From the Two Rivers: Part One of The Eye of the World, The Begining of the Wheel of Time

这个版本出版于2002年，是专门针对青少年的版本。为了把青少年引入这罪恶的世界，特地把第一卷和第二卷各分为两卷。The Eye of the World分为：From the Two Rivers 和 To the Blight；The Great Hunt分为：The Hunt Begins和New Threads in the Pattern。

大约是为了表示自己不完全是在圈钱，RJ特地为这个版本写了一个新的章节。

这一章是Egwene视角，发生于991NE，这一年Egwene 9岁，Rand/Perrin/Mat 12岁，Nynaeve 17岁。

在2002年，RJ早已深谙拖戏之道，所以这仍然是“什么都没发生”的一章。是的，乌鸦在观察两河地区，但明显只是一种泛泛的，无针对性的观察。因为从后文就可以知道，三个少年的属性，在他们16岁以后才被觉察到。

由此看出，时轮是一个多么合适的长期饭票。在整个Randland时间线上随便选取一个点，就可以编出一章，一个中篇，甚至一整本书。

如果RJ没有去世，他想换辆车，装修下房子的时候，大概就会说，哈莉叶，我心尖儿上的心尖儿，生命中的光明，你去问问熟识的编辑们，有谁在编短篇集，让他们算我一份。或者，前阵子那个中篇很受欢迎，我来加点买衣服穿衣服整理衣服，抻成一部长篇如何。

我就得节衣缩食地买其中只有一篇感兴趣的短篇集，为这些无关紧要的东西付钱：

一次小小的冒险：Rand/Perrin/Mat的迷雾山之行。

白花：Tam带Rand扫墓时，Tam对Kari的回忆，彻底粉碎她是黑暗之友的传言。

学徒：铁匠学徒Perrin的一天。

传染病：Nynaeve治愈Egwene，并且因为引导而病倒。

天空之花：Mat打算偷偷割开花炮并被抓获，火器时代的预言。

篝火：Moiraine和Lan的露营一晚。

鱼和网：Siuan当选Amyrlin Seat。

镜子的两面：Luc和Isam的相遇

等等等等。

要真能这样，该多好啊。

这一章的内容，一言以蔽之，三岁看老。

九岁的小女孩Egwene，在每一件事情上拔尖儿，自己看男孩子发呆同时看不起别人看男孩子发呆，听见一句Perrin长得很俊之后焦急地寻找Rand/Perrin/Mat想确认他们到底俊不俊。她十八岁的时候，也是这个样子。

时间：NE 991 春末，剪羊毛的季节

人物：

Egwene al'Vere (9) Nynaeve al'Meara （17）

Perrin Aybara (12)

Con Aybara —— Perrin之父 Joslyn Aybara —— Perrin之母，以前都没注意到，Perrin的妈妈也是Joline, Juilin, Dylin, Teslyn 等等分不清名字组的一员呢。 Deselle Aybara —— Perrin的妹妹 Adora Aybara —— Perrin的妹妹 Paet Aybara —— Perrin的小弟

Berowyn al'Vere —— Egwene的大姐 Alene al'Vere —— Egwene的二姐，书虫。为什么女孩儿多的家庭总有且只有一个书虫？ Elisa al'Vere (18) —— Egwene的三姐，老二和老三的顺序可能不对。 Loise al'Vere（15） —— Egwene的四姐

Kenley Ahan （11） —— 沂蒙村的小朋友。

Corin Ayellin —— 沂蒙村酱油妇女

Haral Luhhan —— Perrin的铁匠师傅

Cilia Cole （11） —— 沂蒙村的小女孩

Dag Coplin ——讨厌的老头子 Calle Coplin（20） —— 沂蒙村的女孩子

Bili Congar —— 另一个讨厌老头

Doral Barran —— Nynaeve之前的Wisdom，她很老，所以是不能Channel的吧，否则或者活不到很老，或者不会老 。 Jillie Lewin （17） —— 青年女村民

Wil al'Seen （13）—— 后来加入Perrin队伍的长得很好看的男孩子。

Paet al'Caar —— 沂蒙村的男村民 Jac al'Caar —— 沂蒙村的男村民

Dav Ayellin (12)—— 伊蒙村的男孩，Mat在调皮上的对手。 Elam Dowtry (12) —— 伊蒙村的男孩。 Dav，Dowtry和另一个小一些的男孩Ewin Finngar，多少算是三个Ta'veren的映射，他们后来离开村子去看世界，不知所终。如果RJ没有去世，不知会不会提一下他们的结局呢。

Urn Thane (11) —— 伊蒙村的男孩。 Ban (Bandry) Crawe —— 伊蒙村的男孩。在第一章里他曾声称自己也见到了黑衣骑士，显然是吹嘘的。 Lem Thane —— 伊蒙村的男孩，他也说过自己见到了黑衣骑士。 Dannil Lewin (13) —— 沂蒙村的男孩，后来成为Perrin的手下。

Natti Cauthon —— Mat的妈妈，她其实不算正式出场过，也没有说过什么台词。 Bodewhin Cauthon （11） —— Mat的妹妹，后来去了小白塔。 Eldrin Cauthon(10) —— Mat的妹妹。

Master Cole —— 老头，在第一章的时候他可能已经过世了。

Tamlin al'Thor

Cenn Buie —— 村委会的老头。 Master al'Dai —— 村委会的老头，不久后应该也死了。

She was not here to play. At nine, she was carrying water for the first time, but she was going to be the best water-carrier ever.

