DEEPER MAGIC FROM BEFORE tIME  ill croucc,  quot;No about   take us long to crusraitors no t Fool,  t Cat, lies dead.”

    At t t danger.  For  vile rabble came sop and do past t tres go by t t of taurs; and over a flurry  of foul ures and giant bats. At any otime trembled  no t of it.

    As soon as t again Susan and Lucy crept out onto top.

    tting lo still  t  in t grass and kissed roked iful fur -  of it - and cried till t eac. At  last Lucy said,  quot;I cant bear to look at t ake if  off?”

    So tried. And after a lot of  it (for t  part of t) t it t out crying again and kissed it and fondled it and  was all more lonely and o describe.

    quot;I ie ; said Susan presently. But t of pure spitefulness, ig ts.

    I e as miserable as Susan and  Lucy  nig if you  and cried  till you ears left in you - you  t  of quietness. You feel as if noto  any rate t  to ticed t tting colder and colder. But at last Lucy noticed t t side of ttle less dark t  had been an hour ago.

    tiny movement going on in t . At  first sook no interest in t did it matter? Nottered no at last s - stones of tone table.  And no on Aslans body. Stle grey things.

    quot;Ug; said Susan from table. quot;ly! ttle mice crale beasts.quot; And so frighem away.

    quot;ait!quot; said Lucy, ill. quot;Can  you see heyre doing?”

    Bot doared.

    quot;I do believe -quot; said Susan. quot;But  the  cords!”

    quot;ts ,quot; said Lucy. quot;I ttle t realize ll do some good untying him.”

    It e definitely ligiced for t time te face of ttle field mice. And at last, one by one, through.

    t ting fainter -  all except one very big one loern  colder t. t away again.

    t t  gre better.

    In t ill  for  it startled t. Soon the place.

    It e definitely early morning no late night.

    quot;Im so cold,quot; said Lucy.

    quot;So am I,quot; said Susan. quot;Lets  a bit.”

    to tern edge of tar  disappeared. try all looked dark grey, but beyond, at to turn red. to ands fro  more times t betern ridge, trying to  keep . t last, as tood for a moment  looking out to make out) turned to gold along t and very slohe sun.

    At t moment t cracking,  deafening noise as if a giant s plate.

    quot;s t?quot; said Lucy, clutching Susans arm.

    quot;I - I feel afraid to turn round,quot; said Susan; quot;something awful is  happening.”

    quot;to ; said Lucy. quot;Come on!quot; And surned, pulling Susan round h her.

    t - all colours  and s for a moment t see tant tone table o t crack t ran do  from end to end; and there was no Aslan.

    quot;O; cried table.

    quot;Os too bad,quot; sobbed Lucy; quot;t  the body alone.”

    quot;?quot; cried Susan. quot; does it mean? Is it magic?”

    quot;Yes!quot; said a great voice be;It is more magic.quot; they  looked round.

    t ly groood Aslan himself.

    quot;O; cried botaring up at  as mucened as they were glad.

    quot;Arent you dead t; said Lucy.

    quot;Not no; said Aslan.

    quot;Youre not - not a - ?quot; asked Susan in a s bring  o say t. Aslan stooped  of smell t seemed to  his hair came all  over her.

    quot;Do I look it?quot; he said.

    quot;O; cried Lucy, and both kisses.

    quot;But  all mean?quot; asked Susan w calmer.

    quot;It means,quot; said Aslan, quot;t tcill ime.

    But if stle furto tillness and  time daation. S ed no treacraitors stead, table self art working  backwards.

    And now -”

    quot;O; said Lucy, jumping up and clapping her hands.

    quot;O; said t;I feel my strengto me. Oc; ood for a second, , ail. table. Laug knoo reacop  of tting t catcail, noossing tifully velveted pacopping unexpectedly so t all  toget  h

    a torm or playing ten Lucy could never make up  ing in t in t tired or y.

    quot;And no; said Aslan presently, quot;to business. I feel I am going to roar.  You ter put your fingers in your ears.”

    And tood up and  t dare to look at it. And trees in front of  of ;e o go. You must ride on me.quot; And o  first, igo  beigo Susan. And

    off, faster to t.

    t ride  o t; and take as and imagine instead t  noiseless padding of t paead of tnut back  of t roug t as test race t t doesnt need to be guided and never groired. ing, never ating, t skill betree trunks,  jumping over busreams,  of all.

    And you are riding not on a road nor in a park nor even on t  rige crees, past roaring erfalls  and mossy rocks and ec ains and along giddy ridges and doo  into acres of blue flowers.

    It le - a little toy castle it looked from ed to t suc it gre and before time even to ask t it . And no no longer looked like a toy castle but rose fro of them.

    No face looked over ttlements and tes  s. And  Aslan, not at all slacking raig to.

    quot;tc; ;No.”

    Next moment to turn upside do as if t together for a

    greater leap t made and jumped - or you may call it  flying rat over tle  un,  found tumbling off one courtyard  full of statues.