《The Black Cauldron 》作者：- Lloyd Alexander 【EPUB】

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Scanned and fully proofed by:¤nihua¤2001-11-22 The Chronicles of PrydainBook TwoTHE BLACK CAULDRONLloyd AlexanderCopyright c 1965ISBN No. 0-440-40649-8Published byBantam DoubledayDell Books for Young ReadersApril 1990 Authors Note THE FOLLOWING PAGES are intended hopefully to do somewhat more than continue the Chronicles of Prydain. quotWhat happensnextquot is always an urgent question and this volume attempts to answer it at least partially. Nevertheless The Black Cauldron should standas a chronicle in its own right. Certain matters previously hinted at are here revealed more fully and while extending the story I have alsotried to deepen it.If a darker thread runs through the high spirits it is because the happenings are of serious import not only to the Land of Prydain but toTaran the Assistant Pig-Keeper himself. Although an imaginary world Prydain is essentially not too different from our real one wherehumor and heartbreak joy and sadness are closely interwoven. The choices and decisions that face a frequently baffled Assistant Pig-Keeper are no easier than the ones we ourselves must make. Even in a fantasy realm growing