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8．BRAN
第八章布蘭
The hunt left at dawn. The king wanted wild boar at the feast tonight. Prince Joffrey rode with his father, so Robb had been allowed to join the hunters as well. Uncle Benjen, Jory, Theon Greyjoy, Ser Rodrik, and even the queen’s funny little brother had all ridden out with them. It was the last hunt, after all. On the morrow they left for the south.
打獵的隊伍于黎明啟程，國王希望能為今天的晚宴多添一道野熊大餐。因?yàn)閱谭鹄锿踝优c國王同行，所以羅柏也得到允許，跟著狩獵隊伍一同前往。班揚(yáng)叔叔、喬里、席恩·葛雷喬伊和羅德利克爵士他們都跟著一道去，就連王后的滑稽小弟也在隊伍中。畢竟這是他們在北方最后的打獵機(jī)會，明天，國王的隊伍就要動身南下。
Bran had been left behind with Jon and the girls and Rickon. But Rickon was only a baby and the girls were only girls and Jon and his wolf were nowhere to be found. Bran did not look for him very hard. He thought Jon was angry at him. Jon seemed to be angry at everyone these days. Bran did not know why. He was going with Uncle Ben to the Wall, to join the Night’s Watch. That was almost as good as going south with the king. Robb was the one they were leaving behind, not Jon.
布蘭和瓊恩、姐姐們以及瑞肯留在城里。瑞肯只是個小娃娃，女孩子們本來就不喜歡打獵，而瓊恩和他的小狼則跑得不見蹤影。布蘭也沒有努力去找他，因?yàn)樗X得瓊恩似乎在生自己的氣。瓊恩這幾天似乎在生城里每一個人的氣，布蘭很納悶，他要和班揚(yáng)叔叔到長城去加入守夜人軍團(tuán)，那可不是和跟國王南下一樣的好事嗎？要留在家里的人是羅柏，不是瓊恩呀。
For days, Bran could scarcely wait to be off. He was going to ride the kingsroad on a horse of his own, not a pony but a real horse. His father would be the Hand of the King, and they were going to live in the red castle at King’s Landing, the castle the Dragonlords had built. Old Nan said there were ghosts there, and dungeons where terrible things had been done, and dragon heads on the walls. It gave Bran a shiver just to think of it, but he was not afraid. How could he be afraid? His father would be with him, and the king with all his knights and sworn swords.
這幾天來，布蘭興奮得坐立不安。他很快就要在國王大道上策馬馳騁了，不是騎小馬喔，而是騎真正的駿馬。父親將成為國王的首相，他們會搬進(jìn)君臨，住進(jìn)龍王建造的"紅堡".老奶媽說那里鬧鬼，地牢里有不為人知的恐怖酷刑，墻上還掛著龍頭。布蘭光想想就渾身打顫，但他卻不害怕，有什么好怕的呢？他有父親保護(hù)，還有國王和他所有的騎士與宣誓效忠的武士呢。
背景介紹：
《權(quán)力的游戲》是一部中世紀(jì)史詩奇幻題材的電視連續(xù)劇。該劇以美國作家喬治·R·R·馬丁的奇幻巨作《冰與火之歌》七部曲為基礎(chǔ)改編創(chuàng)作，由大衛(wèi)·貝尼奧夫和丹尼爾·威斯編劇、HBO電視網(wǎng)推出。喬治·雷蒙德·理查德·馬丁是歐美奇幻小說大師。馬丁的作品主要以人物為關(guān)注點(diǎn)，描寫細(xì)膩豐富，突破了幻想文學(xué)界固有的創(chuàng)作模式，多次引領(lǐng)閱讀潮流。由于馬丁的輝煌成就，他被譽(yù)為美國的托爾金和新世紀(jì)的海明威。從1989年開始，馬丁淡出文學(xué)界，轉(zhuǎn)而投身演藝界發(fā)展，1996年他才重返文壇而開始奇幻文學(xué)的創(chuàng)作，處女作便是《權(quán)力的游戲》，即為《冰與火之歌》的首部曲。《權(quán)力的游戲》甫出便拿下了British Fantasy Society、 世界奇幻獎和星云獎年度最佳幻想作品提名，在非官方的不記名奇幻作品投票中，《冰與火之歌》儼然已經(jīng)可以和《魔戒》平起平坐，作者網(wǎng)站的訪問量也是和斯蒂芬·金、J.K.羅琳等不相上下，其受歡迎的程度可見一斑。喬治馬丁被時代雜志評選為2011年影響世界的一百人之一。
