8220;And yet, you know, 8221; said the Elephant (the She Elephant, of course; her husband, as you remember, had been called away by Aslan). 8220;And yet, you know, it might be an animal of some kind. Mightn 8217;t the whitish lump at this end be a sort of face? And couldn 8217;t those holes be eyes and a mouth? No nose, of course. But then 8211; ahem 8211; one mustn 8217;t be narrow-minded. Very few of us have what could exactly be called a Nose. 8221; She squinted down the length of her own trunk with pardonable pride.
“你们知道，”大象说(当然是母象，她的丈夫，你还记得，被阿斯兰叫走了)，“你们知道，它可能是某种动物。这头这块白的不像脸吗？那些洞不是眼睛和嘴吗？没鼻子，当然。但是——啊——不必太狭隘。确切地说，我们当中，只有极少数有那种被叫做鼻子的东西。”它斜睨着自己的长鼻子，那种骄傲的神态是可以谅解的。
8220;I object to that remark very strongly, 8221; said the Bulldog.
“我强烈反对这种说法。”公狗说。 8221;
8220;The Elephant is quite right, 8221; said the Tapir.
“象是对的。”貘说。
8220;I tell you what! 8221; said the Donkey brightly, 8220;perhaps it 8217;s an animal that can 8217;t talk but thinks it can. 8221;
“我告诉你吧！”驴子伶牙俐齿地说，“也许它是一种不能说话但觉得自己能说话的动物。”
8220;Can it be made to stand up? 8221; said the Elephant thoughtfully. She took the limp form of Uncle Andrew gently in her trunk and set him up on end: upside down, unfortunately, so that two half-sovereigns, three halfcrowns, and a sixpence fell out of his pocket. But it was no use. Uncle Andrew merely collapsed again.
“能让它站起来吗？”大象关心地说。它用鼻子将安德鲁舅舅柔软的身体轻轻一卷，并把他竖在地上，但不幸放反了，两枚二分之一金镑、三枚五分之二先令和一枚六便士硬币从他的衣袋里掉了出来。但没有用，安德鲁舅舅又倒了下去。
8220;There! 8221; said several voices. 8220;It isn 8217;t an animal at all, It 8217;s not alive. 8221;
“啊哈！”几个声音说，“根本不是动物，它不是活的。”
8220;I tell you, it is an animal, 8221; said the Bulldog. 8220;Smell it for yourself. 8221;
“我告诉你们，它是动物，”公狗说，“你们自己闻闻吧！”
8220;Smelling isn 8217;t everything, 8221; said the Elephant.
“气味并不能说明一切。”象说。
8220;Why, 8221; said the Bulldog, 8220;if a fellow can 8217;t trust his nose, what is he to trust? 8221;
“那么，”公狗说，“如果谁连自己的鼻子都不相信，它还相信什么？”
8220;Well, his brains perhaps, 8221; she replied mildly.
“大概应相信头脑吧。”象温和地说。
8220;I object to that remark very strongly, 8221; said the Bulldog.
“我强烈反对这种观点。”公狗说。
8220;Well, we must do something about it, 8221; said the Elephant. 8220;Because it may be the Neevil, and it must be shown to Aslan. What do most of us think? Is it an animal or something of the tree kind? 8221;
“嗯，我们必须有所行动，”象说，“因为它也许就是那个‘馍’，必须把它交给阿斯兰。大家是怎么看的？它是动物还是树一类的东西？”
8220;Tree! Tree! 8221; said a dozen voices.
“树！树！”十几个声音回答。
8220;Very well, 8221; said the Elephant. 8220;Then, if it 8217;s a tree it wants to be planted. We must dig a hole. 8221;
“好，”象说，“那么，如果是树，它一定想被栽在土里。我们要挖个洞。”