Хроники Нарнии
The Hunting of the White stag
AndthatnighttherewasagreatfeastinCairParavel,andrevelryanddancing,andgoldflashedandwineflowed,andansweringtothemusicinside,butstranger,sweeter,andmorepiercing,camethemusicoftheseapeople.
ButamidstalltheserejoicingsAslanhimselfquietlyslippedaway.AndwhentheKingsandQueensnoticedthathewasn’ttheretheysaidnothingaboutit.ForMrBeaverhadwarnedthem,"He’llbecomingandgoing,"hehadsaid."Onedayyou’llseehimandanotheryouwon’t.Hedoesn’tlikebeingtieddownandofcoursehehasothercountriestoattendto.It’squiteallright.He’lloftendropin.Onlyyoumustn’tpresshim.He’swild,’youknow.Notlikeatamelion."
Andnow,asyousee,thisstoryisnearly(butnotquite)atanend.ThesetwoKingsandtwoQueensgovernedNarniawell,andlongandhappywastheirreign.AtfirstmuchoftheirtimewasspentinseekingouttheremnantsoftheWhiteWitch’sarmyanddestroyingthem,andindeedforalongtimetherewouldbenewsofevilthingslurkinginthewilderpartsoftheforest-ahauntinghereandakillingthere,aglimpseofawerewolfonemonthandarumourofahagthenext.Butintheendallthatfoulbroodwasstampedout.Andtheymadegoodlawsandkeptthepeaceandsavedgoodtreesfrombeingunnecessarilycutdown,andliberatedyoungdwarfsandyoungsatyrsfrombeingsenttoschool,andgenerallystoppedbusybodiesandinterferersandencouragedordinarypeoplewhowantedtoliveandletlive.Andtheydrovebackthefiercegiants(quiteadifferentsortfromGiantRumblebuffin)onthenorthofNarniawhentheseventuredacrossthefrontier.Andtheyenteredintofriendshipandalliancewithcountriesbeyondtheseaandpaidthemvisitsofstateandreceivedvisitsofstatefromthem.Andtheythemselvesgrewandchangedastheyearspassedoverthem.
