ASLAN MAKES A DOOR IN t t of Aslan telmarine soldiers became toget believed

    in lions and ter. Even t ood  speak. Some of ty, began to edge a all talking  Beasts surged round ts and squeaks and  oucly o and fro under le cat loving a big dog rusts, you y good  picture of ter, leading Caspian, forced he crowd of  animals.

    quot;t;  and kissed the Lions  paw.

    quot;elcome, Prince,quot; said Aslan. quot;Do you feel yourself sufficient to take up  the Kingship of Narnia?”

    quot;I - I dont t; said Caspian. quot;Im only a kid.”

    quot;Good,quot; said Aslan. quot;If you  yourself sufficient, it . ts. And your coronation - but  t  moment a curious little procession ter made of branc tter las. No one ered oo - and tails dragged in tune. On tter lay tle better t  of Reepicill breat more dead tail ump.

    quot;No; said Aslan.

    Lucy tle out in a moment. t ter Mouse sprang from tter.  at once to , wirled his whiskers. he  bowed.

    quot;; came ;I ; But topped.

    t  ill ail - en it  or t  could  make t altered something  in his balance.

    so see ail, rained ill o turn  by t time  ers urned too and  of sigrained . Only after urned completely  round times did ruth.

    quot;I am confounded,quot; said Reepico Aslan. quot;I am completely out of  countenance. I must crave your indulgence for appearing in this unseemly fashion.”

    quot;It becomes you very ; said Aslan.

    quot;All t; replied Reepic;if anyty?”

    and o Lucy.

    quot;But  ail?quot; asked Aslan.

    quot;Sir,quot; said t;I can eat and sleep and die for my King   one. But a tail is the honour and glory of a Mouse.”

    quot;I imes ; said Aslan, quot;oo muc your honour.”

    quot; of all ; said Reepic;permit me to remind you t  a very small size o guard our dignity,  some (ries  at our expense. t is o make it kno no one   as I can reacalk in  my presence about traps or toasted C tallest fool in  Narnia!quot;  imble t,  discovered alked about do  , and so missed t.

    quot;; said Aslan.

    quot;May it please your y,quot; said t;ing to cut off our oails if our C go

    bear to the high Mouse.”

    quot;A; roared Aslan. quot;You  s. Not for  ty, Reepic for t is betill more for te a bound me on tone table (and it ten it, t you began to be talking Mice), you sail again.”

    Before Aslan ail s place. t  Aslans command, Peter bestoed, o on truffleer  and trumpkin and Reepicor Cornelius ary office of Marss. And t applause.

    After telmarine soldiers, firmly but  taunts or bloaken across t under lock and key in town of Beruna and given  beef and beer.

    t fuss about ed and  feared running er just as muced and feared  in t parts of t long day began.

    Lucy, sitting close to Aslan and divinely comfortable, rees  first s tainly  going round slo to rig to  left. ticed t t tre of botimes s tting off long strands of t otimes it looked as if ts of t, if so, ty  of fingers to spare and it did not  t   reac became brusicks. tinder boxes and set ligo t  crackled, and t ougo do. And everyone sat do.

    trees; not merely a dance for fun and beauty (t  too)  but a magic dance of plenty, and  came into existence sides of roasted meat t filled ten cakes and oaten cakes, ill er, peacarines, pomegranates,  pears, grapes, straaracts of fruit. t  hick ones like  syrups of mulberry juice, and clear red ones like red jellies liquefied, and yellow  wines and green wines and yellow-green and greenish-yellow.

    But for tree people different fare  to them)

    and realized t trees o eat eart gave  ually brougo t quite  different. t looked almost exactly like ce; so like  ce, in fact, t Edmund tried a piece of it, but  find it at all nice.  aken trees turned to an eart,

    tage t on to delicate confections of t gravels potle  made  talkative: for t part t s of mingled de floaste of t clouds.

    ted till long after t ars ; and t fire, noer but less noisy, sened telmarines sa from far a mig t t  there was no breaking  up or going

    a as talk greer and sloer anoto nod and finally drop off to sleep  toill at last ttering of er  over stone at t all nigh joyful and unblinking eyes.

    Next day messengers (ry ion to ttered telmarines - including, of  course, told t Caspian   Narnia alking Beasts and tures quite as muco to stay under tions mig for t like ther home.

    Anyone  come to Aslan and t t ty of celmarines. Some of tories of ted t tures. to stay in Narnia. But  most of tant under Miraz, ry . quot;Live  of blooming performing animals! No fear,quot; t;And gs too,quot; some  added ;ts s not canny.quot; t;I dont trust em,quot; t;Not  a to give t;take us off to  us one by one most  likely,quot; ttered. And talked to one anot on ted day more turned up.

    At one end of to be set up takes of  apart. A ter, piece of  top, uniting t to noood Aslan er on   and Caspian on . Grouped round trumpkin and truffleer, torm, Reepic le of Miraz and le of Caspian, and s and  je s and feats, t too brigo look at.

    Even ts  nobodys eyes rokable gold of Aslans mane outs of tood doood  telmarines.

    tly and pennants fluttered in t wind.

    quot;Men of telmar,quot; said Aslan, quot;you ry, w.”

    quot;e dont remember telmar. e dont kno kno  is like,”

    grumbled telmarines.

    quot;You came into Narnia out of telmar,quot; said Aslan. quot;But you came into telmar  from anot belong to t all. You came ain generations ago, out of t same o wer  belongs.”

    At telmarines began old you so.  o kill us all, send us rig of t; and t ts and slapping one anot;t  belong to ts queer, nasty, unnatural  creatures. ere of royal blood, youll see.quot; And even Caspian and Cornelius and turned to Aslan  on their faces.

    quot;Peace,quot; said Aslan in t to o stle and every living till as stone.

    quot;You, Sir Caspian,quot; said Aslan, quot;mig you could be no true  King of Narnia unless, like t  orm  on an island.

    And tes ives and took tive  rees, and imes killed one anot to flig and fled o tre of tain, and , as t, into a cave to  it  imes, but  t: I do not say t. And so t telmar ory:  I  tell it noelmar ts lived and became a fierce and  proud people; and after many generations telmar and t t also ory), and  conquered it and ruled it. Do you mark all this well, King Caspian?”

    quot;I do indeed, Sir,quot; said Caspian. quot;I was wis I came of a more  honourable lineage.”

    quot;You come of t; said Aslan. quot;And t is boto erect t beggar, and so boest emperor on eartent.”

    Caspian bowed.

    quot;And no; said Aslan, quot;you men and elmar, o  t island in t came? It is no bad place.  tes  , and it is   inants. ter, and fruitful soil, and timber for building, and fis  discovered it. turn; but t  once you   door.”

    t. t looking felloelmarine soldiers pus;ell, Ill take the offer.”

    quot;It is ;And because you , strong  magic is upon you. Your future in t world sh.”

    ttle pale, came fory doorakes.

    quot;Go t, my son,quot; said Aslan, bending toartled, but not unrying to remember  someto the Door.

    Everyones eyes s: tterly.

    From telmarines set up a ;Ugs o o murder us? e  go t ; And telmarines said:  quot;e dont see any oticks. If you  us to  believe in it, icks.”

    Instantly Reepicood for;If my example can be of any  service, Aslan,quot; ;I ake eleven mice t arc your bidding   a moments delay.”

    quot;Nay, little one,quot; said Aslan, laying y paly on  Reepicheeps head.

    quot;to you in t   fairs. It is ot lead.”

    quot;Come on,quot; said Peter suddenly to Edmund and Lucy. quot;Our times up.”

    quot; do you mean?quot; said Edmund.

    quot;t; said Susan,  it. quot;Back into trees. eve got to change.”

    quot;C?quot; asked Lucy.

    quot;Our clot; said Susan. quot;Nice fools form  of an Englisation in these.”

    quot;But our ot Caspians castle,quot; said Edmund.

    quot;No, t,quot; said Peter, still leading to t  ;t dos all arranged.”

    quot;as t alking to you and Susan about t;  asked Lucy.

    quot;Yes - t and ot; said Peter, ;I cant  tell it to you all.

    ted to say to Su and me because  coming  back to Narnia.”

    quot;Never?quot; cried Edmund and Lucy in dismay.

    quot;O; anser. quot;At least, from y  sure o get back some day. But not Su and me. ting too  old.”

    quot;Oer,quot; said Lucy. quot; a?”

    quot;ell, I t; said Peter. quot;Its all rat from . Youll understand o your last time. But, quick, hings.”

    It  very nice, to take off to come  back in t very freso t great assembly. One or tier telmarines jeered. But tures all cer tionate and (on Lucys part) tearful farerumpkin, and a last  tickly, o Susan and of course Susan told o keep it. And terribly, it o Aslan er took  of telmarines on  Lucys, and so in a long line to ter t came a moment  o be seeing t once. One  o telmarines  ts, te patc the

    otform in a country  station, and a seat ,  - a little flat and dreary for a moment after all t  also, unexpectedly, nice in its oerm before them.

    quot;ell!quot; said Peter. quot;e ime.”

    quot;Bot; said Edmund. quot;Ive left my neorch in Narnia.”