"Master Ma, Master Ma," asked King Tillian as he hurriedly cut the rope from it, "how did these foreigners enslave you, was Narnia conquered, was it after a fight?"
"No, Your Majesty," Ma said breathlessly, "Aslan is here."
They were done in accordance with its orders, and it had ordered, "The situation is not good, Your Majesty." ”Jumbo said.King Tillian looked up, and saw that there were still a few talking beasts in the midst of the Calemon people and began to run towards them from all directions, and the two dead people did not shout before they died, so for a while the others did not know what had happened.But now they have come to their senses and understand what is going on.So some people swooped down on them with bright scimitars in their hands."
Quick, get on my back."
Jumbo exclaimed.King Tillian straddled his old friend's back, and then the unicorn Jewel spun around and sped away.It changed direction two or three times until it was out of sight of the enemy, and then waded across a stream, and spoke loudly as it went, but did not slow down in the slightest: "Where are we now, is Your Majesty going to Kelpalaville?"
"Stop, friend," said King Tillen, "let me go down." ”He slipped off the treasure's back and faced it."
Treasure," said King Tillian, bitterly, "we have done a terrible thing. ”"Because we were all deeply enraged."
Jumbo said."
But we rushed over with great recklessness, and when they were defenseless and powerless to resist, we were both murderers, and this fact can never be erased."
When Jumbo heard this, he was deeply ashamed and lowered his head."
And," said King Tilian, "the horse says it did what Aslan commanded.The river rat says the same thing.They all said that Aslan was here, and if the news was true, then what should they do" "But, Your Majesty, how could Aslan have ordered such a terrible thing" Jumbo said incredulously."
It's not a tamed lion," said King Tilian, "and how can we possibly know what it wants to do?
Treasure, I will go back, and I will throw away the sword in my hand, and I will deliver myself into the hands of these Calmen, and then they will bring me before Aslan and let it judge me justly. ”"In that case, you'll be sent to death yourself."
Jumbo said."
Do you think I'll care if Aslan condemns me to death," said King Tilian, "and then there would be nothing, nothing would exist."
Instead of being filled with terrible awe of Aslan's arrival, and it is not like the Aslan we have always believed in and longed for, wouldn't it be better to die It's like one day the sun rises, and it turns out to be a black sun. ”"I see," said Jumbo, "or like drinking water, but the water is dry."
Your Majesty, you are right.Everything should be over.Let's go back together, go back and turn ourselves in. ”"There's no need for both of us to go."
King Tillian said."
If we've always loved and cared for each other, then let me go with you now.""
If you die, if Aslan is no longer the same Aslan, then what's the point of me continuing to live," and the two of them turned around and walked back and forth together with tears of sadness.As soon as they reached the place where the felling was still going on, the Calmen let out a scream and rushed at them with all their weapons in hand.But to their surprise, King Tillian raised his sword, pointed it at them, and said, "I am the king of Narnia, and now a dishonorable knight, and I will hand myself over to Aslan for a fair trial."
Take me to it. ”"I'm here to turn myself in."
Jumbo said.Then a large crowd of dark-skinned people surrounded them, smelling of garlic and onions, their white eyes shining a terrible light on their brown faces.They put a halter made of rope around the treasure's neck.They took the king's sword and twisted his hands behind his back and tied them up.One of the Calmens, wearing a helmet instead of a turban, looked like a commanding man, and he snatched the golden hoop from King Tilian's head and hurriedly stuffed it into some hidden place in his clothes.They took the two prisoners up the hill and took them to a place where there was a large clearing.This is what the king and the unicorn saw right now: in the middle of the clearing, and at the highest point of the mountain, there was a makeshift barracks with thatched roofs, much like a stable, with closed doors.There was an ape sitting on the green grass in front of the door.King Tillian and Treasure had only wanted to see Aslan, but he had never heard anything about the ape so far, so when they saw it, they were confused and at a loss.Of course, this ape is treacherous, but it looks ten times uglier now than it did when it lived in the cauldron abyss, because now it is dressed up.It wears an ill-fitting scarlet tunic that was originally made for dwarfs.The two paws on its hind legs were dressed in jeweled slippers, but they didn't fit well and weren't secure.Because, as you know, the ape's hind paws are not actually much different from the length of its hands.It wore a crown on its head that looked like it was made of paper, and there was a large pile of nuts beside it, and it spat out the husks as it clicked and gnawed on the nuts.At the same time, it constantly pulls up its scarlet crop shirt and scratches it.A large group of talking beasts stood facing it, and every face in that group looked very anxious and confused.When they saw who the prisoner was, they all let out painful noises and began to sob."
Oh, Lord Treacherous, the spokesman of Aslan," said the leader of Calmen, "we have brought you the prisoner.With our great martial arts and courage, and with the permission of the great god Tash, we captured these two desperate murderers alive. ”"Give me the man's sword."
Said treacherously.So they took the king's sword and handed it to the ape along with the scabbard and other accessories.Treachery had hung all of this around his neck, which made it look even more stupid and ridiculous than before."
We'll deal with these two guys later."
Strange said, and spat a nut shell at the two prisoners, "I'm going to get busy with something else first, they'll wait first."
Hey, listen to me, the first thing I'm going to talk about is nuts.Where is the leader of the squirrels" "Here, Your Excellency. ”A red squirrel said.It stepped forward and bowed slightly with a nervous expression."
Oh, you're the leader," said the treacherous staring at it, "now listen to me, I want what I mean by saying Aslan wants more nuts."
The ones you brought are not enough, you have to bring more nuts, do you hear clearly, the quantity must be twice as much.And they all have to be brought here by sunset tomorrow, and there must not be a single one that is broken, and there must be no small nuts of poor quality mixed in. ”The other squirrels were stunned.Suddenly, there was a low whining voice among the squirrels.The squirrel leader plucked up his courage and asked, "Excuse me, can you ask Aslan to talk to us about this in person, if you may allow us to meet him?"
”"You will not see it," said the treacherous, "and perhaps it will be very merciful and friendly, though for most of you it is far more than you deserve, and it will come out for a few minutes tonight, and then you will be able to see it."
But it won't let you crowd around it in droves, pestering it to ask all sorts of questions and annoy it.Any question you wish to ask it must go through me, and if I think it is really worth bothering the Lion King, I will pass it on my behalf.In the meantime, all of you squirrels had better hurry up and get the nuts ready.Tomorrow evening I must get all the nuts I want here, or you will have to bear the consequences.You'd better keep in mind what I've said. ”The poor squirrels fled in panic as if a dog were chasing them behind them.This new order was terrible news for them, for the nuts they had carefully stored and stored were now almost eaten, and from what little was left, they had given far more to the Tricksters than they could save.Then a deep voice rang out, a boar with huge fangs and a coarse coat, and its voice came from the other side of the beast."
But why can't we see Aslan openly and speak to him face to face," it said, "and in the days when it was often seen in ancient Narnia, whoever could talk to him face to face." ”"Don't believe that nonsense," scolded, "and, even if that is true, times have changed, and Aslan says that it used to be too gentle with you, and you understand that it will not continue to be gentle with you."
This time, it will put you in order, and since you think it is a tamed lion, it will educate you. ”Only a low sound and whimper could be heard coming from the beast herd.After that, everyone fell into a deathly silence.The whole herd was even more miserable, and everyone became lifeless and lifeless."
Now there is one more thing you have to figure out," said the treacherous, "I hear some of you talking about me being an ape, well, I tell you, I am not an ape, I am a human being.If I look like an ape, it's because I'm so old, I've lived hundreds of years, and it's because I'm old enough that I'm knowledgeable, and it's because I'm so knowledgeable that I'm the only person Aslan wants to talk to.It doesn't want to force itself to talk to a bunch of stupid animals, it tells me what it wants you to do, and I'll give you an account of it.Take my advice and do what you have to do twice as fast, for it cannot tolerate any nonsense that makes no sense. ”Except for the cry of a very young badger and the sound of its mother trying to soothe it, there was a deathly silence."
Now there is one more thing," continued the treacherous, shoving a fresh nut into its mouth, "I have heard some of the horses saying, to get to work quickly, and to do everything in their power to finish the work of transporting the timber as soon as possible, and then they will be free again."
Well, you should immediately erase this thought from your brains, and not only horses, do not have this unrealistic hope that you, all animals, as long as they can work, will all be arranged to work in the future, Aslan has negotiated with the king of Calemon, Tisrock, and our black-faced Calemon friends call him that.All your horses, bulls, and donkeys will be sent to work in Calemun, and you will toil for your life, and do all sorts of work such as pulling carts and transporting goods, just like the horses of other countries.And you digging animals, like moles, rabbits, dwarfs, etc., will be sent to work in the mines of Tithrock, and "No, no, no," the beasts cried out in wail, "this can't be true, Aslan will never sell us to King Calmen as slaves." ”"Enough is enough, don't make any noise," roared the treacherous grinning, "who said anything about slaves, you are not going to be slaves, and you will be paid a very good wage."
That is, your reward will go into Aslan's treasury, and it will use it to do things that are good for you. ”At this moment, it glanced at the leader of the Calmen, and almost winked at him.The Calman immediately bowed, and then replied in the pompous manner peculiar to the Calemens: "O the wisest and wisest spokesman of Aslan, may he live forever and fully agree with your wise plan. ”"Yes, you've seen it," said the treacherous, "and everything is arranged.It's all for your sake.We will use the money you earn to make Narnia a great country to live in.By that time, there will be an influx of oranges and bananas, roads, big cities, schools, offices, whips, saddles, cages, kennels, prisons, and so on. ”"But that's not what we want," said one of the old bears, "we want freedom, and we want to hear Aslan say it himself." ”"Now don't start arguing," said the treacherous, "for this is something I can't stand to bear, for I am a human being, and you are nothing but a fat, stupid old bear.How much do you know about freedom, do you think that freedom means that you can do whatever you want, and you are completely wrong.That's not real freedom, it's true freedom to do what I tell you to do." ”The loyal old bear grunted unhappily and scratched its head, which it found incomprehensible."
I'm sorry, please let me say a few words."
A fluffy lamb shouted.It was so young, and everyone was amazed that it dared to speak."
What's the matter now," said the strange man with an impatient face, "and say quickly," said the lamb, "I really can't understand what we have to do with the people of Calmen, we believe in Aslan, they believe in Tash, and their god is called Tash."
They claim that it has four arms and that its head is an eagle's head.They killed people on its altar and sacrificed to it.I don't believe there could be a god like Tash.Besides, even if it really existed, how could Aslan possibly make friends with it" All the animals turned their heads sideways, their eyes sparkling as they all looked at the strange man.They knew that it was the best question that no one had ever asked.Treacherous immediately jumped up and spat at the lamb."
Little baby," it booed, "silly little lamb, go home to your mother and nurse what do you know about these things, but, others, listen to me."
Tash is just another name for Aslan.All the old notions that we are right and the Calemens are wrong, this is a stupid idea.Now that we know better, the Calmen speak a different language and script than we do, but they are all the same thing as we speak.Even though Tash and Aslan are two completely different names, you deserve to know who they are.That's why there has never been any quarrel between them.Keep these words in your heads, you stupid, sluggish beasts Tash is Aslan, and Aslan is Tash. ”You should know that your dog's face sometimes looks very sad.Think of those expressions, and then of the faces of the talking beasts, the loyal, humble, confused birds, the bears, the badgers, the rabbits, the moles, and the rats, all of which have a look on their faces that are far sadder than that.All the tails hung down, and all the beards wilted.When you see their faces, you feel pity for them, and you will be sad and heartbroken.There was only one animal that didn't look displeased.It was a ginger cat, the big cat in the best time of its life, sitting straight in the front row of all the beasts, tail curled up and wrapped around its feet.It stared at the leader of the ape and Calmen from beginning to end, without blinking its eyes."
I beg my pardon," said the big cat politely, "but I'm interested in the matter.Does your friend from Calmen agree with you?"
”"Knowledgeable treachery, I mean, humans are not wrong at all.Aslan was originally Tash, and it's true. ”"In particular, Aslan is no better than Tash," the cat hinted."
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Not better than him at all."
The Calmen said, staring directly at the cat in front of him."
Are these answers enough to satisfy you?"
asked the sly."
Oh, of course," replied the turmeric cat calmly, "thank you very much."
I'm just trying to figure it out.I think I'm starting to get it. ”Until now, King Tillian and Jumbo had not said a word, waiting for a trick to make them speak, because they thought there was no point in interrupting the conversation.But now, when Tillian looked around at the miserable and painful faces of the Narnia animals around her, and saw that they all believed that Aslan and Tash were identical, he couldn't bear it anymore."
Treacherous," he cried out, "you're telling a big lie."
You lie like a Calemon, you lie like an ape. ”He was going to go on, asking how the terrible god Tash, who drank the blood of his own people, could be the same as the good lion king who saved all of Narnia with his own blood.But if they allow him to continue, the ape's reign may end that day, and the beasts may discover the truth of the matter and overthrow the treacherous regime.But before he could say those words, the two Calmen had already used all their power to slap him in the mouth.Immediately afterward, a third Calman kicked him in both feet in the back.As he fell, the treacherous screamed in a frenzied and terrifying way: "Take him away, take him away, take him to a place where we can't hear us, and we can't hear him, and tie him up to a tree, I want me to mean that Aslan will judge him at a later date"T1706231537: