chater five uddleg (第8/18页)
C·S·路易斯提示您:看后求收藏(炎黄中文www.yhzw.org),接着再看更方便。
hes that hung loose about him.
“I’m trying to catch a few eels to make an eel stew for our dinner,”said Puddleglum. “Though I shouldn’t wonder if I didn’t get any. And you won’t like them much if I do.”
“Why not ?”asked Scrubb.
“Why,it’s not in reason that you should like our sort of victuals,though I’ve no doubt you’ll put a bold face on it. All the same,while I am a catching of them,if you two could try to light the fire—no harm trying—!The wood’s behind the wigwam. It may be wet. You could light it inside the wigwam,and then we’d get all the smoke in our eyes. Or you could light it outside,and then the rain would come and put it out. Here’s my tinder-box. You wouldn’t know how to use it,I expect.”
But Scrubb had learned that sort of thing on his last adventure. The children ran back together to the wigwam,found the wood (which was perfectly dry)and succeeded in lighting a fire with rather less than the usual difficulty. Then Scrubb sat and took care of it