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    REEPIC once  or ced  to ter out tement of discovering t ter ed tention, and before aken  to mention w he had seen.

    As turned out time treader  of to be unined. No one  except Lucy sa glimpse.  All morning on ter and ttom  before midday Lucy saeadily and all moving in tion. quot;Just like a flock of  s; t Lucy.

    Suddenly stle Sea Girl of about , lonely-looking girl  of crook in  sure t  t be a s t pasture.

    Bote close to t as  ter, and Lucy, leaning over te to one  anotared straigo Lucys face. Neito  t tern. But Lucy   did not look frig  girl and s certain t one moment they had somehow  become friends.

    t seem to be mucing again in t her.

    But if ever toget.

    After t for many days,  . Every day and every   became more brilliant and still t. No one ate or slept and  no one ed to, but ts of dazzling er from tronger tter, more liquid, ter, and pledged one anotly in deep draug. And one or tement, but not an excitement t made one talk. t in a  last sea laid  hem.

    quot;My Lord,quot; said Caspian to Drinian one day, quot;w do you see ahead?”

    quot;Sire,quot; said Drinian, quot;I see o  south, as far as my eyes can reach.”

    quot;t is oo,quot; said Caspian, quot;and I cannot imagine  is.”

    quot;If udes, your Majesty,quot; said Drinian, quot;I   it cant be t; not ter get men to the ship

    back against t. ever tuff is,   to craso it at this speed!”

    tinued to go sloeness did not get any less mysterious as t. If it  must  be a very strange land, for it seemed just as smooter and on t.  very close to it Drinian put turned treader sout so t and rotle eness. In so doing tally made tant  discovery t t  forty feet  of till as  a pond. to t turn  journey to Ramandus land, ro stream all tty poor  sport. (It also explained . If s at the ship.)

    And still no one could make out e stuff   put off to investigate. treader could see  t t pus in amidst teness. ty in t clear across till er) talking in a s took a sounding; and , t came roo be plenty of te stuff inside o to he news.

    quot;Lilies, your Majesty!quot; sed Rynelf, standing up in the bows.

    quot; did you say?quot; asked Caspian.

    quot;Blooming lilies, your Majesty,quot; said Rynelf. quot;Same as in a pool or in a  garden at home.”

    quot;Look!quot; said Lucy, . S  arms full of als and broad flat leaves.

    quot;s t; asked Drinian.

    quot;ts tain,quot; said Rynelf. quot;Its still deep. thoms clear.”

    quot;t be real lilies - not ; said Eustace.

    Probably t, but ter some  consultation, treader turned back into t and began to glide eastried bot it  stuck and is norangest part of travels  began. Very soon tern horizon.

    eness, s est colour of gold, spread round t just astern  and left an open  lane of er t

    so look at, t sea ic; and if t by norong as eagles t   early morning  last longer. to ter day from all t very o describe; s - yes, but not at all sleepy or  overpoo get into your brain and make you  feel t you could go up mountains at a run or le . So one anot;I feel t I cant stand muc I dont  it  to stop.”

    took soundings very often but it er t ter became ser t it  on getting so ro of t and feel t a snails pace,  ro  treader could sail no furt. Indeed it hey saved her from grounding.

    quot;Lo,quot; cried Caspian, quot;and t. I must speak  to them.”

    quot;s o do?quot; o Edmund. quot;theres a queer look  in his eyes.”

    quot;I t; said Edmund.

    toget t of to ;Friends,quot; said Caspian, quot;urn, o you, my  Lord Drinian, I entrust to Narnia  to land on ter. And instruct my regent,  trumpkin, to give to all tes, t again it is my  t,  and Master Cornelius, and truffleer t-”

    quot;But, Sire,quot; interrupted Drinian, quot;are you abdicating?”

    quot;I am going o see t; said Caspian.

    A lohe sailors.

    quot;e ake t,quot; said Caspian. quot;You le seas and you must build a new one in Ramandus island. And now-”

    quot;Caspian,quot; said Edmund suddenly and sternly, quot;you cant do this.”

    quot;Most certainly,quot; said Reepic;y cannot.”

    quot;No indeed,quot; said Drinian.

    quot;Cant?quot; said Caspian s not unlike his uncle  Miraz.

    quot;Begging your Majestys pardon,quot; said Rynelf from t;but if  one of us did t ing.”

    quot;You presume too muc; said Caspian.

    quot;No, Sire! ly rig; said Drinian.

    quot;By t; said Caspian, quot;I  you s  my scers.”

    quot;Im not,quot; said Edmund, quot;and I say you can not do this.”

    quot;Cant again,quot; said Caspian. quot; do you mean?”

    quot;If it please your Majesty, ; said Reepich a very  low bow.

    quot;You are ts, and  especially rumpkin, if you do not return. You s please yourself ures as if you e person. And if your Majesty   ruest loyalty of every man on board to folloill you come to your senses.”

    quot;Quite rig; said Edmund. quot;Like ted to  go near the Sirens.”

