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chater jill i given a tak（第2页）

“HumanChild，”saidtheLion。“WhereistheBoy？”

“Hefelloverthecliff，”saidJill，andadded，“Sir。”Shedidn’tknowwhatelsetocallhim，anditsoundedcheektocallhimnothing。

“Howdidhecometodothat，HumanChild？”

“Hewastryingtostopmefromfalling，Sir。”

“Whywereyousoneartheedge，HumanChild？”

“Iwasshowingoff，Sir。”

“Thatisaverygoodanswer，HumanChild。Dosonomore。”Andnow（hereforthefirsttimetheLion’sfacebecamealittlelessstern）“theboyissafe。IhaveblownhimtoNarnia。Butyourtaskwillbetheharderbecauseofwhatyouhavedone。”

“Please，whattask，Sir？”saidJill。

“ThetaskforwhichIcalledyouandhimhereoutofyourownworld。”

ThispuzzledJillverymuch。“It’smistakingmeforsomeoneelse，”shethought。Shedidn’tdaretotelltheLionthis，thoughshefeltthingswouldgetintoadreadfulmuddleunlessshedid。

“Speakyourthought，HumanChild，”saidtheLion。

“Iwaswondering—Imean—couldtherebesomemistake？BecausenobodycalledmeandScrubb，youknow。Itwaswewhoaskedtocomehere。Scrubbsaidweweretocallto—toSomebody-itwasanameIwouldn’tknow-andperhapstheSomebodywouldletusin。Andwedid，andthenwefoundthedooropen。”

“YouwouldnothavecalledtomeunlessIhadbeencallingtoyou，”saidtheLion。

“ThenyouareSomebody，Sir？”saidJill。

“Iam。Andnowhearyourtask。FarfromhereinthelandofNarniatherelivesanagedkingwhoissadbecausehehasnoprinceofhisbloodtobekingafterhim。Hehasnoheirbecausehisonlysonwasstolenfromhimmanyyearsago，andnooneinNarniaknowswherethatprincewentorwhetherheisstillalive。Butheis。Ilayonyouthiscommand，thatyouseekthislostprinceuntileitheryouhavefoundhimandbroughthimtohisfather’shouse，orelsediedintheattempt，orelsegonebackintoyourownworld。”

“How，please？”saidJill。

“Iwilltellyou，Child，”saidtheLion。“ThesearethesignsbywhichIwillguideyouinyourquest。First；assoonastheBoyEustacesetsfootinNarnia，hewillmeetanoldanddearfriend。Hemustgreetthatfriendatonce；ifhedoes，youwillbothhavegoodhelp。Second；youmustjourneyoutofNarniatothenorthtillyoucometotheruinedcityoftheancientgiants。Third；youshallfindawritingonastoneinthatruinedcity，andyoumustdowhatthewritingtellsyou。Fourth；youwillknowthelostprince（ifyoufindhim）bythis，thathewillbethefirstpersonyouhavemetinyourtravelswhowillaskyoutodosomethinginmyname，inthenameofAslan。”

AstheLionseemedtohavefinished，Jillthoughtsheshouldsaysomething。Soshesaid，“Thankyouverymuch。Isee。”

“Child，”saidAslan，inagentlervoicethanhehadyetused，“perhapsyoudonotseequiteaswellasyouthink。Butthefirststepistoremember。Repeattome，inorder，thefoursigns。”

Jilltried，anddidn’tgetthemquiteright。SotheLioncorrectedher，andmadeherrepeatthemagainandagaintillshecouldsaythemperfectly。Hewasverypatientoverthis，sothat，whenitwasdone，Jillpluckedupcouragetoask：

“Please，howamItogettoNarnia？”

“Onmybreath，”saidtheLion。“IwillblowyouintothewestoftheworldasIblewEustace。”

“ShallIcatchhimintimetotellhimthefirstsign？ButIsupposeitwon’tmatter。Ifheseesanoldfriend，he’ssuretogoandspeaktohim，isn’the？”

“Youwillhavenotimetospare，”saidtheLion。“ThatiswhyImustsendyouatonce。Come。Walkbeforemetotheedgeofthecliff。”

Jillrememberedverywellthatiftherewasnotimetospare，thatwasherownfault。“IfIhadn’tmadesuchafoolofmyself，ScrubbandIwouldhavebeengoingtogether。Andhe’dhaveheardalltheinstructionsaswellasme，”shethought。Soshedidasshewastold。Itwasveryalarmingwalkingbacktotheedgeofthecliff，especiallyastheLiondidnotwalkwithherbutbehindher—makingnonoiseonhissoftpaws。

Butlongbeforeshehadgotanywhereneartheedge，thevoicebehindhersaid，“Standstill。InamomentIwillblow。But，first，remember，remember，rememberthesigns。Saythemtoyourselfwhenyouwakeinthemorningandwhenyouliedownatnight，andwhenyouwakeinthemiddleofthenight。Andwhateverstrangethingsmayhappentoyou，letnothingturnyourmindfromfollowingthesigns。Andsecondly，Igiveyouawarning。HereonthemountainIhavespokentoyouclearly：IwillnotoftendosodowninNarnia。Hereonthemountain，theairisclearandyourmindisclear；asyoudropdownintoNarnia，theairwillthicken。Takegreatcarethatitdoesnotconfuseyourmind。Andthesignswhichyouhavelearnedherewillnotlookatallasyouexpectthemtolook，whenyoumeetthemthere。Thatiswhyitissoimportanttoknowthembyheartandpaynoattentiontoappearances。Rememberthesignsandbelievethesigns。Nothingelsematters。Andnow，daughterofEve，farewell—”

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