《凱斯賓王子》第五章 王子的深山奇遇

CHAPTER FIVE CASPIAN'S ADVENTURE IN THE MOUNTAINS

第五章 王子的深山奇遇

AFTER this，Caspian and his Tutor had many more secret conversations on the top of the Great Tower，and at each conversation Caspian learned more about Old Narnia，so that thinking and dreaming about the old days，and longing that they might come back，filled nearly all his spare hours.But of course he had not many hours to spare，for now his education was beginning in earnest.He learned sword-fighting and riding，swimming and diving，how to shoot with the bow and play on the recorder and the theorbo，how to hunt the stag and cut him up when he was dead，besides Cosmography，Rhetoric，Heraldry，Versification，and of course History，with a little Law，Physic，Alchemy，and Astronomy.Of Magic he learned only the theory，for Doctor Cornelius said the practical part was not proper study for princes."And I myself，"he added，"am only a very imperfect magician and can do only the smallest experiments."Of Navigation ("Which is a noble and heroical art，"said the Doctor) he was taught nothing，because King Miraz disapproved of ships and the sea.

那天以后，凱斯賓又和他的老師在大塔樓上秘密交談了很多次，每一次都讓凱斯賓對(duì)納尼亞了解更多。他對(duì)那個(gè)奇幻世界越來(lái)越神往。但是他沒(méi)有太多的時(shí)間去想。因?yàn)樗€必須接受正規(guī)的學(xué)習(xí)，他要學(xué)會(huì)擊劍、騎馬、游泳和潛水，還要學(xué)會(huì)射箭和狩獵。他要知道宇宙結(jié)構(gòu)學(xué)、修辭學(xué)、紋章學(xué)、詩(shī)體韻律學(xué)，還要學(xué)習(xí)歷史、法律、物理，煉金術(shù)和天文學(xué)。至于魔法，他只了解到一些皮毛，因?yàn)椴┦空f(shuō)王子不適合學(xué)習(xí)魔法的實(shí)際操作?！?quot;而且我自己，"他補(bǔ)充說(shuō)，"充其量也只是半個(gè)魔法師，只能做些最簡(jiǎn)單的試驗(yàn)。"他也沒(méi)上過(guò)航海課，("其實(shí)這門(mén)課既高尚又富有傳奇色彩。"博士是這樣說(shuō)的。)因?yàn)閲?guó)王彌若茲不準(zhǔn)任何人提起船舶和大海。

He also learned a great deal by using his own eyes and ears.As a little boy he had often wondered why he disliked his aunt，Queen Prunaprismia; he now saw that it was because she disliked him.He also began to see that Narnia was an unhappy country.The taxes were high and the laws were stern and Miraz was a cruel man.

憑著所見(jiàn)所聞，他還了解了不少其他事情。孩童時(shí)代，他一直不明白自己為什么不喜歡嬸母普魯娜普瑞絲彌爾王后，現(xiàn)在他終于知道了--原來(lái)是因?yàn)樗憛捤?。慢慢地他也發(fā)現(xiàn)，如今的納尼亞并不是個(gè)幸?？鞓?lè)的國(guó)度。這里有重稅和嚴(yán)酷的法律，更有一個(gè)手段極其殘忍的國(guó)王彌若茲。

After some years there came a time when the Queen seemed to be ill and there was a great deal of bustle and pother about her in the castle and doctors came and the courtiers whispered.This was in early summertime.And one night，while all this fuss was going on，Caspian was unexpectedly wakened by Doctor Cornelius after he had been only a few hours in bed.

時(shí)間過(guò)得很快，幾年之后，王后似乎得了什么病，城堡上上下下都為她奔走操勞，醫(yī)生們來(lái)回奔波，全國(guó)上下都在紛紛議論著什么。正值初夏，一天晚上，凱斯賓剛睡了幾個(gè)小時(shí)，就突然被克奈爾斯博士叫醒了。

"Are we going to do a little Astronomy，Doctor?"said Caspian.

"克奈爾斯博士，我們是要做天文觀察嗎?"凱斯賓疑惑地問(wèn)。

"Hush!"said the Doctor."Trust me and do exactly as I tell you.Put on all your clothes; you have a long journey before you."

"噓!"博士低聲說(shuō)，"相信我，按我說(shuō)的去做，穿上你的衣服，一段漫漫征途正等著你呢。"

Caspian was very surprised，but he had learned to have confidence in his Tutor and he began doing what he was told at once.When he was dressed the Doctor said，"I have a wallet for you.We must go into the next room and fill it with victuals from your Highness's supper table."

凱斯賓覺(jué)得很奇怪，但他相信自己的老師，馬上按照他的話去做了。穿好衣服后，博士告訴他，"我已經(jīng)為你準(zhǔn)備好了一個(gè)包袱，我們現(xiàn)在就到隔壁房間去，把餐桌上的食物都裝起來(lái)帶走。

"My gentlemen-in-waiting will be there，"said Caspian.

"仆人都在那兒呢，他們會(huì)一直守著的。"凱斯賓說(shuō)道。

"They are fast asleep and will not wake，"said the Doctor."I am a very minor magician but I can at least contrive a charmed sleep."

