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chater eight what haened after dner（第1页）
“ANDnow，”saidLucy，“dopleasetelluswhat’shappenedtoMr。Tumnus．”
“Ah，that’sbad，”saidMr。Beaver，shakinghishead．“That’savery，verybadbusiness．There’snodoubthewastakenoffbythepolice．Igotthatfromabirdwhosawitdone．”
“Butwhere’shebeentakento？”askedLucy．
“Well，theywereheadingnorthwardswhentheywerelastseenandweallknowwhatthatmeans．”
“No，wedon’t，”saidSusan．Mr。Beavershookhisheadinaverygloomyfashion．
“I’mafraiditmeanstheyweretakinghimtoherHouse，”hesaid。
“Butwhat’lltheydotohim，Mr。Beaver？”gaspedLucy．
“Well，”saidMr。Beaver，“youcan’texactlysayforsure。Butthere’snotmanytakenintherethatevercomesoutagain．Statues．Allfullofstatuestheysayitis-inthecourtyardandupthestairsandinthehall．Peopleshe’sturned”-（hepausedand
shuddered）“turnedintostone．”
“But，Mr。Beaver，”saidLucy，“can’twe-Imeanwemustdosomethingtosavehim．It’stoodreadfulandit’sallonmyaccount．”
“Idon’tdoubtyou’dsavehimifyoucould，dearie，”saidMrs。Beaver，“butyou’venochanceofgettingintothatHouseagainstherwillandevercomingoutalive．”
“Couldn’twehavesomestratagem？”saidPeter．“Imeancouldn’twedressupassomething，orpretendtobe-oh，pedlarsoranything-orwatchtillshewasgoneout-or-oh，hangitall，theremustbesomeway．ThisFaunsavedmysisterathisownrisk，Mr。Beaver．Wecan’tjustleavehimtobe-tobe-tohavethatdonetohim．”
“It’snogood，SonofAdam，”saidMr。Beaver，“nogoodyourtrying，ofallpeople．ButnowthatAslanisonthemove-”
“Oh，yes！TellusaboutAslan！”saidseveralvoicesatonce；foronceagainthatstrangefeeling-likethefirstsignsofspring，likegoodnews，hadcomeoverthem．
“WhoisAslan？”askedSusan．
“Aslan？”saidMr。Beaver．“Why，don’tyouknow？He’stheKing．He’stheLordofthewholewood，butnotoftenhere，youunderstand．Neverinmytimeormyfather’stime．Butthewordhasreachedusthathehascomeback．HeisinNarniaatthismoment．He’llsettletheWhiteQueenallright．Itishe，notyou，thatwillsaveMr。Tumnus．”
“Shewon’tturnhimintostonetoo？”saidEdmund．
“Lordloveyou，SonofAdam，whatasimplethingtosay！”
answeredMr。Beaverwithagreatlaugh．Turnhimintostone？Ifshecanstandonhertwofeetandlookhiminthefaceit’llbethemostshecandoandmorethanIexpectofher．No，no．He’llputalltorightsasitsaysinanoldrhymeintheseparts：
Wrongwillberight，whenAslancomesinsight，
Atthesoundofhisroar，sorrowswillbenomore，
Whenhebareshisteeth，wintermeetsitsdeath，
Andwhenheshakeshismane，weshallhavespringagain．
You’llunderstandwhenyouseehim．
“Butshallweseehim？”askedSusan．
“Why，DaughterofEve，that’swhatIbroughtyouherefor。I’mtoleadyouwhereyoushallmeethim，”saidMr。Beaver．
“Is-isheaman？”askedLucy．
“Aslanaman！”saidMr。Beaversternly．“Certainlynot。ItellyouheistheKingofthewoodandthesonofthegreatEmperor-beyond-the-Sea．Don’tyouknowwhoistheKingofBeasts？Aslanisalion-theLion，thegreatLion．”
“Ooh！”saidSusan，“I’dthoughthewasaman．Ishe-quitesafe？Ishallfeelrathernervousaboutmeetingalion．”
“Thatyouwill，dearie，andnomistake，”saidMrs。Beaver；“ifthere’sanyonewhocanappearbeforeAslanwithouttheirkneesknocking，they’reeitherbraverthanmostorelsejustsilly．”
“Thenheisn’tsafe？”saidLucy．
“Safe？”saidMr。Beaver；“don’tyouhearwhatMrs。Beavertellsyou？Whosaidanythingaboutsafe？Courseheisn’tsafe．Buthe’sgood．He’stheKing，Itellyou．”
“I’mlongingtoseehim，”saidPeter，“evenifIdofeelfrightenedwhenitcomestothepoint．”
