tO NARRO ESCAPES  EVERYONE  of t morning to  tains ill a dragon. It  rabbits  and a fes, but from tone s, and from blackened places   long before. there were also some bones  and broken weapons.

    quot;Pirates ; said Caspian.

    quot;Or t; said Edmund.

    ttle skin boat, or coracle,  on t c iny boat,  barely four feet long, and till lay in it ion. t  t eit  t country had been  Dwarfs.

    Reepico keep it, as it  t size for   aken on board. t land Burnt Island, and sailed away before noon.

    For some five days t  of sig rained ill  ternoon.

    Eustace lost t like his old  and

    disagreeable self again, and Edmund said o  America  of tern ;s stopping. And ?”

    tumbled up to t t topped  and t Drinian, ern. Or  rat several ttle like smootervals of about forty feet in between.

    quot;But t be rocks,quot; Drinian ;because t tes ago.”

    quot;And ones just disappeared,quot; said Lucy.

    quot;Yes, and t; said Edmund.

    quot;And nearer,quot; said Eustace.

    quot;!quot; said Caspian. quot;this way.”

    quot;And moving a great deal quicker t; said Drinian.  quot;Itll be up e.”

    t is not at all nice to be pursued by an  unkno  turned out to be ed. Suddenly, only about t pitc side, an appalling self out of t c  - and s ears. It aring teet came up on  took to be a  as more and more of it emerged  everyone kne t its neck but its body and t at last t so many people ed to see - t Sea Serpent. ts gigantic tail could be seen far a intervals from ts owering up .

    Every man ruso  to be done, ter  of reac;S! S!quot; cried ter Bo  ts  ed. te, everyone ill, staring up at its eyes and mout  would pounce.

    But it didnt pounce. It s its . Nos  beside ting top. Still it stretcretcill its arboard bul began to come - not  on to the

    cro into ter, so t t.

    And almost at once t arco get smaller: indeed on tarboard  t  toucreaders side.

    Eustace (  brave t Caspian  s body  it . It is true t   so bits, but it o have done.

    Ot t moment Reepic called  out, quot;Dont fig; It o advise anyone not to fig, even in t terrible moment, every eye turned to o  t tle furry back against its  e a number of people sao do t later, ts ime on t side, and time s back to tood.

    te self round treader and o draig got quite tiging  matc could pick t of ter one by one. to pusill it slid over tern; or else (to put  to pus of the loop.

    Reepicing up a cat rying before others  shoved him aside.

    Very soon t Lucy and ting)

    o t, so t t of t man, puso  s cracked, s dropped, breats and gasps. t  t t t t  t it   it over t already too tig  fit. It ing on tter. ts body  the poop and push  side by side.

    ill everyone remembered tern, tail, of treader. It e impossible to get te over t.

    quot;An axe,quot; cried Caspian ;and still s; Lucy, aring up at t to  t just as sop t crasree  coming doed for t very moment, whe Sea

    Serpent igern broke off and the ship was free.

    too exed to see s body got rapidly smaller and disappeared into a  splas of course sed at t, and it may  ion) t sic satisfaction on tures  face.  is certain is t it upid animal, for instead of pursuing t turned its s o expected to  find treader t treader ing and groaning all about till presently to talk about it, and to laug it. And  ace (t  done any good) and of Reepicheep.

    After t sea and sky.  On to to rise; by ternoon it  at time ted land on t  bow.

    quot;By your leave, Sire,quot; said Drinian, quot;ry to get under t country by ro; Caspian agreed, but a  long ro t bring to t lig day teered into a natural  no one  as  nigry . From t summit  clouds came streaming rapidly. t and loaded  er casks wy.

    quot;ream ser at, Drinian?quot; said Caspian as ook   in tern-ss of t. quot;to be to the bay.”

    quot;It makes little odds, Sire,quot; said Drinian. quot;But I ts a ser  pull to t on tarboard-tern one.”

    quot;; said Lucy.

    quot;I s does!quot; said Edmund, for it ing ;I  say, lets go to tream. trees ter.”

    quot;Yes, lets,quot; said Eustace. quot;No point in getting ter than we need.”

    But all time Drinian eadily steering to tarboard, like  tiresome people in cars  forty miles an o t the wrong road.

    quot;t, Drinian,quot; said Caspian. quot; you bring ern stream?”

    quot;As your Majesty pleases,quot; said Drinian a little sly. erday, and  like advice from landsmen. But ered course; and it turned out after it hing he did.

    By time tering, tace, to o top of t could be seen. It iffis, except seagulls. op t it  more ty acres; and from t te t did from ting top, of treader.

    quot;Crazy, you kno; said Eustace to Lucy in a lo tern horizon.

    quot;Sailing on and on into t   to.quot; But  out of , not really nastily as  one time.

    It oo cold to stay long on till blew fresh.

    quot;Dont lets go back t; said Lucy as turned; quot;lets go  along a bit and come doream, ted to go to.”

    Everyone agreed to ter about fifteen minutes t t eresting place ted; a  deep little mountain lake, surrounded by cliffs except for a narro t of t do.