"我讓他們都昏睡過(guò)去了，放心吧，他們不會(huì)醒的，"博士說(shuō)，"我雖然是個(gè)不入流的魔法師，但讓人昏睡還是小事一樁。"

They went into the antechamber and there，sure enough，the two gentlemen-in-waiting were，sprawling on chairs and snoring hard.Doctor Cornelius quickly cut up the remains of a cold chicken and some slices of venison and put them，with bread and an apple or so and a little flask of good wine，into the wallet which he then gave to Caspian.It fitted on by a strap over Caspian's shoulder，like a satchel you would use for taking books to school.

于是，他們來(lái)到隔壁房間，果然看到兩個(gè)仆人正靠在椅子上呼呼大睡?？四螤査共┦靠焖傺b好剩下的那些涼雞和幾片鹿肉，還有一些面包，一個(gè)蘋(píng)果，以及一小瓶好酒，把它們?nèi)糠胚M(jìn)了那個(gè)包袱里，讓王子帶上。

"Have you your sword?"asked the Doctor.

"你帶寶劍了嗎?"博士問(wèn)。

"Yes，"said Caspian.

"帶了。"凱斯賓說(shuō)。

"Then put this mantle over all to hide the sword and the wallet.That's right.And now we must go to the Great Tower and talk."

"快披上斗篷，遮好寶劍和包袱。好了，我們?nèi)ニ斏希疫€有一些事情要跟你說(shuō)。"

When they had reached the top of the Tower (it was a cloudy night，not at all like the night when they had seen the conjunction of Tarva and Alambil) Doctor Cornelius said，

當(dāng)他們來(lái)到塔頂時(shí)，滿天烏云，寒氣逼人，一點(diǎn)也不像他們一起看兩星相會(huì)的那個(gè)夜晚不同，處處籠罩著恐怖的氛圍，只聽(tīng)克奈爾斯博士說(shuō)道：

"Dear Prince，you must leave this castle at once and go to seek your fortune in the wide world.Your life is in danger here."

王子殿下，你必須馬上離開(kāi)這座城堡，去外面的大世界里去尋找自己的生路吧。留在這里你會(huì)沒(méi)命的。

"Why?"asked Caspian.

"為什么?"凱斯賓不解。

"Because you are the true King of Narnia: Caspian the Tenth，the true son and heir of Caspian the Ninth.Long life to your Majesty'-and suddenly，to Caspian's great surprise，the little man dropped down on one knee and kissed his hand.

"因?yàn)槟闶莿P斯賓九世的親生兒子和繼承人，你才是納尼亞真正的國(guó)王啊。陛下萬(wàn)歲!"說(shuō)著，這個(gè)小矮人突然單膝跪下，親吻著他的手，這讓凱斯賓為之一震。

"What does it all mean? I don't understand，"said Caspian.

"這到底怎么回事?我一點(diǎn)也不明白。"凱斯賓說(shuō)。

"I wonder you have never asked me before，"said the Doctor，"why，being the son of King Caspian，you are not King Caspian yourself.Everyone except your Majesty knows that Miraz is a usurper.When he first began to rule he did not even pretend to be the King: he called himself Lord Protector.But then your royal mother died，the good Queen and the only Telmarine who was ever kind to me.And then，one by one，all the great lords，who had known your father，died or disappeared.Not by accident，either.Miraz weeded them out.Belisar and Uvilas were shot with arrows on a hunting party: by chance，it was pretended.All the great house of the Passarids he sent to fight giants on the northern frontier till one by one they fell.Arlian and Erimon and a dozen more he executed for treason on a false charge.The two brothers of Beaversdam he shut up as madmen.And finally he persuaded the seven noble lords，who alone among all the Telmarines did not fear the sea，to sail away and look for new lands beyond the Eastern Ocean，and，as he intended，they never came back.And when there was no one left who could speak a word for you，then his flatterers (as he had instructed them) begged him to become King.And of course he did."

"以前，你從來(lái)沒(méi)有問(wèn)過(guò)我"博士說(shuō)，"為什么你身為凱斯賓國(guó)王的兒子，法定的繼承人，你卻不是國(guó)王。那是因?yàn)?，除了你所有人都知道是彌若茲篡奪了王位。剛開(kāi)始，他統(tǒng)治國(guó)家時(shí)，并不是以國(guó)王的身份出現(xiàn)的，他告訴大家他是君王的保護(hù)人。后來(lái)，你的母后去世了。她很賢惠，她可是唯一一位善待過(guò)我們的臺(tái)爾馬人。緊接著，那些正直、忠誠(chéng)的大臣，都相繼死去或是失蹤了。更奇怪的是，沒(méi)有一個(gè)是正常死亡。由此可見(jiàn)，他們是被那心狠手辣的彌若茲給殺掉了。我記得在一場(chǎng)狩獵中，伯力沙和猶威拉思被箭射死了，卻被說(shuō)成是被失手誤殺的。不但如此 ，彌若茲還把所有伯薩瑞德的望族都派到了北邊的戰(zhàn)場(chǎng)上，讓他們與巨人作戰(zhàn)，直到最后他們一個(gè)個(gè)都戰(zhàn)死沙場(chǎng)。而阿康和艾瑞蒙以及其他的一些人，則被子虛烏有的叛國(guó)罪處決了，海貍大壩的兩兄弟也被當(dāng)作瘋子關(guān)了起來(lái)。 最終，他又說(shuō)服了不怕大海的七位公爵，派他們?nèi)|海彼岸尋找新大陸。不出所料，他們也一去不回了。從此，再也沒(méi)有一個(gè)人能為你說(shuō)話了。在他的唆使下，那些阿諛?lè)畛?，只?huì)拍馬屁的人便奉迎他做納尼亞的國(guó)王。當(dāng)然，他高興地接受了。

"Do you mean he now wants to kill me too?"said Caspian.

