A PARLIAMENt OF OLS   It is a very funny t take  about getting to bed; especially if you are lucky enougo   s even start undressing unless s do of t first.  And once s do to get up again. So  five times, quot;I must go to bedquot;, led by a tap on the window.

    S up, pulled tain, and at first sa darkness. tarted backself against  tap on t did so. A very unpleasant idea came  into ;Suppose t motry! Ug; But time s sure s t tapping noise. quot;Its some ; t Jill. quot;Could it be an eagle?quot; S very muc a visit even from an eagle, but s.  Instantly,   Jill o step back to make room for  it. It he Owl.

    quot;u-;Dont make a noise. No about  to do?”

    quot;About t Prince, you mean?quot; said Jill. quot;Yes,  to be.quot; For  noen during  ting and story-telling in the hall.

    quot;Good!quot; said t;time to e.

    You must get ater c clot on sometravel in. Ill be back in tu- ing for an  answer, he was gone.

    If Jill o adventures, s ed t to ing idea of a midnig o ser and ss t of ts   in t cloak t came doo ;just t rains,quot; s), a feed.

    Sting sleepy again wurned.

    quot;No; it said.

    quot;Youd better lead t; said Jill. quot;I dont kno.”

    quot;tu-;ere not going tle. t  ride on me. e shall fly.”

    quot;O; said Jill, and stood  muc;S I be too heavy for you?”

    quot;tu-  out t lamp first.”

    As soon as t, t of t ood on to to climb on to   fat body and get ig beautifully   but to ;I  Jill. And just as s t air, rather cool  and damp, was flying in her face.

    It ed, and t, one  patcery silver srees black. tain amount of  rain was coming soon.

    t tle  over it, nort se reflection of ter beneat soon try.

    t somet see.

    quot;O, please!quot; said Jill. quot;Dont jerk like t. You nearly threw me  off.”

    quot;I beg your pardon,quot; said t;I  nabbing a bat. taining, in a small tle bat. Sch you  one?”

    quot;No, t; said Jill h a shudder.

    tle lo o time to see t it oly  ruinous to of ivy on it, s -  of t into a dark place inside top of to y inside

    and, t she Owls back, she knew (as one usually  does somehow)

    t it e croion quot;tu voice said:  quot;Is t you, Pole?”

    quot;Is t you, Scrubb?quot; said Jill.

    quot;No; said Glimfeat;I t us   of owls.”

    quot;tu-s t to do,quot; said  several voices.

    quot;,quot; said Scrubbs voice. quot;t to say  first.”

    quot;Do, do, do,quot; said t;Fire ahead.”

    quot;I suppose all you c; said Scrubb, quot;I suppose you all  kno King Caspian tento tern end of t journey:  sounds o believe, but people dont gro t I  to say is t  Im t of o of plot against to do .”

    quot;tu-; said the owls.

    quot;s it all about t; said Scrubb.

    quot;Its only t; said Glimfeat;t if t, trumpkin, o look for t Prince,  let you start. hed  keep you under lock and key sooner.”

    quot;Great Scott!quot; said Scrubb. quot;You dont mean t trumpkin is a traitor? I  used to  about  sea. Caspian - trusted  ely.”

    quot;O; said a voice. quot;trumpkins no traitor. But more ty  cs, centaurs, good giants, and all sorts)  one time or anot out  to look for t Prince, and none of t last t going to  Narnians destroyed in to go.”

    quot;But surely  us go,quot; said Scrubb. quot; me.”

    (quot;Sent bot; put in Jill.)

    quot;Yes,quot; said Glimfeat;I t trumpkin ick to true as steel, but  and very peppery. You could never make  t be time for  making an exception to the rule.”

    quot;You migake some notice of us, because ;But  come trying to teach  me, Sir.

    Crabs and crumpets!“

    tated trumpkins voice rater all round. to see t t about  trumpkin as people feel at sc some crusty teactle afraid  of and everyone makes fun of and nobody really dislikes.

    quot;o be a; asked Scrubb.

    quot;If only ; said Glimfeat;You see, tely t Aslan erebint tempt before o see Aslan face to face again,  and ask  er  , if  meet Aslan in terebint, to Seven Isles and Lone Islands -  and on and on. alks about it, but en t voyage to  t of s s to go there again.”

    quot;ting for o come back?quot; said Jill.

    quot;No, no good,quot; said t;O a to-do! If only you the Prince.”

    Jill kept quiet at ting enoug to  tell all t  is, tered  under ;ell, it  my fault,quot; before saying out loud:  quot;Very  it. But t one t to kno, as you call it, is all fair and above board  and means no misc o be so jolly secret- meeting in a ruin in dead  of nig?”

    quot;tu-;?  except at night?”

    quot;You see,quot; explained Glimfeat;most of tures in Narnia ural s. t (ug to

    be asleep. And, as a result, at nigupid t you  cant get a  of t into t of meeting at sensible   to talk about things.”

    quot;I see,quot; said Scrubb. quot;ell nos get on. tell us all about t  Prince.quot; t Glimfeated tory.

    About ten years ago, it appeared, w, s of Narnia.

    t t t ing. In t of to a pleasant  glade ed and ate  and drank and er a time t sleepy, and t of ty  a little ales and laug not   serpent came out of tung t and  ruso er it  , s   it glided ao t  come at it. So urned to  her.

    But t t glance of  no po be trying o tell  s speak clearly and, . It en minutes since  t heard her cry.

    to Cair Paravel, and sterly  mourned by Rilian and by t lady,  tars floer t, ing for t venomous o kill it and  be avenged.

    No one remarked mucired and distraug about a monter t all day,  bear tiers ain on t great voyage to t parts of th.

    One evening Drinian said to t;Your  soon give over  seeking true vengeance on a less brute as t be on a  man. You ; t;My Lord, I   forgotten t; Drinian asked  ;My lord,quot; said t;I   beautiful

    t ; quot;Fair Prince,quot; said Drinian, quot;of your courtesy  let me ride omorro I also may see t; quot;it;  said Rilian.

    time on t day t gallop into ted at t same fountain w  h.

    Drinian t it strange t t place of all  places, to linger in. And ted till it came to  noon Drinian  looked up and sa beautiful lady ood at tain and said no  beckoned to to all and great, s as  green as poison. And tared at  of s. But  suddenly t urned to Cair Paravel. It stuck  in Drinians mind t this shining green woman was evil.

    Drinian doubted very muc not to tell ture to  t tle ale-bearer and so ongue.  But after alone. t nig back, and from t race of  nor hing else was  ever found.

    tterness of   to Caspian and said, quot;Lord  King, slay me speedily as a great traitor: for by my silence I royed your son.quot;  And old ory. t up a battle-axe and ruso kill ood still as a stock for t , quot;I  my queen and my  son: s; And , and t broken.

    Sucory of Rilian. And ;I bet t  serpent and t he same person.”

    quot;true, true, ; ed the owls.

    quot;But  t; said Glimfeat;because no  bones -”

    quot;e kno; said Scrubb. quot;Aslan told Pole ill alive  somewhere.”

    quot;t almost makes it ; said t o;It means s Narnia. Long, long ago, at te itc of th and bound our land in snow and ice for a  hundred years.

    And he same crew.”

    quot;Very ; said Scrubb. quot;Pole and I  to `Find this Prince.  Can you help us?”

    quot;; asked Glimfeather.

    quot;Yes,quot; said Scrubb. quot;e kno to go nort  to reac city.”

    At ter tu- and ruffling tarted speaking at once.  t t go  Prince quot;Youd  to travel by day, and  to  travel by night,”

    t;It  do,  do.quot; One or t even  o  nearly so dark as it  t e long enoug, tion  of a journey to ty of giants seemed to s of t Glimfeat;If t to go t o Ettinsmoor -  take to one  of them much.”

    quot;true, true. Do,quot; said the owls.

    quot;Come on, t; said Glimfeat;Ill take one. ake t must be done tonight.”

    quot;I ; said another owl.

    quot;Are you ready?quot; said Glimfeato Jill.

    quot;I t; said Scrubb.