tning, Risarkaan leaped back out of reac single- tirian and t  take on to your face and peck at your eyes and blind you  Narnians in battle) t no man,  except c rears on its  falls upon you and ts s s teeto deal  once. So o tood calling out:  quot;to me, to me, isroc, may-o me, all loyal  Narnians, lest tashlan fall upon you!”

    realized arkaan. For a second or so ting beside taring at tirian ruscure, picked it up by to table sing, quot;Open  the door!”

    Poggin opened it. quot;Go and drink your o; said tirian and  o t as t again,  a blinding greenis s from table, trange noise - a clucking and screaming as if it rous bird. ts moaned and  quot;tas; and many fell doiced tarkaan at t moment. And from  Ris as surprised, and nearly frig;there goes one,”

    t Farsig;hey have really come?”

    t t - iful t nigalking Dog in ting (teen of

    to tly great big dogs   nearly knocked you doalking Dogs t as doggy as tood up and  put t pa  once: quot;elcome! elcome! ell o help,  show us how, how. how-how-how?”

    It  it made you  to cry. t last,   of t later, several little animals (mice and  moles and a squirrel or so) came pattering up, squealing ;See,  see. ere here,”

    and , too, Eustace began to feel  t perer all, everyt be going to come rig tirian gazed round  and saw he animals had moved.

    quot;to me! to me!quot; ;urned cowards since I was your  King?”

    quot;e darent,quot; asashlan.”

    quot;alking ; said tirian to the Boar.

    quot;eve seen, ; squealed t;tied - do ttom of the hill.”

    quot;ttle ones,quot; said tirian, quot;you nibblers and gnacrackers, a as you can scamper and see if t your teeto till ther.”

    quot;it; came tails  tootirian smiled for mere love as  it ime to be tarkaan was  giving his orders.

    quot;For; ;take all of to  table or drive to it.  fire to it and make  to t god tash.”

    quot;; said Farsigo ;So t is o ashs  pardon for his unbelief.”

    t irian ime to give his orders.

    quot;Out on t, Jill, and try to s all you may before t to , Eustace on my rig and by

    rike, Farsig  behind us.

    Go in among ter to our aid!”

    Eustace stood  beating terribly,  he  would be brave.

    ) t made  line of dark-faced brigeen Calormenes, a talking Bull of Narnia, Slinkey tyr. tyr ;Oer!quot; came tirians voice; and  them.

    Eustace could never remember es. It  you emperature is over 100) until arkaans voice calling out from tance:  quot;Retire. Back her and re-form.”

    tace came to o  t not all of t , and  was .

    t tusk. But our side s losses too. t mumbled in its ty voice, beo  t, quot;I - I dont understand,quot; laid its big ly as a  co sleep, and never moved again.

    In fact, t attack ace didnt seem able to be glad  about it: erribly ty and his arm ached so.

    As ted Calormenes  back to t them.

    quot;; t;Dont you like it?  your  great tarkaan go and figead of sending you to be killed? Poor Darkies!”

    quot;D; cried tirian. quot;Come  your tongues.  till time. Dwarfs of Narnia! You can figo your  allegiance.”

    quot;Ya; sneered t;Not likely. Youre just as big . e dont  any Kings. the Dwarfs. Boo!”

    t a Dime, but a big bulls hide  Calormene drum.

    t ed t . But ted it far  it meant. tirian  did. It meant t troops somew Risarkaan was

    calling to irian and Je one anot begun to  t  nig it hem  if new enemies appeared.

    tirian gazed despairingly round. Several Narnians anding reac fear of quot;tas;. Otting still, staring, not likely to join eit t crept quietly aing.

    Boom - boom - ba-ba-boom  to mix . quot;Listen!quot; said Je;Look!quot; said Farsig  later t  ossing rils, and alking heir work.

    Poggin to c t  crings and  hissing arrows.

    It ing and - for a moment Jill could ing ter  one of ts ever reache King.

    quot;Little S; sace, dancing in ;Dirty, filtreactle brutes.quot; Even Je;Ser t  ten of t eac; But tirian ern as stone, said,  quot;Stand fast, Jewel.

    If you must  (to Jill), turn your face aside and  see you  not your boring. And peace, Eustace. Do not scold, like a kitchen-girl. No  warrior scolds.

    Courteous words or else hard knocks are his only language.”

    But t Eustace. quot;t tle  boy, eh?

    t   any talking

    you to  take us in.  the Dwarfs.”

    Risarkaan ill talking to less making arrangements  for t attack and probably . to tirian and er as if  from a long o support  irians face t he  had now given up all hope.

    quot;Listen,quot; ter-of-fact voice, quot; attack nos are strengtheir friends.”

    quot;Bet; said Poggin, quot;t able at our backs. If  ss  between our shoulders?”

    quot;I ; said tirian. quot;ere it not to force us into table? ts deadly door, tter.”

    quot;t,quot; said Farsig;Aable, and  , at all costs.”

    quot;Yes, do lets,quot; said Eustace. quot;Im coming to e t of it.”

    quot;Good,quot; said tirian. quot;Noo our left. You see a great rock  t gleams . First  on our left and s as fast as ever you may into t t. Mean triking us, go back to te rock and . You oting. e must put to fliges or else not at all, for o join Jill at te rock, ion behe awhile. Now, be off, Jill.”

    Feeling terribly alone, Jill ran out about ty feet, put  leg  back and  leg for an arroo ring. S  shaking so.

    quot;ts a rotten s!quot; s arroo sring next moment: s  speed tered. Sing into t  up boto defend  a  man, and anot a Narnian  sing only for a feop. itusks and Je  t of roops can keep on looking  steadily to t if tting arroher.

    quot;O; sed Jill. ty ting  t into tossing men as youd toss ace seemed to Jill ( kno ts. It o   ory at last - iticed a strange t eacroke, to  get any fe, tually more of t  began. t  sirians voice crying:

    quot;Back! to the rock!”

    ts work.