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what lucy sawsusan and the two boys were bitterly tired with rowing before they rouhe last headland and began the final pull up glasswater itself, and lucys headached frothe long hours of sun and the glare oer. even trukin longed for thevoyage to be over. the seat on which he sat to steer had been de for n, not dwarfs,and his feet did not reach the floor-boards; and everyone knows how unfortable thatis even for
ten nutes. and as they all grew re tired, their spirits fell. up tillnow the children had only been thinking of how to get to caspian. now they wondered whatthey would do when they found hi and how a handful of dwarfs and woodland creatures &a;nbsuld defeat an ar of grown-up huns.
twilight was ing on as they rowed slowly up the windings of glasswatercreek - a twilight which deepened as the banks drew clether and theing trees began alst to et overhead. it was very quiet in here as the sound ofthe sea died away behind the theuld evehe trickle of the little streathat poured down frothe forest i&a;a;lt;dfn&a;a;gt;&a;a;lt;/dfn&a;a;gt;nto glasswater.
they went ashore at last, far too tired to attet lighting a fire; andeven a supper of apples (though st of thefelt that they never wao see an appleagain) seed better than trying to catch or shoot anything. after a little silentng they all huddled down together in the ss and dead leaves between four large beebsp; trees.
everyoneexcept lucy went to sleep at once. lucy, being far less tired,found it hard to get fortable. also, she had fotten till now that all dwarfs snore.she khat one of the best ways of getting to sleep is to st, so she opened hereyes.
through a gap in the bra and branches shuld just see a patch ofwater in the creek and the sky above it. then, with a thrill of ry, she saw again,after all those years, the bright narnian stars. she had onown thebetter thaars of our own world, because as a queen in narnia she had goo bed ch later than asa child in england. and there they were - at least, three of the suer stellations &a;nbsuld be seen frowhere she lay: the ship, the haer, and the leopard. &a;a;a;quot;dear oldleopard,&a;a;a;quot; she rred happily to herself.
instead of getting drowsier she was getting re awake - with an odd,night-ti, dreash kind of wakefulness. the creek was growing brighter. she knew nowthat then on was on it, though shuldhe on. and now she began to feelthat the whole forest was ing awake like herself. hardly knowing why she did it,she got up quickly and walked a little distance away frotheir bivouac.
&a;a;a;quot;this is lovely,&a;a;a;quot; said lucy to herself. it waol and fresh, deliciousslls were floating everywhere.
sowhere close by she heard the twitter of a nightingale beginning tosing, then stopping, then &a;a;lt;dfn&a;a;gt;&a;a;lt;/dfn&a;a;gt;beginning again. it was a little lighter ahead. she wenttowards the light and ca to a place where there were fewer trees, and whole patches orpools of onlight, but the onlight and the shadows so xed that yould hardlybe sure where anything was or what it was. at the sa nt the nightingale,satisfied at last with his tuning up, burst into full song.
lucys eyes began to grow aced to the light, and she saw the treesthat wereher re distinctly. a great longing for the old days whereeuld talk in
narnia ca over her. she kly how each of these trees would talkif only shuld wake the and what sort of hun forit would put on. she looked ata silver birch: it would have a soft, showery void would look like a slendergirl, with hair blown all about her face, and fond of dang. she looked at the oak: hewould be a wizened, but hearty old n with a frizzled beard and warts on his fadhands, and hair growing out of the warts. she looked at the beeder which she wasstanding. ah!
she would be the best of all. she would be a gracious goddess, soth andstately, the lady of the wood.
&a;a;a;quot;oh, trees, trees, trees,&a;a;a;quot; said lucy (though she had not been intending tospeak at all).
&a;a;a;quot;oh, trees, wake, wake, wake. dont you reer it? dont you reer ?dryads and hadryads, e out, e to .”
though there was not a breath of wind they all stirred about her. therustling noise of the leaves was alst like words. the nightiopped singing as if tolisten to it.
lucy felt that at any nt she would begin to uand what the treeswere trying to say. but the nt did he rustling died away. the nightingaleresud its song. even in the onlight the wood looked re ordinary agai lubsp; had the feeling (as you sotis have when you are trying to reer a na or adate and alst get it, but it vanishes before you really do) that she had justssed sothing: as if she had spoken to the trees a split sed too soon or a split sedtoo late, or used all the right words except one, or put in one word that was just wrong.
quite suddenly she began to feel tired. she went back to the bivouabsp; snuggled dowween susan aer, and was asleep in a few nutes.
it was ld and cheerless waking for theall with a greytwilight in the wood (for the sun had not yet risen) and everything da and dirty.
