为什么自己不受欢迎 《能言马与男孩》第64期:不受欢迎的同路人(5)

《能言马与男孩》第64期:不受欢迎的同路人(5)  

Shasta was a little reassured by the breath: so he told how he had never known his real father or mother and had been brought up sternly by the fisherman. And then he told the story of his escape and how they were chased by lions and forced to swim for their lives; and of all their dangers in Tashbaan and about his night among the tombs and how the beasts howled at him out of the desert. And he told about the heat and thirst of their desert journey and how they were almost at their goal when another lion chased them and wounded Aravis. And also
how very long it was since he had had anything to eat.
"I do not call you unfortunate
" said the Large Voice.
"Don't you think it was bad luck to meet so many lions?" said Shasta.
“遇到这么多狮子，你还不认为是倒霉吗？”
"There was only one lion
" said the Voice.
"What on earth do you mean? I've just told you there were at least o the first night
and-"
"There was only one: but he was swift of foot."
"How do you know?"
"I was the lion." And as Shasta gaped with open mouth and said nothing
the Voice continued. "I was the lion who forced you to join with Aravis. I was the cat who forted you among the houses of the dead. I was the lion who drove the jackals from you while you slept. I was the lion who gave the Horses the new strength of fear for the last mile so that you should reach King Lune in time. And I was the lion you do not remember who pushed the boat in which you lay
a Child near death
so that it came to shore where a man sat
wakeful at midnight
to receive you."
"Then it was you who wounded Aravis?"
"It was I"
"But what for?"
"Child
" said the Voice
"I am telling you your story
not hers. I tell no one any story but his own."
"Who are you?" asked Shasta.
"Myself
" said the Voice
very deep and low so that the earth shook: and again "Myself"
loud and clear and gay: and then the third time "Myself"
whispered so softly you could hardly hear it
and yet it seemed to e from all round you as if the leaves rustled with it.