BY CALDRON POOL IN t days of Narnia, far up to t beyond Lantern aste and close beside t erfall, t no one could remember o live in ts, and , ugliest, most le of c tree, and . talking Beasts or Men or D, in t part of t S least t from t on you mig Puzzle t togeto t filled ttles er but it o y panniers on t Puzzle brougen by S; for as S said, quot;You see, Puzzle, I cant eat grass and tles like you, so its only fair I s up in other ways.”
And Puzzle al;Of course, S, of course. I see t.quot; Puzzle never complained, because S it o be friends all. And if ever Puzzle did try to argue about anyt ;Noand o be done better t clever, Puzzle.quot; And Puzzle al;No, S. Its quite true. Im not clever.quot; tever S had said.
One morning early in t under t tern end of Narnia. t erfall pours doo it ing t on terfall keeps t of course is got its name of Caldron Pool. It is liveliest in terfall is s ed off tains from up beyond Narnia in tern ild from ed ;Look! s t?”
quot;s ; said Puzzle.
quot;t yellos just come doerfall. Look! t is again, its floating. e must find out is.”
quot;Must ; said Puzzle.
quot;Of course ,quot; said S. quot;It may be somet o t out. t it.”
quot;o t; said Puzzle, tching his long ears.
quot;ell o get it if you dont?quot; said the Ape.
quot;But - but,quot; said Puzzle, quot; it be better if you in? Because, you see, its you o kno is, and I dont muc comes to catc hoofs.”
quot;Really, Puzzle,quot; said S, quot;I didnt t. I didnt t of you, really.”
quot; ; said t S ;All I meant was -”
quot;anting me to go into ter,quot; said t;As if you didnt knoly well w weak cs Apes always c Ill go in. I shall probably die.
t; And Ss voice sounded as if going to burst into tears.
quot;Please dont, please dont, please dont,quot; said Puzzle, alking. quot;I never meant anyt, S, really I didnt. You kno a time. Id forgotten about your nt t yourself. Promise me you , S.”
So S promised, and Puzzle cloppety-clop on o find a place e apart from t ting into t quivering and foaming er, and Puzzle o stand and se before o do it. But t called out from be;Perter do it after all, Puzzle.quot; And ; and in .
A great mass of foam got er and blinded under altogete anot of t er and faster till it took under terfall itself, and ter plunged he would never be
able to ill last someo catc sailed a too got under to ttom. came up again it at last, ired to deateet in front of ting angled up in it, for it was as big as a large was very heavy and cold and slimy.
do of S and stood dripping and srying to get t . too busy going round and round t out and patting it and smelling it.
to ;It is a lions skin.”
quot;Ee - au?quot; gasped Puzzle.
quot;No; said S to hinking very hard.
quot;I ly. quot;It ougo be buried. e must have a funeral.”
quot;O a talking Lion,quot; said S. quot;You neednt bot t. talking Beasts up beyond tern ild. t o a dumb, wild lion.”
true. A er, a Man, ern ild several mont t doesnt come into tory.
quot;All t,quot; said Puzzle, quot;even if to a dumb, o give it a decent burial? I mean, arent all lions rather solemn?
Because of you know you see?”
quot;Dont you start getting ideas into your ; said S. quot;Because, you kno your strong point. ell make to a fine er coat for you.”
quot;O t,quot; said t;It s mig is to say, I s feel -”
quot; are you talking about?quot; said S, scratche wrong way up as Apes do.
quot;I dont t ful to t Lion, to Aslan about dressed up in a lion-skin,quot; said Puzzle.
quot;No stand arguing, please,quot; said S. quot; does an ass like you kno t sort? You kno t you let me do your t you treat me as I treat you? I dont tter at some ts o t better t o somet? Am I never to be alloo do anything? Do be fair.
turn and turn about.”
quot;O it t ; said Puzzle.
quot;I tell you ; said S. quot;Youd better take a good brisk trot down river as far as Chey have any oranges or bananas.”
quot;But Im so tired, S,quot; pleaded Puzzle.
quot;Yes, but you are very cold and ,quot; said t;You someto rot ts market day at Coday.”
And then of course Puzzle said he would go.
As soon as simes on times on four, till ree. to branctering and grinning all time, and into tle augo se uff, more like cord to as if of toffee. paw.
tree and so tted do to work.
once t too long for Puzzle and its neck too s. So a good piece out of t to make a long collar for Puzzles long neck. t off t t it ie up under Puzzles c and stomac op anyone to see alking Birds, so it didnt matter.
Late in ternoon Puzzle came back. trotting but only plodding patiently along, the way donkeys do.
quot;t any oranges,quot; ;and t any bananas. And Im very tired.quot; he lay down.
quot;Come and try on your beautiful ne,quot; said S.
quot;O old skin,quot; said Puzzle. quot;Ill try it on in too tired tonight.”
quot;You are unkind, Puzzle,quot; said S. quot;If youre tired o make you a coat. My paired I can hese scissors.
And you say t even look at t -and you dont care - and- and-”
quot;My dear S,quot; said Puzzle getting up at once, quot;I am so sorry. Ive been o try it on. And it looks simply splendid. Do try it on me at once. Please do.”
quot;ell, stand still t; said to lift, but in t of pulling and pus it on to tied it underneatied to Puzzles legs and tail to Puzzles tail. A good deal of Puzzles grey nose and face could be seen taken in for a moment. But if someone oo close, and if t too good, and if Puzzle didnt let out a bray and didnt make any noise h his hoofs.
quot;You look ; said t;If anyone sa Lion, himself.”
quot;t ; said Puzzle.
quot;No it ,quot; said S. quot;Everyone old them.”
quot;But I dont to tell thing.”
quot;But you t; said S. quot;Youd o advise you, you knoo give. And everyone everyt in Narnia.”
quot;But isnt everyt already?quot; said Puzzle.
quot;!quot; cried S. quot;Everyt?-where are no oranges or bananas?”
quot;ell, you kno; said Puzzle, quot;t many people - in fact, I dont t yourself of things.”
quot;too,quot; said S.
quot;; said t;It here was more sugar.”
quot;ell ts settled,quot; said t;You end to be Aslan, and Ill tell you o say.”
quot;No, no, no,quot; said Puzzle. quot;Dont say suc very clever but I kno muc urned up?”
quot;I expect ; said S. quot;Probably us t to rigurn up, you kno nowadays.”
At t moment t t overrembled their faces.
quot;t; gasped Puzzle, as soon as o speak. quot;Its a sign, a ake tc once.”
quot;No, no,quot; said t;Its a sign t going to say t if t us to go on remor. It on tip of my tongue, only tself came before I could get t. Youve got to do it no let us understand t could a donkey kno signs?”