During this time, Edmund was extremely disappointed.When the dwarf was sent to prepare the sleigh, he thought that the queen would treat him as well as the last time they had met, but he did not expect her to say anything.At last, Edmund had to pluck up the courage to plead: "Your Majesty, please be considerate, can you give me some Turkish delight to eat, you say" She immediately interrupted him: "Give me some peace you fool" However, after a while she changed her mind again, as if to say to herself: "If this little fool faints from hunger on the road, it will not work." ”So she clapped her hands again and summoned another dwarf."
Go get this kid something to eat and drink."
She commanded.The dwarf was ordered to leave, and it was not long before he brought an iron bowl with a little water in it, and an iron plate with a large piece of dry bread in it.He grinned and placed the things on the floor beside Edmund with an annoying look on his face, and he said to Edmund, "Little Prince, here comes the Turkish delight you wanted."
Haha" "Take it to me," Edmund said very angrily, "I don't want to eat dry bread," but then the witch suddenly pounced on him.He looked at her terrible expression, and had to apologize in a low voice, and slowly nibble on the dry bread, but the bread was so hard and dry that it was hard to swallow."
Until the next time you eat bread, you should be glad you still have this to eat."
The witch said coldly.While Edmund was still there chewing hard, the first dwarf had prepared his sleigh and had returned to report to the witch.The White Witch immediately stood up and set off, ordering Edmund to go with him.When they reached the yard, the snow began to fall again, but the White Witch paid no attention to this, and let Edmund sit beside her, and as she was leaving, she called Fenreth Woolf again, and he jumped on the sleigh and obeyed like a big dog."
Now, go to the beaver's house at once, and take the fastest wolf."
The witch commanded, "Whatever you see there, kill them all, and if they have escaped, go to the stone table at full speed, and be careful not to be discovered."
Hide there and wait for me to pass.I had to walk a long way west to find a place where I could cross the river in a sled.You can catch up with those guys before they reach the stone table, and if you find them, you know what to do." ”The wolf replied with a loud voice, and then immediately galloped away, disappearing like a horse into the snow of the night.In the blink of an eye, it ran towards the embankment with another wolf.When they arrived at the beaver couple's house, they sniffed around, but the house was empty.If the weather had been fine that night, it would have been a disaster for the beavers and their children, for the wolves would have been able to track their tracks and would have caught up with them before they reached the stone table.Fortunately, it is now snowing non-stop, and their smell has faded, and even their footprints are covered in snow.Meanwhile, the witch led Edmund out of the arch and got on a sleigh, and the dwarf drove the reindeer all the way to the dark world of ice.Edmund didn't even wear a coat, and it was a really bad ride for him.Within a quarter of an hour of departure, he was covered in snowflakes.It didn't take long for him to stop shaking the snow off his body, for even if he shook it fast, the snow would fall immediately, and he was so tired by now that it didn't take long for him to get soaked.Oh, miserable Edmund, it seems that the queen has no intention of making him king so far.In order to convince himself that she was a kind-hearted person and that she was on the righteous side, the self-consoling words he said to himself at the beginning, in retrospect, were simply foolish words that deceived himself.Now that he is willing to let go of his old suspicions, he will go back to everyone and even Peter immediately, but this is the end of the matter, and he can only comfort himself, hoping that everything in front of him is just a dream, and he will eventually wake up from the dream.In this way, they kept walking and walking, and after an hour, and another hour, it seemed like it really became a dream.They spent a long time on the road, and I'm afraid I can't write enough pages to describe it.So I'll skip this paragraph and won't go into any more details.First of all, the snow stopped, and when it was dawn, they continued to gallop in the sun, and they kept hurrying, and all they could hear was the swishing of the sleigh speeding through the snow, and the crunch of the harness of the reindeer running, but nothing else.Eventually, the witch said, "Stop, let's see what the hell is going on here." ”That's when they stopped.How Edmund wished she had stopped and talked about breakfast, but she had a completely different reason for stopping.Under a tree not far from the sleigh sat a group of people who looked very happy: a couple of squirrels with their children, two forest gods, a dwarf, and an old male fox, who sat around a table on a low stool.Edmund couldn't see what they were eating, but it smelled really good, and it looked like they had garnished it with holly.The most unbelievable thing was that he actually saw raisin pudding or something.As soon as their sleigh stopped, the male fox was clearly the oldest of them all, holding up a cup with his right paw, as if he had just stood up to speak.But when the sleigh stopped, and the group saw who was sitting on it, all the happy expressions on everyone's faces disappeared.Daddy Squirrel's fork was raised to his mouth and stopped there.There was also a forest god with a fork in his mouth, and he also stopped.The baby squirrel squeaks in fright."
What are you doing?"
asked the witch, but no one answered her."
Say, bastard," she cried, "what is the matter with you eating and drinking, extravagant, and merry-seeking, where did you get these things, and let my little dwarf whip them with a leather whip?"
Please forgive my faux pas, and let me toast Her Majesty the Queen, and wish you good health" "Who gave these things to you?"
the witch continued to ask."
Santa Claus."
The old fox stammered."
What do you say," roared the Queen, leaping off the sleigh and walking over to the frightened animals, "he can't come here, he can't come here, you dare, but, it doesn't matter, as long as you admit that you are lying, then I will forgive you" At this point, the little squirrel was completely dazed."
He's been here, he's been here, he's been here."
It squeaked, then pounded the table with its little spoon.Edmund saw the witch bite her lip and a drop of blood trickle out of her white face, and then she raised her wand."
Oh, no, no, please don't," Edmund cried.But just as he shouted loudly, the White Witch had already waved her magic staff, and the group of animals that had been gathering just now immediately turned into stone statues, and one of them could only hold a stone fork and stop not far from its mouth.Transformed into stone statues, they still sit around a stone table with stone plates and stone raisin pudding."
