"What to see," Edmund asked, puzzled."
Look at the coat of arms on that gold bracelet."
Caspian said."
A small hammer with a star-shaped diamond on it."
Drinin said.He thought for a moment, and suddenly exclaimed, "Oops, I've seen this pattern before." ”"Yes," said Casbin, "heck, of course you've seen it."
It is the emblem of an amazing family in Narnia, which is none other than Lord Octisian's armband. ”"Badass," Repechipe shouted at the dragon, "did you swallow a Lord of Narnia" but the dragon shook its head violently."
Perhaps, possibly," said Lucy, "this is Lord Octisian, turned into a dragon under the influence of magic, you know what I mean. ”"That's not necessarily true," said Edmund, "all dragons like to collect gold.But I think, according to reliable speculation, that Lord Octisian definitely did not leave the island. ”"Are you Lord Octotsien," Lucy asked the dragon.Immediately, as it shook its head sadly, Lucy asked again, "Were you enchanted, were you originally human, am I right?"
and nodded violently.So someone said that it was not clear whether Lucy had said it first or Edmund had said it first, and there was a heated debate about it, "Should you be Eustace?"
At this time, Eustace pointed desperately with his terrible dragon head, and slapped the sea with his tail, and everyone quickly jumped backwards, and some sailors were still dissatisfied and said something unpleasant, so I will not write it, in order to avoid the huge hot tears that slipped from his eyes.Lucy tried to comfort him, even plucking up the courage to kiss the scaly face, almost everyone called him "unlucky", some swore to Eustace that they would always be on his side and support him, and many others said that there must be some way to break his magic, and in a day or two he would be back to normal, and he would be back in the midst of everyone.And, of course, they were all very eager to hear his story, but he couldn't speak.Over the next few days, he tried more than once to write about his experiences in the sand, but never succeeded.The first point is that Eustace, who has never read a book that suits him, and he doesn't know how to tell a story directly.Another reason was that the muscles and nerves of the dragon claw he had to use had never learned to write, and they were not made to write at all.As a result, before he could finish writing, the tide came, and washed away all the words he had written, except for a few words that had already been stepped on by him, or occasionally swept out with his tail.So the text you can see is roughly as follows: The black dots are blurred by him: I went to sleep, I mean I said that the dragon cave caused the death and woke up in deep fear, and took this trouble off my arm, anyway, everyone knows very well that Eustace's character has grown since he became a dragon.He was anxious to do something for everyone.He flew all over the island and found that it was all mountainous, inhabited only by wild goats and herds of wild boars.So, he brought back many of these animals to supply the ship.He is also a very humane hunter, because he can kill a beast with a single blow from his tail, so the beast is probably killed without even knowing it.He'll eat a little bit of it himself.But of course, he always eats alone, because now that he is a dragon, he likes to eat food raw, but he can never stand being seen eating filthy things.One day his flight was slow and tired, but it was a great triumph, and he brought a tall pine tree back to the camp.This was uprooted by him in a distant valley and could be made into a mainmast.And at night, if the weather begins to turn cold, as is often the case after heavy rains, he can make everyone feel more comfortable, because all the people of the ship will come and sit down with their backs to his hot sides, and their bodies will become warm and dry, and his fire-like breath will light even the most stubborn firewood at the slightest spurt.Sometimes, he would pick a few men to fly on his back, so that they could see the green slopes, the rocky heights, the narrow cratered valleys that flashed below them, and the sea to the east, and there was a dark blue dark spot on the blue horizon, which was probably land.It is a joy to be liked, and at the same time, it is even more precious to like others, which is an unprecedented experience for him, and it is this joy that saves him from despair.Because turning into a dragon is a very frustrating thing.Every time he flew over a mountain lake, he always shuddered at the sight of his own reflection.He hated the giant bat wings, the jagged backs, the ferocious, crooked claws.He hardly dared to be alone, yet he was embarrassed to be with others.At night, when he was no longer needed to make hot water bottles, he snuck out of the camp and curled up like a snake in the middle of the woods and the sea.At this point, to his great surprise, Rappechip became almost a constant comforter for him.The noble rat would creep away from the joyous crowd that sat in a circle around the campfire and sit down next to the dragon's head, keeping an eye on the wind to make sure it could avoid his smoking snort.It would explain to him that what happened to Eustace was a stark illustration of the wheel of fortune, and that if it invited Eustace to be a guest in its home in Narnia, it was in fact a hole and not a house, and that not even a dragon's head, let alone his body, it could cite more than a hundred examples, all of which were of emperors, kings, dukes, knights, poets, lovers, astronomers, philosophers, and magicians, who fell from prosperity to excruciating pain.
But they have all recovered and have lived happily ever after.It didn't do much, and it didn't sound so comforting at the time, but it was a good intention, and Eustace will never forget it.The conundrum that hangs over everyone like a cloud today is what to do with their dragons when they are ready to set sail.While he was present, they avoided talking as much as they could, but he involuntarily overheard conversations along the lines: "Is it okay to put him on one side of the deck, and if that's the case, we'd better move all the storage to the other side of the ship, so that we can keep the hull balanced." ”Or: "Wouldn't it be better to drag him" or: "Will he be able to fly all the time?"
is the most often heard "But how are we going to feed him" Poor Eustace became more and more aware that he had become a complete nuisance since his first day on the ship, and that he was now an even greater problem.The thought eroded his mind like the gold bracelet eroded his front legs.He knew that ripping off the bracelet with his giant teeth would only make it worse, but he couldn't resist pulling it every now and then, especially on a hot night.About six days after they arrived on Dragon Island, Edmund happened to wake up early in the morning.The sky had just turned gray, and only the trunks of the trees between the side and the beach could be seen, and nothing else could be seen.When he woke up, he felt like he had heard something, so he propped up one of his elbows and looked around.In a few moments, he saw a dark figure moving towards the sea on the other side of the woods.A thought immediately crossed his mind: "Are we so sure that there are no natives on this island?"
and then, he thought that the shadow should be about Caspian in size, but he knew that Caspian was still asleep beside him, and he could see that he had not moved at all.Convinced that his sword was still with him, Edmund got up to find out.He walked softly to the edge of the woods, and the black figure was still there.Now, he could see that it was too small to think that figure was Caspian, but it was too big to say that it was Lucy.He didn't run away.Edmund drew his sword and was about to challenge the stranger when the stranger lowered his voice and said, "Edmund, is that you?""
You don't know me," said the other man, "I'm Eustace." ”"Oh my God," said Edmund, "it's you.""
Shh," said Eustace, who quickly motioned to him to whisper, and then suddenly leaned to one side as if to fall."
Oh my God" Edmund exclaimed, quickly rushing forward to help him steady, "What's going on, are you sick" Eustace was silent for a long time, Edmund almost thought he had passed out, but finally he said, "It's so shocking, you don't know but everything is fine now."
Can we find a place to talk, I don't want to meet anyone just yet. ”"Okay, of course, you can go wherever you want."
Edmund replied, "We can go over there and sit on the rocks."
Hey, it's a pleasure to see you again.You must have had a very difficult time. ”They walked over to the rocks and sat down, looking across the bay, but the sky grew whiter, and all but one very bright, low-hanging star, close to the horizon, was gone."
I can't tell you how I became a dragon until it's all over.""
By the way, I didn't even know I was transformed into a dragon, and I didn't know until that morning, when I appeared here, and I heard you call me by the word dragon."
What I'm going to tell you is how I am no longer a dragon. ”"Let's get started."
Edmund said."
Well, I was in more pain last night than I was before because that damn armband was in pain for me."
Eustace said."
Are you okay now," Edmund asked with concern.Eustace smiled, unlike the laughs Edmund had heard him hear, and the bracelet slipped off his arm with ease."
See," he said, "for me, whoever likes it can take it."
So, as I said, I was lying awake and worrying about what the hell was going to happen to me.However, at this moment, you know, it may be nothing more than a dream.I do not know. ”"Go on."
Edmund said patiently."
Well, anyway, I looked up and saw something completely unexpected, and I saw a huge lion walking slowly towards me.And there is a very strange thing, last night there was no moon at all, but wherever the lion went, the moonlight shone wherever it went.It's getting closer, and I'm scared.You might think that, as a dragon, I could easily defeat any lion.But it's not that kind of fear.I'm not afraid it's going to eat me, I'm just afraid of it if you can understand what I'm trying to say.Alas, it walked straight up to me and looked me straight in the eye.So I closed my eyes tightly, but it was useless because it told me to listen to it. ”"You mean it spoke," Edmund asked."
I don't know.Since you're talking about it, I don't think it's talking.But anyway, it just told me.And I knew I had to do what it wanted, so I got up and followed it.It took me a long way into the mountains.Everywhere we went, the lion was always surrounded by moonlight.Eventually, we came to the summit of a high mountain that I had never seen before, and on the top of this mountain there was a garden with trees, and fruits, and all sorts of other things.There is a well in the central part of the garden. ”"I knew it was a well because I could see the water gurgling up from the bottom of it.However, the well was much larger than most wells, resembling a large, round bathtub with several marble stairs leading into it.The water was so clear and clear that I thought if I could take a bath there, I would be able to relieve the pain in my body.But the lion told me that I had to take off my clothes first.Attention, I don't know if it said these words out loud or not at all. ”"I was about to tell him that I couldn't take off my clothes because I didn't have any clothes on me, when it occurred to me that dragons are snakes and things like that, and snakes shed their skin.Oh, of course, I thought, that's what the lion meant.So I started grabbing at myself, and my scales fell off and got all over the place.Then I scratched a little deeper, so that instead of falling here and there, the scales were peeling off perfectly, as if I had been through a serious illness, or as if I were a banana.A minute or two later, I came out of it, and I saw the pile of skins lying next to me, looking disgusting.It's an indescribably pleasant feeling.Then I started to go down to the well to take a bath. ”"But just as I was about to dip my feet in the water, I looked down and saw that my whole body was hard and rough, and full of wrinkles and scales, just as before.Oh, that's okay, I said to myself, it just means that I have some little shirts underneath my first coat, and I'm going to have to take them off too.So I scratched and pulled again, and finally, the skin inside was perfectly peeled off.I came out of the skin, disposed of it next to the skin, and went down to the well to bathe. ”"Alas, I didn't expect the same thing to happen again.I wondered to myself, oh my God, how many layers of skin do I need to shed, because I was desperate to wash my legs, so I grabbed it a third time, shed the third layer, and walked out, just like those two times.But I immediately looked into the water, and as soon as I saw myself, I knew something was really wrong. ”"Then the lion said, but I don't know if he spoke, and you must let me strip off your clothes for you."
I'm afraid of its claws, and I can tell you about that.But I was almost completely desperate at that point, so I just lay flat and let it help me."
The first tear was so deep, I felt like it was almost going deep into my heart.When it started peeling the skin off, I was in terrible pain.The only reason I can endure this pain is the pleasure of feeling that this thing is stripping my body of it.You know, if you've ever peeled off the scabs of a wound.It hurt like a stick, but seeing it separate from its body was amazing. ”"I know exactly what you're trying to say."
Edmund replied."
