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CHAPTER FIVE CASPIAN S ADVENTURE IN THE MOUNTAINS（第3页）

“Killit，”

saidanother.“We'tletitlive.Itwouldbetrayus.”

&ohavekilleditatoitalone，”

saidathirdvoice.“We'tkillitnow.Notafterwe'vetakenitinasheadandall.Itwouldbemurderi.”

&lemen，”

saidafeeblevoice，“whateveryoudotome，Ihopeyouwillbekindtomypoorhorse.”

“Yourhorsehadtakenflightlongbeforewefoundyou，”

saidthefirstvoice—acuriouslyhusky，earthyvoice，asownoticed.

“Nowdon'tletittalkyouroundwithitsprettywords，”

saidthesedvoice.“Istillsay—”

“Hornsandhalibuts!”

exclaimedthethirdvoice.“Ofcoursewe&#oingtomurderit.Forshame，Nikabrik.Whatdoyousay，Trufflehushallwedowithit?”

“Ishallgiveitadrink，”

saidthefirstvoice，presumablyTrufflehunter's.Adarkshapeapproachedthebed.feltanarmslippedgentlyunderhisshoulders—ifitwasexaarm.Theshapesomehowseemedwrohatbenttowardhimseemedwroheimpressionthatitwasveryhairyandveryloherewereoddwhitepateachsideofit.“It'samaskofsht.“OrperhapsI'minafeverandimaginingitall.”

Aethiwassettohislipsandhedrank.Atthatmomeheotherspokedthefire.Ablazesprangupandalmostscreamedwiththeshockasthesuddehefacethatwaslookingintohisown.Itwasnotaman'sfacebutabadger's，therandfriendlieraelligentthanthefaybadgerhehadseehadlybeentalkioo，thathewasoher，ihefiresattwolittlebeardedmen，somuchwilderandshorterahiDoeliusthathekonceforrealDwarfs，aDwarfsofhumanbloodintheirveins.AndewthathehadfoundtheOldNarniansatlast.Thenhisheadbegantos>

IfewdayshelearoknowthembyheBadgerwascalledTrufflehuheoldestahethree.TheDaokillwasasourBlackDwarf（thatis，hishairandbeardwerebladthidhardlikehorsehair）.HisnamewasNikabrik.TheotherDwarfwasaRedDwarfwithhairratherlikeaFox'sandhewascalledTrumpkin.

“Andnow，”

saidNikabrikoeveningianwaswellenoughtositupandtalk，“westillhavetodecidewhattodowiththisHuman.Youtwothinkyou'vedoagreatkiletti.ButIsupposetheupshotisthatwehavetokeepitaprisonerforlife.I'mlynotgoigoalive—togobacktoitsownkirayusall.”

“Bulbsandbolsters!Nikabrik，”

saidTrumpkialksouisn'tthecreature'sfaultthatitbasheditsheadagaisideourhole.AndIdon'tthinkitlookslikeatraitor.”

“Isay，”

said，“youhaven'tyetfouherIwanttogoba't.Iwanttostaywithyou—ifyou'llletme.I'vebeenlookingforpeoplelikeyouallmylife.”

“That'salikelystrowledNikabrik.“You'reaTelmarineandaHumayou?Ofcourseyouwanttogobacktoyourownkind.”

“Well，evenifIdid，I't，”

said.“IwasflyingformylifewhenIhadmyat.TheKingwantstokillme.Ifyou'dkilledme，you'dhavedohingtopleasehim.”

“Wellnow，”

saidTrufflehunter，“youdon'tsayso!”

“Eh?”

saidTrumpkin.“What'sthat?Whathaveyoubeendoing，Human，tofallfoulofMirazatye?”

“He'smyuncle，”

began，edupwithhishandonhisdagger.

“Thereyouare!”

heotonlyaTelmariareatesteillmadenoughtoletthiscreaturelive?”

HewouldhavestabbedtheheBadgerandTrumpkinhadnotgotinthewayandforcedhimbacktohisseatandheldhimdown.