chater eleven digry and hi uncle are bth truble (第4/9页)
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“It looks dreadfully withered,”said the Donkey.
“Of course it wants some watering,”said the Elephant.
“I think I might say(meaning no offence to anyone present) that,perhaps,for that sort of work,my kind of nose-”
“I object to that remark very strongly,”said the Bulldog. But the Elephant walked quietly to the river,filled her trunk with water,and came back to attend to Uncle Andrew.The sagacious animal went on doing this till gallons of water had been squirted over him,and water was running out of the skirts of his frock-coat as if he had been for a bath with all his clothes on.In the end it
revived him.He awoke from his faint.What a wakening it was ! But we must leave him to think over his wicked deed(if he was likely to do anything so sensible)and turn to more important things.
Strawberry trotted on with Digory on his back till the noise of the other animals died away,and now the little group of Aslan and his chosen councillors was quite close.Digory knew that he couldn’t possibly break in on so solemn a meeting,but there was no need to do so.At a word from Aslan,the He-Elephant,the Ravens,and all the rest of them drew aside.Digory slipped off the horse and found himself face to face with Aslan.And Aslan was bigger and more beautiful and more brightly golden and more terrible than he had thought.He dared not look into the great eyes.
“Please-Mr. Lion-Aslan-Sir,”said Digory,“could you-may I-please,will you give me some magic fruit of this country to make Mother well ?”
He had been desperately hoping that the Lion would say“Yes”;he had been horribly afraid it might say“No”.But he was taken aback when it did neither.
“This is the Boy,”said Aslan,looking,not at Digory,but at his councillors.“This is the Boy who did it.”