When the Dawn Wave set sail from Dragon Island, everyone was elated.They had just come out of the bay when they had a tailwind, and the next morning they arrived at the place where some of them had ridden over the mountains and seen unnamed places when Eustace was a dragon.It was a low, green island, and there was nothing but rabbits and a few goats living there, but judging from the ruins of the stone huts and the blackened place from the fire, they judged that the place had been inhabited not long ago.Plus, there are some bones and damaged weapons here."
Pirates did it."
Caspian said."
Or maybe the dragon did it."
Edmund said.The only other thing they found there was a small kayak, or raft, in the sand.It is stretched with raw hides on a wicker frame.It was a small boat, only four feet long, with the oars still lying in it, and it was well proportioned.They thought it might have been built for some child, or maybe it was the place where dwarfs once lived.Repecip decided to leave it because the boat happened to fit its size perfectly.So the boat was brought to the boat.They called the island the Burning Island, and sailed away before noon.They sailed south-southeast for about five days, and there was not a single piece of land as far as their eyes could see, nor could they see any fish or seagulls.The next day, the rain fell heavily and didn't stop until the afternoon.Eustace lost two games against Repechip, and then he started to be as annoying as he used to be.Edmund said he hoped they would go to the United States with Susan.Lucy looked out of the stern window and said, "Hey, I'm sure the rain has stopped."
And what's that?"
everyone stumbled to the stern to see what was going on.By this time, the rain had stopped, and Drinin, who was on duty, was desperately staring at the things in the stern.Or rather, staring at something.They looked a bit like smooth round stones, all lined up about forty feet apart from each other."
They can't be rocks," Drinin said, "because they hadn't been there five minutes ago." ”"And one of them suddenly disappeared."
Lucy said."
That's right, and there's another one coming out there."
Edmund also said."
It's getting closer."
Eustace said."
Oh no," Caspian shouted, "the whole thing is moving this way." ”"They move much faster than we sail, Your Majesty," said Drinin, "and it won't be long before they catch up with us." ”They all held their breath because being chased by something unknown, whether on land or in the sea, was not a good thing at all.As soon as the thing poked its head out, it proved to be even more terrifying than anyone had guessed.Suddenly, just a throw from the port side, a frightened head emerged from the sea.In addition to the aquatic shellfish attached to it, its head is covered with green and vermilion, and there are purple-red patches shaped like a horse's head, although it lacks ears.It has large eyes that are used to see through the depths of the ocean, and a large open mouth full of two rows of sharp teeth.At first glance, they thought it had a head on a huge neck, but as more and more of it was exposed, everyone knew that it was not a neck, but a body, and finally, they realized that they had seen a lot of huge sea serpents that many people wanted to see with their own eyes.In the distance, the folds on its massive tail can be seen rising from time to time.And now, its head is held high, higher than the mast.Everyone rushed towards their weapons, but that didn't help, the monster was out of reach."
Shoot the arrows," shouted the leader of the archers.Some of his subordinates hurriedly received the order, but the arrows grazed the skin of the sea serpent as if they were shooting at iron armor.Then, for a while, everyone was nervous, and everyone was glued to its eyes and mouth, wondering which direction it would pounce on.However, it didn't pounce.It stuck its head forward and probed along the mast of the sail across the hull.Its head is now on the side of the observatory at the top of the mast.It continued to reach forward until its head reached the bulwark on the starboard side.Then it began to reach down not into the crowded deck below, but into the water, so that the whole ship was within the crooked body of the sea serpent.And the arch began to get smaller almost immediately, and even on starboard, the sea serpent was now almost touching the side of the Dawn Treader.Eustace: He really wanted to perform well, until the heavy rain and chess brought him back to the way he used to be, and then he did something brave that he had never done before.He was holding a sword that Caspian had lent him.When the snake's body was close enough to starboard, he jumped onto the bulwark and slashed at it with all his might.However, he had no effect other than to break Caspian's second-best sword to pieces, which was a brave thing for a beginner to do.If at that moment Repechipe hadn't shouted the words "stop fighting, push quickly", the others would have drawn their swords and fought with him.The rat warned no one to fight the sea serpent, which was absolutely unusual, and every pair of eyes turned to it, even in such a terrible pinch.It struggled to jump onto the bulwark, blocked the sea serpent, used its tiny fur body against the scaly, slimy body, and then began to push it out as hard as it could, and many people understood its intentions, and quickly rushed to the sides of the ship, doing the same thing.A moment later, the head of the sea serpent reappeared, this time on the port side, and this time with its back to them, and by this time everyone understood.The beast circled around the Dawn Treading and began to tighten the circle.Once it tightens up enough, the big ship will turn into a pile of floating debris, and it can pick them up one by one in the water.Their only chance is to push the circle back until it slides across the stern; Otherwise, pushing the circle in the other direction is pushing the ship forward and escaping from the circle.Repezip was alone, which was more difficult to achieve than lifting a church, but before it could do its best and almost die, someone else pushed it aside.In a very short time, all the crew on board, except for Lucy and the Mouse, who had already fainted, formed two long lines along the bulwarks on both sides, each with his chest pressed against the other's back, so that the weight of the whole team was on the last man, and everyone pushed forward desperately.After a few seconds of pushing, it felt like hours had passed, as if nothing had happened.Everyone's joints were going to fall apart, sweat was dripping down, breathing was grunting, and everyone was wheezing violently.Next, they felt the boat start moving.They saw that the snake circle was already a little farther away from the mast than it had been before.But they also saw that the snake circle had become smaller.Now the real danger is coming.Will they be able to get the stern out of the snake trap or is the snake trap too tight, yes.It just fits just right.It was just attached to the stern railing.A dozen or more people jumped on the stern and it was much better.The sea serpent's body is now pressed very low, and right now, they can line up in the stern and push together, shoulder to shoulder.Everyone was hopeful, until everyone remembered that the tall carved stern of the Dawn Treading Waves could never have escaped from the trap of the brute."
Bring an axe," Caspian shouted hoarsely, "and push" Lucy knew where everything on the ship was.As she stood on the main deck and gazed out into the stern, she heard Casper's shouts.Within seconds she had reached the bilge, retrieved her axe, and sprinted up the ladder to the stern.But just as she reached the top, there was a loud click, like a tree falling, and the ship swayed and ran forward.At this critical juncture, whether it was because the serpent had been pushed so hard or because it had foolishly decided to tighten its trap, the whole carved stern was broken, and the ship was freed.Everyone was exhausted and didn't have the energy to see what Lucy was seeing.There, a few yards behind them, the ring of the sea serpent's body quickly grew smaller, plunged into the water, made a splash, and then vanished.Lucy always said but of course, she was very excited at the time, so it was probably just an imagination on her part, and she saw a very idiotic look of satisfaction on the monster's face.It was, to be sure, a very stupid animal, for instead of pursuing the ship, it turned around and left, and began to sniff back and forth along its body, as if it would find the wreckage of the Dawn Treading there.But the Dawn Tread had departed unharmed, continuing its voyage with the fresh breeze.Everyone was on deck, the men were lying and sitting, gasping and wailing.It took a while for them to be able to talk about it, and then they began to laugh at it.They even raised their glasses in celebration when some rum was served, and everyone praised Eustace despite the uselessness of his actions and the valor of Repechipp in battle.After this, they sailed for another three days.During this time, there is nothing but the sea and the sky.On the fourth day, the wind changed to a northerly wind, and the sea began to rise; By noon, it almost turned into a gale.But at the same time, they saw land appear on the port side of the bow."
Grace, Your Majesty," said Drininin, "we shall paddle to that place, try to find a shelter from the wind, and anchor the ship in the harbor, and wait for this fierce gale to end. ”Caspian agreed, but it took a long time to paddle against the high winds, and it was not until late evening that they arrived there.With the last light of the day, they sailed to a natural harbor and dropped anchor, but no one came ashore that night.In the morning, they found themselves in a rugged, deserted green bay that sloped up to a rocky summit.Clouds came from the windy north, and they came quickly.They lowered the boat, which was filled with empty buckets."
Which river shall we go to fetch water, Drininen," asked Casbyan, as he sat down on the stern of the boat, "and there seem to be two rivers flowing into the bay over there." ”"It makes no difference, Your Majesty," said Drininen, "but I think the journey to the east side of starboard will be a little shorter. ”"It's raining."
Lucy said."
I think it's falling," said Edmund, for it was already pouring rain, "and I said, let's go to another river."
There were a lot of trees over there and we could take shelter from the rain there. ”"yes, let's go there."
Eustace also said."
We don't have to get wet."
But Drinin always steadfastly steered the boat toward starboard, like a nasty fellow driving, and when you explained to him that he was on the wrong path, he continued at forty miles an hour."
They are right, Drinin," said Casbyan, "why don't you turn around and sail toward the brook to the west," "as your Majesty wishes." ”Drinin replied briefly, he had been anxious about the weather all day yesterday, and he didn't like people on land pointing at him.But he changed course anyway.It wasn't until later that he realized that it was a good thing.By the time they had filled up the water and the rain had stopped, Caspian decided to walk to the top of the hill with Eustace, the Pevensey siblings, and Repecip to see if anything would be found.It was quite difficult to climb over this hillside overgrown with rough weeds and heather, and they could see neither people nor other animals except seagulls.When they reached the top of the hill, they saw that it was a very small island, no more than twenty acres; From this height, the sea is larger and more inhospitable than it can be seen from the deck or even from the Dawn Treadmill's Olive Dome Observatory."
It's crazy, you know," Eustace whispered to Lucy, looking at the eastern horizon, "and sailing, sailing, and sailing, and never knowing where it was going to go, and just sailing aimlessly." ”But he said this out of habit, not really as ill-intentioned as he had before.It was too cold on the summit to stay long, as the wind was still blowing from the north."
Don't go back the same way," said Lucy as they turned to leave, "and let's go a little further down the other stream, the one Drinin wants to go." ”Everyone agreed with this suggestion.After walking for about fifteen minutes, they reached the source of the second river.The scenery was even more spectacular than they had expected: a deep mountain lake surrounded by cliffs, with only a narrow channel facing the sea from which the water flowed slowly.Finally, here they will not be blown by the wind, and all of them can sit and rest among the heather bushes on the cliffs.Everyone sat down, but one man, Edmund, jumped up quickly."
This island is full of sharp stones," he said, groping his way through the heather, "where is that vile thing, I found it this time, it's not a stone at all, it's a sword with a wrong hilt, oh my God, it's a complete sword, even though it's rusty."
This sword must have been left here for many years. ”"I'm sitting on something, too," Lucy said, "something very hard." ”When I found it, it turned out to be a fragment of a pair of armor.So, everyone knelt on the ground and groped around with their hands in the dense heather.One by one, they found a few things, a helmet, a dagger, a few coins, not the crescent moon of the Calemon country, but the real "lion" and "tree" of the country of Narnia, which you can always see in the beaver dam and the market in Boluna."
Looks like all that one of our seven lords left behind."
Edmund said."
That's exactly what I'm thinking at the moment.""
I don't know who it is.I couldn't tell anything from this dagger, and I wondered how the hell he died. ”"And how we can avenge him."
Repechipe added.Edmund was the only one on the team who had read a detective novel, and he had been thinking about it all the time."
You see," he said, "there is something very suspicious about this.He couldn't have been killed in battle. ”"Why is it impossible?"
Casbin asked, puzzled."
There are no bones," replied Edmund, "and the enemy will take the armor and leave the corpses behind."
Who has ever heard of a victorious fellow who will remove the corpse and leave the armor alone" "Maybe he was killed by a wild beast. ”Lucy offers her own opinion."
It must be a clever beast," replied Edmund, "and it will take off the armor of men." ”"Maybe it's a good thing to do all the time," Caspian guessed."
No," Eustace said, "dragons can't do that, I should know." ”"Well, anyway, let's get out of this place."
Lucy said.Ever since Edmund mentioned the issue of bones, she felt a little restless.They walked down and went around to the small clearing of the brook that flowed out of the lake, and stood there looking at the deep water surrounded by cliffs.If it's a very hot day, there is no doubt that someone will be tempted to take a bath and everyone will have a drink.In fact, even if it wasn't hot, Eustace bent down to take a handful of water with both hands and drink it, but at this critical moment, he heard both Repechip and Lucy shout at the same time, "Look," so he immediately forgot about the water and hurried into the water.At the bottom of the pond is a large gray-blue stone block, the water is crystal clear, and at the bottom of the pool lies a figure about the size of a real man, but it is clearly made of gold.It is face down, arms outstretched, and raised above its head.As soon as they saw him, they couldn't help but cry out.At this time, the clouds dispersed, and the sun came out, and the golden statue shone from head to toe.Lucy thought it was the most beautiful statue she had ever seen."
Very well," Caspian whistled, "it's really worth looking at me and wondering, can we salvage it?"
”Repechipe said."
Not at all," said Edmund, "at least, if it were real gold, it would sink too much to move."
And the pond was twelve to fifteen feet deep, if measured by feet.Wait, that being said, it's a good thing to have a harpoon of hunting with you, so let's see how deep the pool really is.Casper, when I leaned out of the water a little, grabbed my hand. ”Caspian grabbed his hand as Edmund leaned forward and began to dip his harpoon down into the water.Before the harpoon was halfway down, Lucy said, "Now, I don't believe the statue is gold at all.That's just a matter of light, and voila, your harpoon now looks the same color. ”"Huh, what's going on?"
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several voices immediately asked in unison, as Edmund suddenly let go and let the harpoon sink."
I can't hold it anymore," Edmund gasped, "it seems to be too heavy." ”"And now it's all under the water.""
Lucy is right, it looks the same color as the statue," Caspian said. ”At the same time, Edmund noticed that there seemed to be something wrong with his boots, at least he was now bending down to look at them, but he straightened up immediately, and then screamed that one had to obey the voice: "Stand back, everyone, back off from the water, immediately," they all hurriedly did so, and then stared at him inexplicably."
You see," said Edmund, "look at the tips of my boots. ”"They look like they have a patch of yellow."
Eustace spoke."
It's gold, pure gold," interrupted Edmund, "look, and look at it, and the leather is out of it, and the tips of the boots are as heavy as lead. ”"Aslan bless," said Caspian, "you don't mean to say," "yes, that's right," said Edmund, "that pool of water will turn everything into gold."
It turned the harpoon into gold, which is why it suddenly became so heavy, and it only got on my feet, and I was lucky that I wasn't barefoot.Turned the tips of the boots into gold, and the poor guy at the bottom of the water, then, do you understand?"
”Lucy whispered."
Yes, not a statue.The whole thing is now clear.He arrived just in time for the heat, so he took off his clothes on the top of the cliff where we had just sat and rested.The clothes had either rotted and disappeared or the birds had gone to build their nests, leaving only the armor still there.Then he jumped into the water, and then, "Say no more," Lucy stopped, "It's horrible." ”"We were in danger just now."
Edmund said with some trepidation."
It's really dangerous.""
Any finger, any foot, any beard, any tail, you can slip into the water at any time." ”"Still," Casbin said, "we might as well put it to the test." ”He bent down and broke a heather branch.Then, with great care, he knelt by the edge of the pond and plunged the flower branch into the water, and he pulled out a perfect model of heather branches made of pure gold, heavy and soft as lead."
This island belongs to the king," said Caspian slowly, with a look of excitement on his face as he spoke, "and soon I will be the richest king in the world."
I declare that this land will forever be the domain of Narnia.It is about to be named Jinshui Island.At the same time, I command all of you to keep this strictly confidential, and not to let anyone know about it, not even Drininen, and not to behead anyone who violates the order, do you hear that?"
"Who are you talking to" Edmund sneered, "I am not your subject.If that's the case, maybe we should put it another way.I am one of the four kings of the ancient kingdom of Narnia, and you owe your allegiance to my brother, the Supreme King. ”"So it should be, King Edmund," said Caspian as he pressed his hand to the hilt of his sword."
Oh, you both shut up," cried Lucy, "it sucks to do things with boys.You're all so self-righteous, bullying idiots," her voice suddenly faded into a gasp, and everyone saw what she had just seen.On the high gray slope opposite them there was a gray expanse, for the heather had not yet bloomed, and the greatest lion ever seen by the human eye was walking by with slow steps, silently, without looking at them, and its whole body shone as if it were shining in the bright sun, although in fact the sun was gone.Afterwards, Lucy described the scene: "It was about the size of an elephant. ”In another conversation, however, she added: "It's the size of a horse pulling a wagon." ”But size doesn't matter, no one dares to ask.Everyone knows that it is Aslan.No one saw how it went, and no one knew where it was going.Everyone looked at each other as if they had just woken up from their sleep."
Your Majesty," said Rappechip, "this is a cursed place, and we should return to the ship at once."
And, if I had the honor of naming this island, I would call it Backwater Island. ”"I think it's a great name, Repechip," Caspian said, "but I only think about it now, and I don't know why."
But the weather seems to have stabilized, and I dare say Drinin should be willing to set sail.We have a lot to tell him. ”But in fact, they didn't have much to say, because the memories of the previous hour had become very confusing."
When these Majesties first got on the boat, they all seemed to be a little crazy."
A few hours later, when the Dawn Wave set sail again, and the island of Dead Water had sunk below the horizon, Drinin said to Rheins, "Something must have happened to them in that place."
The only thing I can figure out is that they think they've found the body of one of the lords we're looking for. ”"Is that true, Captain," said Leynes excitedly, "well, then three were found, and now there are only four left."
At this rate, we may be able to go home soon after the New Year.That's also a good thing.I'm running out of tobacco.Good night, sir. ”t1706231537: