ter, Susan, Edmund, and  Lucy, and it old in anotcure. te different  different  ry called Narnia. o reign for years and years; but o aken no time at  all. At any rate, no one noticed t told anyone  except one very wise grown-up.

    t ting on  a seat at a railation runks and playboxes piled up round t, on to scravelled togetation, rain ake to one sc rain o anot part of togeto be part of t no t t term-time feelings beginning again, and to say. Lucy o boarding sc time.

    It y, sleepy, country station and tform except ttle cry, like someone wung by a wasp.

    quot;s up, Lu?quot; said Edmund - and t;Ow!”

    quot; on eart;,began Peter, and too suddenly c o say. Instead, ;Susan, let go!  are you doing? o?”

    quot;Im not touc; said Susan. quot;Someone is pulling me. Oop it!”

    Everyone noticed t all te.

    quot;I felt just t; said Edmund in a breat;As if I  frigs beginning again.”

    quot;Me too,quot; said Lucy. quot;O bear it.”

    quot;Look s; sed Edmund. quot;All catcogetell by the feeling. Quick!”

    quot;Yes,quot; said Susan. quot; op-oh!”

    Next moment t, tform, and tation ely vanising, found tanding in a o to move. took a deep breath.

    quot;Oer!quot; exclaimed Lucy. quot;Do you t back to  Narnia?”

    quot;It mig; said Peter. quot;I cant see a yard in all trees.  Lets try to get into there is any open.”

    ity, and ings from nettles and pricks from  truggled out of t. ter, and after a feeps t tiny ripples t it made   and no clouds in t  ten oclock in tood sniffing in the sea-smell.

    quot;By Jove!quot; said Peter. quot;this is good enough.”

    Five minutes later everyone ed and er.

    quot;tter tuffy train on to Latin and  Frenc; said Edmund. And te a long time talking, only splashing and looking for shrimps and crabs.

    quot;All t; said Susan presently, quot;I suppose o eat before long.”

    quot;eve got t; said Edmund. quot;At  least Ive got mine.”

    quot;Not me,quot; said Lucy. quot;Mine tle bag.”

    quot;So ; said Susan.

    quot;Mine are in my coat-pocket, t; said Peter. quot;tll be  to be such fun.”

    quot;At present,quot; said Lucy, quot;I  someto drink more to  eat.”

    Everyone else no ty, as one usually is after   er under a  sun.

    quot;Its like being s; remarked Edmund. quot;In ter on tter go and look for them.”

    quot;Does t mean o all t t; said Susan.

    quot;Not a bit of it,quot; said Peter. quot;If treams to come  doo to come to them.”

    t first across t sand and to t sticks to ones toes, and began putting on their  shoes and socks.

    Edmund and Lucy ed to leave t, but Susan said to do. quot;e mig; sed out, quot;and ill  comes  and it begins to be cold.”

    out along t . Except for an occasional seagull it  place.

    tangled t to it at  all; and not moved - not a bird, not even an insect.

    Siny crabs in rockpools, are all very   you soon get tired of ty. t, after ter, felt  and s to carry.  Edmund  doation seat just before took ter took it in turns to carry Peters great-coat.

    Presently to curve round to t. About quarter of an  er, after t into a point, it made quite a  surn.

    to t of t t came out of ter  anothey were exploring.

    quot;I  an island or do o it presently?quot; said Lucy.

    quot;Dont kno; said Peter and they all plodded on in silence.

    t to te  sory ted to find t in ted. to some rocks op t;O;  said Edmund, quot;its no good. e s be able to get to t all. ere  on an island!”

    It rue. At t te coast   ty or forty yards  t ts  narro place. After t, t bent round to t again and t and t  the island.

    quot;Look!quot; said Lucy suddenly. quot;s t?quot; Sed to a long, silvery,  snake-like t lay across the beach.

    quot;A stream! A stream!quot; sed tired as t no time in clattering doo ter. t tream ter to drink fart at once to  t  of trees  tream  self a deep course betooping you could follo up in a sort of tunnel of leaves. t broer, and to the elbow.

    quot;No; said Edmund, quot; those sandwiches?”

    quot;O ter ; said Susan. quot;e may need ter on.”

    quot;I do ;no  ty, -y.”

    quot;But  t; repeated Edmund. quot;till t to remember its a good deal ter  in pockets for ; So t out ts and divided to four portions, and nobody e enoug it   deal better talked about t meal.  Lucy ed to go back to tcil someone pointed out t ts.

    Edmund said t gat  t remember  be able  to cook ter t to  unless troke of luck to eat eggs ra  see any point in saying  t loud.

    Susan said it y ten tempers very nearly got lost at tage. Finally Edmund said:

    quot;Look o be done. e must explore ts and knig and people like t alo live some.

    ts and berries and things.”

    quot; sort of roots?quot; asked Susan.

    quot;I al it meant roots of trees,quot; said Lucy.

    quot;Come on,quot; said Peter, quot;Ed is rig try to do sometll be better t into the sun again.”

    So t up and began to folloream. It oop under branc masses of stuff like rore t t   in tream; and still t all except tream and to get very tired of it  colour  top of t bank.

    quot;I say!quot; exclaimed Lucy. quot;I do believe ts an apple tree.”

    It ed up teep bank, forced tanding round an old tree t was o see.

    quot;And t tree,quot; said Edmund ;Look there.”

    quot;; said Susan, t apple and picking ;t  he wood grew up.”

    quot;ted island,quot; said Peter.

    quot;And ?quot; said Lucy, pointing ahead.

    quot;By Jove, its a ; said Peter. quot;An old stone wall.”

    Pressing t , but it allest trees. And o it t arc once e in it but  filled up  of all trees. to break some of to get past, and  . In rees, only level grass and daisies, and ivy, and grey   place,

    and ratepped out into t, glad to be  able to straigheir limbs freely.