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Chapter Three The Wood Between the Worlds[qh]
第三章 各个世界之间的树林[qh]
Uncle Andrew and his study vanished instantly. Then, for a moment, everything became muddled.[qh]
安德鲁舅舅和他的书房立刻消失了。之后的一刹那，四周昏暗而迷茫。[qh]
The next thing Digory knew was that there was a soft green light coming down on him from above, and darkness below.[qh]
接着，迪格雷感到，头顶上射来一束柔和的绿光，下面一片漆黑。[qh]
He didn't seem to be standing on anything, or sitting, or lying. Nothing appeared to be touching him. "I believe I'm in water," said Digory. "Or under water."[qh]
他似乎既未站在什么上面，也未坐在或躺在什么上面，四周空空如也。“我认为自己在水中。”迪格雷说，“要么在水下。”[qh]
This frightened him for a second, but almost at once he could feel that he was rushing upwards.[qh]
这使他吓了一跳，但他马上就觉得在往上冲。[qh]
Then his head suddenly came out into the air and, he found himself scrambling ashore, out on to smooth grassy ground at the edge of a pool.[qh]
突然，他的脑袋接触到空气，他发现自己钻了出来，在水潭边平坦的碧草地上趴着。[qh]
As he rose to his feet he noticed that he was neither dripping nor panting for breath as anyone would expect after being under water. His clothes were perfectly dry.[qh]
站起来时，他注意到，自己不像从水里出来，既不是湿漉漉的，也没有呼吸急促。他的衣服完全是干的。[qh]
He was standing by the edge of a small pool-not more than ten feet from side to side in a wood.[qh]
他正站在树林中一个不足十尺宽的小水潭边。[qh]
The trees grew close together and were so leafy that he could get no glimpse of the sky.[qh]
那些树密密地长在一起，枝繁叶茂，遮天蔽日。[qh]
All the light was green light that came through the leaves: but there must have been a very strong sun overhead, for this green daylight was bright and warm.[qh]
唯一的光线就是从树叶间渗漏下的绿光。然而，树林上面一定是烈日当空，因为那绿光既明亮又温暖。[qh]
It was the quietest wood you could possibly imagine. There were no birds, no insects, no animals, and no wind. You could almost feel the trees growing.[qh]
你可以想像，那是个最为安静的树林，没有鸟，没有虫，没有动物，也没有风。你甚至能感觉到树木在生长。[qh]
The pool he had just got out of was not the only pool. There were dozens of others-a pool every few yards as far as his eyes could reach.[qh]
除了他刚才钻出来的那个水潭外，树林里还有不少其他的水潭，极目所视，每隔几步就有一个。[qh]
You could almost feel the trees drinking the water up with their roots. This wood was very much alive.[qh]
你几乎可以感觉到树木用根部在喝水。林子里生机盎然。[qh]
When he tried to describe it afterwards Digory always said, "It was a rich place: as rich as plumcake."[qh]
当迪格雷后来试着描述时，他总是说：“那是个郁郁葱葱的地方，像葡萄干饼一样绿油油的。”[qh]
The strangest thing was that, almost before he had looked about him, Digory had half forgotten how he had come there.[qh]
最奇怪的是，还来不及东张西望，迪格雷便差不多忘了他是如何到那里的。[qh]
At any rate, he was certainly not thinking about Polly, or Uncle Andrew, or even his Mother. He was not in the least frightened, or excited, or curious.[qh]
他怎么也想不起波莉、安德鲁舅舅，甚至他的妈妈。他丝毫不感到害怕，不激动也不好奇。[qh]
If anyone had asked him "Where did you come from?" he would probably have said, "I've always been here."[qh]
要是有人问他：“你从哪儿来？”他很可能会说，“我一直在这儿。”[qh]
That was what it felt like—as if one had always been in that place and never been bored although nothing had ever happened.[qh]
就是这种感觉——尽管没发生什么事，你却好像一直在那里，从来没有厌烦过。[qh]
As he said long afterwards, "It's not the sort of place where things happen. The trees go on growing, that's all."[qh]
正如他很久以后说的：“那是个不会有什么事的地方。只是树木在不停地生长。”[qh]
After Digory had looked at the wood for a long time he noticed that there was a girl lying on her back at the foot of a tree a few yards away.[qh]
迪格雷久久地注视着那片树林，然后，他发现，离他不远的地方，一个女孩正躺在一棵树下。[qh]
Her eyes were nearly shut but not quite, as if she were just between sleeping and waking. So he looked at her for a long time and said nothing.[qh]
她的眼睛微微闭着，一副似睡非睡的模样。他看了很久，没说话。[qh]
And at last she opened her eyes and looked at him for a long time and she also said nothing. Then she spoke, in a dreamy, contented sort of voice. "I think I've seen you before," she said.[qh]
最后她睁开了眼睛，看了他良久，也没有说话。然后她用梦呓般的心满意足的语调说话了。“我觉得以前在哪儿见过你。”她说。[qh]
"I rather think so too," said Digory. "Have you been here long?" "Oh, always," said the girl. "At least-I don't know a very long time." "So have I," said Digory.[qh]
“我也这么觉得，”迪格雷说，“你在这儿很久了吗？”“是的，一直在这儿，”女孩说，“至少——我也不知道——很长时间了。”“我也是，一直在这儿。”迪格雷说。[qh]
"No you haven't," said she. "I've just seen you come up out of that pool." "Yes, I suppose I did," said Digory with a puzzled air, "I'd forgotten." Then for quite a long time neither said any more.[qh]
“不对，”她说，“我刚才明明见你从那个水潭里出来。”“我想我是从水潭里出来的，”迪格雷迷迷糊糊地说，“不过我忘了。”两人久久地沉默着。[qh]
"Look here," said the girl presently, "I wonder did we ever really meet before? I had a sort of idea-a sort of picture in my head-of a boy and a girl, like us-living somewhere quite different-and doing all sorts of things. Perhaps it was only a dream."[qh]
“唉呀，”女孩这才说，“我真想知道，我们以前是不是见过？我有个想法——脑子里有幅画面——一个男孩和一个女孩，就像我们一样——住在另一个跟这儿很不相同的地方——做着各种各样的事情。可能只是一个梦。”[qh]
"I've had that same dream, I think," said Digory. "About a boy and a girl, living next door-and something about crawling among rafters. I remember the girl had a dirty face."[qh]
“我想，我也做过同样的梦。”迪格雷说，“一个男孩和一个女孩，住在隔壁——好像在椽子之间爬行。我记得那女孩的脸很脏。”[qh]
