"It's terrible," said Rass Alarien, sobbing under her breath, "Ah, dear darling, I'm going to be scared to death.I'm shaking all over right now.You come and touch it. ”"Let's go," said Aaves, trembling herself, "and they go back to the new palace."
We just need to get out of this room and it's safe.But a lot of time has been wasted now, and you have to do everything you can to get me to the Pratunam at the bottom of the mountain as soon as possible. ”"How can you do this, dear darling," Russ Alarion squealed in a low voice, "I can't do anything now, not now."
My poor nerves we have to lie here a little longer, and then we'll go back. ”"Why go back," Alaves asked, puzzled."
Oh, you don't understand me at all.You're so unsympathetic. ”Rasararien said, and began to cry under her breath.But Alaves believes that now is not the time or occasion for mercy and mercy."
Listen," she said, grabbing Rass Alarien, shaking her body, "if you say anything more about going back, if you don't take me to Watergate right away, do you know what I'm going to do, I'm going to run into that passage and scream loudly."
Then both of us will be caught. ”"But we're both going to be killed," Rass Alarien was so frightened that she couldn't speak, "didn't you hear Tisrock say that he would live forever" "I heard, but for me, I'd rather be killed sooner than marry Ahoshta.""
Oh, you're so ruthless," Ras Ararien whimpered, "and I'm in this situation. ”But in the end, she still had to compromise with Aravis.She led the way down the steps they had just walked down another corridor and finally into the open air.Now they are in the Imperial Garden, whose terraced rice fields slope down to the city walls.The moon shimmered brightly.One of the great drawbacks of adventure is that when you come to the most beautiful place, you are often too anxious and in a hurry to appreciate the beauty of the moment.The same is true of Alavis, who only has a vague impression of it a few years later: the gray lawn, the gently bubbling fountain, and the long, dark shadows of cypress trees.When they reached the bottom, and the wall stood in front of them with a sad face, Rasararien trembled so hard that she could not even pull the latch from the water gate.Alaves stepped forward and opened the door.Finally, there, she saw the river.The light of the moon is reflected on the entire river, and there is a small floating dock and a few yachts."
Goodbye," Alaves said to her friend, "thank you so much."
If I've ever behaved as rude as a pig, I apologize to you.But think about it for a moment, I'm on the run" "Oh, dear Aravis baby," said Las Aralion, "won't you change your mind now that you've seen what a great man Ahoshta is" "What a great man" Alaves sneered, "he's a terrible, servile minion who gets kicked in the ass and flatters and pleases people on the surface, but behind the scenes he hides a bad heart and always encourages the terrible Tisrock to put his son to death, Take the opportunity to avenge yourself.Phew, I'd rather marry someone who washes my father's dishes right away than marry a brute like him. ”"Oh, Aravis, Aravis how could you say such horrible words, and it was about Tisrock's wish for him to live forever.If he had made such a decision, it would have been the right one. ”"Goodbye," said Alaves, "and I think your dress is beautiful and lovely, and I think your house is beautiful and lovely, and I am sure that you will have a beautiful and lovely life, even if it is not for me."
That's it, goodbye, and gently close the door behind me. ”She left the affectionate embrace of her friend, stepped into a square-nosed punt and propped it off the riverbank.In a few moments, the boat was in the middle of the river.At this moment, the real moon above her head, the great bright reflection reflected in the depths of the river.The air is fresh and cool.As she approached the opposite shore, she heard the call of an owl."
Ah, I feel so much better now."
She had been living in the countryside, and she hated every minute she was in the city of Tashban.When she landed on the opposite shore, she found herself in darkness as the ground rose and the moonlight was obscured by the trees.But she managed to find the path that Shasta had found before, and walked to the end of the green meadow and the entrance to the desert as he did, and looked to her left like him, and then saw the great dark graveyard.At least, the girl who had always thought she was brave was now terrified.Maybe the other centaurs weren't there, maybe the ghouls were, but she stuck out her chin and a little of her tongue, and walked straight towards the graveyard.Before she reached the cemetery, she saw Herwin, Brie, and the squire."
Now you can go back to your mistress," said Aaves, who had completely forgotten that the squire would not be able to return until the gates were opened the next morning, "and this is for you." ”"Yes," said the squire, and immediately set off at a very fast pace towards the city of Tashban.There was no need to tell him to go back as soon as possible, he had already thought about ghouls as well.For the next few seconds, Alaves was busy kissing the horses' noses and patting them lightly on the neck, as if taking them for very ordinary horses."
Shasta is coming this way, too, and thanking the Lion King," Brie said.Alaves looked around, and there it was, yes, and when Shasta saw the squire leaving, he immediately stepped out of hiding."
Well," said Aaves, "we can't waste a minute." ”She hurriedly told them about Prince Rabadash's expeditionary plans."
Treacherous dog thing," said Brie, shaking its mane and its hooves stomping the ground, "to attack in peacetime, and not even to give us a challenge, we're going to spoil his good deeds."
We'll get there before he does. ”"Can we get there," Alaves asked, leaping and sitting on Herwin's horse.Shasta hopes he can also turn over like her."
Blue roar," Brie snorted, "come up, Shasta."
We can do it and it's going to get off to a good start," he said. ”Alaves said."
That's what humans always say," said Brie disapprehantly, "but you can't get a team of two hundred horses and two hundred riders well watered, fed, armed, and saddled, and set out in a minute."
Now, in which direction are we going due north?"
"No," Shasta replied, "I know exactly where we are.I've already drawn a line.I'll tell you about that later.Both of you are to the left of us.Ah, that's right. ”"Now," said Brie, "it's impossible to gallop for a day and a night, as the story says."
It must be a combination of walking and trotting, alternating between brisk trotting and short walking.While the two of us are walking, you two humans can also jump down and take a walk.Now, Herwin, are you ready, let's go.Run to Narnia and the North" was pleasant at the beginning.The night had now lasted for many hours, and the desert had almost dissipated almost all the heat it had absorbed during the day, and the air was cool, fresh, and clean.The moonlit desert, in all directions, the farthest they could see, shimmered like a pool of smooth and calm water, or a huge silver platter.Nothing could be heard except the hooves of Brie and Herwin.Shasta was almost asleep, if it weren't for the fact that he had to dismount and walk so often.This seems to have been going on for a few hours.Then, there was a time when the moon was no longer visible.It was as if they were running through the darkness of death for hour after hour.After this, for a moment, Shasta noticed that he could see Brie's neck and head in front of him becoming a little clearer than before; Then, slowly, very slowly, he began to notice the vast, flat gray desert to the left and right.It looked absolutely dead, like something in the world of death; And Shasta felt exhausted, and he noticed that he was getting colder and colder, and his lips were chapped.All the while, all I could hear was the creaking of the leash, the clanging of the horse's halds, and the sound of horses' hooves not the rattling of the hard road, but the rustle of stepping on dry sand.After several hours of riding, a pale gray line appeared in the distance to his right, low on the horizon.This is followed by a red line.At last, it's early morning, but there isn't even a bird singing about the morning.Now he was glad to come down for a walk, for he felt colder than before.Then all of a sudden the sun came up, and in an instant everything changed.The gray desert turned yellow, shining like a diamond sprinkled on the sand.To their left, the long shadows of Shasta, Herwin, Brie, and Alaves followed them closely.The twin peaks of Peel Peak, located far ahead, are glistening in the sun.Shasta could see that they were slightly out of place."
A little to the left, a little to the left."
He shouted.The best part is that when you look back, the city of Tashban is already small and far away.The cemetery was completely invisible, engulfed in a jagged hump that was the city of Tisrock.Everyone feels much better.However, the good times were short-lived.Although the city of Tasban, when they first looked back, it seemed far away, but as they continued on, it did not look any farther.Shasta didn't look back anymore, because that only gave him the impression that they had been standing still.Then the light became a nuisance.The dazzling light of the desert pierced his eyes, but he knew he couldn't close them.He had to force them to open their eyes before he could continue to look at Peel Peak in front of him and call out the way forward.And with that comes the scorching heat.The first time he felt the heat was when he had to dismount for a walk.He slid off his horse's back onto the sand, the heat hitting his face as if it were coming straight from inside an open oven door.It was even worse the second time I dismounted.The third time, as soon as his foot touched the sand, he was so hot that he cried out, saying that it was too late and too soon, and he immediately put one foot into the stirrup, and the other foot was halfway over Brie's back."
I'm sorry, Brie," he said breathlessly, "I can't walk, it's burning my feet." ”"Of course," Brie gasped, "I should have thought of it myself, stay on top, there's no way around it." ”"You don't look like there's anything wrong with you," Shasta said to Alaves, who was walking beside Herwin, "and you're wearing shoes." ”Alaves kept a serious face and didn't say a word, we hope she didn't mean to, but she did.Hurried again, trotted, then walked, then trotted, clank, clank, clang, squeak, squeak, the smell of sweat from the heat of the horse, the smell of the heat itself, the shining and dazzling light, the dizziness.Miles after mile were walked and it was no different at all.The city of Tashban never looks like it could ever get any further away.The mountains never seem to get closer.You'll feel like it's all over and over again and all the time, clanging, clanging, squeaking, squeaking, squeaking, the smell of sweat, the smell of heat itself.Of course, if one wants to kill time, one usually tries a variety of games.But there is no doubt that none of this has any effect at all.They try not to think about what to drinkThe cold sherbet they drank in the Tashban royal palace, the clear spring from the deep earth, the abundant non-greasy cheese, the cold and silky milk, the more they tried not to think about it, the more they thought about it.Finally something different appeared, and in the sand stood a large rock, about thirty feet high and fifty yards long.It did not cast much shadow, for now the sun was almost far to the center, so that only a shadow was formed, and in the shadow they huddled together, and there they ate some food and drank some water.It was a difficult task to get water out of the saddlebag and give it to the horse, but both Brie and Herwin used their lips very wisely.None of them looked satisfied.No one spoke.The horse was covered in sweat stains, and his breathing was rapid.The children were pale and weak.After a short rest, they hurried again.The same sound, the same smell, the same glare, until later, the shadow began to fall on their right, and then became longer and longer, as if to extend to the end of the eastern world.The sun is moving very slowly towards the western horizon.Now that the sun had finally set, thank God, the heat rising from the desert was as aggressive as ever, but the torturous glare was finally gone.Four pairs of eyes were eagerly looking at the trail of the valley, the valley that Raven Salopard had mentioned earlier.However, mile after mile, there was nothing in sight but flat sand.It was now certain that the day was over, that most of the stars were hanging in the night sky, that the horses were still chattering, and that the children were tossing up and down in the saddle, thirsty and tired, and very hard.The moon had not yet risen, and Shasta cried out in a strange, mouth-dry, rough voice, "There" could not be wrong now.Just ahead, a little to their right, there was a slope that snaked down and on either side were small hills made of stones.The horses were too tired to speak, but staggered forward, and in a minute or two they were into the valley.When I first entered, it was worse in the valley than in the empty desert, because the heat was so sweltering between the stone walls that it was breathless, and the moonlight was less.The slope descends steeply, with rocks on either side towering into cliffs.Then they began to see thorny cacti, coarse grass that pricked fingers like plants.In a few moments, the horse's hooves were no longer stepping on the sand, but on pebbles and stones.They had countless turns in the valley and couldn't wait to find water.The horse was almost exhausted, and Herwin staggered, panting, and fell behind Brie.Before they almost despaired, they finally saw a little mud and a trickle through the soft, lush grass.The trickle became a stream, the stream became a small river with bushes on both sides, and the stream became a large river.It was a moment of overjoy after many disappointments that I can't describe.Shasta was in a state of drowsiness, suddenly realizing that Brie had stopped, and then realized that he himself had slipped off his horse.In front of them there was a small waterfall pouring down into a wide pool, in which the two horses were already in it, and they were dipping their heads in the pool, drinking and drinking, and drinking."
