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    a  te tle  o some trees. o t noo make: o run, and t e enougerrible stitc t kept dropping into . eady on  too, and more turned one.

    trees  been and in t making it any cooler. It , grey days  even try to soo muco do.

    Suddenly  a great tas a merry call, ti-ro-to-to- moment  into a wide glade and  found himself in a crowd of people.

    At least, it looked a croo y t fifteen or  ty of tlemen in green ingdress, anding by tre someone o mount. And t for , fat,  applecwinkling eyed King you could imagine.

    As soon as Sa came in sig all about mounting  o Sa,  up, and  in a great, deep  voice t seemed to come from ttom of :  quot;Corin! My son! And on foot, and in rags! -”

    quot;No,quot; panted Sa, s;Not Prince Corin. I - I - know Im  like as ings.”

    taring at Sa raordinary expression on his  face.

    quot;Are you K-King Lune?quot; gasped Sa. And t ing for an  ans;Lord King - fly - Anvard s tes - enemies upon you - Rabadaswo  hundred horse.”

    quot;; asked one of tlemen.

    quot;My o; said Sa. quot;Ive seen tashbaan.”

    quot;On foot?quot; said tleman, raising tle.

    ,quot; said Sa.

    quot;Question ; said King Lune. quot;I see trut ride for it, gentlemen. A spare ,  friend?”

    For ans  in tirrup of toer  a imes   fe no  first nig ack.

    o o t;true  , Sire. Ill  theres noble blood in him.”

    quot;,quot; said tared   Sa again  curious expression, almost a eady, grey  eyes.

    But by noy  a brisk canter. Sas seat   but  to do ouc  of to see  parties e sure o use) and tried to get . But  dare to try really directing trusted it . t a talking  it e s enougo realize t trange boy on its back  really master of tuation. t ail  end of the procession.

    Even so, ty fast. t oo. And  time since t tas seemed!) o enjoy himself.

    o see ain tops o ment  see t all: only a vague greyness, rolling  dooain country before and ;Its  a cloud,quot; o ;a cloud coming down. I see. Up he sky.

    I s t fun! Ive often  ; Far atle beting ready to set.

    to a roug Sas ill t of t. Once or t on eac)  sigwo.

    to the world  became grey.

    Sa  realized  the inside of a cloud would be;  nor how dark.

    turned to black h alarming speed.

    Someone at time ttle fart see any of t of course o as soon as  round t bend. But  see t  all. his horse was  walking now.

    quot;Get on,  on,quot; said Sa. t. Bree  old   keep urned out, and Sa   t someterrible . quot;Look ; ;if  you dont buck up, do you kno;  took no notice of t. So Sa settled eeth his heels as hard as he could.

    t  to a kind of pretence of a trot  for five or six paces and to a  e dark and  to  eady drip-drip from  trees.

    quot;ell, I suppose even a  us some; said Sa  to ;I only  run into Rabadash and his people.”

    on for ime, al a  o feel very hungry.

    Presently o a place led by a noise from be rotting ;Rabadas; t Sa. ake. quot;But if I take one,quot; said Sa to ;ake tay at to be caug; ed and  led -hand road.

    te or t t ting to see wake.

    t;!quot; t of rils bloed. then a voice  spoke.

    quot;Attend, all of you,quot; it said. quot;e are nole.  Remember your orders. Once tle as possible. On ture you are to regard every drop of Narnian blood as  more precious ture, I say. t leave notern  aste. But  yet in Narnia.  is anot on tle of King Lunes, notters but speed. Stle. It must  be mine

    is, I give it all to you. I reserve no booty for  myself. Kill me every barbarian male s o t erday, and everyto divide as you please - t I see o tes sasible, the inexorable  forward!”

    it cloppitty-clop to move, and Sa breataken ther road.

    Sa t took a long time going past, for talking and t quot;t last trees.

    o Anvard but of course  no  o troopers. quot; on earto do?quot; said Sa to  ed inued along t tage o Aravis and Bree and  tage, but  because by no idea of tion.

    quot;After all,quot; said Sa, quot;to get to somewhere.”

    But t all depends on ting to some got to more and more trees, all dark and  dripping, and to colder and colder air. And strange, icy  blo past   aain country  t  at top of t Sa kne mountains.

    quot;I do t; said Sa, quot;t I must be t unfortunate boy t  ever lived in t for everyone except me. t safe aas be old : of course I  on. King Lune and   safely into tle and s tes  long before Rabadas I get left out.”

    And being very tired and  so sorry for   tears rolled down his cheeks.

    put a stop to all t. Sa discovered t  someone or somebody cly t falls.  o breata got t it ure. And  o

    notice t

    was a horrible shock.

    It darted into   ts  in tries.  error. But no o cry about, opped crying.

    t  on beside ly t  Sa began to . But just as e sure of  it, t of t  couldnt be imagination! Any breat sig hand.

    If to get any good out  of t  make t  on at a  last  no  longer.

    quot;; he said, scarcely above a whisper.

    quot;One o speak,quot; said ts voice  loud, but very large and deep.

    quot;Are you- are you a giant?quot; asked Sa.

    quot;You mig,quot; said t;But I am not like tures you call giants.”

    quot;I cant see you at all,quot; said Sa, after staring very errible idea o  in a scream, quot;Youre  not - not somet  person in the whole world!”

    Once more  t;t; it said, quot;t is not t. tell me your sorrows.”

    Sa tle reassured by told  up sternly by told tory of o sas  among tombs  and s   of t. And old about t and  t of t journey and  at t .

    quot;I do not call you unfortunate,quot; said the Large Voice.

    quot;Dont you t o meet so many lions?quot; said Sa.

    quot;t; said the Voice.

    quot; on eart told you t least t night, and-”

    quot;t  of foot.”

    quot;how do you know?”

    quot;I ; And as Sa gaped inued. quot;I o join  . I rengt mile so t you sime. And I  remember  came to s,  midnigo receive you.”

    quot;t was you who wounded Aravis?”

    quot;It was I”

    quot;But w for?”

    quot;C; said t;I am telling you your story, not ell no  one any story but his own.”

    quot;; asked Sa.

    quot;Myself,quot; said t t;Myselfquot;, loud and clear and gay: and time quot;Myselfquot;,  it seemed to come from all round you as if tled .

    Sa  to somet   it . But a ne sort of trembling  came over him.

    Yet  glad too.

    t urning from black to grey and from grey to   o ime ago, but o t  been noticing anyteness around eness; o blink. Some last. e easily now.

    A golden lig.  it he sun.

    urned and sa seem to be afraid of it or else could not see it. It   t came.

    No one ever saerrible or beautiful.

    Luckily Sa oo far souto ales t  appeared in  true stories about Aslan, t Lion, t  after one glance at t of t its  feet.  say anyt t  to say anyt  say anything.

    tooped torange and solemn perfume t  t toucs tongue. ed . tantly tness of t and tness of togeto a shere were birds singing.