第一胎男孩女孩好 《能言马与男孩》第17期:在塔什班城门口(6)

《能言马与男孩》第17期:在塔什班城门口(6)  

"We'll have to have a disguise
" said Shasta.
Hwin said it looked to her as if the safest thing was to go right through the city itself from gate to gate because one was less likely to be noticed in the crowd. But she approved of the idea of disguise as well. She said
"Both the human will have to dress in rags and look like peasants or slaves And all Aravis's armour and our saddles and things must be made into bundles and put on our backs
and the children must pretend to drive us and people will think we're on pack-horses."
"My dear Hwin!" said Aravis rather scornfully. "As anyone could mistake Bree for anything but a war-hors however you disguised him!"
“我亲爱的赫温”阿拉维斯鄙夷地说道，”不论你怎样把布里乔装改扮，别人也未必看不出它是匹战马啊。”
"I should think not
indeed
" said Bree
snorting an letting his ears go ever so little back.
"I know it's not a very good plan
" said Hwin. "But I think it's our only chance. And we haven't been groomed for ages and we're not looking quite ourselves (at least
I'm sure I'm not). I do think if we get well plastered with mud and go along with our heads down as if we're tired and lazy -and don't lift our hooves hardly at all - we might not be noticed. And our tails ought to be cut shorter: not neatly
you know
but all ragged."
"My dear Madam
" said Bree. "Have you pictured to yourself how very disagreeable it would be to arrive in Narnia in that condition?"
"Well
" said Hwin humbly (she was a very sensible mare)
"the main thing is to get there."
Though nobody much liked it
it was Hwin's plan which had to be adopted in the end. It was a troublesome one and involved a certain amount of what Shasta called stealing
and Bree called "raiding". One farm lost a few sacks that evening and another lost a coil of rope the next: but some tattered old boy's clothes for Aravis to wear had to be fairly bought and paid for in a village. Shasta returned with them in triumph just as evening was closing in. The others were waiting for him among the trees at the foot of a low range of wooded hills which lay right across their path. Everyone was feeling excited because this was the last hill; when they reached the ridge at the top they would be looking down on Tashbaan. "I do wish we were safely past it
" muttered Shasta to Hwin. "Oh I do
I do
" said Hwin fervently.