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CHAPTER FIVE PUDDLEGLUM（第4页）

&whatarethey?”

pressedJill.“Therearesomauresinthistry.Imeaheyanimals，orbirds，ordwarfs，or>

TheMarsh-wigglegavealongwhistle.“Phew!”

hesaid.“Don'tyouknow?Ithoughttheowlshadtoldyou.They&#iants.”

Jillwinced.Shehadseveninbooks，andshehadooneinahenshesawScrubb'sface，whichhadturhergreen，andthoughttoherself，“Ibethe'sihanIam.”

Thatmadeherfeelbraver.

&oldmelongago，”

saidScrubb—“thattimeithhimatsea-thathe'djollywellbeatesinayhimtribute.”

“That&#h，”

saidPuddleglum.“They'reatpeacewithusallright.AsloayonourowheShribble，theywon'tdousanyharm.Overontheirside，oill，there'salwaysace.Ifwedon'tgetnearanyofthem，ahemfetthemselves，andifwe're'sjustpossiblewemightgetalong>

“Lookhere!”

saidScrubb，suddenlylosinghistemper，aspeoplesoeasilydowhentheyhavebeenfrightened.“Idon'tbelievethewholethingbehalfasbadasyout;ahebedsintheerehardortheet.Idon'tthinkAslanwouldeverhavesentusiftherewassolittleceasallthat.”

&eexpectedtheMarsh-wiggletogivehimaheonlysaid，“That'sthespirit，Scrubb.That'stheutagoodfait.Butweallobeverycarefulaboutallthehardtimesweshallhavetether.Won'tdotoquarrel，youknow.Atanyrate，don'tbeginittoosoon.Ikionsusuallyendthatway:kher，Ishouldn'twonder，beforeall'sdohelongeroffit—”

“Well，ifyoufeelit'ssohopeless，”

iedScrubb，“Ithinkyou'dbetterstaybehind.PoleandIalone，'twe，Pole?”

“Shutupanddon'tbeanass，Scrubb，”

saidJillhastily，terrifiedlesttheMarsh-wiggleshouldtakehimathisword.

“Don'tyouloseheart，Pole，”

saidPuddleglum.“I'miain.I'mnotgoingtoloseanopportuwilldomegood.Theyallsay—Imeaherwigglesallsay-thatI'mtooflighty;don'ttakelifeseriouslyenough.Ifthey'vesaiditohey'vesaiditathousandtimes.'Puddleglum，'they'vesaid，'yethertoofullofbobandboundhighspirits.You'vegottolearnthatlifeisn'tallfricasseedfrogsandeelpie.Youwaosoberyoudownabit.We'reonlysayingitfood，Puddleglum.'That'swhattheysay.Nowajoblikethis—ajourhjustaswinter'sbeginning，lookingforaPriprobablyisn'tthere，bywayofaruihatnoonehaseverseehething.Ifthatdoesn'tsteadyachap，Idon'tknoill.”

Andherubbedhisbigfrog-likehaherasifheweretalkingofgoingtoapartyorapantomime.“Andnow，”

headded，“let'sseehowthoseeelsaregettingon.”

&hemealcameitwasdelidthehadtifirsttheMarsh-wigglewouldn'tbelievethattheyreallylikedit，aheyhadeatensomuchthathehadtobelievethem，hefellbasayingthatitwouldprobablydisagreewiththemhorribly.“What'sflesmaybepoisonforhumans，Ishouldn'twonder，”

hesaid.Afterthemealtheyhadtea，intins（asyou'veseenmenhavingitwhontheroad），andPuddleglumhadagoodmanysipsoutofasquareblackbottle.Heofferedthesomeofit，buttheythoughtitverynasty.

&ofthedayeionsforaarttom.Puddleglum，bei，saidhewouldcarrythreeblahalargebitofbarolledupihem.Jillwastocarrytheremainsoftheeels，somebisdthetinder-box.ScrubbwastocarrybothhisowndJill'swhentheydidn'twahem.Scrubb（whohadleariotheEastunder）hadPuddleglum'ssedbestbouddleglumhadhisbestohoughhesaidthatinds，anddampbs，andbadlight，andgers，itwasahuooeitherofthemhittinganything.HeandScrubbbothhadswordsScrubbhadbroughttheonewhichhadbeeforhiminhisroomatCairParavel，butJillhadtobetwithherkherewouldhavebeehis，butassooedsparringthewigglerubbedhishandsandsaid，“Ah，thereyouare.Ithoughtasmuch.That'seures.”

Thismadethembothshutup.

Allthreewenttobedearlyinthewigwam.Thistimethereallyhadaratherbadnight.Thatuddleglum，aftersaying，“You'dbettertryforsomesleep，youtwo;notthatIsupposeanyofuswilleyetonight，”

instaoffintosuchaloud，uouss，whenJillatlastgottosleep，shedreamedallnightaboutroad-drillsandwaterfallsandbeirainsintunnels.