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1、THERIDDLETheSecondBookofPellinorAlisonCroggonOneisthesinger,hiddenfromsunlightTwoistheseeker,fleeingfromshadowsThreeisthejourney,takenindangerFouraretheriddles,answeredintreesong:Earth,fire,water,airSpellsyouOUT!TraditionalAnnarennurseryrhymeAnnarenScrolls,LibraryofBuskANOT
2、EONTHETEXTTheRiddlecontinuesthetranslationoftheNaraudhLar-Chane(TheRiddleoftheTreesong),whichIbeganwiththefirsttwobooksofthisclassicromance,publishedasTheNaming.TheresponsetoTheNaminghasbeenmostencouraging,andconfirmsmyfeelingthatthismajorworkofAnnarenliteraturedeservesabro
3、aderpublic.ItspeakstoamodemaudienceasmuchasitdidtothosenamelessAnnarens,nowlostinthemistsoftime,forwhomitwasoriginallywritten.InTheNamingweareintroducedtoMaeradofPellinorandCadvanofLirigon,andlearnofMaerad'sdestinyastheFatedOneandheruniqueElementalheritageasshecomesintoherG
4、iftasaBard.TheRiddlepicksupfromtheeventsattheendofTheNamingand,againstthedarkeningbackgroundofthecomingWaroftheTreesong,takesusonthesecondstageofMaerad'squest:thatfortheRiddleoftheTreesongitself.InTheRiddlethequestmovesoutsideAnnarforthefirsttime,andweencountersomeofthebroa
5、dculturaldiversityofEdil-Amarandh.Forthepurposesofthistranslation,IhavetakenAnnaren,theoriginallanguageofthetext,tobetheequivalentofEnglish.Forthemostpart,ItranslateallAnnarenintoEnglish,butotherwisehaveleftotherlanguagesuntranslated,althoughIhopethecontextmakestheirmeaning
6、sclear.TheRiddleconsistsofBooksIIIandVoftheNaraudhLar-Chane.Ihavepreservedthegeneralstructureofthenarrative,althoughIhavefounditnecessary,intransposingthistextfromAnnarentomodernEnglish,totakesomeliberties:inparticular,thedivisionsofbooksinthetranslationdonotcorrespondtothe
7、divisionsintheoriginaltext,andsomesectionshavebeenrearrangedorslightlyextended.InmydefenseIwillsaythatIhaveexcisednothingandaddedlittle,makingonlysuchchangesIdeemednecessary,withinmylimitedjudgment,togivethenarrativetheimmediacyitwouldhavepossessedinitsowntime.Ihopetheresul
8、tdoesnotdisplease.Forthosewhoarecuriousaboutthecomplexstructuresandtropesoftheorig