LUCY LOOKS INtO A ARDROBE

    ONCE ter, Susan, Edmund and  Lucy. tory is about somet o t a to t of try, ten miles from t railation and t post office. s. (t and Betty, but t come into tory muce  of  at once; but on t evening o meet  t t door  Lucy (tle afraid of  youngest) ed to laugo keep  on pretending o .

    As soon as t to tairs on  t nigo talked it over.

    quot;eve fallen on our feet and no mistake,quot; said Peter. quot;to be  perfectly splendid. t old c us do anything we like.”

    quot;I t; said Susan.

    quot;O!quot; said Edmund, ending not to be  tired, ;Dont go on talking like t.”

    quot;Like ; said Susan; quot;and anys time you were in bed.”

    quot;trying to talk like Mot; said Edmund. quot;And o bed? Go to bed yourself.”

    quot; ter go to bed?quot; said Lucy. quot;to be a row if  were alking here.”

    quot;No t,quot; said Peter. quot;I tell you t of o mind  s about ten minutes  dining-room, and any amount of stairs and passages in  between.”

    quot;s t noise?quot; said Lucy suddenly. It o empty rooms o make tle creepy.

    quot;Its only a bird, silly,quot; said Edmund.

    quot;Its an o; said Peter. quot;to be a s go and explore tomorrow. You mighis.

    Did you see tains as  be  eagles.

    t be stags. therell be hawks.”

    quot;Badgers!quot; said Lucy.   quot;Foxes!quot; said Edmund.   quot;Rabbits!quot; said Susan.   But eady rain falling, so t  ains nor tream in the garden.

    quot;Of course it ; said Edmund. t finis airs in t apart for t in one direction and ther.

    quot;Do stop grumbling, Ed,quot; said Susan. quot;ten to one itll clear up in an ime ty s of books.”

    quot;Not for mequot;said Peter; quot;Im going to explore in  the house.”

    Everyone agreed to t   of  you never seem to come to t ed  places. t feried led only into spare bedrooms, as everyone ed  t t soon to a very long room full of pictures and t of armour; and after t eps up, and ttle  upstairs  led out on to a balcony, and t  led into eac of tly after t to a room t e empty except for one big  t  all except a dead blue-bottle on t;Not; said Peter, and trooped out again - all except  Lucy. Sayed be it rying t almost sure t it o   opened quite easily, and t.

    Looking into ts ly long fur  coats. tely stepped into t in among ts and rubbed   t it is very fooliso s  oneself into any  ts  one. It  quite dark in t retc in front of  to bump o took a step furteps aling to feel   tips of  s feel it.

    quot;t be a simply enormous ; t Lucy, going still  furt folds of ts aside to make room for iced t t. quot;I  more mot;  s, stooping doo feel it  instead of feeling t somet and poremely cold. quot;t; s on a step or ther.

    Next moment s   fur but somet; is just  like brancrees!quot; exclaimed Lucy. And t t a a feo  a long  way off.

    Somet er s  sanding in t nigime  and  snohe air.

    Lucy felt a little frig s very inquisitive and excited as  ree trunks; sill see tcy room  from . (S t  it is a very silly to s oneself into a  seemed to be still daylig;I can al back if anyt; t Lucy. So . In about  ten minutes s and found it . As sood looking at it,   to do  next, ster patter of feet coming to a very  strange person stepped out from among trees into t of t.

    tle taller te  upead of feet s hoofs.

    ail, but Lucy did not notice t first because it ly caug o keep it from trailing in too. range, but pleasant little face,  pointed beard and curly  of tuck two horns, one on each side of his forehead. One of his hands, as I  have said, held

    t   looked just as if mas  sart of surprise t he  dropped all his parcels.

    quot;Goodness gracious me!quot; exclaimed the Faun.