RABADAShE RIDICULOUS
t turn of t t from among trees and tered from t its back, tle of Anvard. It of a warm, reddisone.
Before te King Lune came out to meet t looking at all like Araviss idea of a king and of old clot come from making a round of tsman and opped for a moment to ed Aravis as ook ately enough for an Emperor.
quot;Little lady,quot; ;ill alive ter c could not do it ter you unes and been driven from your fat but be a grief to you. My son Cor old me about your adventures together and all your valour.”
quot;It ; said Aravis. quot; a lion to save me.”
quot;Es t?quot; said King Lune, ening. quot;I part of tory.”
told it. And Cor, ory to be kno tell it enjoy it so muced, and indeed felt rat very muc feold it to so many people t Cor wis had never happened.
turned to as polite to to Aravis, and asked t of questions about tured. tongue-tied for t yet used to being talked to as equals by is. t mind Aravis and Cor.
Presently Queen Lucy came out from tle and joined to Aravis, quot;My dear, your apartments are put to rigter t.”
quot;Youd like to come and see t you?quot; said Lucy, kissing Aravis. t once and soon aogeto talk about Araviss bedroom and Araviss boudoir and about getting clot of talk about on such an occasion.
After luncerrace (it sorry creature Rabadas needs resolve o do h him.”
Lucy ting on t and Aravis on . King Edmund sat at one end of table and t the King.
quot;Your Majesty rike off ; said Peridan. quot;Suc as s h assassins.”
quot;It is very true,quot; said Edmund. quot;But even a traitor may mend. I did.”
And ful.
quot;to kill to raising isroc,quot; said Darrin.
quot;A fig for tisroc,quot; said King Lune. quot;rengt. But I omacraitors) in cold blood. to in ttle thing.”
quot;By my counsel,quot; said Lucy, quot;your Majesty srial. Let rait promise of fair dealing in ture. It may be t he will keep his word.”
quot;Maybe Apes er,quot; said Edmund. quot;But, by t again, may it be in sucime and place t any of us could sle.”
quot;It sried,quot; said to one of ttendants, quot;Send for the prisoner, friend.”
Rabadas before to look at in a noisome dungeon food or er; but in reality up in quite a comfortable room and provided supper. But as oo furiously to touc t stamping and roaring and cursing, urally did not now look .
quot;Your royal to be told,quot; said King Lune, quot;t by tions as policy, o your al man anotion of your youture, devoid of all gentilesse and courtesy, s, o set you free, unions: first, t-”
quot;Curse you for a barbarian dog!quot; spluttered Rabadas;Do you tions? Faugalk very largely of nurture and I kno s easy, to a man in cake off t any of you h me.”
Nearly all to t, and Corin sed:
quot;Father! Can I box him? Please.”
quot;Peace! Your Majesties! My Lords!quot; said King Lune. quot;y among us to be so caunt of a pajock? Sit doable.
I ask your o ions.”
quot;I ions from barbarians and sorcerers,quot; said Rabadas;Not one of you dare touc you errible sisroc be: even no kill me, and torturings in tale to frighousand years hence. Beware! Beware! Beware!
t of tash falls from above!”
quot;Does it ever get caug; asked Corin.
quot;S; said t;Never taunt a man save hen, as you please.”
quot;O; sighed Lucy.
Next moment Cor able anding perfectly still. Of course arted as tly in between him and his accusers.
quot;Rabadas; said Aslan. quot;take you may still avoid it.
Forget your pride (hese good kings.”
t o a o do take trouble). ive in Calormen. t rembled ive people en fainted. But it is very easy to frig you give t look at all alarming in Arc Rabadaso be sick.
quot;Demon! Demon! Demon!quot; s;I knoasm. I am descended from tasible. tash is upon you.
Ligains of Narnia so dust. the-”
quot;; said Aslan quietly. quot;t is at t ed tch.”
quot;Let t; s;Let t blood and fire obliterate t be sure I till I o my palace by er of dogs, the -”
quot;truck,quot; said Aslan: and Rabadaso everyone o laugh.
t . Rabadasime and as soon as Aslan said, quot;truck!quot; to ced and soon before, Rabadaso coo. It gre top and larger eyed, and to t and became all nose) and t. And of ill ing on t anding on all fours, and
) for noerrible t ed just a moment longer t ;O a Donkey! Mercy! If it were even a horse - een - a hor - eeh - auh, eeh-auh.”
And so to a donkeys bray.
quot;No;Justice s always be an Ass.”
At tcs ears for also everybody laugried not to, but tried in vain.
quot;You o tas; said Aslan. quot;And in temple of tash you shall be healed.
You must stand before tar of tasas t Autumn Feast t of all tas as long as you live, if ever you go more ten miles a temple in tasantly become again as you no second curn.”
t silence and tirred and looked at one anot tness in ts, hem.
King Lune -ed of men and on seeing table condition all his anger.
quot;Your royal ; ;I am most truly sorry t to tremity. Your ness t it o provide your o tasreatment ion allo of ttleboats - t carrots and tles -”
But a deafening bray from t one of t clear t tefully received.
And o get of tter finisory of Rabadas)
back by boat to tas into temple of tas t Autumn Festival, and t of course four or five transformation and t possibly be er tisrocs deatisroc in urned out t peaceable tisroc Calormen daring to go more ten miles from tas arkaans to is tisrocs get overt t made table for all tries round Calormen. t o after ory of Calormen (try t name. And to tupid, you are very likely to be called quot;a second Rabadas;.
Mean evening on tle, erns to . And tales old and jokes epped out into to be bored, for try t t at t scrape of t seemed to go up inside t sang t old lay of Fair Olvin and t Pire and turned o stone (and t is t Pire - it wo -)
and
o begin again. And t sing old tory of t at Zalindreh.
And Lucy told again (t Aravis and Cor, many times but ted it again) tale of ter t come into Narnia.
And presently, as ain to er, King Lune said if ime for young people to be in bed. quot;And tomorro; ;s come over all tle res and mark all its strengt o guard when Im gone.”
quot;But Corin ; said Cor.
quot;Nay, lad,quot; said King Lune, quot;t my o thee.”
quot;But I dont it,quot; said Cor. quot;Id far rather-”
quot;tis no question est, Cor, nor I eitis in the course of law.”
quot;But if be the same age.”
quot;Nay,quot; said t;One must come first. Art Corins elder by full ty minutes. And ter too, lets s no great mastery.quot; And Corin winkle in his eyes.
quot;But, Fat you make King?”
quot;No. ts t no more poo start ary from .”
quot;O; said Cor. quot;I dont to at all. And Corin - I am most dreadfully sorry. I never dreamed my turning up o c of your kingdom.”
quot;; said Corin. quot;I s o be King. I s o be King. Ill als princes he fun.”
quot;And ts truer t; said King Lune. quot;For t it means to be a king: to be first in every desperate attack and last in every desperate retreat, and o ier meal than any man in your land.”
airs to bed Cor again asked Corin if not it. And Corin said: quot;If you say anot it, Ill - Ill knock you down.”
It o end tory by saying t after t t anyt I am afraid it be true. In reality t just about as often as any ots ended (if t begin) ting knocked dotle, neitries could ever equal Corin as a boxer. t
against tormness, o ild Bear s. Corm climbed up to its lair on tormness one er day a time-keeper for ty-t t couldnt see out of its eyes and became a reformed cer.
Aravis also s) t up again: so t years later, up again t t married so as to go on doing it more conveniently. And after King Lunes deat, t famous of all to a great age in Narnia and bot married but not to one anot many mont come trotting over to visit t Anvard.