CHAPTER SEVEN MAINLY ABOUT DWARFS(第4/4页)

While the Dwarf had been speaking the day seemed to have changed. It had been sunny when they sat down. Now Puzzle shivered. Jewel shifted his head uneasily. Jill looked up.

“It’s clouding over,”she said.

“And it’s so cold,”said Puzzle.

“Cold enough,by the Lion!”said Tirian,blowing on his hands.“And faugh! What foul smell is this ?”

“Phew!”gasped Eustace.“It’s like something dead. Is there a dead bird somewhere about ?And why didn’t we notice it before ?”

With a great upheaval Jewel scrambled to his feet and pointed with his horn.

“Look!”he cried.“Look at it! Look,look!”

Then all six of them saw; and over all their faces there came an expression of uttermost dismay.