And you," said the witch, waving Edmund in the face as she got back into the sleigh, making him dazed, "and that's what you did to intercede on behalf of the spy and the traitor."
Departure" was the first time Edmund had grieved for someone else in this story.It's really sad to think that those little stone statues have been sitting there day after day, year after year, through countless silent days and dark nights, until they are covered with moss, and maybe even that face will slowly disintegrate.They continued to gallop on.Soon, Edmund noticed that the snow was much wetter than last night as they spun off, and he felt that he wasn't that cold anymore.The sky was foggy, in fact the fog was getting thicker, the weather was getting warmer, and the sleigh was not going as fast as it had been before.At first, he thought the reindeer pulling the sled were too tired, but soon he noticed that this was not the real reason.Suddenly, the sleigh shook violently, slid to one side, and began to jolt as if it had hit a stone.Despite the dwarf's desperate whip and whipping the reindeer, the sleigh continued to move more and more slowly.Around them, there seemed to be a strange sound, but the sound of the sleigh galloping and jolting, and the sound of the dwarfs shouting at the reindeer, all these sounds were so intertwined that Edmund could not hear them clearly, until then the sleigh suddenly jammed and could not move at all.After the accident, the surroundings fell silent, and Edmund could finally listen to what it was about.Listening carefully, the sound was a lovely and peculiar gurgling, gurgling, of course, it was not very peculiar, because he must have heard it before, but he couldn't remember where he heard it now, and then, he suddenly remembered, it was the sound of the river flowing, although it was not visible in front of him, but it must be around, and the sound was like the cheerful singing of a stream, the stream gurgling, gurgling, splashing, and even rushing in the distance.When he understood that this meant that the cold winter was over, his heart suddenly jumped a little, although he didn't know what the reason was, and then he saw a large piece of snow sliding down from a fir tree, this was the first time he had seen a dark green fir tree since he came to the kingdom of Narnia, but he didn't have time to look carefully and listen carefully, the witch spoke on the side: "Don't sit there in a daze, you fool, come down and help" Of course, Edmund didn't dare to disobey the White Witch's order, He stepped on the snow, but now it was all snow, and he helped the dwarfs pull the trapped sleigh out of the mud.With great effort, they finally pulled the sleigh out, and the dwarf whipped the reindeer hard, and the sled finally began to move again.They walked a short distance further.Now, the snow has really melted completely, and patches of green grass are everywhere.If you hadn't stared at this ice and snow world for so long like Edmund, you wouldn't have been able to imagine how comfortable it would be to see this green meadow again after seeing enough of the endless snowfields."
No, Your Majesty."
The dwarf said, "The snow has melted, and in this case, there is no way for the sleigh to go." ”"Then we'll have to get there."
Said the witch."
If we walk, we'll never catch up with them."
The dwarf muttered, "They're one step ahead." ”"Are you my adviser or my slave," said the witch sharply, "do as I command, tie this man's hand behind my back, hold on to one end of the rope, and take your whip."
Cut off the reindeer's harnesses so they will run home the way they came. ”The dwarf obeyed.Moments later, Edmund's hands were tied behind his back, and they forced him to hurry as quickly as possible.Edmund kept slipping in the snow, mud, and wet grass, and every time he fell to the ground, the dwarf would scold him fiercely, and sometimes whip him, while the witch walked behind the dwarf, constantly urging: "Hurry up, go faster" The green space was gradually getting bigger, and the pieces of snow were shrinking.With each passing moment, more trees shed their snowcoats, and before long, the white vanished in either direction, and there were dark green fir trees, bare, thorny oaks with black branches, and beech and elm trees.Immediately after that, you can see that the white mist is starting to turn golden yellow.Soon the fog cleared, and then the beautiful sunlight shone through the forest onto the ground, and a blue sky could be seen through the gaps in the branches overhead.It wasn't long before something even more wonderful happened.As they came around a corner, and came to a clearing surrounded by silver-white birch forests, Edmund suddenly saw that the clearing was full of small yellow flowers on all sides, and the sound of white endage water was getting louder and louder, and after a while, they did pass over a small river, and they saw the newly grown snowdrops by the river."
Don't procrastinate," said the dwarf fiercely, and when he saw Edmund looking back at the flowers, he pulled the rope viciously.Of course, that doesn't stop Edmund from appreciating everything around him.Five minutes later, he noticed a dozen saffron flowers, golden, purple, and white, growing under an old tree.Immediately afterwards came a sound more beautiful than the sound of water, and near the path on which they had walked, suddenly a bird chirped on a tree branch.Not far away, another bird also chirped, and then, as if hearing a signal, the chirping of birds began to sound in all directions.A moment later, the musical festival of the birds played throughout the forest, and in any direction he looked, Edmund could see the birds falling on the branches, flying in the air, and chirping with joy."
Hurry up, hurry up," the witch urged.By this time, the fog had completely disappeared, and the sky was getting bluer, with the occasional white cloud drifting by.The vast glade is full of cherry blossoms, and the branches sway and the dew scatters as the breeze blows, bringing a cool, wonderful fragrance.The trees are beginning to come back to life, the larches and birches are dressed in green, and the gold chains are shining gold.Soon, the beech trees grow fresh green leaves, and the light on them turns green as they pass under the trees.A little bee buzzed happily along the path they had walked."
It's not snowmelt," said the dwarf, who suddenly stopped, "it's clearly spring, what are we going to do now, and to tell the truth, your winter has been driven away."
This must be a good thing Aslan has done" "If any of you dare to mention that name in front of me again," said the witch, "I will kill him at once" t1706231537: