chater the rahne f the kg (第10/15页)
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s a raft，”said King Tirian．
And so it was. Half a dozen splendid tree-trunks，all newly cut and newly lopped of their branches，had been lashed together to make a raft，and were gliding swiftly down the river. On the front of the raft there was a water rat with a pole to steer it．
“Hey! Water-Rat! What are you about ？”cried the King．
“Taking logs down to sell to the Calormenes，Sire，”said the Rat，touching his ear as he might have touched his cap if he had had one．
“Calormenes!”thundered Tirian.“What do you mean ？ Who gave order for these trees to be felled ？”
The River flows so swiftly at that time of the year that the raft had already glided past the King and Jewel. But the Water-Rat looked back over its shoulder and shouted out：
“The Lion’s orders，Sire. Aslan himself.”He added something more but they couldn’t hear it．
The King and the Unicorn stared at one another and both looked more frightened than they had ever been in any battle．
