chater even a day with the beaver (第4/14页)
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to talk to them.
“Are you the Sons of Adam and the Daughters of Eve ?”it said.
“We’re some of them,”said Peter.
“S-s-s-sh !”said the Beaver,“not so loud please.We’re not safe even here.”
“Why,who are you afraid of ?”said Peter.“There’s no one here but ourselves.”
“There are the trees,”said the Beaver.“They’re always listening.Most of them are on our side,but there are trees that would betray us to her;you know who I mean,”and it nodded its head several times.
“If it comes to talking about sides,”said Edmund,“how do we know you’re a friend ?”
“Not meaning to be rude,Mr. Beaver,”added Peter,“but you see,we’re strangers.”
“Quite right,quite right,”said the Beaver.“Here is my token.” With these words it held up to them a little white object.They all looked at it in surprise,till suddenly Lucy said,“Oh,of course. It’s my handkerchief-the one I gave to poor Mr. Tumnus.”
“That’s right,”said the Beaver.“Poor fellow,he got wind of