最后一战芷江之战纪录片 《最后一战》第17期:救援国王(1)

《最后一战》第17期:救援国王(1)  

Chapter 5 How Help Came to the King
Bur his misery did not last long. Almost at once there came a bump
and then a second bump
and o children were standing before him. The wood in front of him had been quite empty a second before and he knew they had not e from behind his tree
for he would have heard them. They had in fact simply appeared from nowhere. He saw at a glance that they were wearing the same queer
dingy sort of clothes as the people in his dream; and he saw
at a second glance
that they were the youngest boy and girl out of that party of seven.
"Gosh!" said the boy
"that took one's breath away! I thought -"
"Hurry up and get him untied
" said the girl. "We can talk
afterwards." Then she added
turning to Tirian
"I'm sorry we've been so long. We came the moment we could."
While she was speaking the Boy produced a knife from his pocket and was quickly cutting the King's bonds: too quickly
in fact
for the King was so stiff and numb that when the last cord was cut he fell forward on his hands and knees. He couldn't get up again till he had brought some life back into his legs by a good rubbing.
"I say
" said the girl. "It was you
wasn't it
who appeared to us that night when we were all at supper? Nearly a week ago."
"A week
fair maid?" said Tirian. "My dream led me into your world scarce ten minutes since."
"It's the usual muddle about times
Pole
" said the Boy.
"I remember now
" said Tirian. "That too es in all the old tales. The time of your strange land is different from ours. But if we speak of Time
'tis time to be gone from here: for my enemies are close at hand. Will you e with me?"
"Of course
" said the girl. "It's you we've e to help."
Tirian got to his feet and led them rapidly down hill
Southward and away from the stable. He knew where he meant to go but his first aim was to get to rocky places where they would leave no trail
and his second to cross some water so that they would leave no scent. This took them about an hour's scrambling and wading and while that was going on nobody had any breath to talk. But even so
Tirian kept on stealing glances at his panions. The wonder of walking beside the creatures from another world made him feel a little dizzy: but it also made all the old stories seem far more real than they had ever seemed before . . . anything might happen now.
"Now
" said Tirian as they came to the head of a little valley which ran down before them among young birch trees
"we are out of danger of those villains for a space and may walk more easily." The sun had risen
dew-drops were inkling on every branch
and birds were singing.
"What about some grub? - I mean for you
Sir
we o have had our breakfast
" said the Boy.