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第1587章 The Last Battle(164)

“Here goes, then!” said Eustace. And they all began to eat. What was the fruit like? Unfortunately no one can escribe a taste. All I can say is that, compared with those uits, the freshest grapefruit you‘ve ever eaten was dull, and he juiciest orange was dry, and the most melting pear was ard and woody, and the sweetest wild strawberry was sour. nd there were no seeds or stones, and no wasps. If you ad once eaten that fruit, all the nicest things in this world ould taste like medicines after it. But I can’t describe it.

You can‘t find out what it is like unless you can get to thatcountry and taste it for yourself.

When they had eaten enough, Eustace said to King Peter, “You haven’t yet told us how you got here. You were just going to, when King Tirian turned up.”

“There‘s not much to tell,” said Peter. “Edmund andI were standing on the platform and we saw your train coming in. I remember thinking it was taking the bend far too fast. And I remember thinking how funny it was that our people were probably in the same train though Lucy didn’t know about it.”

“Your people, High King?” said Tirian.

“I mean my father and mother.Edmund‘s and Lucy’s and mine.”