NIGood beside Aslan, on  side, and looked the open  doorway.

    t. On t you could  not old t you o a ars began. But  on  t t is, tcars: and tc of all giants. to  anding.  be on t stretco the  River Shribble.

    tace remembered  giant asleep and been told t ime, and t he world ended.

    quot;Yes,quot; said Aslan, t spoken. quot;ime. No he is awake he will have a new one.”

    t giant raised a o  tars. After t - quite a bit later,  because sound travels so sloerrible, yet of a  strange, deadly beauty.

    Immediately ting stars. Even one sing star  is a fine to see; but till it

    on and on. And o t t ts. It  place, rig call it.

    quot;Per is a cloud,quot; t Edmund. At any rate, tars  t blackness. But all around, tars  on. And tarless patch

    began to gro from tre of tly a quarter of t last ting stars he horizon.

    iterror in it too) t  all: it iness. t of t in . All tars were falling: Aslan hem home.

    t fears e ended ing. Stars began falling all round t stars in t  t  flaming globes t one). So notering people, all e- metal, ruso t of ter tones. t tars glided past tood someo t.

    t advantage, because ot tars  in tely dark and you could  ars be a fierce, . Every bus every blade of grass s black s. tood out so s youd t your  finger on it.

    On t t thing was  Aslans shadow.

    It streamed ao t, enormous and very terrible. And all t arless forever.

    t from betle to t) rong t  it lit up even to Narnia: great dragons and giant lizards and  feats o tes t first from very far off - sounds of  ion, a rustling and a pattering and a sound of   came nearer and nearer. Soon one could distinguistle feet from t little   ones. And t last, out of trees, racing up tures - talking Beasts, Dyrs, Fauns, Giants, Calormenes, men  from Arcrange unearte islands  of tern lands. And all to tood.

    t of ture  time and rato remember properly after  say  aken. Sometimes it seemed to ed only a fees, but at  ot felt as if it mighe Door had  grown very

    mucures s, a cro couldnt ever ried to get t. But no one t about t  sort of t time.

    tures came ruser and brigo tanding Stars. But as t up to Aslan one or  oto eacraig  t t. And   t, on talking Bears, tred lasted only for a fraction of a second. You could see t to talking Beasts. t ordinary animals. And all tures  o t, , and disappeared into  reamed ao t of t kno tened at time. And all t t. tace even recognized one of to s t ime to  t sort of  t  everyt  of his head.

    Among tures  taur and  Je the Dwarf.

    quot;Furt; cried Roon and to  t.

    And t understand  tingling  all over.

    ted at t going to mutter t  ill didnt understand, rees beo trees as fast as , found sometood very well.

    But tails, and Poggin remained, s face. And Jeention again to he Doorway.

    t Lizards no to  and fro tearing up trees by ts and cruncicks of rhubarb.

    Minute by minute ts disappeared. try became bare and  you could see all sorts of t its stle iced before. tirian found t  a  anyters tons t lay ime  everytill.

    At last somete - a long, level line of  gleamed in  t of tanding stars - came moving toern end of the  world.

    A  a murmur t it   came. It er. t tree-less  very  ting ting larger, and separate  lakes joining into one, and valleys turning into neo islands,  and to t and tains to t crumbled and slipped doo ting er;  and ter came so t never  passed it) so t t Aslans forefeet. All noer from  o  the sky.

    And out t began to grorous  daer, till in ticed t of tars  t did, t one anottle nod: t  this sun  also was dying.

    It imes - ty times - as big as it ougo be, and very dark  red. As its rays fell upon t time-giant, urned red too: and in tion of  t sun te of sers looked like blood.

    te in ion, very close to t t of ing out great  flames, like rying to draacles. And per any rate so  first, but till at last oget lumps of fire came dropping out of it into team rose up.

    t;Now make an end.”

    t to tretc one arm - very  black it looked, and till ook t in antly total darkness.

    Everyone except Aslan jumped back from ts edges h icicles.

    quot;Peter, ; said Aslan. quot;S the Door.”

    Peter, s into to. It scraped over ice as . t moment  ook out a golden key and locked it.

    trange t Door it ranger to look round and find t, t t, and laughter in Aslans eyes.

    urned sly round, croucail and  s away like a golden arrow.

    quot;Come furt; ed over   pace? t out o follow him.

    quot;So,quot; said Peter, quot;nig, Lucy! Youre not crying?  ith Aslan ahead, and all of us here?”

    quot;Dont try to stop me, Peter,quot; said Lucy, quot;I am sure Aslan . I am  sure it is not o mourn for Narnia. t lies dead and frozen be door.”

    quot;Yes and I did ; said Jill, quot;t it mig. I did t.”

    quot;I sa begin,quot; said t;I did not to  see it die.”

    quot;Sirs,quot; said tirian. quot;to  Narnia  ue,  but great discourtesy, if  mourn.”

    till sat  croogetable. And as t talked to one  anot old  Kings and all the glories of Narnia.

    till ion but not mucoo busy racing on ao sniff  at smells in till t  e tarted arguing about it - quot;Yes  it is - No it isnt - ts just  is - take your great  nose out of t someone else smell.”

    quot; is it, cousins?quot; said Peter.

    quot;A Calormene, Sire,quot; said several Dogs at once.

    quot;Lead on to ; said Peter. quot;s us in peace or war,  he shall be welcome.”

    ted on a later, running as if t, and barking loudly to say t it really alking Dogs,

    just like t  t immensely important.)

    tting under a cnut tree beside a clear stream of er. It   once and bowed gravely.

    quot;Sir,quot; o Peter, quot;I kno  my o  one of ts said  t a noble friend is t gift and a noble enemy t best?”

    quot;Sir,quot; said Peter, quot;I do not kno tween you  and us.”

    quot;Do tell us ; said Jill.

    quot;If to be a story, lets all  do;  barked the Dogs.

    quot;ere quite blown.”

    quot;ell of course you earing about t; said Eustace.

    So t do of tream t do upriging, ongues  of ttle on one side to ory. But Jeanding, polis his side.