[Originally posted at Ana Mardoll's Ramblings. As a reminder from last time, Susan stayed at the castle, Shasta was allowed to join without subterfuge, and Corin was allowed to ride with the army when he might otherwise not have been (since he's theoretically under the protection of Narnia) because he needed to be separated from Susan.]
"What draws your eyes, Shasta?" the horned Rabbit to his right asked.
"All the birds."
"They've been told there is a battle coming," the Rabbit said. "Eagles, Hawks and Vultures can't quite converse with their wordless brethren, but they can get the gist across. It's considered polite to let the wordless, those which resemble you, know about potential feasts."
"He means the dead people and horses," Corin said with a strange and disturbing glee.
"Will they feed on . . . us?" Shasta asked.
"If we die," Corin said.
"Only the wordless would," the Rabbit said. "It's generally considered very rude to dine upon one whom, in life, you could have conversed with."
"But . . ." Shasta was having difficulty figuring out how to communicate this. He knew that some animals ate their own kind, but he didn't wish to sound like he was saying those like this Rabbit did. Finally he settled on, "But wordless eat wordless."
"Their ways are their own," the Rabbit said, "and quite unlike our own."
If Al-mi'raj were a species rather than an individual, the horned rabbit would be one of them. WanderingUndine thought of a jackalope and I can definitely see where that's coming from.
"What draws your eyes, Shasta?" the horned Rabbit to his right asked.
"All the birds."
"They've been told there is a battle coming," the Rabbit said. "Eagles, Hawks and Vultures can't quite converse with their wordless brethren, but they can get the gist across. It's considered polite to let the wordless, those which resemble you, know about potential feasts."
"He means the dead people and horses," Corin said with a strange and disturbing glee.
"Will they feed on . . . us?" Shasta asked.
"If we die," Corin said.
"Only the wordless would," the Rabbit said. "It's generally considered very rude to dine upon one whom, in life, you could have conversed with."
"But . . ." Shasta was having difficulty figuring out how to communicate this. He knew that some animals ate their own kind, but he didn't wish to sound like he was saying those like this Rabbit did. Finally he settled on, "But wordless eat wordless."
"Their ways are their own," the Rabbit said, "and quite unlike our own."
~ - ~
If Al-mi'raj were a species rather than an individual, the horned rabbit would be one of them. WanderingUndine thought of a jackalope and I can definitely see where that's coming from.
No comments:
Post a Comment