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CHAPTER FIVE CASPIAN S ADVENTURE IN THE MOUNTAINS（第4页）

“Now，ondforall，Nikabrik，”

saidTrumpkin.“Willyouyourself，ormustTrufflehunterandIsitonyourhead?”

Nikabriksulkilypromisedtobehave，aiantotellhiswholestory.Whenhehaddoherewasamoment'ssilence.

“ThisisthequeerestthingIeverheard，”

saidTrumpkin.

“Idon'tlikeit，”

saidNikabrik.“Ididn'tkoriesaboutusstilltoldamongtheHumaheyknowaboutusthebetter.Thatoldnurse，now.She'dbetterhaveheldherto'sallmixedupwiththatTutadeDwarf.Ihate'em.Ihate'emworsethantheHumans.Youmarkmywoodwilleofit.

“Don'tyougotalkingaboutthingsyoudon'tuand，Nikabrik，”

saidTrufflehunter.“YouDwarfsareasfetfulaheHumansthemselves.I'mabeast，Iam，a'smore.Wedon'tge.Weholdon.Isaygreatgoodwilleofit.ThisisthetrueKingofNarniawe'vegothere:atrueKing，ingbacktotrueNarnia.Asremember，evenifDwarfsfet，thatNarexasonofAdamwasKing.”

“Whistlesandwhirligigs!Trufflehunter，”

saidTrumpkin.“Youdon'tmeanyouwaheans?”

“Isaidnothingaboutthat，”

aheBadger.“It'snotMen'stry（whoshouldknowthatbetterthait'saantobeKingof.Webadgershavelongeoknowthat.Why，blessusall，wasn'ttheHighKieraMan?”

“Doyoubelieveallthoseoldstories?”

askedTrumpkin.

“Itellyou，wedon'tge，webeasts，”

saidTrufflehunter.“Wedon&#et.IbelieveintheHighKiherestthatreigCairParavel，asfirmlyasIbelieveinAslanhimself.”

“Asfirmlyasthat，Idaresay，”

saidTrumpkin.“ButwhobelievesinAslanno>

“Ido，”

said.“AndifIhadn'tbelievedinhimbefore，Iwouldnow.BackthereamohepeoplewholaughedatAslanwouldhavelaughedatstoriesaboutTalkisandDwarfs.SometimesIdidwoherereallyersonasAslaimesIwoherelelikeyou.Yetthereyouare.”

“That&#ht，”

saidTrufflehunter.“Yht，King.AndaslongasyouwillbetruetoOldNarniayoushallbemyKiheysay.LooyourMajesty.”

“Youmakemesick，Badger，”

growledNikabrik.“TheHighKiherestmayhavebeeheywereadifferentsortofMen.Thisisoelmariedbeastsforsport.Haven'tyou，now?”

headded，roundingsuddenlyon.

&ellyouthetruth，Ihave，”

said.“Buttheyweren'tTalkis.”

“It'sallthesamething，”

saidNikabrik.

“No，no，no，”

saidTrufflehunter.“Youknowitisn't.YoukhatthebeastsinNarnianowadaysaredifferentandarehepoordumb，witlesscreaturesyou'dfindielmar.They'resmallertoo.They'refarmoredifferentfromusthanthehalf-Dwarfsarefromyou.”

Therewasagreatdealmoretalk，butitalleheagreementthatshouldstayahepromisethat，assoonashewasabletogoout，heshouldbetakerumpkihers”

;forapparentlyinthesewildpartsallsortsofcreaturesfromtheOldDaysofNarniastilllivedoninhiding.