OoooShasta screamed happily and jumped into the pool, which was knee-deep and he stuck his head straight into the waterfall.It was probably the most light-hearted moment he'd ever had.After about ten minutes, the four of them and two children came out of the pond almost drenched before they began to pay attention to their surroundings.The moon hung high in the sky, and the moonlight was enough to shine into the valley.Soft grass grows on both sides of the river, and on the periphery of the meadow many trees and shrubs go diagonally up to the bottom of the cliffs.There must be some exotic flowers and plants hidden in the shady bushes, because the coolest and most pleasant smell permeates the glades.At the same time, a voice came from the darkest hiding place among the trees, the song of a nightingale that Shasta had never heard before.Everyone was so tired that they didn't bother to talk or take something out to eat, and the horses lay down without even waiting to take off their saddles, as did Alaves and Shasta.After about ten minutes, Herwin, who had always been cautious, said, "But we must not sleep, we must get there before Prince Rabadash." ”"Yes," said Brie slowly, "you must not sleep, just a little rest." ”Shasta knew that in a moment if he didn't get up and do something, they would all fall asleep right away, so he felt like he had to do something.In fact, he decided to quickly stand up and advise everyone to continue on their way.But wait a little longer, and then a little longer, but after a little while, the moonlight shone on the two horses and the two children, and the nightingale's song reached their ears, and they all fell asleep quickly.The first to wake up was Alaves.The sun has risen high in the sky, and the cool early morning hours have been wasted."
It's all my fault."
She said to herself roughly, then jumped up and began to wake people up."
Horses have been running all day like that, and even if they are human speakers, they should not be expected not to sleep.Of course, the boy should not be expected to sleep, he is not well educated.But I should have been more sensible. ”Everyone else slept soundly, their heads were swollen, they were dazed, and they slept until they were stupid."
Hey, Bru," said Bru after a few moments, "I fell asleep with the saddle, well, I don't do it anymore, and the most uncomfortable thing is," "Oh, let's go, let's go," said Alavis, "we've wasted half a morning, and we can't afford to delay any longer." ”"You have to eat some grass."
Brie said."
I'm afraid we can't wait any longer."
Alaves said."
What are you going to go in such a hurry," said Brie, "we've already crossed the desert, haven't we?"
said Alawis, "but we have not yet entered Achinland," said Alawis, "and we must get there before Prince Rabadash." ”"Oh, we must have been miles ahead of him," said Brie disapprovingly, "Didn't we take a shortcut Shasta, didn't your raven friend say it was a shortcut," "it didn't say anything closer," Shasta replied, "it just said it was better, for there was a river on the road, and if the oasis was directly north of the city of Tashban, then I'm afraid it might have been longer." ”"Anyway, I can't get there without a little food."
Brie insisted, "Shasta, take my reins off. ”"I'm sorry," Herwin said very shyly, "I feel the same way as Brie, and I can't go any further."
But when horses carry people and spurs or something, when they feel like they are going to be whipped forward like this, they will realize that they are okay.I mean, now that we're free, shouldn't we be able to go as far as we can?
It's all for Narnia. ”"I think, ma'am," said Brie in an overpowering tone, "I know a little more than you about battles, hurried marches, horses, etc. ”Herwin did not reply to this, like a noble-born mare, very timid and gentle in nature, and was easily bullied.In fact, it was quite right, and if there was a Tykan on Brie's back at this moment, it would have found that it could run desperately for hours.But the worst thing you can do as a slave and being forced to do things is that once no one forces you to do things, you will find yourself almost out of motivation to force yourself.So, they had to wait for Brie to eat and drink; Of course, Herwin and the children followed suit with a bite to eat and drink.By the time they were finally on the road again, it must have been almost eleven o'clock in the morning.Even by this time, Brie had rushed to the road even more than the day before.Although Herwin was the thinner of the two horses and the more tired one, she was ahead of the curve.The valley itself, with its cool brown rivers, turquoise meadows, soft moss, wildflowers and rhododendrons, is such a delightful place that you can't help but want to slow down and enjoy the scenery in front of you.t1706231537: