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chater eleven the duffleud ade hay（第2页）
“Don’ttheyadmireyou？”askedLucy．
“Oh，notme，”saidtheMagician．“Theywouldn’tadmireme．”
“Whatwasityouuglifiedthemfor-Imean，whattheycalluglified？”
“Well，theywouldn’tdowhattheyweretold．Theirworkistomindthegardenandraisefood-notforme，astheyimagine，butforthemselves．Theywouldn’tdoitatallifIdidn’tmakethem．Andofcourseforagardenyouwantwater．Thereisabeautifulspringabouthalfamileawayupthehill．Andfromthatspringthereflowsastreamwhichcomesrightpastthegarden．AllIaskedthemtodowastotaketheirwaterfromthestreaminsteadoftrudginguptothespringwiththeirbucketstwoorthreetimesadayandtiringthemselvesoutbesidesspillinghalfofitonthewayback．Buttheywouldn’tseeit．Intheendtheyrefusedpointblank．”
“Aretheyasstupidasallthat？”askedLucy．
TheMagiciansighed．“Youwouldn’tbelievethetroublesI’vehadwiththem．Afewmonthsagotheywereallforwashinguptheplatesandknivesbeforedinner：theysaiditsavedtimeafterwards。I’vecaughtthemplantingboiledpotatoestosavecookingthemwhentheyweredugup．Onedaythecatgotintothedairyandtwentyofthemwereatworkmovingallthemilkout；noonethoughtofmovingthecat．ButIseeyou’vefinished．Let’sgoandlookattheDuffersnowtheycanbelookedat．”
Theywentintoanotherroomwhichwasfullofpolishedinstrumentshardtounderstand-suchasAstrolabes，Orreries，Chronoscopes，Poesimeters，ChoriambusesandTheodolinds-andhere，whentheyhadcometothewindow，theMagiciansaid，“There．ThereareyourDuffers．”
“Idon’tseeanybody，”saidLucy．“Andwhatarethosemushroomthings？”
Thethingsshepointedatweredottedalloverthelevelgrass．Theywerecertainlyverylikemushrooms，butfartoobig-thestalksaboutthreefeethighandtheumbrellasaboutthesamelengthfromedgetoedge．Whenshelookedcarefullyshenoticedtoothatthestalksjoinedtheumbrellasnotinthemiddlebutatonesidewhichgaveanunbalancedlooktothem．Andtherewassomething-asortoflittlebundle-lyingonthegrassatthefootofeachstalk．Infactthelongershegazedatthemthelesslikemushroomstheyappeared．Theumbrellapartwasnotreallyroundasshehadthoughtatfirst．Itwaslongerthanitwasbroad，anditwidenedatoneend．Therewereagreatmanyofthem，fiftyormore．
Theclockstruckthree．
Instantlyamostextraordinarythinghappened．Eachofthe“mushrooms”suddenlyturnedupside-down．Thelittlebundleswhichhadlainatthebottomofthestalkswereheadsandbodies．Thestalksthemselveswerelegs．Butnottwolegstoeachbody．Eachbodyhadasinglethicklegrightunderit（nottoonesideliketheleg
ofaone-leggedman）andattheendofit，asingleenormousfoot-abroadtoedfootwiththetoescurlingupalittlesothatitlookedratherlikeasmallcanoe．Shesawinamomentwhytheyhadlookedlikemushrooms．Theyhadbeenlyingflatontheirbackseachwithitssinglelegstraightupintheairanditsenormousfootspreadoutaboveit．Shelearnedafterwardsthatthiswastheirordinarywayofresting；forthefootkeptoffbothrainandsunandforaMonopodtolieunderitsownfootisalmostasgoodasbeinginatent．
“Oh，thefunnies，thefunnies，”criedLucy，burstingintolaughter．“Didyoumakethemlikethat？”
“Yes，yes．ImadetheDuffersintoMonopods，”saidtheMagician．Hetoowaslaughingtillthetearsrandownhischeeks．“Butwatch，”headded．
Itwasworthwatching．Ofcoursetheselittleone-footedmencouldn’twalkorrunaswedo．Theygotaboutbyjumping，likefleasorfrogs．Andwhatjumpstheymade！asifeachbigfootwereamassofsprings．Andwithwhatabouncetheycamedown；thatwaswhatmadethethumpingnoisewhichhadsopuzzledLucyyesterday．Fornowtheywerejumpinginalldirectionsandcallingouttooneanother，“Hey，lads！We’revisibleagain．”
“Visibleweare，”saidoneinatasselledredcapwhowasobviouslytheChiefMonopod．“AndwhatIsayis，whenchapsarevisible，why，theycanseeoneanother．”
“Ah，thereitis，thereitis，Chief，”criedalltheothers．“There’sthepoint．Noone’sgotaclearerheadthanyou．Youcouldn’thavemadeitplainer．”
“Shecaughttheoldmannapping，thatlittlegirldid，”saidtheChiefMonopod．“We’vebeatenhimthistime．”
“Justwhatwewere，goingtosayourselves，”chimedthechorus．“You’regoingstrongerthanevertoday，Chief．Keepitup，keepitup．”
“Butdotheydaretotalkaboutyoulikethat？”saidLucy．“Theyseemedtobesoafraidofyouyesterday．Don’ttheyknowyoumightbelistening？”
“That’soneofthefunnythingsabouttheDuffers，”saidtheMagician．“OneminutetheytalkasifIraneverythingandoverheardeverythingandwasextremelydangerous．Thenextmomenttheythinktheycantakemeinbytricksthatababywouldseethrough-blessthem！”
“Willtheyhavetobeturnedbackintotheirpropershapes？”askedLucy．“Oh，Idohopeitwouldn’tbeunkindtoleavethemastheyare．Dotheyreallymindverymuch？Theyseemprettyhappy．Isay-lookatthatjump．Whatweretheylikebefore？”
“Commonlittledwarfs，”saidhe．“NothinglikesoniceasthesortyouhaveinNarnia．”
“Itwouldbeapitytochangethemback，”saidLucy．“They’resofunny：andthey’rerathernice．DoyouthinkitwouldmakeanydifferenceifItoldthemthat？”
“I’msureitwould-ifyoucouldgetitintotheirheads．”
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