乐文小说网>女巫和魔衣橱国语 > chater five back n thi ide f the dr（第1页）
chater five back n thi ide f the dr（第1页）
BECAUSEthegameofhide-and-seekwasstillgoingon，ittookEdmundandLucysometimetofindtheothers．Butwhenatlasttheywerealltogether（whichhappenedinthelongroom，wherethesuitofarmourwas），Lucyburstout：
“Peter！Susan！It’salltrue．Edmundhasseenittoo．Thereisacountryyoucangettothroughthewardrobe．EdmundandIbothgotin．Wemetoneanotherinthere，inthewood．Goon，Edmund；tellthemallaboutit．”
“What’sallthisabout，Ed？”saidPeter．
Andnowwecometooneofthenastiestthingsinthisstory．UptothatmomentEdmundhadbeenfeelingsick，andsulky，andannoyedwithLucyforbeingright，buthehadn’tmadeuphismindwhattodo．WhenPetersuddenlyaskedhimthequestionhedecidedallatoncetodothemeanestandmostspitefulthinghecouldthinkof．HedecidedtoletLucydown．
“Tellus，Ed，”saidSusan．
AndEdmundgaveaverysuperiorlookasifhewerefarolderthanLucy（therewasreallyonlyayear’sdifference）andthenalittlesniggerandsaid，“Oh，yes，LucyandIhavebeenplaying-pretendingthatallherstoryaboutacountryinthewardrobeistrue。justforfun，ofcourse．There’snothingtherereally．”
PoorLucygaveEdmundonelookandrushedoutoftheroom。
Edmund，whowasbecominganastierpersoneveryminute，thoughtthathehadscoredagreatsuccess，andwentonatoncetosay，“Thereshegoesagain．What’sthematterwithher？That’stheworstofyoungkids，theyalways-”
“Lookhere，”saidPeter，turningonhimsavagely，“shutup！You’vebeenperfectlybeastlytoLueversinceshestartedthisnonsenseaboutthewardrobe，andnowyougoplayinggameswithheraboutitandsettingheroffagain．Ibelieveyoudiditsimplyoutofspite．”
“Butit’sallnonsense，”saidEdmund，verytakenaback．
“Ofcourseit’sallnonsense，”saidPeter，“that’sjustthepoint。Luwasperfectlyallrightwhenwelefthome，butsincewe’vebeendownheresheseemstobeeithergoingqueerintheheadorelseturningintoamostfrightfulliar．Butwhicheveritis，whatgooddoyouthinkyou’lldobyjeeringandnaggingatheronedayandencouragingherthenext？”
“Ithought-Ithought，”saidEdmund；buthecouldn’tthinkofanythingtosay．
“Youdidn’tthinkanythingatall，”saidPeter；“it’sjustspite．You’vealwayslikedbeingbeastlytoanyonesmallerthanyourself；we’veseenthatatschoolbeforenow．”
“Dostopit，”saidSusan；“itwon’tmakethingsanybetterhavingarowbetweenyoutwo．Let’sgoandfindLucy．”
ItwasnotsurprisingthatwhentheyfoundLucy，agooddeallater，everyonecouldseethatshehadbeencrying．Nothingtheycouldsaytohermadeanydifference．Shestucktoherstoryandsaid：
“Idon’tcarewhatyouthink，andIdon’tcarewhatyousay。YoucantelltheProfessororyoucanwritetoMotheroryoucandoanythingyoulike．IknowI’vemetaFauninthereand-IwishI’dstayedthereandyouareallbeasts，beasts．”
Itwasanunpleasantevening．LucywasmiserableandEdmundwasbeginningtofeelthathisplanwasn’tworkingaswellashehadexpected．ThetwoolderoneswerereallybeginningtothinkthatLucywasoutofhermind．Theystoodinthepassagetalkingaboutitinwhisperslongaftershehadgonetobed．
TheresultwasthenextmorningtheydecidedthattheyreallywouldgoandtellthewholethingtotheProfessor．“He’llwritetoFatherifhethinksthereisreallysomethingwrongwithLu，”saidPeter；“it’sgettingbeyondus．”Sotheywentandknockedatthestudydoor，andtheProfessorsaid“Comein，”andgotupandfoundchairsforthemandsaidhewasquiteattheirdisposal．Thenhesatlisteningtothemwiththetipsofhisfingerspressedtogetherandneverinterrupting，tilltheyhadfinishedthewholestory．Afterthathesaidnothingforquitealongtime．Thenheclearedhisthroatandsaidthelastthingeitherofthemexpected：
“Howdoyouknow，”heasked，“thatyoursister’sstoryisnottrue？”
“Oh，but-”beganSusan，andthenstopped．Anyonecouldseefromtheoldman’sfacethathewasperfectlyserious．ThenSusanpulledherselftogetherandsaid，“ButEdmundsaidtheyhadonlybeenpretending．”
“Thatisapoint，”saidtheProfessor，“whichcertainlydeservesconsideration；verycarefulconsideration．Forinstance-ifyouwillexcusemeforaskingthequestion-doesyourexperienceleadyoutoregardyourbrotheroryoursisterasthemorereliable？Imean，whichisthemoretruthful？”
“That’sjustthefunnythingaboutit，sir，”saidPeter．“Uptillnow，I’dhavesaidLucyeverytime．”
“Andwhatdoyouthink，mydear？”saidtheProfessor，turningtoSusan．
“Well，”saidSusan，“ingeneral，I’dsaythesameasPeter，butthiscouldn’tbetrue-allthisaboutthewoodandtheFaun．”
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