冰与火之歌系列之《权力的游戏》第1166期:第五十六章 丹妮莉丝(1)

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　　Her foragers returned with gnarled cottonwoods, purple brush, sheaves of brown grass. 她手下的人带回纠结的绵木、紫灌木以及束束褐草。

　　They took the two straightest trees, hacked² the limbs and branches from them, skinned off their bark, and split them, laying the logs in a square. 他们还找来两棵生得最直的树，砍下树枝，剥去树皮，然后将之劈开，把所得木柴堆成方形，

　　Its center they filled with straw, brush, bark shavings, and bundles of dry grass. 中间放满稻草、灌木、树皮屑和干草。

　　Rakharo chose a stallion from the small herd³ that remained to them; he was not the equal of Khal Drogo's red, but few horses were. 拉卡洛从剩下的小马群里挑了一头骏马，虽然比不上卓戈卡奥的赤红坐骑，但世间原本就少有与之匹敌的畜生。

　　In the center of the square, Aggo fed him a withered⁴ apple and dropped him in an instant with an axe⁵ blow between the eyes. 阿戈把它牵到木柴堆成的方形中间，喂它吃了一颗干瘪的苹果，然后照它面门一斧砍去，利落地把它放倒。

　　Bound hand and foot, Mirri Maz Duur watched from the dust with disquiet⁶ in her black eyes. 弥丽·马兹·笃尔手脚被缚，站在漫漫烟尘中，睁大那双黑眼，不安地看着这一切。

　　"It is not enough to kill a horse," she told Dany. “杀马是不够的，”她告诉丹妮，

　　"By itself, the blood is nothing. You do not have the words to make a spell, nor the wisdom to find them. “血液本身没有力量，你既不懂魔咒的语言，更没有寻求这种语言的智慧。

　　Do you think bloodmagic is a game for children? 你以为血魔法是小孩子玩的把戏？

　　You call me maegi as if it were a curse, but all it means is wise. 你称呼我为‘巫魔女’，仿佛那是个诅咒，但它真正的意思其实是‘智慧’。

　　You are a child, with a child's ignorance. 你只是个年幼无知的孩子，

　　Whatever you mean to do, it will not work. 无论你打算做什么，都注定不会成功。

　　Loose me from these bonds and I will help you." 为我松绑，我会帮你。”

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