chater ixteen what haened abut the tatue (第2/4页)
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“That wasn’t exactly what I meant，”whispered Susan to Lucy. But it was too late to do anything about it now even if Aslan would have listened to her．The change was already creeping up the Giant’s legs．Now he was moving his feet．A moment later he lifted the club off his shoulder，rubbed his eyes and said，
“Bless me ！ I must have been asleep．Now ！ Where’s that dratted little Witch that was running about on the ground． Somewhere just by my feet it was．”But when everyone had shouted up to him to explain what had really happened，and when the Giant had put his hand to his ear and got them to repeat it all again so that at last he understood，then he bowed down till his head was no further off than the top of a haystack and touched his cap repeatedly to Aslan，beaming all over his honest ugly face．（Giants of any sort are now so rare in England and so few giants are good-tempered that ten to one you have never seen a giant when his face is beaming．It’s a sight well worth looking at．）
“Now for the inside of this house ！”said Aslan．“Look alive， everyone．Up stairs and down stairs and in my lady’s chamber ！ Leave no corner unsearched．You never know where some poor prisoner may be concealed．”
And into the interior they all rushed and for several minutes the whole of that dark，horrible，fusty old castle echoed with the opening of windows and with everyone’s voices crying out at once，“Don’t forget the dungeons-Give us a hand with this door ！——Here’s another little winding stair-Oh ！ I say．Here’s a poor kangaroo．Call Aslan-Phew ！ How it smells in here-Look out for trap-doors-Up here ！ There are a whole lot more on the landing ！”But the best of all was when Lucy came rushing upstairs shouting out，
“Aslan！ Aslan！ I’ve found Mr. Tumnus．Oh，do come quick．”
A moment later Lucy and the little Faun were holding each other by both hands and dancing round and round for joy．The little chap was none the worse for having been a statue and was of course very interested in all she had to tell him．
But at last the ransacking of the Witch’s fortress was ended． The whole castle stood empty with every door and window open and the light and the sweet spring air flooding into all the dark and evil places which needed them so badly．The whole crowd of liberated statues surged back into the courtyard．And it was then that someone（Tumnus，I think）first said，
“But how are we going to get out ？”for Aslan had got in by a jump and the gates were still locked．
“That’ll be all right，”said Aslan；and then，rising on his hind-legs，he bawled up at the Giant．“Hi ！ You up there，”he roared．“What’s your name ？”
“Giant Rumblebuffin，if it please your honour，”said the Giant，once more touching his cap．