"那么，你是說(shuō)現(xiàn)在他又想殺掉我?"凱斯賓說(shuō)。

"That is almost certain，"said Doctor Cornelius.

"很明顯啊。"克奈爾斯博士說(shuō)。

"But why now?"said Caspian."I mean，why didn't he do it long ago if he wanted to? And what harm have I done him?"

"為什么是現(xiàn)在呢?"凱斯賓說(shuō)，"我的意思是，如果他想殺我，為什么要等到現(xiàn)在才下手呢。我觸犯到他的利益了嗎?"

"He has changed his mind about you because of something that happened only two hours ago.The Queen has had a son."

"你的命運(yùn)在兩個(gè)小時(shí)之前徹底改變了--王后生了個(gè)兒子。"

"I don't see what that's got to do with it，"said Caspian.

"我看不出這跟我有什么關(guān)系。"凱斯賓不懂。

"Don't see!"exclaimed the Doctor."Have all my lessons in History and Politics taught you no more than that? Listen.As long as he had no children of his own，he was willing enough that you should be King after he died.He may not have cared much about you，but he would rather you should have the throne than a stranger.Now that he has a son of his own he will want his own son to be the next King.You are in the way.He'll clear you out of the way."

"你還不明白啊!"博士叫了起來(lái)，"我教給你的那些歷史和政治，真是對(duì)你一點(diǎn)用也沒(méi)有啊。你聽(tīng)好--如果說(shuō)他沒(méi)有自己的兒子，他理所當(dāng)然要傳位給你，即使他再不喜歡你，那也比傳位給一個(gè)外人好多了。但是現(xiàn)在，他有了自己的兒子，王位當(dāng)然要傳給他的兒子。也就是說(shuō)，你就變得很礙事了，他必然會(huì)想盡辦法把你除掉的。"

"Is he really as bad as that?"said Caspian."Would he really murder me?"

"他真的就那么壞嗎?"凱斯賓說(shuō)，"他真會(huì)殺害我?"

"He murdered your Father，"said Doctor Cornelius.

"你的父親就是被他謀殺的。"克奈爾斯博士說(shuō)。

Caspian felt very queer and said nothing.

凱斯賓一下子難受得說(shuō)不出話來(lái)了。

"I can tell you the whole story，"said the Doctor."But not now.There is no time.You must fly at once."

"我可以告訴你整個(gè)事情的經(jīng)過(guò)，"博士說(shuō)，"但不是現(xiàn)在，沒(méi)時(shí)間了，你必須馬上離開(kāi)這里。"

"You'll come with me?"said Caspian.

"你會(huì)和我一起離開(kāi)嗎?"凱斯賓問(wèn)。

"I dare not，"said the Doctor."It would make your danger greater.Two are more easily tracked than one.Dear Prince，dear King Caspian，you must be very brave.You must go alone and at once.Try to get across the southern border to the court of King Nain of Archenland.He will be good to you."

"我不能，那樣的話你的處境會(huì)更危險(xiǎn)。因?yàn)閮蓚€(gè)人比一個(gè)人更容易暴露行蹤。王子殿下，我親愛(ài)的凱斯賓國(guó)王陛下，你要勇敢一點(diǎn)!你只能一個(gè)人走，并且要馬上出發(fā)，想辦法穿越南部邊境，去找阿欽蘭國(guó)的國(guó)王奈恩。他會(huì)善待你的。"

"Shall I never see you again?"said Caspian in a quavering voice.

"那我還能見(jiàn)到你嗎?"凱斯賓的聲音有些顫抖。

"I hope so，dear King，"said the Doctor."What friend have I in the wide world except your Majesty? And I have a little magic.But in the meantime，speed is everything.Here are two gifts before you go.This is a little purse of gold-alas，all the treasure in this castle should be your own by rights.And here is something far better."

"希望我們還能再見(jiàn)，我的國(guó)王陛下。"博士也低落地說(shuō)道，"在這世界上，除了陛下你，我沒(méi)有任何其他的朋友了。我只會(huì)一些小法術(shù)，不過(guò)現(xiàn)在速度才是一切。在你離開(kāi)前，我還要送你這兩件小小的禮物。這有一小袋金子--當(dāng)然，這個(gè)城堡里所有的財(cái)寶理應(yīng)歸你所有。不過(guò)，我這兒還有一件東西比金子貴重百倍。"

He put in Caspian's hands something which he could hardly see but which he knew by the feel to be a horn.

說(shuō)著，他把一個(gè)東西遞到凱斯賓的面前。他幾乎看不清那是什么，但摸著像是一只號(hào)。

"That，"said Doctor Cornelius，"is the greatest and most sacred treasure of Narnia.Many terrors I endured，many spells did I utter，to find it，when I was still young.It is the magic horn of Queen Susan herself which she left behind her when she vanished from Narnia at the end of the Golden Age.It is said that whoever blows it shall have strange help-no one can say how strange.It may have the power to call Queen Lucy and King Edmund and Queen Susan and High King Peter back from the past，and they will set all to rights.It may be that it will call up Aslan himself.Take it，King Caspian: but do not use it except at your greatest need.And now，haste，haste，haste.The little door at the very bottom of the Tower，the door into the garden，is unlocked.There we must part."

"這是納尼亞最珍貴的東西。在我年輕的時(shí)候，為了找到它，承受了很多恐懼，念了很多次咒語(yǔ)。它是屬于蘇珊女王的，是她在納尼亞消失之前留下的。傳說(shuō)，不管誰(shuí)吹響了這個(gè)號(hào)，就會(huì)立即得到幫助。不過(guò)，究竟是什么樣的幫助，卻沒(méi)有人能說(shuō)得出來(lái)。也許，它能召喚回女王露茜、國(guó)王愛(ài)德蒙、女王蘇珊和至尊王彼得，他們將為受苦受難的納尼亞人民主張正義。它也有可能是能喚回阿斯蘭。把它帶上來(lái)吧，凱斯賓國(guó)王。但是，不到萬(wàn)不得已時(shí)，千萬(wàn)不要用它?？熳甙桑?現(xiàn)在，高塔底層那扇前往花園的小門(mén)正開(kāi)著，我就送你到那里。"

"Can I get my horse Destrier?"said Caspian.

"我的馬戴斯特里爾能帶上嗎?"凱斯賓問(wèn)。

"He is already saddled and waiting for you just at the corner of the orchard."

"都準(zhǔn)備好了，它正在果園那邊等你呢。"

During the long climb down the winding staircase Cornelius whispered many more words of direction and advice.Caspian's heart was sinking，but he tried to take it all in.Then came the fresh air in the garden，a fervent handclasp with the Doctor，a run across the lawn，a welcoming whinny from Destrier，and so King Caspian the Tenth left the castle of his fathers.Looking back，he saw fireworks going up to celebrate the birth of the new prince.

走在長(zhǎng)長(zhǎng)的旋轉(zhuǎn)樓梯上，克奈爾斯又輕聲地說(shuō)了不少指示和建議。凱斯賓的心里很亂，但他還是努力地記著那些話。不一會(huì)，他們聞到了花園里的新鮮空氣。從小徑上還隱隱傳來(lái)戴斯特里爾的馬蹄聲和親切的嘶叫聲。一老一少依依惜別。就這樣，凱斯賓十世從他父親的城堡里走了出來(lái)，他轉(zhuǎn)過(guò)身看到天上升起許多禮花，那是大家在慶賀新王子的出生。

All night he rode southward，choosing by-ways and bridle paths through woods as long as he was in country that he knew; but afterwards he kept to the high road.Destrier was as excited as his master at this unusual journey，and Caspian，though tears had come into his eyes at saying good-bye to Doctor Cornelius，felt brave and，in a way，happy，to think that he was King Caspian riding to seek adventures，with his sword on his left hip and Queen Susan's magic horn on his right.But when day came，with a sprinkle of rain，and he looked about him and saw on every side unknown woods，wild heaths，and blue mountains，he thought how large and strange the world was and felt frightened and small.

一整夜，他都在這塊自己熟悉的土地上，朝南方奔跑。起初，他只走小路或便道，后來(lái)確定沒(méi)有伏兵后，就開(kāi)始在大路上飛奔。對(duì)于這次不一般的旅行，戴斯特里爾也非常激動(dòng)。盡管凱斯賓在和克奈爾斯博士告別時(shí)掉了眼淚，但現(xiàn)在卻表現(xiàn)得很勇敢，他只要一想到自己是國(guó)王凱斯賓正在歷險(xiǎn)的旅途中，就覺(jué)得很開(kāi)心。劍佩在他的左腰，右腰是蘇珊女王的神號(hào)。天蒙蒙亮?xí)r，天上開(kāi)始下起小雨，凱斯賓勒住馬向四下打量，周?chē)鷿M是從未見(jiàn)過(guò)的森林、盛開(kāi)的野菊和青色的群山。他第一次見(jiàn)到這片廣闊的天地，突然覺(jué)得自己是那么地渺小，心里不免有些緊張。

As soon as it was full daylight he left the road and found an open grassy place amid a wood where he could rest.He took off Destrier's bridle and let him graze，ate some cold chicken and drank a little wine，and presently fell asleep.It was late afternoon when he awoke.He ate a morsel and continued his journey，still southward，by many unfrequented lanes.He was now in a land of hills，going up and down，but always more up than down.From every ridge he could see the mountains growing bigger and blacker ahead.As the evening closed in，he was riding their lower slopes.The wind rose.Soon rain fell in torrents.Destrier became uneasy; there was thunder in the air.And now they entered a dark and seemingly endless pine forest，and all the stories Caspian had ever heard of trees being unfriendly to Man crowded into his mind.He remembered that he was，after all，a Telmarine，one of the race who cut down trees wherever they could and were at war with all wild things; and though he himself might be unlike other Telmarines，the trees could not be expected to know this.

天大亮后，凱斯賓離開(kāi)了大路，到森林中找了一片草地，想要好好休息一下。他卸下馬鞍，讓馬去吃草，自己就地吃了些冷雞肉，喝了點(diǎn)酒，才舒服地躺下，很快就睡著了。當(dāng)他醒來(lái)的時(shí)候，已是黃昏，他又簡(jiǎn)單吃了點(diǎn)食物就再次啟程了，方向依舊是南方。他越過(guò)一大片的荒涼草野后，沒(méi)多久便進(jìn)入了一片山地。這里的路很崎嶇，一會(huì)上山，一會(huì)下坡，上山的路顯然比下山的還要多。每登上一個(gè)山脊，他都可以看到那些山巒仿佛越來(lái)越近，顏色也越來(lái)越深沉。夜幕降臨的時(shí)候，他正騎著馬走在地勢(shì)較低的山坡上。突然，刮起一陣大風(fēng)，響起一陣?yán)茁?，暴雨?lái)了?！〈魉固乩餇栭_(kāi)始焦躁不安。就在這個(gè)時(shí)候，他們進(jìn)入了一個(gè)漆黑得看不到盡頭的松樹(shù)林。突然凱斯賓想起以前曾聽(tīng)過(guò)的故事：樹(shù)林對(duì)人們一直很不友好。因?yàn)樗募易逶奶幙撤?shù)木，甚至和所有山林家族打過(guò)仗，到處濫殺。盡管他和那些臺(tái)爾馬人不同，但樹(shù)木怎么可能知道這個(gè)呢。

Nor did they.The wind became a tempest，the woods roared and creaked all round them.There came a crash.A tree fell right across the road just behind him."Quiet，Destrier，quiet!"said Caspian，patting his horse's neck; but he was trembling himself and knew that he had escaped death by an inch.Lightning flashed and a great crack of thunder seemed to break the sky in two just overhead.Destrier bolted in good earnest.Caspian was a good rider，but he had not the strength to hold him back.He kept his seat，but he knew that his life hung by a thread during the wild career that followed.Tree after tree rose up before them in the dusk and was only just avoided.Then，almost too suddenly to hurt (and yet it did hurt him too) something struck Caspian on the forehead and he knew no more.

它們也確實(shí)不可能知道。風(fēng)越來(lái)越大，整片樹(shù)林在狂風(fēng)暴雨下，不停發(fā)出呼嘯聲。突然一聲巨響，有一棵巨樹(shù)就在他的身后倒在了路上。"淡定，戴斯特里爾，淡定一些!"凱斯賓輕拍著馬脖子說(shuō)，他能感覺(jué)到自己也忍不住在顫抖。他暗自慶幸自己還活著，剛剛就差一點(diǎn)，他們就被那棵大樹(shù)砸死了。炫目的閃電，伴著巨響的雷聲，好像要把天空劈開(kāi)兩半。戴斯特里爾拼命地奔跑著。雖然凱斯賓是個(gè)好騎手，可在這種情況下，他也拉不住韁繩。他心里明白，這樣瘋狂地奔跑對(duì)自己很危險(xiǎn)，但他什么也做不了，只能緊貼在馬背上。黑暗中，一棵棵大樹(shù)從前面掃來(lái)，他都只能剛好躲過(guò)。突然，他的額頭被什么東西猛地一撞，他還沒(méi)感覺(jué)到疼痛，就失去了知覺(jué)。

When he came to himself he was lying in a firelit place with bruised limbs and a bad headache.Low voices were speaking close at hand.

當(dāng)他醒來(lái)時(shí)，發(fā)現(xiàn)自己還活著，而且正躺在一堆又明亮又溫暖的篝火旁。他的頭很痛，胳膊和腿上全是傷痕。這個(gè)時(shí)候，輕微的交談聲傳了過(guò)來(lái)。

"And now，"said one，"before it wakes up we must decide what to do with it."

"現(xiàn)在，"一個(gè)聲音說(shuō)，"在他清醒之前，我們必須決定該怎么處置他。

"Kill it，"said another."We can't let it live.It would betray us."

"殺了他!"另一個(gè)聲音說(shuō)，"我們不可以讓他活著，他會(huì)背叛我們的。"

"We ought to have killed it at once，or else let it alone，"said a third voice."We can't kill it now.Not after we've taken it in and bandaged its head and all.It would be murdering a guest."

"當(dāng)時(shí)我們就應(yīng)該殺了他，或是放了他。"第三個(gè)聲音說(shuō)，"但是現(xiàn)在，我們不可以殺他。既然我們把他帶回來(lái)了，又給他包了傷口，還精心照顧他，他就是一位客人，我們不能殺害一位客人。"

"Gentlemen，"said Caspian in a feeble voice，"whatever you do to me，I hope you will be kind to my poor horse."

"先生們，"凱斯賓用微弱的聲音說(shuō)，"你們?cè)趺磳?duì)我都沒(méi)問(wèn)題，只求你們別殺害我那匹可憐的馬。"

"Your horse had taken flight long before we found you，"said the first voice-a curiously husky，earthy voice，as Caspian now noticed.

"我們找到你的時(shí)候，那匹馬早就不見(jiàn)了。"第一個(gè)聲音說(shuō)。凱斯賓發(fā)覺(jué)這個(gè)聲音帶著沙啞憨厚，聽(tīng)著也有點(diǎn)古怪。

"Now don't let it talk you round with its pretty words，"said the second voice."I still say-"

"別聽(tīng)他的好話，"第二個(gè)聲音說(shuō)，"我依舊認(rèn)為......"

"Horns and halibuts!"exclaimed the third voice."Of course we're not going to murder it.For shame，Nikabrik.What do you say，Trufflehunter? What shall we do with it?"

