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CHAPTER THREE THE DWARF（第2页）

Thereointonthemainlandalittletht，andtheyallfeltsurethatjustbeyondthatpoihoftheriver.Andnow，roundthatpoiosightaboat.Whenithadclearedthepoint，itturnedandbeganingalongthe.Thereweretwopeopleonboard，，theiernandholdingabuwitdmovedasifitwerealive.Boththesepeopleseemedtobesoldiers.Theyhadsteeltheirheadsandlightshirtsof-mail.Theirfaceswerebeardedandhard.Thedrewbathebeatotheithoutmovingafinger.

“This'lldo，”

saidthesoldieriheboathadeaboutoppositetothem.

“Whatabouttyiohisfeet，Corporal?”

saidtheonhisoars.

“Garher.“Wedon't，abroughtone.He'lldrhwithoutastone，aslongaswe'vetiedthecht.”

WiththesewordsheroseandliftedhisbuernowsawthatitwasreallyaliveandwasinfactaDwarf，boundhandandfoashardasheextmomewangjustbesidehisear，andallatohesoldierthrepingtheDwarfiomoftheboat，andfelloverier.HeflouothefarbaerkSusan'sarrowhadstruhishelmet.Heturnedandsawthatshealebutwasalreadyfittingasedarrowt.Butitwasneverused.Assoonashesawhispanionfall，theothersoldier，withaloudcry，jumpedoutoftheboatonthefarside，andhealshtheasapparentlyjustih）aothewoodsofthemainland.

“Quick!Beforeshedrifts!”

shoutedPeter.HeandSusan，fullydressedastheywere，plungedihetotheirshoulderstheirhahesideoftheboat.IheyhadhauledhertothebankaheDwarfout，andEdmundwasbusilyeinghisbondswiththepoife.（Peter'sswordwouldhavebeeaswordisveryihissortofworkbecauseyou'tholditaha.）WhenatlasttheDwarfwasfree，hesatup，rubbedhisarmsandlegs，andexclaimed:“Well，whatevertheysay，youdon'tfeellikeghosts.”

&Dwarfshewasverystoddeep-chested.Hewouldhavebeenaboutthreefeethighifhehadbeenstandingup，andanimmensebeardandwhiskersofcoarseredhairleftlittleofhisfacetobeseeabeak-likewinklingblackeyes.

“Aisornot，you'vesavedmylifeandI'mextremelyobligedtoyou.”

“Butwhyshouldwebeghosts?”

askedLucy.

“I'vebeentoldallmylife，”

saidtheDwarf，“thatthesewoodsalongtheshorewereasfullofghostsastheywereoftrees.That'swhatthestoryis.Andthat'swhy，wheogetridofaheyusuallybringhimdowheyweredoingwithme）andsaythey'llleavehimtotheghosts.ButIalwayswoheydidn'treallydrowtheirthroats.Iebelievedis.Butthosetwocowardsyou'vejustshotbelievedallright.TheyweremhteakiomydeaththanIwasofgoing!”

“Oh，”

saidSusan.“Sothat'swhytheybothrana>

&'sthat?”

saidtheD>

&away，”

saidEdmund.“Tothemainland.”

“Iwasn'tshootingtokill，youknow，”

saidSusan.Shewouldnothavelikedahinksheissatsuchashe.

“Hm，”

saidtheDwarf.“That'snotsogood.Thatmaymeaeroheyhuesfortheiro>

“Whatweretheygoingtodrownyoufor?”

askedPeter.

“Oh，I'madangerousal，Iam，”

saidtheDwarfcheerfully.“Butthat'salongstory.Meantime，Iwaswifperhapsytoaskmetobreakfast?You'veagivesone，beied.”

“There'sonlyapples，”

saidLucydolefully.

&hannothing，butnotsogoodasfreshfish，”

saidtheDwarf.“ItlooksasifI'llhavetoaskyoutobreakfastinstead.Isawsomefishiboat.Andaakeherrouhersideoftheisland.Wedon'twahemainlandingdownandseeingher.”

“Ioughttohavethoughtofthatmyself，”

saidPeter.

ThefourandtheDer'sedge，pushedofftheboatwithsomediffidscrambledaboard.TheDwarfatoe.Theoarswereofcoursetoobigforhimtouse，soPeterrowedaeeredthemnthedpresewardrouheisland.Fromherethechtuptheriver，andallthebaysandheadlabeyotheycsofit，butthewoods，whichhadgrowime，madeeverythinglookverydifferent.