&a;a;a;quot;apples, heigh-ho,&a;a;a;quot; said trukin with a rueful grin. &a;a;a;quot;i st say youa kings and queens dont overfeed youurtiers!”
they stood up and shook theelves and looked about. the trees were thibsp; and theuld see no re than a few yards in any dire.
&a;a;a;quot;i suppose your majesties know the way all right?&a;a;a;quot; said the dwarf.
&a;a;a;quot;i dont,&a;a;a;quot; said susan. &a;a;a;quot;ive never seen these woods inlife before. infact i thought all along that we ought to have gone by the river.”
&a;a;a;quot;then i think you ght have said so at the ti,&a;a;a;quot; answered peter, withpardonable sharpness.
&a;a;a;quot;oh, dont take any notice of her,&a;a;a;quot; said ednd. &a;a;a;quot;she always is a wetbla. youve got that pocket pass of yours, peter, havent you? well, then, were asright as rain. weve
only got to keep on going north-west - cross that little river, the what- do-you-call-it? - the rush -”
&a;a;a;quot;i kno;quot; said peter. &a;a;a;quot;the ohat joins the big river at the fords ofberuna, or berunas bridge, as the d.l.f. calls it.”
&a;a;a;quot;thats right. cross it and strike uphill, and well be at the stoable(aslans how, i an) by eight or nine oclock. i hope king caspian will give us a goodbreakfast!”
&a;a;a;quot;i hope youre right,&a;a;a;quot; said susan. &a;a;a;quot;i t reer all that at all.”
&a;a;a;quot;thats the worst of girls,&a;a;a;quot; said ednd to peter and the dwarf. &a;a;a;quot;theynever carry a p in their heads.”
&a;a;a;quot;thats because our heads have sothing ihe&a;a;a;quot; said lucy.
at first things seed to be going pretty well. they even -thought they hadstru old path; but if you know anything about woods, you will know that one isalways finding iginary paths. they disappear after about five nutes and then you thinkyou have found another (and hope it is not a;bdi&a;a;gt;&a;a;lt;/bdi&a;a;gt; but re of the sa one) and italso disappears, and after you have been well lured out of yht direyou realize that none of thewere pats at all. the boys and the dwarf, however, were usedto woods and were not taken in for re than a few seds.
they had plodded on for about half an hour (three of thevery stiff fronbsp; yesterdays rowing) when trukin suddenly whispered, &a;a;a;quot;stop.&a;a;a;quot; they all stopped.&a;a;a;quot;theres sothing following us,&a;a;a;quot; he said in a low voice. &a;a;a;quot;or rather, sothingkeeping up with us: over there on the left.&a;a;a;quot; they all stood still, listening and staringtill their ears and eyes ached. &a;a;a;quot;you and id better each have an arr,&a;a;a;quot; said susan totrukin.
the dwarf nodded, and when both bows were ready for a the party wenton again.
they went a few dozen yards through fairly open woodland, keeping a sharplook-out.
then they ca to a place where the undergrowth thied and they had topass o it. just as they were passing the place, there ca a sudden sothingthat snarled and flashed, rising out frothe breaking twigs like a thunderbolt. lucy wasknocked down and winded, hearing the twang of a b as she fell. when she was ableto take notice of things again, she saw a great grilooking grey bear lying deadwith trukins arrow in its side.
&a;a;a;quot;the d.l.f. beat you in that shooting tch, su,&a;a;a;quot; said #peter, with aslightly forced sle. even he had been shaken by this adventure.
&a;a;a;quot;i - i left it too late,&a;a;a;quot; said susan, in an earrassed voice. &a;a;a;quot;i was soafraid it ght be, you know - one of our kind of bears, a talking bear.&a;a;a;quot; she hated killingthings.
&a;a;a;quot;thats the trouble of it,&a;a;a;quot; said trukin, &a;a;a;quot;when st of the beasts havegone ene and gone du, but there are still so of the other ki. you never know,and you darent wait to see.”
&a;a;a;quot;poor old bruin,&a;a;a;quot; said susan. &a;a;a;quot;you dont think he was?”
&a;a;a;quot;not he,&a;a;a;quot; said the dwarf. &a;a;a;quot;i saw the fad i heard the snarl. he onlywanted little girl for his breakfast. and talking of breakfast, i didnt want to disbsp; your majesties when you said you hoped king caspian would give you a good one: but atsprecious scar ca. and theres good eating on a bear. it would be a sha toleave the carcass without taking a bit, and it wont delay us re than half an hour.i dare say you two youngsters - kings, i should say - know how to skin a bear?”
&a;a;a;quot;lets go and sit down a fair way off,&a;a;a;quot; said susan to lucy. &a;a;a;quot;i know what ahorrid ssy busihat will be.&a;a;a;quot; lucy shuddered and nodded. when they had sat downshe said: &a;a;a;quot;such a horrible idea has e intohead, su. “
&a;a;a;quot;whats that?”
&a;a;a;quot;wouldnt it be dreadful if so day, in our own world, at ho, nstarted going wild inside, like the anils here, and still looked like n, so that youdnever know which were which?”
&a;a;a;quot;weve got enough to bother about here and now in narnia,&a;a;a;quot; said thepractical susan, &a;a;a;quot;without igining things like that.”
when they rejoihe boys and the dwarf, as ch as they thought they &a;nbsuld carry of the best at had been cut off. raw at is not a hing to fill onespockets with, but they folded it up in fresh leaves and de the best of it. they were allexperienced enough to know that they would feel quite differently about these squashyand unpleasant parcels when they had walked long enough to be really hungry.
ed again (stopping to wash three pairs of hands that in the first streathey passed) until the sun rose and the birds began to sing, andre flies than they wanted were buzzing in the bra. the stiffness froyesterdaysrowing began to wear off. everybodys spirits rose. the sun grew warr and they took theirhelts off and carried the
&a;a;a;quot;i suppose we are going right?&a;a;a;quot; said ednd about an hour later.
&a;a;a;quot;i dont see how weg as long as we dooo ch to theleft,&a;a;a;quot; said peter. &a;a;a;quot;if we bear too ch to the right, the worst thathappen iswasting a little ti by striking the great river too soon and not cutting off the er.”
and agairudged on with no sound except the thud of their feet andthe jingle of theirshirts.
&a;a;a;quot;wheres this bally rush got to?&a;a;a;quot; said ednd a good deal later.
&a;a;a;quot;i certainly thought wed have struck it by no;quot; said peter. &a;a;a;quot;but theresnothing to do but keep on.&a;a;a;quot; they both khat the dwarf was looking anxiously at the buthe said nothing.
and still they trudged on and their il shirts began to feel very hot andheavy.
&a;a;a;quot;what oh?&a;a;a;quot; said peter suddenly.
they had e, without seeing it, alst to the edge of a sll precipibsp; frowhich they looked down into a ge with a river at the botto on the far sidethe cliffs rose ch higher. none of the party except ednd (and perhaps trukin) was arock clier.
&a;a;a;quot;isorry,&a;a;a;quot; said peter. &a;a;a;quot;itsfault f this way. were lost.ive never seen this plalife before.”
the dwarf gave a low whistle between his teeth.
&a;a;a;quot;oh, do lets go bad go the other way,&a;a;a;quot; said susan. &a;a;a;quot;i knew all alongwed get lost in these woods.”
&a;a;a;quot;susan!&a;a;a;quot; said lucy, reproachfully, &a;a;a;quot;dont nag at peter like that. its sorotten, and hes doing all he .”
&a;a;a;quot;and dont you snap at su like that, either,&a;a;a;quot; said ednd. &a;a;a;quot;i think shesquite right.”
&a;a;a;quot;tubs and tortoiseshells!&a;a;a;quot; exclaid trukin. &a;a;a;quot;if weve got lost ing,what ce have we of finding our way back? and if were to go back to the island andbegin all ain - even supposing wuld - we ght as well give the whole thing up.miraz will have finished with caspian before we get there at that rate.”
&a;a;a;quot;you think we ought to go on?&a;a;a;quot; said lucy.
&a;a;a;quot;inot sure the high king is lost,&a;a;a;quot; said trukin. &a;a;a;quot;whats to hihisriver being the rush?”
&a;a;a;quot;because the rush is not in a ge,&a;a;a;quot; said peter, keeping his teer withso difficulty.
&a;a;a;quot;your majesty says is,&a;a;a;quot; replied the dwarf, &a;a;a;quot;but oughtnt you to say was?you khis try hundreds - it y be a thousand - years ago. maynt it haveged? a landslide ght have pulled off half the side of that hill, leaving bare rock, andthere are your precipices beyond the ge. then the rush ght go on deepening iturseyear after
year till you get the little precipices this side. or there ght have beenahquake, or anything.”
&a;a;a;quot;i hought of that,&a;a;a;quot; said peter.
&a;a;a;quot;and anyway,&a;a;a;quot; tirukin, &a;a;a;quot;even if this is not the rush, itsflowing roughly north and so it st fall into the great river anyway. i think i passedsothing that ght have been it, onway down. so if we go downstrea tht,well hit the great river. perhaps not so high as wed hoped, but at least well be noworse off than if youd y way.”
&a;a;a;quot;trukin, youre a brick,&a;a;a;quot; said peter. &a;a;a;quot;e on, then. down this side ofthe ge.”
