tURE IN tace Clarence Scrubb, and  deserved it.  s called ace Clarence and masters called   tell you o  call ;Father”

    and quot;Mot;, but a. to-date and  advanced people.

    tarians, non-smokers and teetotallers and tle furniture and very fehe windows were always open.

    Eustace Clarence liked animals, especially beetles, if tion and ures of  grain elevators or of fat foreign children doing exercises in model schools.

    Eustace Clarence disliked er, Susan,  Edmund and Lucy. But e glad o stay.

    For deep dole person o Lucy, let alone Edmund, in a  fig to give people a bad time if you are in your  own ors.

    Edmund and Lucy did not at all  to come and stay  Alberta. But it really couldnt be  a job lecturing  in America for sixteen  summer, and Moto go   en years. Peter ures long ago in till been in  t o stay. But tage o spare. It oo muco take to America, and Susan had gone.

    Gro ty one of t  sc; far  more out of a trip to America tersquot;. Edmund and Lucy tried not to grudge  Susan  it  ts. quot;But its far ; said Edmund, quot;because youll at least o s record stinker, Eustace.”

    tory begins on an afternoon es alone togetalking about Narnia,  country. Most of us, I suppose,  country but for most of us it is only an imaginary country. Edmund and Lucy  respect. t country ed it t in a game or a dream but in reality. t tting to Narnia. And a promise, or very nearly a  promise, self t t back. You may  imagine t talked about it a good deal, he chance.

    tting on t a  picture on te  ure in t t  Alberta didnt like it at all (t  atle back room upstairs),  but s get rid of it because it  from someone s   to offend.

    It ure of a sraigo  run up to top of one glorious blue  oreaks and bubbles on it. S before a gay  ing over a little on  side. (By to read tory at all, and if you dont knoer get it into your  t  of a s, and t is starboard.) All t fell on  side, and ter on t side  he ship.

    quot;tion is,quot; said Edmund, quot; make t a Narnian s get there.”

    quot;Even looking is better t; said Lucy. quot;And she is such a very  Narnian ship.”

    quot;Still playing your old game?quot; said Eustace Clarence, side to t year, o alking of Narnia and easing t it.  of course t t all up; and as oo stupid to make anyt approve of t.

    quot;Youre not ed ; said Edmund curtly.

    quot;Im trying to t; said Eustace. quot;Somet;Some kids  gradually balmier and balmier -”

    quot;ell Narnia and balmier dont ro begin ; said Lucy.

    quot;Its an assonance,quot; said Eustace.

    quot;Dont ask  an assy-t; said Edmund. quot;o be asked. Say nothing and perhaps hell go away.”

    Most boys, on meeting a reception like t  or flared up.

    Eustace did neit  grinning, and presently began  talking again.

    quot;Do you like t picture?quot; he asked.

    quot;For  let  started about Art and all t,quot; said  Edmund  Lucy, ;Yes, I do. I  like it very much.”

    quot;Its a rotten picture,quot; said Eustace.

    quot;You  see it if you step outside,quot; said Edmund.

    quot;?quot; said Eustace to Lucy.

    quot;ell, for one t; said Lucy, quot;I like it because t er looks as if it . And they were really going up and down.”

    Of course Eustace knes of anso t  say anyt at t very moment  t t) and ure made urned ratried anotaring hs.

    to believe , but  it  as o believe  didnt look at all like a cinema eitoo real and  clean and out-of-doors for t. Do to t a  great s tern and  time, and t o  meet  up again. At t an exercise book  all  does on a  t of ture toer  against teady roar of air and er.  But it  s  dreaming.

    quot;Stop it,quot; came Eustaces voice, squeaky  and bad temper. quot;Its  some silly trick you top it. Ill tell Alberta - Ow!”

    to adventures, but, just exactly as  Eustace Clarence said quot;O; t;O; too. t a great  cold, salt splas out of t, besides being  through.

    quot;Ill smasten t; cried Eustace; and t time. Eustace rusoure. Edmund, er o look out and not to be a fool. Lucy  grabbed at ime eiture ace jumped to try to pull it  off tanding on t of  glass but real  sea, and  to a rock.  c t as t t t blue  roller surged up round t t, and dreo taces despairing cry suddenly ended as ter got into h.

    Lucy tars t s  summer  term. It is true t s on mucter if sroke, and also t ter felt a great deal colder t  ure. Still, s  to do er in t  and ill quite near ts green side toace clutc .

    e figure diving off treading er, and  tace.

    t of sing going on from togetranger ening ropes round er t follotering. In reality t very  long; ting till t   being das its side. Even  endeavours sood, dripping and ser ace. Last of all came tranger - a golden-han herself.

    quot;Ca - Ca - Caspian!quot; gasped Lucy as soon as s o set on t visit. Immediately Edmund recognized oo. All t delight.

    quot;But  at once, turning to Eustace   Eustace o cry ;Let me go. Let me go back. I dont like it.”

    quot;Let you go?quot; said Caspian. quot;But where?”

    Eustace ruso ted to see ture  frame   a break to t sank. ly sick.

    quot;; said Caspian to one of t;Bring spiced ies.

    Youll need someto er t dip.quot; ies because ter and Susan ime. Narnian time floly from ours. If you  spent a ill come back to our  t. And t back to Narnia after  spending a  a time at all. You never knoill you get tly, o Narnia last time for t, it o Britain, as some people say ter.

    Rynelf returned eaming in a flagon and four silver  cups. It  ed, and as Lucy and Edmund sipped it t doo toes. But Eustace made faces and spluttered and spat it  out and o cry again and asked if t any Plumptrees  Vitaminized Nerve Food and could it be made illed er and any as t station.

    quot;te youve broug;  before ace burst out  again.

    quot;O on eart! take it a; .

    ime for feeling a little surprised.  Somet of t call it - and indeed it  t s  ood about t s uck a long crimson feat black, t riking.) Its left paed  on t of a ss tail. Its balance, as it paced gravely  along t, and its manners courtly. Lucy and Edmund recognized it  at once Reepic valiant of all talking Beasts of Narnia, and t tle of Beruna. Lucy longed, as she  had always

    done, to take Reepic t o talk to him.

    Reepic foro your Majesty. And to King Edmund, too.quot; (here he bowed  again.)

    quot;Not your Majesties presence o ture.”

    quot;Ugake it a; ace. quot;I e mice. And I never could bear  performing animals. timental.”

    quot;Am I to understand,quot; said Reepico Lucy after a long stare at  Eustace, quot;t teous person is under your Majestys protection? Because,  if not-”

    At t Lucy and Edmund both sneezed.

    quot; a fool I am to keep you all standing  t; said  Caspian. quot;Come on belo c Im  afraid he way, Reepicheep, like a good fellow.”

    quot;to t; said Reepic;even a question of  give  least for t -quot; and  Eustace.  But Caspian led tes Lucy found o tern cabin. S at once - t looked out on ter astern, table, t once by  its exquisite delicacy) and t gold image of Aslan the door.

    All took in in a flasely opened a door on  tarboard side, and said, quot;t get some dry t; ;and to  c tside t taken to to be dried.”

    Lucy found  ion of t   briged panels (all birds and beasts and crimson dragons and vines) and  spotlessly clean.

    Caspians clotoo big for  ss  on board  s of  ter rus and took a long deep breat quite sure time.