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CHAPTER NINE THE ISLAND OF THE VOICES（第2页）

“Ididn'theara—ohisfrightfulthuddingandthumpi.”

“Iwonder，”

saidReepicheep，“dotheybeevisiblewhenyoudriveaswordintothem?”

“Itlooksasifweshallfindout，”

said.“Butlet'sgetoutofthisgateway.There'soryatthatpumplisteningtoall>

Theycameoutabatothepathwherethetreesmightpossiblymakethemlessspiotthatit'sanygoodreally，”

saidEustagtohidefrompeopleyou'tsee.Theymaybeallroundus.”

“Now，Drinian，”

said.“Howwoulditbeiftheboatforlost，wentdoartofthebay，andsigheDawandinandtakeusaboard?”

“hforher，Sire，”

saidDrinian.

“We，”

saidLucy.

“YourMajestiesall，”

saidReepicheep，“hearme.Itisfollytothinkofavoidinganinvisibleenemybyanyamandskulkiuresmeantustobattle，besuretheywillsudwhateveresofitI'dsoohemfacetofabecaughtbythetail.”

&hiherightthistime，”

saidEdmund.

“Surely，”

saidLucy，“ifRhiheothersoreaderseeusfightihey'llbeabletodosomething.”

“Buttheywon'tseeusfightingifthey'tseeanyenemy，”

saidEustacemiserably.“They'llthinkwe'rejustswingingourswordsintheairforfun.”

Therewasanunfortablepause.

“ianatlast，“let'sgetonwithit.Wemustgoahem.Shakehandsallround—arrow，Lucy—swordsout，everyoneelse—andnowforit.Perhapsthey'llparley.”

Itwasstrahelawreeslookingsopeacefulastheymarchedbacktothebeadwhentheyarrivedthere，alyiheyhadlefther，ahsandwithobeseenohaedwhetherLuerelyimaginedallshehadtoldthem.Butbeforetheyreachedthesand，avoicespokeoutoftheair.

“ers，nofurthernow，”

itsaid.“We'vegottotalkwithyoufirst.There'sfiftyofusahonsinourfists.”

“Hearhim，hearhim，”

camethechorus.“That'sourChief.Youdonwhathesays.He'stellih，heis.”

“Idohesefiftywarriors，”

observedReepicheep.

“That&#ht，that&#ht，”

saidtheChiefVoice.“Youdon'tseeus.Andwhynot?Becausewe'reinvisible.”

&up，Chief，keepitup，”

saidtheOtherVoices.“Ylikeabook.They'taskforabetterahat.”

&，Reep，”