Old Nan was asleep in her chair. Hodor said “Hodor,” gathered up his great-grandmother, and carried her off, snoring softly, while Bran lay thinking. Robb had promised that he could feast with the Night's Watch in the Great Hall. “Summer,” he called. The wolf bounded up on the bed. Bran hugged him so hard he could feel the hot breath on his cheek. “I can ride now,” he whispered to his friend. “We can go hunting in the woods soon, wait and see.” After a time he slept.
老奶媽已經坐在椅子上睡著了。阿多說："阿多，"然后抱走輕輕打鼾的曾祖母。布蘭躺著思考，羅柏剛才保證他可以和守夜人一起在大廳里吃晚餐。"夏天，"他喚道。小狼跳到床上，布蘭用力地摟住它，直到小狼熱呼呼的鼻息直沖臉頰。"我可以騎馬了。"他對他的動物朋友說，"你等著瞧，我們很快就可以一起去森林打獵。"沒過多久，他便睡著了。
In his dream he was climbing again, pulling himself up an ancient windowless tower, his fingers forcing themselves between blackened stones, his feet scrabbling for purchase. Higher and higher he climbed, through the clouds and into the night sky, and still the tower rose before him. When he paused to look down, his head swam dizzily and he felt his fingers slipping. Bran cried out and clung for dear life. The earth was a thousand miles beneath him and he could not fly. He could not fly. He waited until his heart had stopped pounding, until he could breathe, and he began to climb again. There was no way to go but up. Far above him, outlined against a vast pale moon, he thought he could see the shapes of gargoyles.
在夢中他再度攀爬，沿著一座年代久遠，沒有窗戶的塔向上攀升，手指勾住焦黑的石塊，雙腳胡亂地尋找支撐。他越爬越高，穿越云層，進入夜空，但仍不見塔頂。當他停下來向下看去，只覺頭暈目眩，手指滑落。他尖叫著死命胡抓。地面離他足足千里之遙，而他又不會飛。他根本就不會飛。他直等到心臟不再怦怦亂跳，呼吸也順暢之后，才繼續往上爬。除了向上，別無他途。上方極目處，映著偌大的慘白圓月，他隱約可以看到石像鬼的形影。
背景介紹:
《權力的游戲》是一部中世紀史詩奇幻題材的電視連續劇。該劇以美國作家喬治·R·R·馬丁的奇幻巨作《冰與火之歌》七部曲為基礎改編創作，由大衛·貝尼奧夫和丹尼爾·威斯編劇、HBO電視網推出。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注點，描寫細膩豐富，突破了幻想文學界固有的創作模式，多次引領閱讀潮流。由于馬丁的輝煌成就，他被譽為美國的托爾金和新世紀的海明威。從1989年開始，馬丁淡出文學界，轉而投身演藝界發展，1996年他才重返文壇而開始奇幻文學的創作，處女作便是《權力的游戲》，即為《冰與火之歌》的首部曲。《權力的游戲》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》儼然已經可以和《魔戒》平起平坐，作者網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。
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