t tREASURE ;t a garden,quot; said Susan presently. quot;It le and t yard.”

    quot;I see ; said Peter. quot;Yes. t is to used to be a fligeps going up to top of t  teps - to t door must o t hall.”

    quot;Ages ago, by t,quot; said Edmund.

    quot;Yes, ages ago,quot; said Peter. quot;I le; and how long ago.”

    quot;It gives me a queer feeling,quot; said Lucy.

    quot;Does it, Lu?quot; said Peter, turning and looking  ;Because it  does to me. It is t t  it all means?”

    alking tyard and gone to   t it errace about t .

    quot;I  really t; said Susan. quot; is t terrace kind  of thing?”

    quot;; said Peter (ed), quot;dont you  see? t able . Anyone ten t  on a dais just like t, in our great hall.”

    quot;In our castle of Cair Paravel,quot; continued Susan in a dreamy and rat;at t river of Narnia. ?”

    quot; all comes back!quot; said Lucy. quot;e could pretend we were in Cair  Paravel now.

    t  ed in.”

    quot;But unfortunately  t,quot; said Edmund. quot;Its getting late, you  kno it isnt so ?”

    quot;e s to spend t ; said  Peter. quot;Ive got matcs go and see if  some dry wood.”

    Everyone sa  come into turned out not to be a  good place for fireried tle, passing out of ttle side door into a maze of stony  once  tles and le epped t into a rees icks and dry leaves and fir -cones in plenty. t to and fro il t t outside t clean and freshese away.

    tone pavement ran . t  out to pick some more apples and t to t and   place. t difficulty in lig and used a lot of matc the end.

    Finally, all four sat doo to  tried roasting some of ticks. But roast apples  are not muc sugar, and too  to eat ill too cold to be ing. So to content t sc so bad after all - quot;I  s mind a good te,quot;  t of adventure ed to be back at  school.

    Sly after t apple en, Susan  out to to  get anothing in her hand.

    quot;Look,quot; s;I found it by t; S to Peter and sat do s be going to cry. Edmund and Lucy eagerly bent foro see ers tle, brig gleamed in t.

    quot;ell, Im - Im jiggered,quot; said Peter, and  to thers.

    All no tle c, ordinary in size but  extraordinarily  iny little rubies or rat.

    quot;; said Lucy, quot;its exactly like one of to  play  Cair Paravel.”

    quot;C; said Peter to er.

    quot;I cant ,quot; said Susan. quot;It brougimes.  And I remembered playing cs, and tiful horse - and - and -”

    quot;No; said Peter in a quite different voice, quot;its about time arted using our brains.”

    quot; about?quot; asked Edmund.

    quot;; said Peter.

    quot;Go on, go on,quot; said Lucy. quot;Ive felt for  tery his place.”

    quot;Fire aer,quot; said Edmund. quot;ere all listening.”

    quot;e are in tself,quot; said Peter.

    quot;But, I say,quot; replied Edmund. quot;I mean,  out? t all trees groes.  Look at tones. Anyone can see t nobody has lived here for hundreds of years.”

    quot;I kno; said Peter. quot;t is ty. But lets leave t out for  t. I  to take ts one by one. First point: tly t Cair Paravel. Just picture a roof on t instead of grass, and tapestries on t our royal banqueting hall.”

    No one said anything.

    quot;Second point,quot; continued Peter. quot;tle ly o t  is exactly the same size and shape.”

    Again there was no reply.

    quot;t: Susan  found one of our old cwo peas.”

    Still nobody answered.

    quot;Fourt. Dont you remember - it  you remember planting tside  te of Cair Paravel? test of all to put good spells on it. It  little cual digging. Can you ten t funny old Lilygloves, ty, youll be glad of t  trees one day. And by Jove .”

    quot;I do! I do!quot; said Lucy, and clapped her hands.

    quot;But look er,quot; said Edmund. quot;t be all rot. to begin  plant t te. e  have been such fools.”

    quot;No, of course not,quot; said Peter. quot;But it o te since.”

    quot;And for anot; said Edmund, quot;Cair Paravel  on an island.”

    quot;Yes, Ive been  t. But it , a  peninsula. Jolly nearly an island. Couldnt it ime?  Somebody has dug a channel.”

    quot;But !quot; said Edmund. quot;You keep on saying since our time. But  its only a year ago since  to make out t in  one year castles  forests tle trees  ed ourselves urned into a big old orc else.  Its all impossible.”

    quot;t; said Lucy. quot;If t to be  a door at t ting  it at  t. You kno led doo treasure chamber.”

    quot;I suppose t a door,quot; said Peter, getting up.

    them was a mass of ivy.

    quot;e can soon find out,quot; said Edmund, taking up one of ticks t tting on ting tap-tap  tick against tone; and again, tap-tap; and t once, boomboom, e  different sound, a hollow, wooden sound.

    quot;Great Scott!quot; said Edmund.

    quot;e must clear t; said Peter.

    quot;Os leave it alone,quot; said Susan. quot;e can try it in t to spend t   an open door at my back and a great big  black  anyt come out of, besides t and tll  soon be dark.”

    quot;Susan! ; said Lucy  botoo muced to take any notice of Susans advice. t ters pocket-knife till ter t they  used Edmunds.

    Soon tting  last the door cleared.

    quot;Locked, of course,quot; said Peter.

    quot;But tten,quot; said Edmund. quot;e can pull it to bits in no  time, and it ra firewood. Come on.”

    It took ted and, before t   star or t a sligood above tered   off taring into they had made.

    quot;Noorc; said Peter.

    quot;O is t; said Susan. quot;And as Edmund said -”

    quot;Im not saying it no; Edmund interrupted. quot;I still dont understand, but  tle t later. I suppose youre coming doer?”

    quot;e must,quot; said Peter. quot;Cs no good be we are back in Narnia.

    Youre a Queen o sleep ery  like their minds.”

    tried to use long sticks as torc t a success. If you  ed end up t out, and if you  in your eyes. In to use Edmunds  electric torc  less ttery   ne, . ter  broughe rear.

    quot;Ive come to top of teps,quot; said Edmund.

    quot;Count t; said Peter.

    quot;One - t; said Edmund, as  cautiously doo  sixteen.

    quot;And ttom,quot; ed back.

    quot;t really must be Cair Paravel,quot; said Lucy. quot;teen.quot;  Notill all four anding in a knot toget t of tairorch slowly round.

    quot;O - o - o - o; said all t once.

    For no it  treasure c mig intervals  stood rics of armour, like knigreasures. In bets of  armour, and on eacusks of ivory,  broocs and c stones lying piled anyatoes - diamonds, rubies, carbuncles, emeralds, topazes, and  amets.

    Under tood great cs of oak strengt terly cold, and so still t treasures  t unless t of treasures. ttle frig t all seemed so forsaken and long ago. t  a minute.

    t and picking to look at.  It ing very old friends. If you ;Oion rings - do you remember first tle brooc  - I say, isnt t t tournament in t for  me? - do you remember drinking out of t horn? - do you remember, do you  remember?”

    But suddenly Edmund said, quot;Look nt e ttery:  goodness knoter take  and get out  again?”

    quot;e must take ts,quot; said Peter. For long ago at a Cmas in Narnia  ain presents  time.  (t, and you can read about it in ther book.)

    ter and o t treasure cs ill  for it tle bottle. But ttle ead of glass, and it ill more t every ook  dos place and slung t over  ttle at  used to  had been a  bow and arrows

    and a ill t - quot;O; said Lucy. quot;he horn?”

    quot;O; said Susan after s for a moment.  quot;I remember noook it  day of all, t ing te Stag. It must  lost  other place - England, I  mean.”

    Edmund  ering loss; for ted  , ain to come to you, wherever you were.

    quot;Just t of t mig;  said Edmund.

    quot;Never mind,quot; said Susan, quot;Ive still got t; And sook it.

    quot;ont tring be peris; said Peter.

    But ill in  s ttle pluck to tring. It  t vibrated t one small  noise brougo t . All ttles and s and feasts came ruso together.

    trung t her side.

    Next, Peter took do red lion on it,  and to get off t. ted t first t it  migy and stick to t it  so. it motion   and  up, sorc.

    quot;It is my s I killed t; tone in  t er ter a little pause, everyone remembered t t save ttery.

    tair again and made up a good fire and lay doogetable, but the end.