tE LANDS OF t about nine oclock next morning t epping-stones. It above hern bank.
About fifty yards ao teeply, and often in cliffs.
quot;I suppose ts our ; said Scrubb, pointing left and to the Marsh-wiggle shook his head.
quot;ts mainly live along t gorge,quot; ;You migreet to tter straigs a bit steep.”
t ten minutes stood panting at top. t a longing look back at turned to t, lonely moor stretc t must be ts gorge and did not muc looking in t direction. t out.
It er sunlig deeper into ts and see an occasional ed in t and a drink in a little ream, Jill o feel t s enjoy adventures after all, and said so.
quot;e ,quot; said the Marsh-wiggle.
alks after t - like scer break or railer crains - never go on as t out again, Jill noticed t t, more uprig ttle towers of rock. And w funny shey were!
quot;I do believe,quot; t Jill, quot;t all tories about giants mig t one, no imagine t top oo big for t it busuff - I suppose its s, really - e on eace like ears. t ts would s. And - o-o-o-h! -”
. taking it; s turn its a glimpse of t, stupid, puffcs, not rocks. ty or fifty of tanding on ttom of ting on t as men migand leaning on a er breakfast.
quot;Keep straig; oo. quot;Dont look at tever you do, dont run. ter us in a moment.”
So t on, pretending not to s. It te of a s. t look angry - or kind or interested at all. t travellers.
t came ling t ty paces ay feet behind.
quot;Are t us?quot; asked Scrubb.
quot;No,quot; said Puddleglum. quot;ed be a good deal safer if trying to t - t cairn over to t. t it, you knos safe enougs. t fine mornings. About to understand.”
It o ts, and tones, some of e apart from t and sound of to scare anyone. Jill tried not to look at them.
After about ty-five minutes ts apparently an end to t it is not pleasant to be s. tormed and jeered at one anot ty syllables eac, clumsy stone t ter who
ung upid t ly te later. ts t doo cry. do you sa Jill could babies even after the place was a mile behind.
t nigo make t of ts by sleeping back to back. (ts on top.) But it able if only t er on and fart t c all.
travelled across Ettinsmoor for many days, saving t, of course, talking birds) . Jill ratace for being able to s; on less streams on t of er. Jill t t , it never tells you is plucking and cleaning dead birds, and makes your fingers. But t t t s. One giant sa er and stumped a his own business.
About tentry co teep slope into a different, and grimmer, land. At ttom of try of ains, dark precipices, stony valleys, ravines so deep and narro one could not see far into t poured out of eco plunge sullenly into black depto say, it a sprinkling of snoant slopes.
quot;But t ; he added.
It took time to reac of top of t a river running belo to east. It erfalls. t sood.
quot;t side of it is,quot; said Puddleglum, quot;t if ting dohe river.”
quot; about t?quot; said Scrubb suddenly, pointing upstream to t. t ting - a bridge. And oo! It op to cliff-top; and t arcops as t Pauls is above treet.
quot; must be a giants bridge!quot; said Jill.
quot;Or a sorcerers, more likely,quot; said Puddleglum. quot;eve got to look out for encments in a place like ts a trap. I tll turn into mist and melt a .”
quot;O be suc blanket,quot; said Scrubb. quot; it be a proper bridge?”
quot;Do you ts ?”
said Puddleglum.
quot;But mig it by ots?quot; said Jill. quot;I mean, by giants t city
track - to ty!”
quot;ts a real brain-; said Scrubb. quot;It must be t. Come on.”
So turned and to t, it certainly seemed solid enougones Stone rade ly been covered races remained; mouldering faces and forms of giants, minotaurs, squids, centipedes, and dreadful gods. Puddleglum still didnt trust it, but ed to cross it he children.
to t stones , leaving belo.
And t, t gre ting. It seemed to she bridge.
op and could look do looked like t giant road stretco t of tains. Many stones of its pavement c remained. And riding to ancient road wo people of normal grown-up human size.
quot;Keep on. Move to; said Puddleglum. quot;Anyone you meet in a place like t to be an enemy, but nt let think were afraid.”
By time tepped off to trangers e close. One on his spear.
te you ed to kiss its nose and give it a lump of sugar at once. But ttering dress of dazzling green, ill.
quot;Good day, t-r-r-avellers,quot; s in a voice as s as test birds song, trilling fully. quot;Some of you are young pilgrims to e.”
quot;ts as may be, Maam,quot; said Puddleglum very stiffly and on his guard.
quot;ere looking for ty of ts,quot; said Jill.
quot;ty?quot; said t;t is a strange place to be seeking. ?”
quot;eve got to -quot; began Jill, but Puddleglum interrupted.
quot;Begging your pardon, Maam. But kno c kno talk to strangers about our business, if you dont mind. Stle rain soon, do you think?”
t, most musical laug;ell, c; s;you Ill be free en isy Ruinous, but never met any o tle of le giants. t, and courteous as ttinsmoor are fooliso all beastliness. And in idings of ty Ruinous, but certainly you ss. You o er t t, to tarry certain days for your ease and refres. teaming bat beds, and brig and t and trong able four times in a day.”
quot;I say!quot; exclaimed Scrubb. quot;ts somethink of sleeping in a bed again.”
quot;Yes, and bat; said Jill. quot;Do you to stay? e dont knohem, you see.”
quot;Only tell t; ans;t Sle salutes t tumn Feast.”
quot;O; said Jill and Scrubb.
quot;But ; said t;On to too late. For t tes a fe is tom of tle t to none w, how hard so ever he knock.”
to took off eeple- and boiffly. t Knigarted clatter of hoofs.
quot;ell!quot; said Puddleglum. quot;Id give a good deal to kno you expect to meet in tland, is so no good, Ill be bound.”
quot;O!quot; said Scrubb. quot;I t s meals and warm rooms. I do a long way off.”
quot;Same ; said Jill. quot;And sious dress. And the horse!”
quot;All t; said Puddleglum, quot;I her.”
quot;I o ask ; said Jill. quot;But tell us?”
quot;Yes,quot; said Scrubb. quot;And . Didnt you like them?”
quot;t; said t;hem? I only saw one.”
quot;Didnt you see t?quot; asked Jill.
quot;I sa of armour,quot; said Puddleglum. quot; he speak?”
quot;I expect ; said Jill. quot;Or per s to look at en to her lovely voice. Im sure I would if I was him.”
quot;I ; remarked Puddleglum, quot;ed up t and looked inside.”
quot; all,quot; said Scrubb. quot;t could be inside it except a man?”
quot; a skeleton?quot; asked tly c;Or per; ert, quot;not all. I mean, nothing you could see.
Someone invisible.”
quot;Really, Puddleglum,quot; said Jill ;you do horrible ideas.
hem all?”
quot;O; said Scrubb. quot;ing t, and s t tle Giants and get on to harfang as quickly as we can.
I wis is.”
And no of told: not t Jill and Scrubb been sparring and snapping at eac t really serious disagreement. Puddleglum didnt to go to all. knos idea of being quot;gentlequot; mig, anyaying s, gentle or oted over campfires, and o sleep on, ely dead set to visit tle Giants. In to do so, but only on one condition. t give an absolute promise t, unless tell tle Giants t t t on.
After t talk
place try tle o camp in, as tony, and made your feet sore by day and every bit of you sore by night.
In tever tended by telling t ual effect on t not beds and bat meals and o get indoors. talked about Aslan, or even about t prince, noing to and morning. So first, t soo tired, but s all about it. And t ed t time at really made th Puddleglum.
At last ternoon to a place and dark fir tains. Before te, rocky plain: beyond it, furtains capped betains rose a loisop.
quot;Look! Look!quot; cried Jill, and pointed across t s. Lig moonlig a ed windows. If you , for weeks, you will and .
quot;; cried Scrubb and Jill in glad, excited voices; and quot;; repeated Puddleglum in a dull, gloomy voice. But ;; and he bow
off do goose. It oo late to t day. But t meal and a fire, and started t er t, t greterly cold, and s iff .
quot;Never mind!quot; said Jill, stamping . quot; batonight!”