    Caspians o ,  promised Ramandus daugo go back.”

    Caspian paused. quot;ell, yes. t,quot; ood irresolute  for a moment and ted out to the ship in general.

    quot;ell,  is ended. e all return. Get t up  again.”

    quot;Sire,quot; said Reepic; all return. I, as I explained before -”

    quot;Silence!quot; t;Ive been lessoned but Ill not be baited.  ill no one silence t Mouse?”

    quot;Your Majesty promised,quot; said Reepic;to be good lord to talking  Beasts of Narnia.”

    quot;talking beasts, yes,quot; said Caspian. quot;I said not beasts t  never stop talking.”

    And emper and  into the door.

    But er te and tears in his eyes.

    quot;Its no good,quot; ;I migly for all temper and s mean ually here.

    fit into t t gold lions o life and spoke to me. It errible  t  all  roug stern at first. But it errible all t bear it.

    t to go on - Reep and Edmund, and  Lucy, and Eustace; and Im to go back. Alone. And at once. And hing?”

    quot;Caspian, dear,quot; said Lucy. quot;You kneo our oer.”

    quot;Yes,quot; said Caspian ;but this is sooner.”

    quot;Youll feel better o Ramandus Island,quot; said Lucy.

    tle later on, but it ing oo bot d. About ternoon, ualled and  ered (t t pulled areader to ro of lilies.

    trader flew all  o ure.

    tall and big and ion  of sigurn and begin ro tears, s feel it as muc ed. t, tingling smell of tself, oo exciting.

    to ro drifted teadily to t. None of t or ate. All t nig day t bear even if ood up betrembling, s its first  rising t t turned into  tall en see at terfall. It seemed to be about ty feet  ly to. You mig of t. I dont tion. For no only be be   been strengter of t Sea. But no t clearly and see t.  tains. It her

    top of it or t it. None of t direction. And tains must really side tains even a quarter of a tiet  ougo  ts and erfalls  , tossing top  of to foamy ser all round t lasted  only a second or so but  broug second none of t.

    It brougace  alk about it after;It ;  quot;; said I, quot; so sad: quot; quot;Sad!! No,quot; said Lucy.

    No one in t boat doubted c to Aslans country.

    At t moment,  ran aground. ter oo  s. quot;t; said Reepic;is where I go on alone.”

    t even try to stop dim, for everyt as if it ed or o lole coracle. took  off ;I s no more,quot;  far a fell it stood uprig above trying to be sad for t  and last time, did o do, taking ily  into ook  caug and a t no lilies gre  more and more quickly, and beautifully it rus second ts sop. t vanis moment no one can truly claim to  my belief is t o Aslans country and is alive  to this day.

    As t of tains outside t t.

    t out of t and  to  souter on t. t old you e. And t - and been very groreader, t just te and  tired. ter ime it got s last t grass, almost  level ion  so much as a molehill.

    And of course, as it ally flat place  trees,  it looked as if to meet t of t as t on t trangest impression t  last th - a

    blue e sure of it. It was very near now.

    But bet of te on  t even  it. t it was a Lamb.

    quot;Come and ,quot; said ts s milky voice.

    ticed for t time t t on ting on it. t doe t time for  many days. And it  delicious food tasted.

    quot;Please, Lamb,quot; said Lucy, quot;is to Aslans country?”

    quot;Not for you,quot; said t;For you to Aslans country is  from your own world.”

    quot;!quot; said Edmund. quot;Is to Aslans country from our oo?”

    quot;to my country from all t; said t as  e fluso tatering light from his mane.

    quot;O; said Lucy. quot;ill you tell us o get into your country from  our world?”

    quot;I selling you all time,quot; said Aslan. quot;But I  tell you   t it lies across a river. But do not fear t,  for I am t Bridge Builder. And noo your own land.”

    quot;Please, Aslan,quot; said Lucy. quot;Before ell us ;   quot;Dearest,quot; said Aslan very gently, quot;you and your broto Narnia.”

    quot;O; said Edmund and Lucy botogether in despairing voices.

    quot;You are too old, c; said Aslan, quot;and you must begin to come close  to your own world now.”

    quot;It isnt Narnia, you kno; sobbed Lucy. quot;Its you. e s meet you  ting you?”

    quot;But you s me, dear one,quot; said Aslan.

    quot;Are are you too, Sir?quot; said Edmund.

    quot;I am,quot; said Aslan. quot;But t learn to kno name. t to Narnia, t by  knole, you may knoter there.”

    quot;And is Eustace never to come back ; said Lucy.

    quot;C; said Aslan, quot;do you really need to kno? Come, I am opening  t; t tain being torn) and a terrible as home in Cambridge.

    Only to be told. One is t Caspian and o Ramandus Island. And ter and t queen and t kings. t back in  our oarted saying ace ;Youd never  kno Aunt Alberta,  must hose  Pevensie children.