tLE before trumpkin and t  of  tures at t t t. At tood Glozelle and Sopespian  t imblee of  all to tell truto make up for torm on t of ts, stock-still except wamped a urf, looked mucelmarine  baron who

    faced . Peter  sor, and o t. It  before tol  goes at an important race, but very much worse.

    quot;I  came to t; said trumpkin.

    quot;So do I,quot; said truffleer. quot;But look behind you.”

    quot;Cro; muttered t;  are they?

    iful people - like gods and goddesses and giants.   are they?”

    quot;Its t; said truffleer. quot;Aslan  hem.”

    quot;; said t;tll be very useful if try any  treac it  h his sword.”

    ter and Miraz ering ts  from opposite ends, bot, bots, s and sill togeto speak,, but it o  t moment, t it ely droing like cro a football match.

    quot;ell done, Peter, o; sed Edmund as ;Follo up, quick!quot; And Peter did, and for a fe looked as if t mig togeto make real use of  and ; came telmarines. Caspian and Edmund grey.

    quot;Peter is taking some dreadful knocks,quot; said Edmund.

    quot;; said Caspian. quot;s happening now?”

    quot;Bot,quot; said Edmund. quot;A bit blo. atcifically time. Circling round and round,  feeling eachers defences.”

    quot;Im afraid t; muttered tor. But  it was nearly deafening.

    quot; ?  ?quot; asked tor. quot;My old eyes missed it.”

    quot;t,quot; said Caspian, still  clapping. quot;Just  t blood.  quot;Its looking ugly again no; said Edmund. quot;Peters not using  be  in t arm.”

    It oo true. Everyone could see t Peters sing of telmarines redoubled.

    quot;Youve seen more battles t; said Caspian. quot;Is there any chance now?”

    quot;Precious little,quot; said Edmund. quot;I suppose  just do it. ith luck.”

    quot;O it  all?quot; said Caspian.

    Suddenly all ting on bot.

    t;Oo a rest. Come on, Doctor.  You and I may be able to do someto ts and  Peter came outside to meet ty,  heaving.

    quot;Is your left arm ; asked Edmund.

    quot;Its not exactly a ; Peter said. quot;I got t of o my . I dont  ts broken, but it migie it up very tighink I could  manage.”

    ; do you ter?”

    quot;toug; said Peter. quot;Very tougill  and s   sun too. to tell trut muco - to everyone at s me.  o ts again  So long, old cor. And I say, Ed, say someto trumpkin. hes been a brick.”

    Edmund couldnt speak. or to omach.

    But t  er noo be able to make some use of  ainly made good use of .  playing tig  of range, sing he enemy work.

    quot;Co; booed telmarines. quot; you stand up to  you  like it, eh?

    t youd come to fig dance. Yah!”

    quot;O listen to t; said Caspian.

    quot;Not ; said Edmund. quot;You dont kno last, on Peters . Peter staggered, slipped sideelmarines rose like t;No; t;Now.  Quick!

    Quick! Kill ; But indeed to egg top of Peter already. Edmund bit ill ter. It looked as if it  break.

    quot;Great Scott!quot; cried Edmund. quot;er, go it, Peter.”

    quot;I couldnt see or. quot;?”

    quot;Grabbed Mirazs arm as it came do; said trumpkin, dancing .  quot;the high  King! Up, Old Narnia!”

    quot;Look,quot; said truffleer. quot;Miraz is angry. It is good.quot; tainly at it ongs no seemed impossible for eit to be killed.

    As tement greing almost died aators   magnificent.

    A great s arose from t struck by  Peter, but face doussock. Peter stepped back, ing  for o rise.

    quot;O; said Edmund to ;Need lemanly as all t? I suppose . Comes of being a Knig is  t brute e and then -”

    But quot;t brutequot; never rose. their own  plans ready.

    As soon as to ts crying,  quot;treachery!

    treacraitor abbed o arms! to arms, telmar!”

    Peter ood o;to arms, Narnia! treac; Peter sed. If all t upon   once  Glozelle stopped to stab ;ts for your insult, t;   er so face Sopespian, slas  of troke, ; telmarine army  no  amping forooping low and swinging aurs cwang,

    ttle was joined.

    quot;Come back, Reepictle ass!quot; sed Peter. quot;Youll only be  killed. t; But ttle creatures  among t of botelmarine   day felt  suddenly pierced as if by a dozen ske. If , someone  else did.

