《PRINCE CASPIAN》第26章

the　alert　ears　of　rabbits　rose　from　their　holes；　the　sleepy　heads　of birds　came　out　from　under　wings；　owls　hooted；　vixens　barked；　hedgehogs　grunted；　the　trees stirred。　in　towns　and　villages　mothers　pressed　babies　close　to　their　breasts；　staring with　wild　eyes；　dogs　whimpered；　and　men　leaped　up　groping　for　lights。　far　away　on　the northern　frontier　the　mountain　giants　peered　from　the　dark　gateways　of　their　castles。
what　lucy　and　susan　saw　was　a　dark　something　ing　to　them　from　almost every　direction　across　the　hills。　it　looked　first　like　a　black　mist　creeping　on the　ground；　then　like　the　stormy　waves　of　a　black　sea　rising　higher　and　higher　as　it　came　on；　and then；　at　last；　like　what　it　was　woods　on　the　move。　all　the　trees　of　the　world　appeared　to be　rushing　towards　aslan。　but　as　they　drew　nearer　they　looked　less　like　trees；　and when　the　whole　crowd；　bowing　and　curtsying　and　waving　thin　long　arms　to　aslan；　were　all around　lucy；　she　saw　that　it　was　a　crowd　of　human　shapes。　pale　birch…girls　were　tossing their　heads；　willowwomen　pushed　back　their　hair　from　their　brooding　faces　to　gaze　on aslan；　the　queenly　beeches　stood　still　and　adored　him；　shaggy　oak…men；　lean　and melancholy　elms；　shockheaded　hollies　（dark　themselves；　but　their　wives　all　bright　with berries）　and　gay　rowans；　all　bowed　and　rose　again；　shouting；　〃aslan；　aslan！〃　in　their various　husky　or　creaking　or　wave…like　voices。
the　crowd　and　the　dance　round　aslan　（for　it　had　bee　a　dance　once　more） grew　so　thick　and　rapid　that　lucy　was　confused。　she　never　saw　where　certain　other people　came　from　who　were　soon　capering　about　among　the　trees。　one　was　a　youth；　dressed only　in　a　fawn…skin；　with　vine…leaves　wreathed　in　his　curly　hair。　his　face　would　have been　almost　too　pretty　for　a　boys；　if　it　had　not　looked；　so　extremely　wild。　you　felt； as　edmund　said　when　he　saw　him　a　few　days　later；　〃theres　a　chap　who　might　do　anything absolutely　anything。〃　he　seemed　to　have　a　great　many　names　…　bromios；　bassareus；　and the　ram　were　three　of　them。　there　were　a　lot　of　girls　with　him；　as　wild　as　he。 there　was　even；　unexpectedly；　someone　on　a　donkey。　and　everybody　was　laughing：　and everybody　was　shouting　out；　〃euan；　euan；　eu…oi…oi…oi。”
〃is　it　a　romp；　aslan？〃　cried　the　youth。　and　apparently　it　was。　but　nearly everyone　seemed　to　have　a　different　idea　as　to　what　they　were　playing。　it　may　have been　tig；　but　lucy　never　discovered　who　was　it。　it　was　rather　like　blind　mans　buff；　only everyone　behaved　as　if　they　were　blindfolded。　it　was　not　unlike　hunt　the　slipper； but　the　slipper　was　never　found。　what　made　it　more　plicated　was　that　the　man　on　the donkey；　who　was　old　and　enormously　fat；　began　calling　out　at　once；　〃refreshments！　time for　refreshments；〃　and　falling　off　his　donkey　and　being　bundled　on　to　it　again by　the　others；　while　the　donkey　was　under　the　impression　that　the　whole　thing　was　a　circus and　tried　to　give　a　display　of　walking　on　its　hind　legs。　and　all　the　time　there　were more　and　more　vine　leaves　everywhere。　and　soon　not　only　leaves　but　vines。　they　were climbing　up　everything。　they　were　running　up　the　legs　of　the　tree　people　and　circling round　their　necks。　lucy　put　up　her　hands　to　push　back　her　hair　and　found　she　was pushing　back　vine　branches。　the　donkey　was　a　mass　of　them。　his　tail　was　pletely　entangled and　something　dark　was　nodding　between　his　ears。　lucy　looked　again　and　saw　it was　a　bunch　of　grapes。　after　that　it　was　mostly　grapes　overhead　and　underfoot　and　all around。
