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《能言马与男孩》第3期:沙斯塔出奔(3)  

He was standing out in the grassy place before the cottage while he thought these things. Twilight was ing on apace and a star or o was already out
but the remains of the sunset could still be seen in the west. Not far away the stranger's horse
loosely tied to an iron ring in the wall of the donkey's stable
was grazing. Shasta strolled over to it and patted its neck. It went on tearing up the grass and took no notice of him.
Then another thought came into Shasta's mind. "I wonder what sort of a man that Tarkaan is
" he said out loud. "It would be splendid if he was kind. Some of the slaves in a great lord's house have next to nothing to do. They wear lovely clothes and eat meat every day. Perhaps he'd take me to the wars and I'd save his life in a battle and then he'd set me free and adopt me as his son and give me a palace and a chariot and a suit of armour. But then he might be a horrid cruel man. He might send me to work on the fields in chains. I wish I knew. How can I know? I bet this horse knows
if only he could tell me."
The Horse had lifted its head. Shasta stroked its smooth—as—satin nose and said
"I wish you could talk
old fellow."
马儿擡起头来。沙斯塔抚摩着它那光滑得像缎子一样的鼻子，说道：“老人家，我但愿你能说话啊。”
And then for a second he thought he was dreaming
for quite distinctly
though in a low voice
the Horse said
"But I can."
Shasta stared into its great eYes and his own grew almost as big
with astonishment.
"How ever did you learn to talk?" he asked.
"Hush! Not so loud
" replied the Horse. "Where I e from
nearly all the animals talk."
"Wherever is that?" asked Shasta.
"Narnia
" answered the Horse. "The happy land of Narnia — Narnia of the heathery mountains and the thymy downs
Narnia of the many rivers
the plashing glens
the mossy caverns and the deep forests ringing with the hammers of the Dwarfs. Oh the sweet air of Narnia! An hour's life there is better than a thousand years in Calormen." It ended with a whinny that sounded very like a sigh.
"How did you get here?" said Shasta.
"Kidnapped
" said the Horse. "Or stolen
or captured whichever you like to call it. I was only a foal at the time. My mother warned me not to range the Southern slopes
into Archenland and beyond
but I wouldn't heed her. And by the Lion's Mane I have paid for my folly. All these years I have been a slave to humans
hiding my true nature and pretending to be dumb and witless like their horses."
"Why didn't you tell them who you were?"
"Not such a fool
that's why. If they'd once found out I could talk they would have made a show of me at fairs and guarded me more carefully than ever. My last chance of escape would have been gone."
"And why —" began Shasta
but the Horse interrupted him.
"Now look
" it said
"we mustn't waste time on idle questions. You want to know about my master the Tarkaan Anradin. Well
he's bad. Not too bad to me
for a war horse costs too much to be treated very badly. But you'd better be lying dead tonight than go to be a human slave in his house tomorrow."
"Then I'd better run away
" said Shasta
turning very pale.
"Yes
you had
" said the Horse. "But why not run away with me?"
"Are you going to run away too?" said Shasta.