&a;a;a;quot;look! look! look!&a;a;a;quot; cried lucy.
&a;a;a;quot;where? what?&a;a;a;quot; said everyone.
&a;a;a;quot;the lion,&a;a;a;quot; said lucy. &a;a;a;quot;aslan hielf. didnt you see?&a;a;a;quot; her face hadged pletely and her eyes shone.
&a;a;a;quot;do you really an -?&a;a;a;quot; begaer.
&a;a;a;quot;where did you think you saw hi&a;a;a;quot; asked susan.
&a;a;a;quot;dont talk like a grown-up,&a;a;a;quot; said lucy, staing her foot. &a;a;a;quot;i didnt thinki saw hi i saw hi”
&a;a;a;quot;where, lu?&a;a;a;quot; asked peter.
&a;a;a;quht up there between those untain ashes. no, this side of the ge.and up, not down. just the opposite of the way you want to go. and he wanted us to gowhere he was - up there.”
&a;a;a;quot;how do you know that was what he wanted?&a;a;a;quot; asked ednd.
&a;a;a;quot;he - i - i just kno;quot; said lucy, &a;a;a;quot;by his face.”
the others all looked at each other in puzzled silence.
&a;a;a;quot;her majesty y well have seen a lion,&a;a;a;quot; put in trukin. &a;a;a;quot;there are lionsin these woods, ive been told. but ithave &a;a;lt;q&a;a;gt;..&a;a;lt;/q&a;a;gt;been a friendly and talking lionany re than the bear was a friendly and talking bear.”
&a;a;a;quot;oh, dont be so stupid,&a;a;a;quot; said lucy. &a;a;a;quot;do you think i dont know aslan wheni see hi”
&a;a;a;quot;hed be a pretty elderly lion by no;quot; said trukin, &a;a;a;quot;if hes one youknew when you were here before! and if iuld be the sa one, whats to prevent hinbsp; having gone wild and witless like so ny others?”
lucy turned crion and i think she would have flown at trukin, if peterhad not laid his hand on her ar &a;a;a;quot;the d.l.f. doesnt uand. hould he? you stjust take it, trukin, that we do really know about aslan; a little bit about hi ian. and you stnt talk about hilike that again. it isnt lucky for ohing: andits all nonsense for ahe only question is whether aslan was really there.”
&a;a;a;quot;but i know he was,&a;a;a;quot; said lucy, her eyes filling with tears.
&a;a;a;quot;yes, lu, but we dont, you see,&a;a;a;quot; said peter.
&a;a;a;quot;theres nothing for it but a vote,&a;a;a;quot; said ednd.
&a;a;a;quot;all right,&a;a;a;quot; replied peter. &a;a;a;quot;youre the eldest, d.l.f. what do you votefor? up or down?”
&a;a;a;quot;do;quot; said the dwarf. &a;a;a;quot;i know nothing about aslan. but i do know that ifwe tur and follow the ge up, it ght lead us all day before we found a plabsp; where wuld cross it. whereas if we turn right and go down, were bound to reach thegreat river&a;a;lt;cite&a;a;gt;?&a;a;lt;/cite&a;a;gt; in about uple of hours. and if there are any real lions about, we want togo away frothe not towards the”
&a;a;a;quot;what do you say, susan?”
&a;a;a;quot;dont be angry, lu,&a;a;a;quot; said susan, &a;a;a;quot;but i do think we should go down. inbsp; dead tired. do lets get out of this wretched wood into the open as quick as we . andnone of us except you saw anything.”
&a;a;a;quot;ednd?&a;a;a;quot; said peter.
&a;a;a;quot;well, theres just this,&a;a;a;quot; said ednd, speaking quickly and turning alittle red. &a;a;a;quot;when we first dvered narnia a year ago - or a thousand years ago, whicheverit is - it was lucy who dvered it first and none of us would believe her. i was theworst of the lot, i know. yet she was right after all. wouldnt it be fair to believe herthis ti? i vote foing up.”
&a;a;a;quot;oh, ed!&a;a;a;quot; said lud seized his hand.
&a;a;a;quot;and now its your turer,&a;a;a;quot; said susan, &a;a;a;quot;and i do hope -”
&a;a;a;quot;oh, shut up, shut up a a chap think,&a;a;a;quot; interrupted peter. &a;a;a;quot;id bsp; rather not have to vote. “
&a;a;a;quot;youre the high king,&a;a;a;quot; said trukin sternly.
&a;a;a;quot;do;quot; said peter after a long pause. &a;a;a;quot;i know lucy y be right after all,but i t help it. we st do one or the other.”
so they set off to their right along the edge, downstrea and lucy calast of the party, g bitterly.
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