迪文小说

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ONCEtherewerefourchildrenwhosenameswerePeter，Susan，Edmund，andLucy，andithasbeentoldinanotherbookcalledTheLion，theWitchandtheWardrobehowtheyhadaremarkableadventure．Theyhadopenedthedoorofamagicwardrobeandfoundthemselvesinaquitedifferentworldfromours，andinthatdifferentworldtheyhadbecomeKingsandQueensinacountrycalledNarnia．WhiletheywereinNarniatheyseemedtoreignforyearsandyears;butwhentheycamebackthroughthedoorandfoundthemselvesinEnglandagain，itallseemedtohavetakennotimeatall．Atanyrate，noonenoticedthattheyhadeverbeenaway，andtheynevertoldanyoneexceptoneverywisegrown-up．

Thathadallhappenedayearago，andnowallfourofthemweresittingonaseatatarailwaystationwithtrunksandplayboxespileduproundthem．Theywere，infact，ontheirwaybacktoschool．Theyhadtravelledtogetherasfarasthisstation，whichwasajunction;andhere，inafewminutes，onetrainwouldarriveandtakethegirlsawaytooneschool，andinabouthalfanhouranothertrainwouldarriveandtheboyswouldgoofftoanotherschool．Thefirstpartofthejourney，whentheywerealltogether，alwaysseemedtobepartoftheholidays;butnowwhentheywouldbesayinggood-byeandgoingdifferentwayssosoon，everyonefeltthattheholidayswerereallyoverandeveryonefelttheirterm-timefeelingsbeginningagain，andtheywereallrathergloomyandnoonecouldthinkofanythingtosay．Lucywasgoingtoboardingschoolforthefirsttime．

Itwasanempty，sleepy，countrystationandtherewashardlyanyoneontheplatformexceptthemselves．SuddenlyLucygaveasharplittlecry，likesomeonewhohasbeenstungbyawasp．

“What’sup，Lu？”saidEdmund-andthensuddenlybrokeoffandmadeanoiselike“Ow！”

“Whatonearth-”，beganPeter，andthenhetoosuddenlychangedwhathehadbeengoingtosay．Instead，hesaid，“Susan，letgo！Whatareyoudoing？Whereareyoudraggingmeto？”

“I’mnottouchingyou，”saidSusan．“Someoneispullingme．Oh-oh-oh-stopit！”

Everyonenoticedthatalltheothers’faceshadgoneverywhite．

“Ifeltjustthesame，”saidEdmundinabreathlessvoice．“AsifIwerebeingdraggedalong．Amostfrightfulpulling-ugh！it’sbeginningagain．”

“Metoo，”saidLucy．“Oh，Ican’tbearit．”

“Looksharp！”shoutedEdmund．“Allcatchhandsandkeeptogether．Thisismagic-Icantellbythefeeling．Quick！”

“Yes，”saidSusan．“Holdhands．Oh，Idowishitwouldstop-oh！”

Nextmomenttheluggage，theseat，theplatform，andthestationhadcompletelyvanished．Thefourchildren，holdinghandsandpanting，foundthemselvesstandinginawoodyplace-suchawoodyplacethatbrancheswerestickingintothemandtherewashardlyroomtomove．Theyallrubbedtheireyesandtookadeepbreath。

“Oh，Peter！”exclaimedLucy．“DoyouthinkwecanpossiblyhavegotbacktoNarnia？”

“Itmightbeanywhere，”saidPeter．“Ican’tseeayardinallthesetrees．Let’strytogetintotheopen-ifthereisanyopen．”

Withsomedifficulty，andwithsomestingsfromnettlesandpricksfromthorns，theystruggledoutofthethicket．Thentheyhadanothersurprise．Everythingbecamemuchbrighter，andafterafewstepstheyfoundthemselvesattheedgeofthewood，lookingdownonasandybeach．Afewyardsawayaverycalmseawasfallingonthesandwithsuchtinyripplesthatitmadehardlyanysound．Therewasnolandinsightandnocloudsinthesky．Thesunwasaboutwhereitoughttobeatteno’clockinthemorning，andtheseawasadazzlingblue．Theystoodsniffinginthesea-smell．

“ByJove！”saidPeter．“Thisisgoodenough．”

Fiveminuteslatereveryonewasbarefootedandwadinginthecoolclearwater．

“ThisisbetterthanbeinginastuffytrainonthewaybacktoLatinandFrenchandAlgebra！”saidEdmund．Andthenforquitealongtimetherewasnomoretalking，onlysplashingandlookingforshrimpsandcrabs．

“Allthesame，”saidSusanpresently，“Isupposewe’llhavetomakesomeplans．Weshallwantsomethingtoeatbeforelong．”

“We’vegotthesandwichesMothergaveusforthejourney，”saidEdmund．“AtleastI’vegotmine．”

“Notme，”saidLucy．“Minewereinmylittlebag．”

“Soweremine，”saidSusan．