9岁到11岁小孩的工作是提水。当然小孩子都会认为自己在做的事情是最重要的，不过这个，真的只是打水而已啊。在任何事上都要拔尖儿的小孩儿，一但失去了拔尖儿的可能性……

Ravens sometimes bothered the sheep, but ignoring the redcrest's attempts to frighten it away was more than unusual.

是在观察，也是在眼皮底下没看见。

Two years older than she, he carried himself very straight, stretching to seem taller than he was. This was his last year carrying water at the shearing, and he behaved as if that cloaked him with some sort of authority.

打水的年限是9到11岁，12岁以上小孩的工作是看守羊。

这个Kenley Ahan，在tSR中死于兽人的袭击。

Widow Aynal's Meadow-it had been called that as long as anyone could remember,

就是个无名传说。

Maybe the boys with their shirts unlaced were not just being foolish. She ignored the younger children, running around rolling hoops and tossing balls and playing keepaway.

唉，这些姑娘一辈子就没有个对男人友好的阶段么。

剪羊毛日不是日历上的节日，但是两河少有的大聚会日，除了Bel Tine, Foolday，两河的聚会日都和羊毛与烟草的收获及贩卖有关。

Feeling for Berowyn would have been easier if Egwene could stop thinking that sometimes Berowyn saw her as the infant she had lost along with her husband.

Berowyn 的丈夫和孩子都死于热病。Egwene也染上了，她能活下来不是因为运气好，而是因为Nynaeve的第一次引导。

He was with his parents, and his mother had the baby, Paetram, on her hip, and little Deselle clinging to her skirt with one hand, though Perrin's little sister was looking around with interest at all the people and even sheep being herded past. Adora, his other sister, stood with her arms folded across her chest and a sullen expression that she was trying to hide from her mother.

这是Perrin家人在全书中唯一的一次出场。是RJ对Perrin的补偿吗。如果家人还在，Perrin还会不会落入魔掌呢，毕竟认识Faile是在之前发生的。

Master Luhhan was the blacksmith in Emond's Field, but neither Master Aybara nor Mistress Aybara would bring the whole family to ask after smithing. He was on the Village Council, too, but the same thing applied.

Perrin成为Luhhan师傅的徒弟就是这一年。 Perrin的爸爸也是村委会的人。

They moved a few steps from the others, and then Perrin begin to spin around and around, faster and faster, until Deselle's feet left the ground. Round and round he spun her, higher and higher in great swoops, while she laughed and laughed in delight.

给Perrin的时刻。

Cilia Cole, a pink-cheeked girl a couple of years older than she, stood only a few feet away with a silly smile on her face, making calf eyes at him.

这姑娘也是可以channel的，但没有去白塔。

Egwene grimaced in disgust. She would never be fool enough to make big eyes at a boy like some kind of woolhead.

一好色误终生的姑娘，您装什么呀，才九岁……

“Why were you staring at him?”

嘿嘿，实质就是这样嘛。

“Perrin, of course. Why were you staring at him? Everybody says you'll marry Rand al'Thor. When you're older, I mean, and have your hair in a braid.”

据当事人Rand的回忆，这个Everybody says 其实也是Eg自己搞出来的。 Perrin的妹妹对Eg还真不友好啊。是不是有两三个以上姑娘的地方就要斗呀斗呀。

“Perrin is pretty, of course. At least, I've heard lots of girls say so. And lots of girls look at him, just like you and Cilia.”

Perrin是卷毛，小时候大概真的挺好看吧，漫画里小时候也是他的样子最可爱。那个漫画就从来没把Mat画好过。

And for Perrin. Mat would be as good as Perrin, but she did not see him, either. Drat Adora! She had no right to say things like that!

就因为Perrin他妹的一句话，这个最好的提水工就旷工观察男孩儿们去了，这小假正经真是一生毁在好色上啊。

Egwene's favorite was The Travels of Jain Farstrider.

畅销书作家呢。

The Wisdom sniffed in disbelief, but she continued to watch Nynaeve like a hawk. That was surprising.

Nynaeve在治疗中无意Channel，引起的怀疑。这几段的主要目的是要写Channel而不自知的Nynaeve，自己和别人的疑虑。

She had apprenticed Nynaeve three years earlier, after her then-apprentice died of some sickness even Mistress Barran could not cure.

Nynaeve在十四岁时成为Wisdom学徒，上一个学徒的神秘死亡显然是Channel的结果。

Nynaeve had been a recent orphan, and a lot of people said the Wisdom should have sent her to her relatives in the country after her mother died, and taken on someone years older.

Nynaeve had been a recent orphan, and a lot of people said the Wisdom should have sent her to her relatives in the country after her mother died, and taken on someone years older.

