyes.Thismeantthatitwasgettinglower，aheadofher.ScrubbwasquiterightinsayingthatJill（Idon'tknowabeneral）didn'tthinkmuchaboutpointsofthepass.Otherwiseshewouldhavekhesuihatsheretty.

Staringattheblueplainbelowher，shepresentlyherewerelittledhter，paleritherea'sthesea!”

thoughtJill.“Idobelievethoseareislands.”

Andsotheywere.ShemighthavefeltratherjealousifshehadknownthatsomeofthemwereislandswhichScrubbhadseenfromaship'sdedeveshedidn'tknowthis.Then，laterooseethattherewerelittlewriheblueflatlewrinkleswhichmustbequitebigowavesifyouweredownamongthem.Andnow，allalongthehorizohickdarklinewhichgrewthiddarkersoquicklythatyoucouldseeitgrowing.Thatwasthefirstsignshehadhadofthegreatspeedatwhichshewastravelling.Ahethiglibeland.

Suddenlyfromherleft（forthewindwasih）agreatwhiteerushingtowardher，thistimeonthesamelevelasherself.Andbeforesheknewwhereshewas，shehadshhtintothemiddleofitscold，wetfoggitookherbreathaway，butshewasinitonlyforamomeblinkiandfouheswet.（Shehadonablazeraerandshortsandstodprettythickshoes;ithadbeenamuddysortofdayinEnglalowerthanshehadgonein;andassoonasshedidsoshehingwhich，Isuppose，sheoughttohavebeeing，butwhichcameasasurpriseandashock.Itwasilltheravelledintotalsilenow，forthefirsttime，sheheardthenoiseofwavesandthegofseagulls.Andnow，too，shesmelledthesmellofthesea.Therewasherspeedwowavesmeetwithasmadaspoutoffoamgoupbetweeshehadhardlyseewasahundredyardsbehihelaiagreatpaountainsfarinland，andotherai.Shecouldseebaysandheadlands，woodsaretchesofsahesoundofwavesbreakingontheshloudereveryseddrowherseanoises.

&helaaheadofher.Shewasouthofariver.Shewasverylownow，oabovethesthertoeasplashoffoamspurtedup，drengherheaslosieadofbeiherivershewasglidingintotheriverbahereweresomanythingstoshecouldhardlytakethemallin;asmooth，greenlashtlycoloredthatitlookedlikeanenormouspieceofjewellery，towersas，baeringintheair，acrowd，gayold，swords，asoundofmusic.Butthiswasalljumbled.Thefirstthingthatsheknewclearlywasthatshehadalightedandwasstahicketoftreesclosebytheriverside，andthere，oawayfromher，wasScrubb.

&hiwashrubbyanduntidyandgenerallyunimpressivehelooked.AndthesedetIam!”