ff14雷元精核心 《能言马与男孩》第70期:沙斯塔在纳尼亚(5)

《能言马与男孩》第70期:沙斯塔在纳尼亚(5)  

"Trumpets!" said all the Dwarfs
as they and Shasta all came running out.
The trumpets sounded again: a new noise to Shasta
not huge and solemn like the horns of Tashbaan nor gay and merry like King Lune's hunting horn
but clear and sharp and valiant. The noise was ing from the woods to the East
and soon there was a noise of horse-hoofs mixed with it. A moment later the head of the column came into sight.
First came the Lord Peridan on a bay horse carrying the great banner of Narnia - a red lion on a green ground. Shasta knew him at once. Then came three people riding abreast
o on great chargers and one on a pony. The o on the chargers were King Edmund and a fair-haired lady with a very merry face who wore a helmet and a mail shirt and carried a bow across her shoulder and a quiver full of arrows at her side. ("The Queen Lucy
" whispered Duffle.) But the one on the pony was Corin. After that came the main body of the army: men on ordinary horses
men on Talking Horses (who didn't mind being ridden on proper occasions
as when Narnia went to war)
centaurs
stern
hard-bitten bears
great Talking Dogs
and last of all six giants. For there are good giants in Narnia. But though he knew they were on the right side Shasta at first could hardly bear to look at them; there are some things that take a lot of getting used to.
走在第一个的是珀里丹勋爵，骑一匹栗色马，手执纳尼亚大旗——青绿底色上一头红狮子。沙斯塔立刻认出他来了。接着是三个并驾齐驱的人，两个人跨着战马，一个人骑着马驹子。骑在战马上的一个是爱德蒙国王，另一个是金发女郎，满脸兴高采烈的神色，头戴头盔，身穿锁子甲，肩上揹着一只弓，身边挂着装满箭的箭袋。(“露茜女王。”德夫尔低声说道。)骑在马驹子上的是科林。这三人之后，是军队的主体：骑在寻常马儿身上的士卒、骑在会说人话的马儿身上的军人(遇到正当情况，例如纳尼亚要作战时，这种马儿并不在意被人骑)、人头马、咬起来凶狠的板着脸的熊、了不得的会说人话的狗，最后是六个巨人。然而，尽管他知道他们是站在正义一边的，沙斯塔开头还是不大敢看他们：有些事情要经过很多时间才能看得惯哩。
Just as the King and Queen reached the cottage and the Dwarfs began making low bows to them
King Edmund called out

"Now
friends! Time for a halt and a morsel!" and at once there was a great bustle of people dismounting and haversacks being opened and conversation beginning when Corm came running up to Shasta and seized both his hands and cried

"What! You here! So you got through all right? I am glad. Now we shall have some sport. And isn't it luck! We only got into harbour at Cair Paravel yesterday morning and the very first person who met us was Chervy the Stag with all this news of an attack on Anvard. Don't you think -"
"Who is your Highness's friend?" said King Edmund who had just got off his horse.
"Don't you see
Sire?" said Corin. "It's my double: the boy you mistook me for at Tashbaan."
"Why
so he is your double
" exclaimed Queen Lucy. "As like as o ins. This is a marvellous thing."
"Please
your Majesty
" said Shasta to King Edmund
"I was no traitor
really I wasn't. And I couldn't help hearing your plans. But I'd never have dreamed of telling them to your enemies."
"I know now that you were no traitor
boy
" said King Edmund
laying his hand on Shasta's head. "But if you would not be taken for one
another time try not to hear what's meant for other ears. But all's well."