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"Good morning," said Shasta. "But I'm not a neighbour. In fact I'm a stranger in these parts."
“早安，”沙斯塔說道，”但我不是你的鄰居。事實上，我是這地方的一個陌生人。”
"Ah?" said the Hedgehog inquiringly.
“啊?”刺猬詢問地說道。
"I've come over the mountains - from Archenland, you know."
“我越過大山而來——你要知道，我是從阿欽蘭來的。”
"Ha, Archenland," said the Hedgehog. "That's a terrible long way. Never been there myself."
“呀，阿欽蘭，”刺猬說道，”離這兒遠得可怕。我自己從沒去過。”
"And I think, perhaps," said Shasta, "someone ought to be told that there's an army of savage Calormenes attacking Anvard at this very moment."
“而且我認為，”沙斯塔說道，”也許應該告訴人們：此時此刻，有一支野蠻的卡樂門軍隊正在進攻安瓦德城。”
"You don't say so!" answered the Hedgehog. "Well, think of that. And they do say that Calormen is hundreds and thousands of miles away, right at the world's end, across a great sea of sand."
“不會這樣吧！”刺猬答道，”哦，想想吧。不是據(jù)說卡樂門在幾百、幾千里之外，在世界的盡頭，跟這兒還隔著一個大沙漠嗎?”
"It's not nearly as far as you think," said Shasta. "And oughtn't something to be done about this attack on Anvard? Oughtn't your High King to be told?"
“不像你所想像的那么遙遠，”沙斯塔說道，”關于這次對安瓦德的進攻，總該做點兒事吧。總該稟告你們的至尊王吧?”
"Certain sure, something ought to be done about it," said the Hedgehog. "But you see I'm just on my way to bed for a good day's sleep. Hullo, neighbour!"
“確實如此，總該為此干點兒事情。”刺猬說道，”但，你瞧，我正要到床上去，美美地睡它一個白晝啊。哈啰，鄰居！”
The last words were addressed to an immense biscuitcoloured rabbit whose head had just popped up from somewhere beside the path. The Hedgehog immediately told the Rabbit what it had just learned from Shasta. The Rabbit agreed that this was very remarkable news and that somebody ought to tell someone about it with a view to doing something.
最后一句話是對一只巨大的淡褐色兔子說的，兔子的腦袋剛從小徑旁的地底下突然冒出來。刺猬立刻把它從沙斯塔那里聽來的事情告訴兔子。兔子同意這是個驚人的消息，應該有人去告訴別人，以便為此干點兒事。
And so it went on. Every few minutes they were joined by other creatures, some from the branches overhead and some from little underground houses at their feet, till the party consisted of five rabbits, a squirrel, two magpies, a goat-foot faun, and a mouse, who all talked at the same time and all agreed with the Hedgehog. For the truth was that in that golden age when the Witch and the Winter had gone and Peter the High King ruled at Cair Paravel, the smaller woodland people of Narnia were so safe and happy that they were getting a little careless.
于是就這樣紛紛傳開去了。每隔幾分鐘，就有別的生物參加進來，有的來自頭上的樹枝，有的來自腳下的地底小屋：這一幫子，終于包含了五只兔子、一只松鼠、兩只喜鵲、一個羊腳怪物以及一只耗子，它們大家同時說著話兒，大家都同意刺猬的意見。因為，事情的真相是：在那黃金時代里，女巫和冬天已經(jīng)被趕走，至尊王彼得治理著凱爾帕拉維爾，納尼亞較小林地里的居民們是那么安寧和幸福，所以它們有點兒麻痹大意了。
Presently, however, two more practical people arrived in the little wood. One was a Red Dwarf whose name appeared to be Duffle. The other was a stag, a beautiful lordly creature with wide liquid eyes, dappled flanks and legs so thin and graceful that they looked as if you could break them with two fingers.
不過，又有兩個小樹林里比較實際的居民來了。一個是紅色小矮人，名叫德夫爾。另一個是一頭牡鹿，一只美麗華貴的生物，眼睛大大的水汪汪的，兩脅斑斑點點，兩腿又纖細又雅致，看上去仿佛用兩個手指就能把那腿折斷似的。