    All sat do one (it was Edmund) jumped up again very quickly.

    quot;tones on t;  in t;c it . . .   a  stone at all, its a ss a   of it.  It must have lain here for ages.”

    quot;Narnian, too, by t,quot; said Caspian, as they all crowded round.

    quot;Im sitting on sometoo,quot; said Lucy. quot;Somet; It turned out  to be t. By time everyone , a dagger, and a fe Calormen crescents but genuine Narnian quot;Lionsquot; and  quot;treesquot; suc see any day in t-place of Beaversdam or Beruna.

    quot;Looks as if t be all ts left of one of our seven lords,quot; said  Edmund.

    quot;Just ; said Caspian. quot;I o show. And I wonder how he died.”

    quot;And o avenge ; added Reepicheep.

    Edmund, ty ive stories,  hinking.

    quot;Look ; ;t t  .”

    quot;?quot; asked Caspian.

    quot;No bones,quot; said Edmund. quot;An enemy migake t he armour?”

    quot;Per; Lucy suggested.

    quot;Itd be a clever animal,quot; said Edmund, quot;t ake a mans mail s  off.”

    quot;Per; said Caspian.

    quot;Not; said Eustace. quot;A dragon couldnt do it. I ougo know.”

    quot;ell, lets get a; said Lucy. S felt  like sitting down again since Edmund ion of bones.

    quot;If you like,quot; said Caspian, getting up. quot;I dont tuff  is aking away.”

    to ttle opening  of  tood looking at ter   day, no doubt some ed to bathe and everyone would have had a  drink.

    Indeed, even as it ace  of stooping doer in  t  cried, quot;Look,quot; so  about his drink and looked.

    ttom of tones and ter  ly clear, and on ttom lay a life-size figure of a man, made  apparently of gold. It lay face dos arms stretc above its  so  as t it, ted and t. t up from end to end. Lucy t it  beautiful  statue she had ever seen.

    quot;ell!quot; ;t o see! I  it out?”

    quot;e can dive for it, Sire,quot; said Reepicheep.

    quot;No good at all,quot; said Edmund. quot;At least, if its really gold - solid gold  - itll be far too o bring up. And t pools teen feet deep if its an  inc, ts a good t a ing spear s see o my  over ter a bit.”

    Caspian took o loer.

    Before it  believe tatue is gold at  all. Its only t. Your spear looks just the same colour.”

    quot;s ; asked several voices at once; for Edmund   go of the spear.

    quot;I couldnt ,quot; gasped Edmund, quot;it seemed so heavy.”

    quot;And t is on ttom no; said Caspian, quot;and Lucy is rig  looks just tatue.”

    But Edmund, s - at  least  traig once and  sed out in t;Get back! Back from ter. All of you. At once!!”

    tared at him.

    quot;Look,quot; said Edmund, quot;look at toes of my boots.”

    quot;t yello; began Eustace.

    quot;t; interrupted Edmund. quot;Look at t already. And theyre as heavy as lead.”

    quot;By Aslan!quot; said Caspian. quot;You dont mean to say-?”

    quot;Yes, I do,quot; said Edmund. quot;t er turns to gold. It turned to gold, ts  so   lapping against my feet  (its a good t barefoot) and it turned toe-caps into gold. And t poor  fellotom - well, you see.”

    quot;So it isnt a statue at all,quot; said Lucy in a low voice.

    quot;No. t day. op of tting. tted aaken  by birds to line nests ill then he dived and -”

    quot;Dont,quot; said Lucy. quot; a hing.”

    quot;And w a narrow s; said Edmund.

    quot;Narro; said Reepic;Anyones finger, anyones foot, anyones  er at any moment.”

    quot;All t; said Caspian, quot;est it.quot; ooped do in. It  model of  gold,  as lead.

    quot;t; said Caspian slo of all t ser Island. And I bind all of  you to secrecy.

    No one must kno even Drinian - on pain of death, do you  hear?”

    quot;alking to?quot; said Edmund. quot;Im no subject of yours. If  anyts t sovereigns of Narnia and you  are under allegiance to ther.”

    quot;So it o t, King Edmund, ?quot; said Caspian, laying .

    quot;Oop it, bot; said Lucy. quot;ts t of doing anyth boys.

    Youre all sucs - ooo; o a gasp.

    And everyone else saw w she had seen.

    Across t yet in  bloom -  noise, and  looking at t  sunlig gone in, passed  lion t er;,”

    t anotime s;t-; But it   t mattered. Nobody dared to ask   was Aslan.

    And nobody ever sa one another like  people waking from sleep.

    quot; alking about?quot; said Caspian. quot;her an  ass of myself?”

    quot;Sire,quot; said Reepic;t. Let us get  back on board at once. And if I mig Deater.”

    quot;t strikes me as a very good name, Reep,quot; said Caspian, quot;t  I come to t, I dont knoo be settling and I  dare say Drinian o be off.  a lot ell him.”

    But in fact t muco tell for t hour had  all become confused.

    quot;ties all seemed a bit bec; said  Drinian to Rer er Island already belo;Someto t place.

    t clear  these lords were looking for.”

    quot;You dont say so, Captain,quot; anss t te oo.  My baccys running a bit lo, Sir.”