Yes, it ripped that damn skin off the spot, just as I think it had been torn off by hand three times before, except that it didn't hurt and it fell on the grass, but it wasn't so thick, so dark, and it looked more pimple-bearing than it had seen before.In this way, I was smooth and soft like a branch that had stripped its bark, and I was shorter than before.Then the lion grabbed me and lifted me up, and I didn't really like it to do it, because I was now very tender and had no skin covering my body, and threw me into the water.A sharp pain struck, but only for a moment.After that, it started to get very comfortable.After a while, I started swimming, lapping the water, and that's when I noticed that my arm didn't hurt at all.That's when I realized what was going on.I'm a boy again.If I told you how I felt about my own arm, you'd think I was lying.I knew I didn't have any muscles in my arms, and they were a lot worse than Caspian's, but I was so happy to see them. ”"After a while, the lion took me out and dressed me," Eustace continued."
Dress you and use its claws," Edmund interrupted him, curiously asking."
Well, I really don't remember well about that.Or maybe it somehow put me on a new outfit that I was wearing.And then I came back here all of a sudden.That's why I think I must have had a dream. ”Eustace said."
No, it's definitely not a dream."
Edmund said."
Why not," Eustace asked."
That's right, the first reason is the clothes you have, and the other reason is that you're not a dragon now."
Edmund replied."
So, what do you think this is all about?"
asked Eustace."
I think you saw Aslan."
Edmund said.Aslan," Eustace cried out in amazement, "I've heard this name mentioned many times since we set foot on the Dawn Treader.And I feel like I don't know what's going on, I hate it.But I hated everything at the time.And, by the way, I'm willing to apologize, I'm afraid I used to be a very bad person. ”"That's nothing," Edmund said, "I'll just tell you that you're not as bad as I was when I first came to Narnia.You're nothing but a fool, but I'm a traitor. ”"Don't tell me what's going on, then," said Eustace, relieved, "but who the hell Aslan is and do you know it?"
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"Well, it knows me," replied Edmund, "it's a great lion, the son of an overseas emperor, and it saved me, and it saved the kingdom of Narnia."
We've all seen it, and Lucy sees it most often.And, perhaps, the target of our voyage now is the land of Aslan. ”For a moment, neither of them said anything more.The last bright star was gone, and though they could not see the sunrise because it was blocked by the mountain to their right, they knew that the sun was rising, for the sky above them and between the bay ahead of them was tinted rosy.Immediately afterward, there was some parrot-like birdsong in the woods behind them, and there was a variety of movement among the trees, and finally, there was a sound of Kesbi's horn, and the camp began to wake up and move.Everyone jumped for joy when Edmund and the restored Eustace walked into the crowd eating breakfast around the campfire.Now, of course, everyone has heard the first half of his story.One would be curious to know if the other dragons killed Octisian a few years ago, or if Octotsian himself was the old dragon.The treasures that Eustace had stuffed into his pocket in the cave had vanished along with the clothes he had been wearing, but no one, at least Eustace himself, had ever thought of going to the valley to fetch more treasures.After a few more days, the Dawn Tread had a new mast installed, repainted, and was ready to set sail.Before they could get on board, Caspian had the words carved into a smooth cliff facing the bay: King Caspian X of Narnia of Dragon Island discovered the island in the fourth year of his reign.We speculate that Lord Octisian died here.Now, to say that "from that time on, Eustace became a very different boy" is a good statement, and it is quite true.To be precise and strict, he's starting to become a different kind of boy.He's had his ups and downs, and he's still been annoying for a while, but most of the time I don't mention it because he's starting to be saved.Lord Octian's armband has a peculiar fate.Eustace didn't want it, so he gave it to Caspian, who in turn gave it to Lucy.But Lucy didn't care."
Very good, then, let's see what catches it."
Caspian said as he tossed it into the air.At this time, they all stood there looking at the inscription on the cliff.I saw the armband rising in the air, shining in the sunlight, like a metal ring that hit the target, set on the protrusion of a rock, and hung firmly on it.No one can climb up from below to get it, and no one can climb down from above to get it.And, as far as I know, it is still hanging there to this day, and it can be hung until the end of the world.t1706231537: