chater ten the return f the l (第2/10页)
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“By Jove，”said Edmund．“We fought the Battle of Beruna just where that town is！”
This cheered the boys more than anything．You can’t help feeling stronger when you look at a place where you won a glorious victory not to mention a kingdom，hundreds of years ago．Peter and Edmund were soon so busy talking about the battle that they forgot their sore feet and the heavy drag of their mail shirts on their shoulders．The Dwarf was interested too．
They were all getting on at a quicker pace now．The going became easier．Though there were still sheer cliffs on their left，the ground was becoming lower on their right．Soon it was no longer a gorge at all，only a valley．There were no more waterfalls and presently they were in fairly thick woods again．
Then—all at once—whizz，and a sound rather like the stroke of a woodpecker．The children were still wondering where ages ago they had heard a sound just like that and why they disliked it so，when Trumpkin shouted，“Down,”at the same moment forcing Lucy who happened to be next to him flat down into the bracken．Peter，who had been looking up to see if he could spot a squirrel，had seen what it was—a long cruel arrow had sunk into a tree trunk just above his head．As he pulled Susan down and dropped himself，another came rasping over his shoulder and struck the ground at his side．
“Quick！ Quick！ Get back！ Crawl！”panted Trumpkin．
They turned and wriggled along uphill，under the bracken amid clouds of horribly buzzing flies．Arrows whizzed round them.
One struck Susan’s helmet with a sharp ping and glanced off．They crawled quicker．Sweat poured off them．Then they ran，stooping nearly double．The boys held their swords in their hands for fear they would trip them up．
It was heart-breaking work—all uphill again，back over the ground they had already travelled．When they felt that they really couldn’t run any more，even to save their lives，they all dropped down in the damp moss beside a waterfall and behind a big boulder，panting．They were surprised to see how high they had already got．
They listened intently and heard no sound of pursuit．
