tRANGE tRENC  of a day. Over ; blo, a  felt as if it ake your skin off.  doo t t of t road o pick t broken stones and bet, it oo cold for a  .

    At about ten oclock t tiny snoering dotled on Jills arm. ten minutes later te ty minutes  ticeably eady snoorm,   to last all day,  they  could hardly see.

    In order to understand  keep on remembering tle ted ted  all. It ion of seeing t few paces a, you o screw up  your eyes.

    Needless to say, t talking.

    of t a glimpse of  no one  did. All  in front of t   four feet y in  jumping onto top of it, and  y  business for  t for e deep on tiff climb - Jill fell once - up very roug a o a second ledge. toget quite irregular  intervals.

    As truggled on to taking t  t t top of t ill noer;  te  as flat on top as it ance: a great level tableland ore  across

    resistance. In most places till  all, for t catc up off ts and clouds, and  in t little eddies of sno as you sometimes see t as smoot to make matters   imes  divided it up into squares and oblongs. All to be climbed; to five feet in  and  a couple of yards ts; and after eaco a  drift and got .

    Fig ableland - t t looked vaguely like factory c, a raig to be. But s at all interested and didnt give t. t about  harfang.

    Suddenly s five feet, and found o o a dark, narro to  of her.

    er stom. So be in a  kind of trenc t  t ticed  of trenc ticed urally, t he edge.

    quot;Are you , Pole?quot; sed Scrubb.

    quot;Bot ; sed Puddleglum.

    Jill stood up and explained t s, but to .

    quot; is it youve fallen into?quot; asked Scrubb.

    quot;Its a kind of trenc mig;  said Jill. quot;It runs quite straight.”

    quot;Yes, by Jove,quot; said Scrubb. quot;And it runs due nort a sort  of road? If it  of t of sno ttom?”

    quot; all bloop, I suppose.”

    quot; her on?”

    quot;; said Jill. S up and renc before s turned so t. Sed tion back to thers.

    quot;s round t; asked Scrubb.

    No  Jill  ty passages and  dark places underground, or even nearly underground, t Scrubb  tention of going round t corner alone; especially s just t of place t migo a  dragons cave. And in a giant country, t be giant eart beetles.”

    quot;I dont t goes anyw; said Jill, coming ily back.

    quot;Im jolly o ; said Scrubb. quot; do you mean by  any; So  dorencoo  by noo bot being a bit ter) and t Jill and, t say anyt sure t . So s took care not to get in front of him.

    It proved, ing exploration. t round t -urn and straigraigo t. quot;ts no good,quot; said Scrubb, glancing do-urn, quot;t aking us back - sout;  straig once more, in a feeps, turn to t. But time trenco a dead end.

    quot;No good,quot; grunted Scrubb. Jill lost no time in turning and leading turned to t fallen in, ty in pulling t.

    But it o be out on top again. Dos of  trenc begun to to see clearly and  breat sing. It e misery to come back  into t did seem  moment  for saying:  quot;Are you still sure of ts t to be  after, now?”

    quot;O; said Pole. quot;Somet someone  mentioning Aslans name, I t Im jolly  going to give a recitation  here.”

    As you see, s t roubled to  t s;patquot; in o be sure of reeling t order at a moments notice and  tion annoyed  knohe  Lions lesson

    quite so o . to tired, made ;Bot; S  pere mean it.

    quot;O , ?quot; said Puddleglum. quot;No seems to me, t place opping to . iced -”

    quot;O; said Scrubb, quot;is time for stopping to admire ts get on.”

    quot;O; cried Jill and pointed. Everyone turned, and  everyone sao tableland on ravellers  before, t made  one t made one t   soup or juicy sirloins smoking on table.

    quot;; exclaimed Scrubb.

    quot;ts all very ; said Puddleglum. quot;But w I was saying was -”

    quot;O up,quot; said Jill crossly. quot;e  a moment to lose. Dont you  remember  t get time,  , . ell die if  on a nighis.”

    quot;ell, it isnt exactly a nig yet,quot; began Puddleglum; but t; and began stumbling forableland as quickly  as till talking, but  no to t ed to. And t . t drinks; and to oo late and being s out  unbearable.

    In spite of te, it took time to cross t top of  t , till several ledges to climb dohe far side.

    But at last ttom and could see w harfang was like.

    It stood on a e of its many tole Giants feared no attack. tside e close to tress. ttle doors  it e easy  to get in and out of tle  going tyard. ts  of Jill and Scrubb. It made the whole place look more friendly and less forbidding.

    At first t and steepness of tened t  presently ticed t t and t to. It errible climb, after to  hundred yards.

    But in tood before tle gate. tcullis e open.

    ired you are, it takes some nerve to o a giants front  door. In spite of all   was Puddleglum w courage.

    quot;Steady pace, no; ;Dont look frigever you do. eve  done t t all: but no  a bold face on it.”

    itrode foro teood still under t as loud as he could.

    quot;er! Guests who seek lodging.”

    And o ook off  and  knocked off ts wide brim.

    quot;I say,quot; ; blanket, but y of pluck - and cheek.”

    A door opened, letting out a delicious glo  a perfectly enormous giant;  t is to say, aller tree but notall as a  telegraply red al plates fastened all over it  so as to make a kind of mail s, bare knees (very tees on  ooped do Puddleglum.

    quot;And  of creature do you call yourself,quot; he said.

    Jill took ;Please,quot; sing up at t. quot;tle salutes tle Giants, and  us to your  Autumn Feast.

    - If its quite convenient, of course,quot; she added.

    quot;O; said ter. quot;ts quite a different story. Come in, little  people, come in.

    Youd best come into to y.quot;  ty. quot;Blue faces,quot; ;I didnt kno colour. Dont care about it myself. But I dare say you look quite nice to one anotles fancy otles, they do say.”

    quot;Our faces are only blue ; said Jill. quot;ere not this colour  really.”

    quot;t tle s; said ter. to t errible to  be about it as soon as time last nig looked as if  four or five , and it  go . But t, and   sighs of relief.

    quot;Noer,quot; said ter to anot aring at tors till it looked as if art out  of ;run across o t; And ed er a final stare, and a great guffa the room.

    quot;No; said ter to Puddleglum, quot;you look as if you ed  some c; tle very like Puddleglums o about  ty times larger. quot;Let me see, let me see,quot; said ter. quot;I cant give you a cup  or youll dro me see. t-cellar  t mention it over at tting over  s not my fault.”

    t-cellar  very like one of ours, being narro it doed Puddleglum to refuse it, distrusting tle Giants as   tered, quot;Its rate to be tions no  be; t t;Smells all rig; ;But ts noto go by. Better make sure,quot; and took a sip. quot;tastes all rigoo,quot; ;But it mig at t sip.  go on?quot; ook a larger sip.  quot;A; he said.

    quot;But is it t; and took anot;ty at ttom, I s ; o t;test, you see. If I curl up, or  burst, or turn into a lizard, or somet to take anyt; But t, o er and said, quot; it  away!”

    quot;Not a man . . . Mars; replied Puddleglum in a someinct  voice. quot;Not frog either: Marshwiggle.”

    At t moment t came in  saying, quot;to go to t once.”

    tood up but Puddleglum remained sitting and said, quot;Marsable Marsowiggle.”

    quot;S; said t Porter. quot;Youd better carry  Froggy. hans good for him.”

    quot;Not; said Puddleglum. quot;Not a frog. Notabiggle.”

    But t caug and signed to to folloyard. Puddleglum, s fist, and vaguely kicking tainly look very like a frog. But ttle time to notice tered t doorle -  bots beating faster ter pattering along several corridors at  a trot to keep up s paces, found t of an  enormous room, s t stood on  t and rig robes; and on t t to be the King and Queen.

    About ty feet from topped. Scrubb and Jill made an  atempt at a bo taugo curtsey at Experiment  carefully put Puddleglum doo a  sort of sitting position. ito tell truth,  uncommonly like a large spider.