A DAY IthE BEAVERS

    opped.

    quot;t; cried Lucy, quot;ts flo; And so it  out of sight.

    quot;And noo do?quot; said Edmund, giving Peter a look ; did I tell you?”

    quot;S; said Susan.

    quot;?quot; said Peter.

    quot;trees over to t.”

    tared as  very comfortable.

    quot;t goes again,quot; said Susan presently.

    quot;I sa t time too,quot; said Peter. quot;Its still ts just gone  be big tree.”

    quot; is it?quot; asked Lucy, trying very  to sound nervous.

    quot;ever it is,quot; said Peter, quot;its dodging us. Its somet doesnt   to be seen.”

    quot;Lets go ; said Susan. And t out loud,  everyone suddenly realized t t Edmund o Peter at t cer. t.

    quot;s it like?quot; said Lucy.

    quot;Its - its a kind of animal,quot; said Susan; and t;Look! Look! Quick!  t is.”

    t time, a   tree. But time it didnt immediately draead, t its pa its mout as  to you to be quiet. t disappeared again. tood h.

    A moment later tranger came out from beree, glanced all  round as if it c;;, made signs to to join it in  t of anding, and then once more disappeared.

    quot;I kno is,quot; said Peter; quot;its a beaver. I saail.”

    quot;It s us to go to it,quot; said Susan, quot;and it is  to make a  noise.”

    quot;I kno; said Peter. quot;tion is, are o go to it or not?  do  you think, Lu?”

    quot;I ts a nice beaver,quot; said Lucy.

    quot;Yes, but ; said Edmund.

    quot;S ?quot; said Susan. quot;I mean, its no good just  standing  some dinner.”

    At t ts  from beree  and beckoned earnestly to them.

    quot;Come on,quot; said Peter,quot;lets give it a try. All keep close toget to be a matc turns out to be an enemy.”

    So t close togeto tree and in  be, and t it still dreo ty  in   safe in the open!”

    Only  oget t and t because no sno begin to talk to them.

    quot;Are you ters of Eve?quot; it said.

    quot;ere some of t; said Peter.

    quot;S-s-s-s; said t;not so loud please. ere not safe even  here.”

    quot;; said Peter. quot;t  ourselves.”

    quot;trees,quot; said t;tening. Most of  t trees t ray us to ; and it nodded its imes.

    quot;If it comes to talking about sides,quot; said Edmund, quot;how do we know youre a  friend?”

    quot;Not meaning to be rude, Mr Beaver,quot; added Peter, quot;but you see, rangers.”

    quot;Quite rige rig; said t;oken.quot; it o ttle . t it in surprise, till  suddenly Lucy said, quot;Os my o poor Mr tumnus.”

    quot;ts rig; said t;Poor fello  before it actually o me.  if anyto   meet you ake you on to -quot; o  silence and it gave

    one or terious nods. to to stand  as close around it as t tually tickled by its  he move - perhaps has already landed.”

    And no t t quite different. Per imes o you in a dream t someone  says somet understand but in t feels as if it errifying one o  a nigoo lovely to put into  you remember it all your life and are alo t dream again. It  no t somets inside. Edmund felt a sensation of mysterious er felt suddenly brave and adventurous. Susan felt as if some delicious smell or  some deligrain of music  floated by  t it is the beginning of summer.

    quot;And  Mr tumnus,quot; said Lucy; quot;where is he?”

    quot;S-s-s-s; said t;not  bring you walk and also dinner.”

    No one except Edmund felt any difficulty about trusting to ;dinnerquot;.

    t a  surprisingly quick pace, and al parts of t, for over an  ired and very rees began to get  t of to fall steeply doer t under till s.

    tanding on teep, narro ttom of   it  belo across t everyone  suddenly remembered t of course beavers are al quite  sure t Mr Beaver iced t  of  modest expression on  of look people ing a garden  tory tten. So it eness ; And Mr Beaver didnt say quot;; time but quot;Merely  a trifle!

    Merely a trifle! And it isnt really finished!”

    Above t ougo

    instead of being smooto ter  t ing ttering oons of t sugar. And out in tly  on top of ttle   of cooking and became han you were before.

    t iced, but Edmund noticed somettle loo join it. And looking up t valley, Edmund could see tced  out to ed from  t t ot, must be  about  turkis and about being a King (quot;And I ?quot; o his head.

    quot;; said Mr Beaver, quot;and it looks as if Mrs Beaver is expecting  us. Ill lead t be careful and dont slip.”

    top of to  (for o   on one side, ty drop to te Mr Beaver led t out to t. And he house.

    quot;; said Mr Beaver, quot;Ive found ters of Adam and Eve- and t in.

    t ticed as s in  tting in t   t topped  up as soon as the children came in.

    quot;So youve come at last!quot; s bot;At last! to t ever I so see tatoes are on boiling  and ttles singing and I daresay, Mr Beaver, youll get us some fish.”

    quot;t I ; said Mr Beaver, and  out of ter   o c. took a pail  doly at t seem to mind it being so co it, t in  a beautiful trout. t all over again until tch  of fish.

    Meantle and lay table and cut t tes in to  and drao put on t t. Lucy t ttle   at all like Mr tumnuss cave. tures, and instead  of beds t into trings of onions  ts and  oilskins and cs and pairs of sroar in and fiss and sacks. And table, though  very clean, was very rough.

    Just as ter and Mr Beaver came in  in t fiso be done and ill  t;No; Susan drained tatoes and t ty pot to dry on to disrout, so t in a very fees  everyone ools (it ools in t for Mrs Beavers ouck to beer) and a great big lump of deep yelloter in table from  o go atoes, and all t - and I agree  to beat good freser fis it e ago.

    And edly out of  t and gloriously sticky marmalade roll, steaming , and at time moved ttle on to t o be poured out. And o be able to lean against tentment.

    quot;And no; said Mr Beaver, pusy beer mug and pulling ea to  till Ive got my pipe lit up and going  nicely - o business. Its sno;   the window.

    quot;ts all tter, because it means o folloracks.”