Chapter Seventy-Seven: The Cause of the Matter
I don't know if this intense sleepiness is due to their tiredness after being warm, or because Narnia's lullaby is too magical. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info
As he was about to lose consciousness, Al looked up at Tumnath and found a pair of brown eyes full of sadness beneath his melancholy face.
Al shuddered, and instantly fell asleep.
"Mr. Tumnas!" Al said in a deep voice, standing up, "stop blowing, what do you want to do?"
Tumnath put down the flute, looked at Al with a weak heart, and said nervously, "I... I don't understand... What are you going to say?"
As soon as the flute stopped, Hermione and Lucy were in good spirits, looking at Al and Tumnath with puzzled eyes.
"Let's get it clear. Al stared into Tumnath's eyes and said, "What is the purpose of bringing us to your house and trying to put us to sleep with the flute?"
Hermione also realized that the sleepiness just now was not normal, and she stood up sharply and asked Tumnath, "Why did you do that?"
Tumnas hurriedly waved his hand and defended, "You guys are too careful, I just want to be friends with you." ”
"Make friends?" Al sneered, "I appreciate your kindness, but do you need to lock the door to make friends?"
Lucy's eyes widened as she looked at Tumnas, who hadn't noticed the fact that the door was locked.
Tumnath thought he was doing something very secretive, but he didn't expect to be discovered by Al, and he couldn't say a word.
"Why?" asked Lucy, looking at Tumnath with innocent eyes.
"We were suspicious of you from the beginning. Al said, "Your actions carry behind unspeakable secrets, and we came here with you to see what kind of tricks you are up to." ”
Hermione quietly glanced at Al, and secretly said that you are a liar, obviously you came here to be warm.
Tumnas's eyes filled with tears, and he suddenly covered his face with his hands and wept loudly.
Al glanced at Hermione, and if Tumnath tore it with them, or if he could see the dagger, he would be okay with that. But seeing that he was obviously a young man, but he was still crying like a child, and crying so sadly, which caught Al a little off guard.
"What the hell is wrong with you?" asked Lucy, handing him her handkerchief.
Tumnas took the handkerchief, wiped the corners of his eyes, and sobbed, "I'm such a bad guy, I'm doing a bad thing, a big bad thing!"
"If you have anything unspeakable, just say it. Hermione relented, and she sighed, then continued, "But if you dare to deceive us, I will never forgive you. ”
"I'm trying to catch you...... This is the order of the White Witch. "She ordered that if any of us touched humans, we had to catch them and send them to her." ”
"White Witch, who is she?" Al asked.
"The White Witch is in control of Narnia, and she is the one who has turned this place into a dead and silent winter, which lasted for a hundred years. Tumnas lowered his voice, as if afraid that the White Witch would hear, and he whispered, "She is a wizard with great sorcery, and she has many minions, even the trees in the forest, who will pass on the news to her. ”
"If I don't tell the White Witch, she'll find out at the end, and she'll turn me to stone, just like the other stone statues in the courtyard of her castle. ”
"Why does the White Witch want to capture us?" Al asked curiously, and intuitively he thought Tumnath was telling the truth.
It's because of a prophecy that has been passed down for a long time. "The prophecy says, 'When the children of Adam and Eve sit on the throne of Kelpalavir, the age of the reign of sin will end!'" ”
"I see. "That's why the White Witch, in order to maintain her rule, has commanded you to take a human to her if you find him." ”
"That's right, that's it. So I pretended to be friends with you, invited you to refreshments, and planned to report to the White Witch when you were asleep. Tumnas said, although his emotions have not calmed down, at least he is not crying, "I am so bad!"
Lucy looked at Tumnath and said, "It's really not right, but you're not going to do it again, are you?"
"But I've done it. Tumnas said sadly.
"Then you don't have any other humans here?" Hermione asked.
"I've never seen any other human. Tumnath shook his head, "Before I met you, I didn't know what humans were like, but I understand now that you are good people, so I can't hand you over to the White Witch!"
With that, Tumnas stood up, walked briskly to the door of the cave, took a key from his bosom, and opened the door of the cave.
"It's too dangerous here, especially for you humans. Tumnas poked his head out of the cave and looked out, then turned back to them and said, "You'd better leave now, or the White Witch already knows you're here." ”
Hermione looked at Al and whispered, "He's right, we've been here for a long time, and it's time to go back." ”
Al ignored Hermione, but looked at Tumnath, frowned, and asked, "What will you do if we're gone?" Like you said, if she's really that cruel and knows that you let us go, she won't let you go." ”
"I ...... Will go to a friend's place to avoid the limelight first. Tumnaston paused, and said, "Leave that alone, I'll send you back to the lamppost, and I think you'll find your way back when you're there." ”
Tumnath didn't even pack up the table, and led El and them out of the cave, and without saying a word along the way, they hurried from the most secluded part of the forest.
Soon, they were at the lamppost again.
Tumnath breathed a sigh of relief, glad they hadn't been in any trouble.
"Lucy, do you know the way back from here?" asked Tumnath.
Lucy probed her head to look closely in the forest, then nodded, and said, "Yes, I have seen the door of the cupboard." ”
Al followed Lucy's gaze and saw a bright glow like sunlight behind a dense pine needle tree.
"Is that what you call a closet?" Al asked.
"That's right, that's where I came from. ”
"Then you can get out of here. Tumnas said, taking out Lucy's handkerchief, which had been stained with his tears, and asked, "Can you give me this handkerchief?"
"Absolutely. Lucy smiled and waved at them, then hurried towards the closet, and when she squeezed through the dense foliage, she completely disappeared from El and their eyes.