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CHAPTER ONE THE PICTURE IN THE BEDROOM（第3页）

“Butwhoisyourfriend?”

saidalmostattoEustacewithhischeerfulsmile.ButEustacewasgmuchharderthananyboyofhisagehasarighttoothihainghashappeohim，andwouldo，“Letmego.Letmegoba'tlikeit.”

&yougo?”

said.“Butwhere?”

&acerushedtotheship'sside，asifheexpectedtoseethepictureframehangihesea，andperhapsaglimpseofLucy'sbedroom.Whathesaavesfleckedalerbluesky，bwithoutabreaktothehorizon.Perhapswehardlyblamehimifhisheartsank.Hetlysick.

“Hey!Rynelf，”

saidtoohesailspiefortheirMajesties.You'llowarmyouafterthatdip.”

HecalledEdmundandLucytheirMajestiesbecausetheyaerandSusanhadallbeenKingsandQueensbeforehistime.Narniantimeflowsdifferentlyfromours.IfyouspentahundredyearsinNarnia，youwouldstillebacktoourworldattheverysamehouroftheverysamedayonwhichyouleft.Andthen，ifyouwentbaiaafterspendingaweekhere，youmightfindthatathousandNarnianyearshadpassed，oronlyaday，orall.Youillyougetthere.tly，whenthePevensiehadreturoNarnialasttimefortheirsedvisit，itwas（fortheNarnians）asifKingArthurcamebacktoBritain，assomepeoplesayhewill.AndIsaythesooer.

&urhespiesteaminginaflagonandfoursilvercups.Itanted，andasLudEdmuheycouldfeelthewarmthghtdowoes.ButEustacemadefadsplutteredandspatitoutandwassiaaiheyhadn'tanyPlumptree'sVitaminizedNerveFoodandcoulditbemadewithdistilledwaterandaedoashoreattheion.

“Thisisamerryshipmateyou&#htus，Brother，”

whisperedundwithachuckle;butbeforehecouldsayanythiaceburstoutagain.

“Oh!Ugh!Whatoh'sthat!Takeitaway，theh.”

Hereallyhadsomeexcusethistimefalittlesurprised.Somethingverydeedhadeoutofthethepoopandwasslthem.Youmightdiwas—aMouse.ButthenitwasaMouseonitshioodabouttwofeethigh.AthinbandofgoldpassedrounditsheadunderoneearaherandinthiswasstusoheMouse'sfurwasverydark，almostblack，theeffectwasboldandstriking.）Itsleftpawrestedoofaswordverynearlyaslongasitstail.Itsbalapacedgravelyalongtheswayingdeck，erfeditsmaly.LudEdmundreizeditatonceReepicheep，themostvaliantofalltheTalkisofNarnia，andtheChiefMouse.IthadwonundyinggloryileofBeruna.Luged，asshehadalwaysdoakeReepicheepupinherarmsathis，assheasapleasuresheeverhave:itwouldhaveoffendedhimdeeply.Instead，shewentdowotalktohim.

Reepicheepputforwardhisleftleg，drewbackhisright，bowed，kissedherhand，straightewirledhiswhiskers，andsaidinhisshrill，pipingvoice:“MyhumbledutytoyourMajesty.AndtoKioo.”

（Herehebowedagain.）“yourMajesties'presencewaslagtothisgloriousventure.”

“Ugh，takeitaway，”

wailedEustace.“IhatemidInevercouldbearperfanimals.They'resillyandvulgaraal.”

“AmItouand，”

saidReepicheeptoLucyafteraloace，“thatthissingularlydiscourteouspersonisunderyourMajesty'sprote?Because，ifnot—”

AtthismomentLudEdmundbothsneezed.

“WhatafoolIamtokeepyouallstandinghereihings，”

said.“eonbelowaged.I'llgiveyoumyofcourse，Lucy，butI'mafraidwehavenowomen'sboard.You'llhavetomakedowithsomeofmiheicheep，likeagoodfellow.”

“Totheceofalady，”

saidReepicheep，“eveioniveway—atleastforthemoment—”

andherehelookedveryhardatEustace.ButhustledthemonaesLudherselfpassingthroughthedooriern.Shefelliatohreesquarewindowsthatlookedoutontheblue，swirliern，thelowedbehreesidesofthetable，theswingingsilverlampoverhead（Dwarfs'work，shekosexquisitedelidtheflatgoldimageofAslantheLionontheforwardwallabovethedoor.Allthisshetookininaflash，forimmediatelyopenedadooroarboardside，andsaid，“This'llbeyourroom，Lucy.I'lljustgetssformyself—”

hewasrummagihelockerswhilehespoke—“aoge.Ifyou'llflihingsoutsidethedoorI'llgetthemtakeobedried.”

Ludherselfasmueasifshehadbeenin'sforweeks，aionoftheshipdidnotworryher，forintheolddayswhenshehadbeenaqueeninNarniashehaddoneagooddealofvoyaging.Thewasverytinybutbrightanels（allbirdsasanddragonsandvines）andspotlessly.'sclforher，butsheanage.Hisshoes，sandalsaswerehopelesslybigbutshedidnotmindgoionboardship.Whenshehadfinisheddressingshelookedoutofheraterrushingpastandtookaloh.Shefeltquitesuretheywereinforalovelytime.