"夠了!"第三個(gè)聲音大聲地說(shuō)，"我們絕對(duì)不可以殺他，這太可恥了，尼克布瑞克!特魯佛漢特，你說(shuō)呢?我們?cè)撛趺刺幹盟?"

"I shall give it a drink，"said the first voice，presumably Trufflehunter's.A dark shape approached the bed.Caspian felt an arm slipped gently under his shoulders-if it was exactly an arm.The shape somehow seemed wrong.The face that bent towards him seemed wrong too.He got the impression that it was very hairy and very long nosed，and there were odd white patches on each side of it."It's a mask of some sort，"thought Caspian."Or perhaps I'm in a fever and imagining it all."A cupful of something sweet and hot was set to his lips and he drank.At that moment one of the others poked the fire.A blaze sprang up and Caspian almost screamed with the shock as the sudden light revealed the face that was looking into his own.It was not a man's face but a badger's，though larger and friendlier and more intelligent than the face of any badger he had seen before.And it had certainly been talking.He saw，too，that he was on a bed of heather，in a cave.By the fire sat two little bearded men，so much wilder and shorter and hairier and thicker than Doctor Cornelius that he knew them at once for real Dwarfs，ancient Dwarfs with not a drop of human blood in their veins.And Caspian knew that he had found the Old Narnians at last.Then his head began to swim again.

"先給他點(diǎn)水吧。"這是第一個(gè)人的聲音， 他可能就是特魯佛漢特。話音剛落，就看見(jiàn)一個(gè)黑影走過(guò)來(lái)，凱斯賓感覺(jué)到有只胳膊輕輕地放在了他肩上。他多么希望這是人的胳膊，可形狀又不太像。借著微光，他看到俯下來(lái)的那張臉上全是茸毛，中間有一只長(zhǎng)鼻子，兩頰長(zhǎng)著奇怪的白斑。"這一定是某種特別的面具，"凱斯賓暗想，"當(dāng)然，也有可能是我發(fā)燒導(dǎo)致的幻覺(jué)。"一杯東西遞到他口邊，他一口就喝完了。他正回味著這杯又熱又甜的東西，這時(shí)篝火更旺了。凱斯賓傻眼了，他差點(diǎn)失聲大叫，因?yàn)樗幌伦涌辞宄四菑埬??！∧遣皇侨耍且恢烩?。它看起?lái)比他以前見(jiàn)過(guò)的獾都高大，面相更友善、聰明。現(xiàn)在他可以確定，剛才一直說(shuō)話的人就是它。他還發(fā)現(xiàn)自己正在一個(gè)山洞里，躺在一個(gè)用石南草鋪的地方。在火堆邊，還有兩個(gè)長(zhǎng)著胡子的小個(gè)子，他們比克奈爾斯博士更矮更胖，毛發(fā)也更濃密粗糙。他猜測(cè)，他們是小矮人--純種的小矮人。凱斯賓突然意識(shí)到，他找到了納尼亞的原住民。這一激動(dòng)，又是一陣眩暈。

In the next few days he learned to know them by names.The Badger was called Trufflehunter; he was the oldest and kindest of the three.The Dwarf who had wanted to kill Caspian was a sour Black Dwarf (that is，his hair and beard were black，and thick and hard like horsehair).His name was Nikabrik.The other Dwarf was a Red Dwarf with hair rather like a Fox's and he was called Trumpkin.

在接下來(lái)的幾天里，凱斯賓和他們慢慢熟絡(luò)起來(lái)。原來(lái)那只獾叫特魯佛漢特，它年齡最大，也最忠厚。而建議殺他的是那個(gè)脾氣不好的小矮人(他的頭發(fā)和胡子全是黑的，跟馬鬃一樣，又厚又硬)，他的名字叫尼克布瑞克。另外一個(gè)小矮人杜魯普金，有著一頭狐貍般火紅的頭發(fā)。

"And now，"said Nikabrik on the first evening when Caspian was well enough to sit up and talk，"we still have to decide what to do with this Human.You two think you've done it a great kindess by not letting me kill it.But I suppose the upshot is that we have to keep it a prisoner for life.I'm certainly not going to let it go alive-to go back to its own kind and betray us all."

就在凱斯賓可以坐起來(lái)講話的頭一天晚上，尼克布瑞克對(duì)他的伙伴們說(shuō)，"那么現(xiàn)在，我們必須找出一個(gè)處置這人的辦法。你們兩個(gè)死活不讓我殺了他，還覺(jué)得是在做好事。依我看，這件事的解決辦法就是我們必須要囚禁他一輩子。我絕不允許他活著離開(kāi)這里--回到他的同類(lèi)身旁，那我們的秘密就全被泄露了。"

"Bulbs and bolsters! Nikabrik，"said Trumpkin."Why need you talk so unhandsomely? It isn't the creature's fault that it bashed its head against a tree outside our hole.And I don't think it looks like a traitor."

"好了!尼克布瑞克，"杜魯普金皺著眉頭說(shuō)，"你怎么能如此粗魯?他的頭撞到了洞外的樹(shù)，又不是他的錯(cuò)。而且我認(rèn)為他不像奸細(xì)。"

"I say，"said Caspian，"you haven't yet found out whether I want to go back.I don't.I want to stay with you-if you'll let me.I've been looking for people like you all my life."

"我說(shuō)，"凱斯賓說(shuō)，"在你們做決定之前，也許該問(wèn)下我是不是還想離開(kāi)。說(shuō)真的，我一點(diǎn)也沒(méi)有想要離開(kāi)這里的意思。如果你們同意，我愿意和你們生活在一起。要知道，我這些年一直在找你們這樣的生靈。"

"That's a likely story，"growled Nikabrik."You're a Telmarine and a Human，aren't you? Of course you want to go back to your own kind."

"說(shuō)得真好聽(tīng)!"尼克布瑞克咆哮道，"你是臺(tái)爾馬人，也是人類(lèi)，對(duì)吧?你肯定想回到你的同類(lèi)身旁去!"

"Well，even if I did，I couldn't，"said Caspian."I was flying for my life when I had my accident.The King wants to kill me.If you'd killed me，you'd have done the very thing to please him."

"即便我想回去了，我也做不到了，"凱斯賓說(shuō)，"我之所以慌張撞上你們的樹(shù)，是因?yàn)槲以谔用?。?guó)王要?dú)⑽?，如果你們現(xiàn)在殺了我，那正合他意。"

"Well now，"said Trufflehunter，"you don't say so!"

"好了，"特魯佛漢特說(shuō)道，"你不用說(shuō)這些!"

"Eh?"said Trumpkin."What's that? What have you been doing，Human，to fall foul of Miraz at your age?"

"嗯?"杜魯普金說(shuō)，"這是怎么回事?你做錯(cuò)了什么事?為什么這么小的年紀(jì)就成了彌若茲的敵人?"

"He's my uncle，"began Caspian，when Nikabrik jumped up with his hand on his dagger.

"他是我的叔父。"凱斯賓話還沒(méi)說(shuō)完，尼克布瑞克就握著他的短劍，跳了起來(lái)。

"There you are!"he cried."Not only a Telmarine but close kin and heir to our greatest enemy.Are you still mad enough to let this creature live?"He would have stabbed Caspian then and there，if the Badger and Trumpkin had not got in the way and forced him back to his seat and held him down.

"好啊你!"他吼道，"你不但是一個(gè)臺(tái)爾馬人，還是我們最大敵人的侄子和繼承者。你們還要犯傻嗎?還準(zhǔn)備留他一命嗎?"要不是獾和杜魯普金及時(shí)拉住他，用力把他推回座位，凱斯賓可能當(dāng)場(chǎng)就被刺死了。

"Now，once and for all，Nikabrik，"said Trumpkin."Will you contain yourself，or must Trufflehunter and I sit on your head?"

"現(xiàn)在，我再最后說(shuō)一次，尼克布瑞克，"杜魯普金說(shuō)，"你再不安分，我和特魯佛漢特就要懲戒你了!"

Nikabrik sulkily promised to behave，and the other two asked Caspian to tell his whole story.When he had done so there was a moment's silence.

尼克布瑞克這才悶悶不樂(lè)地坐下去。于是，他們要?jiǎng)P斯賓講講他的來(lái)歷。凱斯賓說(shuō)完他的故事后，大家沉默了許久。

"This is the queerest thing I ever heard，"said Trumpkin.

"這是我聽(tīng)過(guò)的最奇怪的事。"杜魯普金說(shuō)。

"I don't like it，"said Nikabrik.I didn't know there were stories about us still told among the Humans.The less they know about us the better.That old nurse，now.She'd better have held her tongue.And it's all mixed up with that Tutor: a renegade Dwarf.I hate them.I hate them worse than the Humans.You mark my words-no good will come of it.

"我不喜歡這故事。"尼克布瑞克說(shuō)，"我很難想象，在人類(lèi)世界里居然還有那么多關(guān)于我們的傳說(shuō)。說(shuō)實(shí)在的，我們的事他們知道得越少越好。那個(gè)老保姆，真該叫人綁住她的舌頭。還有那個(gè)什么博士會(huì)把事情弄得更亂糟。這些家伙比人類(lèi)更可惡。你們記住，這些人會(huì)帶給我們無(wú)窮無(wú)盡的后患。"

"Don't you go talking about things you don't understand，Nikabrik，"said Trufflehunter."You Dwarfs are as forgetful and changeable as the Humans themselves.I'm a beast，I am，and a Badger what's more.We don't change.We hold on.I say great good will come of it.This is the true King of Narnia we've got here: a true King，coming back to true Narnia.And we beasts remember，even if Dwarfs forget，that Narnia was never right except when a son of Adam was King."

"不要不懂裝懂了，尼克布瑞克，"特魯佛漢特說(shuō)，"你們這些小矮人和人類(lèi)一樣健忘又善變。雖然我只是一只獾而已，但是我們不朝三暮四，向來(lái)都是從一而終的。我認(rèn)為，事情這樣發(fā)展下去，對(duì)我們有很大的好處。你們想：在我們面前的，才是納尼亞真正的君主，而且他現(xiàn)在回到了真正的納尼亞。也許你們小矮人已經(jīng)忘記了，可我們動(dòng)物卻永遠(yuǎn)記得，只有亞當(dāng)?shù)膬鹤幼隽藝?guó)王，納尼亞才能永享安寧。"

"Whistles and whirligigs! Trufflehunter，"said Trumpkin."You don't mean you want to give the country to Humans?"

"得了吧!特魯佛漢特，"杜魯普金說(shuō)道，"你是說(shuō)，你要把這個(gè)國(guó)度送給人類(lèi)嗎?"

"I said nothing about that，"answered the Badger."It's not Men's country (who should know that better than me?) but it's a country for a man to be King of.We badgers have long enough memories to know that.Why，bless us all，wasn't the High King Peter a Man?"

"我沒(méi)有那個(gè)意思，" 獾回答說(shuō)，"這不是人類(lèi)的國(guó)家，這一點(diǎn)我比誰(shuí)都清楚，但它需要人來(lái)統(tǒng)治。我們獾一直記著這一點(diǎn)!老天保佑，你們忘了至尊王彼得也是個(gè)人類(lèi)嗎?"

"Do you believe all those old stories?"asked Trumpkin.

"難道你還相信那些古老的傳說(shuō)嗎?"杜魯普金問(wèn)。

"I tell you，we don't change，we beasts，"said Trufflehunter."We don't forget.I believe in the High King Peter and the rest that reigned at Cair Paravel，as firmly as I believe in Aslan himself."

"我告訴你，我們相信，我們所有動(dòng)物都相信!"特魯佛漢特說(shuō)道，"我們絕不會(huì)忘記。我相信曾經(jīng)治理凱爾帕拉維爾的至尊王彼得和其他人，就像我相信阿斯蘭一樣!"

"As firmly as that，I dare say，"said Trumpkin."But who believes in Aslan nowadays?"

"我看你們真夠堅(jiān)定的，"杜魯普金說(shuō)，"但是，如今誰(shuí)還相信阿斯蘭呢?"

"I do，"said Caspian."And if I hadn't believed in him before，I would now.Back there among the Humans the people who laughed at Aslan would have laughed at stories about Talking Beasts and Dwarfs.Sometimes I did wonder if there really was such a person as Aslan: but then sometimes I wondered if there were really people like you.Yet there you are."

"我相信，"凱斯賓突然插話道，"也許我原來(lái)也懷疑過(guò)，但是現(xiàn)在我完全相信了。嘲笑阿斯蘭的那些人，他們從不相信有會(huì)講話的獸類(lèi)和小矮人。以前我常常疑惑，世界上到底有沒(méi)有阿斯蘭，有沒(méi)有你們這些人。然而現(xiàn)在，你們就在這里。"

"That's right，"said Trufflehunter."You're right，King Caspian.And as long as you will be true to Old Narnia you shall be my King，whatever they say.Long life to your Majesty."

"說(shuō)得對(duì)，"特魯佛漢特說(shuō)，"你說(shuō)得很對(duì)，凱斯賓國(guó)王。只要你對(duì)古納尼亞忠誠(chéng)，我就擁護(hù)你做我的國(guó)王，不管他人怎么說(shuō)，國(guó)王陛下萬(wàn)歲!"

"You make me sick，Badger，"growled Nikabrik."The High King Peter and the rest may have been Men，but they were a different sort of Men.This is one of the cursed Telmarines.He has hunted beasts for sport.Haven't you，now?"he added，rounding suddenly on Caspian.

"你可真讓我惡心，獾。"尼克布瑞克哼了一聲，"至尊王彼得和他的弟弟妹妹確實(shí)是人類(lèi)，但他們是不同種類(lèi)的人。但現(xiàn)在，在我們面前的卻是臺(tái)爾馬人。圍獵屠殺我們是他們的游戲，說(shuō)實(shí)話，你干過(guò)這件事嗎?"他突然轉(zhuǎn)身面向凱斯賓。

"Well，to tell you the truth，I have，"said Caspian."But they weren't Talking Beasts."

"好吧，告訴你們，我做過(guò)，"凱斯賓說(shuō)，"可......可它們是不會(huì)說(shuō)話的動(dòng)物。"

"It's all the same thing，"said Nikabrik.

"那也沒(méi)什么區(qū)別。"尼克布瑞克說(shuō)。

"No，no，no，"said Trufflehunter."You know it isn't.You know very well that the beasts in Narnia nowadays are different and are no more than the poor dumb，witless creatures you'd find in Calormen or Telmar.They're smaller too.They're far more different from us than the half-Dwarfs are from you."

"不，不，不，"特魯佛漢特說(shuō)，"你知道，這完全不一樣?，F(xiàn)在生活在納尼亞的動(dòng)物，跟我們可完全不同。它們不過(guò)是可憐的啞巴，沒(méi)有一點(diǎn)靈性。這樣的動(dòng)物遍及卡樂(lè)門(mén)和臺(tái)爾馬，或者說(shuō)世界各地到處都是。它們個(gè)子矮小，長(zhǎng)相顏色也不盡相同，和我們之間的差別，就跟混血小矮人與你們的差別一樣。

There was a great deal more talk，but it all ended with the agreement that Caspian should stay and even the promise that，as soon as he was able to go out，he should be taken to see what Trumpkin called"the Others""; for apparently in these wild parts all sorts of creatures from the Old Days of Narnia still lived on in hiding.

他們討論了很久之后，還是決定讓凱斯賓留下來(lái)。一旦他完全康復(fù)，就馬上帶他去見(jiàn)其他那些"自己人"。顯然，納尼亞的原住民至今還隱居在深山老林里。