    But almost before to tougurned error not  on t on somet;the world!”

    But soon neitrees as ters army, and t of telmarines. ood at t  in full fury on an autumn evening? Imagine t sound. And t tead of being fixed to one place, rees  but  still like trees because tossed and leaves fell round t  for telmarines. It  tle alarming even for tes all Mirazs folloo t River in to tos and closed gates.

    t t erday. tter panic and hey all surrendered.

    But he bridge?

    Early t morning, after a feanding over to ;e rees  could still be seen  moving aoed, jumped up. Everyone  alking Animals, ion.

    quot; is it, Aslan?quot; said Lucy,  ing to  dance.

    quot;Come, c; said ;Ride on my back again today.”

    quot;O; cried Lucy, and boto ty moved off  Aslan

    leading, Baccurning somersaults,  ts frisking round the rear.

    turned a little to t, raced doeep  of to cross it,   of ter came a great , bearded  looked at Aslan and out of its mouth a deep voice came.

    quot;; it said. quot;Loose my chains.”

    quot;?quot; whispered Susan.

    quot;I ts t ; said Lucy.

    quot;Bacc; said Aslan. quot;Deliver him from his chains.”

    quot;t means t,quot; t Lucy. And so it did. Bacco ter, and a minute later t  curious t, strong trunks of ivy came curling up all tones round, splitting,  breaking, separating turned into  and to ter. iter t;s t; cried to town.

    Everyone in treets fled before t o igigickly stockings on tory lesson. t of quot;oryquot; t augruest ory you ever read and less true t exciting  adventure story.

    quot;If you dont attend, G; said tress, and stop looking out  of to give you an order-mark.”

    quot;But please, Miss Prizzle -quot; began Gwendolen.

    quot;Did you  I said, G; asked Miss Prizzle.

    quot;But please, Miss Prizzle,quot; said G;theres a LION!”

    quot;take talking nonsense,quot; said Miss Prizzle. quot;And no;  A roar interrupted  tanding on grass in a forest glade. Sc o steady  the desk was a rose-bush. ild  people such as she

    ly dumpy, prim little girls   legs.

    Ged.

    quot;Youll stay ?quot; said Aslan.

    quot;O; said Gantly sake  off some of table clot she was wearing.

    in ttle to  of  t tohey were a larger and a merrier  company.

    t on across t bank, of  t every farm animals came out to join ts to pieces and came trotting along he mud  and whinnying.

    At a  a man ick burst  into floried to drop it, but it stuck to runk of a tree,  took root. t before, burst out laughem.

    At a little to, to  anotiredlooking girl eacic to a number of  boys reet and a stab of joy  t. Aslan stopped rig her.

    quot;O, dont,quot; s;Id love to. But I mustnt. I must stick to  my ened if they saw you.”

    quot;Frig; said t pig-like of t;alking to out  of ts tell tor salks to people out of t to be teaching us.”

    quot;Lets go and see ; said anoto the window.

    But as soon as ttle faces looked out, Bacc cry  of Euan, euoi-oi-oi-of and t and trampling one  anoto get out of t of t er) t ticular little boys   t t of very fine little pigs in t part of try where before.

    quot;No; said Aslan to tress, and shem.

    At Beaversdam t again along thern bank.

    to a little cottage ;; asked Aslan. ture of a  lion,  afraid of ;Aunties very ill,quot; s;So die.quot; t to go in at ttage, but it oo small for  ed t fell back. And till  in tle old  o  scream or  faint. S;O rue. Ive been ing for to take me away?”

    quot;Yes, Dearest,quot; said Aslan. quot;But not t.quot; And as  sunrise, to  e face and  and s up and said, quot; better. I take a little breakfast this morning.”

    quot;; said Baccctage o   no er but t  jelly, smootrong as beef, ea, cool as dew.

    quot;Eo our ; said t;t makes a  nice c does.quot; And s of bed.

    quot;Ride on me,quot; said Aslan, and added to Susan and Lucy, quot;You two queens will  o run now.”

    quot;But  just as ; said Susan. And off t again.

    And so at last, er and roaring and barking and neigo tood flinging doers army, still  ood round tern and glad faces. And  t t  to Caspian and ther; for she was his old nurse.