"With me here, you don't need a ring to go back."
Aslan said.In the blink of an eye, the children were again in the woods between the worlds, and before they could react, they stood there looking around.Uncle Andrew, still asleep, lay on the grass, and Aslan stood beside them.Aslan said, "It's time for you to go back."
However, be sure to pay attention to two things: one is a warning and the other is a command.Come and see here, kids. ”A small pit in the grass came into their sight, and the bottom of the pit was covered with warm and dry grass."
The last time you were here," Aslan said, "it was still a waterhole.Once you jump in, you're in the kingdom of Charn, where a dying sun shines on the ruined world.Now, the waterhole is gone, and the world is completely gone, as if it never existed.The race of Adam and Eve, take this as a warning. ”"Yes, Aslan."
The two children replied in unison.Immediately afterwards, Polly added, "Our world is not as bad as Charn, is it, Aslan" and "Not yet, Eve's daughter," it said, "but it is moving in that terrible direction."
Perhaps one of the bad people of your race will find a spell as evil as the Curse of Extermination, and use it viciously to destroy all living beings.Yes, soon, until you grow old, dictators will rule over the great powers of your world, and they are the same kind of people as Queen Janetis who never take happiness, justice, and mercy seriously.Beware of your world, that's the warning.Now, let's talk about the command.Your uncle's rings, you must get them as soon as possible, and bury them deep in the ground, so that no one can use them again. ”As the lion said this, both children raised their heads reverently and intently and gazed at it.In an instant, Aslan's face, who had no idea how it had happened, turned into an undulating golden ocean, and they floated freely in the sea, surrounded by a powerful and sweet feeling that submerged them and penetrated them, making them realize that their former selves had never really experienced happiness, wisdom, and beauty, or even lived or awakened.The memory of that moment will always be with them, and in their lifetime, whenever they feel sadness, fear, or anger, they will remember that moment, and that feeling will still exist and resurface.It was so close, as if it were around a corner or behind a door, as if it would come back again, so that they sincerely believed that life was good.Not long after, the three of them, Uncle Andrew also woke up and returned to the hustle and bustle of London, back to the peculiar heat and pungent smell.They stood on the sidewalk outside the front door of Kateley's house, nothing changed except for the vanished witches, horses, and coachmen.The lamppost was still upright, but it was missing a crossbar.The wreckage of the carriage and the crowd were also there, and everyone gathered around to talk.Some knelt beside the injured policeman and said things like "he's woken up," "how is he feeling now," and "the ambulance will be there soon.""
My God," thought DiGray, "it seems that this adventure did not take much time at all. ”Everyone present was busy looking for the vanished Jantis and the horse, and no one noticed the children who had suddenly returned, just as no one had noticed their sudden departure.As for Uncle Andrew, the slimy honey on his face and the dirty clothes made him unrecognizable.And it was such a coincidence that the front door was open, and the maid was standing on the porch and looking out to see why the street was so lively, and how happy the girl was, so, while no one had asked any questions, the children hurried Uncle Andrew in.Uncle Andrew rushed upstairs before the children, and at first they were afraid that he would go straight to the attic so that he could hide the rest of the magic ring.But as it turned out, their fears were unnecessary, and Uncle Andrew, who was now all about the wine in the cupboard, rushed into the bedroom and immediately locked the door.After a while, the door was reopened.When he came out again, he had already changed into a clean dressing gown and walked towards the bathroom."
Polly, can you go find the other rings," said Diggray, "I want to see my mother first." ”"Okay, I'll see you later."
With that, Polly quickly ran up to the attic.Diggray adjusted his breathing to calm himself down, and then, softly, walked into his mother's room.His mother remained in her previous position, lying quietly on a pillow, her pale, bloodless face sad.Diggray took the fruit of life out of his pocket.Just as what she sees in our world is different from what she sees in hers, the fruit seems to have changed.The bedroom was already full of colours: bedspreads, wallpaper, golden sunlight streaming in through the window, and Mom's pretty light blue blouse.But as soon as Diggray took the apple out of his pocket, everything and even the sunlight suddenly lost its color and looked dull.The bright apples cast a different and surprising glow on the ceiling, and nothing else is worth looking at compared to anything else.The fragrance of that fruit of life makes it feel as if there is a window to heaven in the room."
Oh dear, how cute it looks," Dugray's mother began."
Eat it, okay, Mommy," said DiGray."
Well, I'm not sure the doctor would agree," she replied, "but I really feel like I can eat it." ”Digray peeled the apples, carefully cut them, and fed them to her piece by piece.As soon as I finished eating, my mother's face bloomed with a charming smile, and she fell asleep soundly with her head back on the pillow, which was a real, natural and comfortable sleep, not a drowsiness caused by drugs at all.Degree understands that of all the precious things in the world, this is the one that mom needs most.And, with great conviction, he saw a slight change in her face.He leaned down and kissed his mother softly, and then, picking up the kernel of the apple, he left the room softly with a heart pounding with excitement.Whatever he saw that day felt too ordinary, too ordinary, too ordinary for him to dare to have any hope, but whenever he thought of Aslan's face, hope filled his heart again.That night, he quietly buried the apple core in the soil in his back garden.The next morning, when the doctor came to check on his condition as usual, Dugray leaned on the handrail of the stairs and heard the doctor say to Aunt Letty as he walked out, "Miss Kateley, this is the most unusual case in my medical career.It's nothing short of a miracle.Now, I don't want to tell that kid about the situation here too soon, because I don't want to give him any false hope.But, follow me," the doctor lowered his voice and could barely hear him.That afternoon, Dugray went to the garden and whistled to Polly in code, as they had agreed.And the day before she couldn't come."
Any good news," Polly said, climbing up the wall, "I'm asking, is your mom well" "Well, I think things are getting better." ”"If you don't mind, I don't want to talk about it again."
By the way, have you got all the rings?"
"I've got them all," Polly said, "Look, it's okay, I'm wearing gloves, and now let's find a place to bury them." ”"Okay.I've already marked the place where I buried the apple core yesterday. ”Polly climbed over the wall, and the two of them walked together towards the back garden.In fact, Digray didn't need to make any markings at all, because something had grown there, and it had already grown out of the ground.It's just that it doesn't grow all the time like it did when it was in Narnia.They took a shovel and buried all the magic rings around the small tree.A week has passed, and Dugray's mother's condition has improved significantly.Two weeks later, she was able to sit in the garden for a while and catch her breath.After a month, the whole house had changed almost completely, and Aunt Letty had done everything that her mother liked: the windows were open, the dirty curtains had been drawn, and the room was very bright, with beautiful flowers everywhere.The old piano was tuned again, and Mom was singing again, and from time to time she frolicked with Diggray and Polly.Aunt Letty saw it and said, "Marbell, you are the eldest of three children. ”When things don't go well, you find that they get worse and worse for a while, but once things start to get better, they often get better.After about six weeks of such a happy day, they received a long letter from Digre's father in India, with lots of good news.The death of my grandfather Kirk means that my dad is now very wealthy, and it also means that he will retire from India and never leave his mom and Diggray again.The big country house that Dugray had heard of in his life but had never seen before was now their home.The big house has several sets of imposing armor, stables, kennels, rivers, parks, conservatories, vineyards and woods, and mountains in the back.So, like you, Degree is confident that they will live happily ever after.But I guess there's something else you want to know more about.Polly and Diggray had always been very good friends, and every holiday she would go out into the country to their big beautiful house, where she learned to ride horses, swim, milk cows, bake bread, and climb mountains.In Narnia, the animals live happily and peacefully for a long time.For hundreds of years, no enemy, not even witches, came to harass their carefree land.King Frank, Queen Helen, and their children are also living happily in Narnia.Their second son became king of Achinland.Their sons married fairies, and their daughters married to river gods and tree gods.The lamppost planted by the witch shines day and night in the Narnia forest, and the place where it grew up is known as the "Lamppost Wild", and she has no idea about it.Hundreds of years later, another child walked into Narnia from our world on a snowy night and saw that the light was still shining.In a sense, this adventure is inextricably linked to the story I have just told you.Here's the thing.The apple core that Degree had buried in the back garden eventually grew into a beautiful apple tree.As it grows in the soil of our world, far from the sounds of Aslan and the young, delicious air of Narnia, though its fruit is much more beautiful and beneficial than all the other apples in England, it cannot restore a dying patient to health without that mesmerizing magic.But, by the nature of this fruit tree, in its sap, let's call it that tree, without forgetting the tree in Narnia to which it belongs.Sometimes, when there is not a hint of wind outside, it will mysteriously sway from side to side.I thought, at this time, it must have been Narnia with a strong wind.The tree that grows in England is rocking gently because the mother tree in Narnia is swaying in the strong southwesterly wind.However, what happened later proved that there was still magic in the wood of this tree.By the time Degree had grown up and reached middle age, he had become a renowned scholar, professor, and traveler, and the Catley family's old house became his property, when a great storm in the south of England blew the apple tree down.Dugray couldn't bear to have it burned as firewood, so he made a large wardrobe out of some wood and placed it in his big house in the country.Although he didn't discover the magic of the wardrobe himself in the end, the secret was discovered by another person, and this is the beginning of all the stories between our world and Narnia, about which you can read in the rest of the book.When Diggray's father and mother moved with him to a big house in the country, they brought Uncle Andrew with them to live with them.This is so because Diggray's father said, "We can't let this old fellow continue to make trouble, and it's so unfair that poor Aunt Letty should keep an eye on him." ”However, since then, Uncle Andrew has never done any magic experiments, he has learned the lessons of the past, and he is no longer as selfish as before, and has become more amiable.He was always fond of meeting guests alone in the pachinko room, and mysteriously regal the story of a foreign royal woman, with whom he said he had once driven the streets of London in a horse-drawn carriage."
Oh, she is very bad-tempered," he always said, "but she is a very beautiful lady, sir, a beautiful lady. ”t1706231537: