Chapter 18 Chapter 17 Hunting the White Deer

The battle was all over within moments of their arrival.Most of the enemy had died in the first onslaught of Aslan and his companions, and those who were still alive saw the Witch dead either surrendered or fled.The next thing Lucy knew was that Peter was shaking hands with Aslan.She thought Peter looked strange now—his face was so pale and stern, and he was much older. "It's all Edmund's fault, Aslan," said Peter, "and they would have beaten us if it hadn't been for him. The Witch has turned our army to stone and lined us up. But nothing can stop us." He. He took down three ogre demons all the way to the point where she just turned one of your panthers into stone. By the time he got close to her, he was sane and slashed her wand with his sword first, not being reckless I went straight to her and turned myself into a stone statue instead. That's the mistake all the others made. If our original losses weren't so bad, we would have started turning around as soon as her wand broke. He's badly injured. We have to go and see him."

They found Edmund not far behind the lines, under the care of Mrs Beaver.He was covered in blood, his mouth was open, and his face was pale. "Quick, Lucy," said Aslan. Only then did Lucy remember for the first time the precious bottle of elixir that had been given her as a Christmas present.Her hands were shaking so badly that she could not uncork the bottle, but at last she did, and poured a few drops into her brother's mouth. "There are other wounded," said Aslan.But she still looked anxiously at Edmund's pale face, wondering if the elixir would have any effect.

"Yes, I know," said Lucy angrily, "wait a minute." "Daughter of Eve," Aslan's voice became serious, "other people are dying, so must more people die for Edmund?" "I'm sorry, Aslan," said Lucy, getting up and walking with it.They had their hands full for the next half hour—she was busy tending the wounded, he was busy turning animals that had turned to stone back to their original form.When at last she drew herself back to Edmund, she found him standing there alone, not only healed, but looking better than ever; He started to go bad in the first semester.Now he has recovered his true colors and dares to look your face squarely.Aslan made him a knight on the battlefield.

"He knows," whispered Lucy to Susan, "that Aslan has sacrificed anything for him? Does he know the real agreement between the Lion and the Hag?" "Hush! No, of course not," said Susan. "Shouldn't he be told?" said Lucy. "Oh, of course not," said Susan, "that would be too dreadful for him. Imagine how you would feel if you were him?" "I think he ought to know, though," said Lucy.But then someone interrupted their conversation.They slept in place that night.How Aslan provided for everyone's dinner I don't know; but at any rate they all sat down on the grass about eight o'clock and had a good formal tea.The next day they set off eastward along the great river.On the third day, around the time of tea, they came to the mouth of the sea.High above them stood the castle of Cair Paravel on a hill; and before them were sand, rocks, little salt puddles, seaweed, the smell of the sea, and turquoise waves that never faded. Constantly hitting the beach.Oh, and the sound of seagulls!Have you heard it?Do you still remember?

After tea that evening, all four children managed to get to the beach again, where they took off their shoes and socks and played barefoot in the sand.But the next day was much more serious.It was then, in the great hall of Cair Paravel, in the fine hall with the ivory roof (the west door was all hung with peacock feathers, and the east door opened to the sea), Aslan, in the presence of their friends, heard the trumpet With a chorus of voices, they are solemnly crowned. "Long live King Peter! Long live Queen Susan! Long live King Edmund! Long live Queen Lucy!" Amid deafening cheers, Aslan led them to the four thrones.

"In Narnia, once you are king, you are king for life. Remember it well, son of Adam! Remember it well, daughter of Eve!" said Aslan. And at the same time from the open east gate came the voice of the Mermaid and the Mermaid as they swam up near the castle steps and sang homage to their King and Queen. So the four children sat on the throne and received the scepter, and they rewarded and paid homage to all their friends, including Tumnus the Faun, the Beaver couple, the giant Rumbobuffin, the leopard, the good centaur, and the dwarf, and another lion.A grand banquet was held that night in Cair Paravel, where there was a carnival of singing and dancing, glittering gold, gurgling wine, and the music in the castle echoed the more wonderful, sweeter, and more exciting fairy tales from the sea. happy.

But in the midst of this celebration, Aslan slipped away quietly.The two kings and two queens noticed it was gone, but said nothing.Because Mr. Beaver had spoken to them before. "He comes and goes as he pleases," he said, "you see him one day and you don't see him the next day. He doesn't like being chained—of course there are other countries that want him to worry about that. That's all right. He'll often Come. But you can't force it. You know it's wild, not like a domesticated lion." Now, as you can see, the story is almost over (but it's not over yet).It is said that these two kings and two queens ruled Narnia, but they did it for a long time, and they were happy.At first they spent most of their time hunting down the remnants of the White Witch's army and destroying them.And there have long been rumors of villains lurking in the backwoods of the woods doing evil - mischief, murder, sightings of a werewolf one month, rumors of hags the next.But in the end all the evils were wiped out.They made perfect laws to maintain social order, protect trees from deforestation, prevent young dwarves and dryads from being forced to go to school, strictly prohibit people from talking and meddling, and encourage ordinary people who are willing to live and work in peace. settle down.They drove off the ferocious giants (these giants were very different from Lundubuffin) who dared to cross the northern border of Narnia.They have formed friendly alliances with some overseas countries, paid state visits to those countries, and received visits from each other.As the years passed, they themselves grew up and changed.Peter became a tall, thick-chested man, a great warrior, and was called High King Peter.Susan grew into a tall, elegant woman with black hair almost reaching her heels. Some overseas kings began to send ambassadors to propose to her, known as Susan the Gentle Queen.Edmund is more serious and silent than Peter. He is good at controlling the parliament and presiding over the trial. He is called the just king Edmund.As for Lucy, she was always carefree and fair-haired, and all the princes in that area wanted to marry her as queen, and the people in the country called Lucy the Valiant Queen.

So they lived happily ever after, and if they thought of their life on earth it was only as one thinks of a dream.One year, Tumnus (now the faun is middle-aged and fat) came down the river and brought them a letter saying that the white stag appeared in his area again-if you caught the white stag, White Deer can make your wish come true.So the two kings and two queens, with all their court officers and officers, horns and hounds, rode into the western woods to track the white stag.Not long after they went, they saw the figure of the white deer. The white deer led them quickly over the mountains and ridges, going through all kinds of hardships and hardships, and the horses of all the ministers were exhausted.They saw the deer get into a bush and the mount couldn't get in.Then King Peter said (and now they have been in power for many years, so the tone of their speech is very different), "My brothers and sisters, let us dismount now and follow the beast into the bush; A nobler game than this has been seen."

"Brother Wang," said the other three, "in that case, let's go." So they all got off their horses, tied them to a tree, and continued walking into the dense forest.No sooner had they entered the wood than Queen Susan said: "Everyone, there is a great miracle here. I seem to have seen an iron tree." "My lady," said King Edmund, "if you look carefully, you will see that it is an iron post with a lamp on top." "Really, it's a strange idea," said King Peter, "to place the lamp in such a dense and high place of surrounding trees that it would not illuminate anyone even when it was on."

"Brother Wang," said Queen Lucy, "it is very likely that when this pillar and this lamp were installed here, there were only young trees in this place, or there may be few trees, or there may be no trees. Because this is a young forest, and the iron pillar It's old." So they all stood there looking at the iron pillar.Then King Edmund said: "I don't know how, but this lamp on the pillar has a strange effect on me. It flashes in my mind that I seem to have seen something like it before. It seems to be a dream, or a dream within a dream." "My brother," replied they all, "we think so too."

"And," said Queen Lucy, "I keep thinking that if we ever walk past this pillar and lamp, we shall have some chance encounter, or some great change of fortune." "My sister," said King Edmund, "I have a similar premonition in my heart." "Me too, my brother," said King Peter. "I think so too," said Queen Susan, "and it is my opinion, therefore, that we should quietly return to our tethered horses, and not pursue the white stag any more." "My sister," said King Peter, "I beg your pardon for that. For since the four of us have been king and queen in Narnia, no matter what great business we have embarked on, wars, trials, tourneys, law enforcement, etc. , have never given up halfway; we have always been determined to carry it through to the end." "Miss," said Queen Lucy, "brother is right. And I think it would seem outrageous if we went back out of any fear or premonition and stopped hunting such a noble beast." "I think so too," said King Edmund, "and I am bent on discovering the meaning of it, and I would never go back to Narnia for the most precious jewel and all the islands." "Then by Aslan," said Queen Susan, "if you will do this, let us go on, and let whatever wonders befall us." So the two kings and the two queens went into the bushes, and after a few steps they all remembered that what they saw was called a lamp-post, and they hadn't gone twenty more paces before they realized that it wasn't a tree branch. He groped his way, but stopped among the coats.Presently they were all rolling through a door of the wardrobe into the empty room, and they were no longer kings and queens in safari suits, but Peter, Susan, Edmund, and Lou in old clothes. Qian.The time was the same day and the same hour when they hid in the big closet.Mrs. McCready and the visitors were still talking in the passage; but fortunately they did not come into the empty room, and the children were therefore unobserved. The story would have ended if they hadn't felt it was really necessary to explain to the professor why four coats were missing from his coat closet.And the professor, who was a wonderful man, didn't tell them not to tell nonsense, or not to lie, but to believe the whole story. "No," he said, "I don't see any good in trying to get those coats out of the wardrobe again. You don't go back to Narnia that way. They won't do much good if you get them back. Huh? What? Yes, of course you'll go back to Narnia one day. Once king in Narnia is king for life. But don't take the same route again. Really, don't try to get there If you don't look for it, it will appear. And don't talk much about it, even among yourselves. And don't tell it to anyone outside, unless you find out that they have had similar adventures. What? How do you You'll know? Oh, you'll know. When the odd thing happens, what they say--even their look--will tell. You watch out. Good God, what do they teach them in those schools?" And that's the end of The Wardrobe Adventures.But if the professor is right, this is only the beginning of the adventures in Narnia.