〃refreshments！　refreshments；〃　roared　the　old　man。
everyone　began　eating；　and　whatever　hothouses　your　people　may　have；　you have　never　tasted　such　grapes。　really　good　grapes；　firm　and　tight　on　the　outside；　but bursting　into　cool　sweetness　when　you　put　them　into　your　mouth；　were　one　of　the　things the　girls　had　never　had　quite　enough　of　before。　here；　there　were　more　than　anyone　could possibly　want；　and　rib　table…manners　at　all。　one　saw　sticky　and　stained　fingers everywhere；　and；　though　mouths　were　full；　the　laughter　never　ceased　nor　the　yodelling　cries of　euan；　euan；　eu…oi…oi…oi…oi；　till　all　of　a　sudden　everyone　felt　at　the　same　moment　that the　game　（whatever　it　was）；　and　the　feast；　ought　to　be　over；　and　everyone　flopped down　breathless　on　the　ground　and　turned　their　faces　to　aslan　to　hear　what　he　would　say next。
at　that　moment　the　sun　was　just　rising　and　lucy　remembered　something　and whispered　to　susan； 〃i　say；　su；　i　know　who　they　are。”
〃who？”
〃the　boy　with　the　wild　face　is　bacchus　and　the　old　one　on　the　donkey　is silenus。　dont　you　remember　mr　tumnus　telling　us　about　them　long　ago？”
〃yes；　of　course。　but　i　say；　lu　“
〃what？”
〃i　wouldnt　have　felt　safe　with　bacchus　and　all　his　wild　girls　if　wed　met them　without　aslan。”
〃i　should　think　not；〃　said　lucy。
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CHAPTER　TWELVE
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sorcery　and　sudden　vengeance meanwhile　trumpkin　and　the　two　boys　arrived　at　the　dark　little　stone archway　which　led　into　the　inside　of　the　mound；　and　two　sentinel　badgers　（the　white patches　on　their　cheeks　were　all　edmund　could　see　of　them）　leaped　up　with　bared　teeth　and asked　them　in　snarling　voices；　〃who　goes　there？”
〃trumpkin；〃　said　the　dwarf。　〃bringing　the　high　king　of　narnia　out　of　the far　past。”
the　badgers　nosed　at　the　boys　hands。　〃at　last；〃　they　said。　〃at　last。”
〃give　us　a　light；　friends；〃　said　trumpkin。
the　badgers　found　a　torch　just　inside　the　arch　and　peter　lit　it　and　handed it　to　trumpkin。
〃the　d。l。f。　had　better　lead；〃　he　said。　〃we　dont　know　our　way　about　this place。”
trumpkin　took　the　torch　and　went　ahead　into　the　dark　tunnel。　it　was　a　cold； black；　musty　place；　with　an　occasional　bat　fluttering　in　the　torchlight；　and　plenty　of cobwebs。　the　boys；　who　had　been　mostly　in　the　open　air　since　that　morning　at　the　railway station；　felt　as　if　they　were　going　into　a　trap　or　a　prison。
〃i　say；　peter；〃　whispered　edmund。　〃look　at　those　carvings　on　the　walls。 dont　they　look　old？　and　yet　were　older　than　that。　when　we　were　last　here；　they　hadnt been　made。”
〃yes；〃　said　peter。　〃that　makes　one　think。”
the　dwarf　went　on　ahead　and　then　turned　to　the　right；　and　then　to　the　left； and　then　down　some　steps；　and　then　to　the　left