这里写到了Nynaeve的家庭，以前猜测过Nynaeve的母亲是不是也因为Channel而死，看来不是这样，可能和前一年秋天的热病有关，Nynaeve救了Eg，却没能救自己的父母？

It was nearly a year since the Women's Circle had let Nynaeve braid her hair.

Nynaeve结辫子是在16岁。Egwene自己在近17岁，只结了几天。

“Don't you have work to do, Egwene?” Nynaeve said without turning around.

因为治疗过Egwene而产生的感应。RJ还记着这一设定呢，可后来Nynaeve活人无数，每个人她都能感觉到吗？

Anyway, she had been doing what she had vowed not to, slacking off, standing around watching Nynaeve and the Wisdom.

也有自知之明啊。

Elisa was eighteen, but her waist-length hair was still tied with a blue kerchief.

为什么被判定为没有长大呢？

The boys would need water, too.

恩，反正她一辈子都特有理。

At the pens, the dozen or so boys waiting to move sheep gave her surprised looks when she offered the dipper, and some said they could get water when they went to the river, but she kept on. And she always asked the same question. “Have you seen Perrin? Or Mat? Where can I find them?”

呵呵。

And Rand, a skinny boy, almost as tall as Perrin, with hands and feet that were too big for his size.

Perrin略高，已经很高的Rand还在显示趋势。

She expected she would marry one day-most women in the Two Rivers did-but she was not like those scatterbrains she heard going on about how they could hardly wait.

这个段落都是Eg对婚姻的遐想，未来的丈夫会不会同意她像Jain一样远行之类的。离开伊蒙村的时候，Eg是远比三个男孩更积极的，如果二人结婚，Rand或许真的不能理解Eg的梦想。留在沂蒙村会怎样，Rand在第二卷中已看到过了。I win again. 提到丈夫，还是为Eg难过的，最终她和时轮第一SB，构成了全书最讨厌的一对。还是觉着如果真和Perrin有发展，两个人都会变得好一些。

She thought Rand was kind- He had carved her a whistle once, and a horse, and he had given her an eagle's black-tipped feather when she said it was pretty, though she still suspected he had wanted to keep it for himself.

这点小美好，最后也不剩什么了，特别是对Eg。

“I'd like to a be a king,” Rand was saying. “That's what I'd like to be.”

恩，到时候你就不like了。

“A king of sheep!” Mat hooted. He was smaller than the others, always bouncing on his toes.

这个还没发育。说了好多次了，Mat小时候矮小，Nynaeve在很小的年纪做了Wisdom，因此这两个人都强烈地希望获得认可，当然最后的发展和认可的获得和他们想象的完全不一样。RJ不会去写那种你看不起我，等着我做出大事救了你羞愧地来崇拜我吧的loser故事，后来BS却还是写了。

“I'll rescue an Aes Sedai, and she'll reward me,” Mat shot back.

一语成谶啊，too young too simple sometimes naive 啊，真为这小孩子难过呀。

Perrin rubbed his nose, abashed. “Sometimes you have to be sensible, Mat,” he said slowly. “Sometimes you have to think ahead.”

但您那叫ALWAYS think啊。

Dav was taller than Mat, and stockier, but his eyes had that same light.

对Dav也是有好感的。Mat变成Mat，和这位比他高比他壮，调皮不相上下的小伙伴也是有关系的吧。

Dav and Mat seemed to compete to see who could get into the most trouble. And Rand might sound sensible, but when he was around the village, they often managed to pull him along, too. And Perrin, as well. The other three would fall in with anything at all Mat or Dav suggested.

以前也说过的，伊蒙村男孩们的关系。在Rand的回忆中，总是Mat让他做了某件坏事，实际上更接近领导者的还是Rand。没有人能勉强他做不愿意做的事，他是自己调皮，才总忍不住支持Mat的调皮意见，作为支持者的Perrin也是这样。

All but Mat looked wary; he wore a big grin that made him look guilty of something, for sure.

唉……

“As it happens,” he said, “I do know a story something like that. I'll ten you about the real Dragon, not a false one.”

Tam的故事，他竟很了解些真龙的事情，也是奇怪。其实Tam是RJ笔下最苏的一个角色，也难怪BS喜爱他。

For an instant he seemed harder. Hard enough to make the merchants' guards look soft.

提到Aiel War的时候，Tam的反应。

"what does 'the Dragon' mean? If somebody's called the Lion, it means he's supposed to be like a lion. But what's a dragon?'

Perrin的才智，不管怎么写Faile能看到Perrin的能力，没有Faile他才会是个更聪明更好的人吧。

Tam的故事，可能就是这一章的真正目的，介绍真龙，传说时代，DO，百人团等背景。不过，Tam是不是知道的太多太正确了？

She set herself a new goal, then: to be allowed to braid her hair younger than anybody ever.

唉……但她刚扎上辫子就有更远大的目标，看不上辫子了。

And if they learned that some of those stories really had been more than stories, well....

后来他们就成为了故事里的英雄嘛。