A AYSIDE ADVE a moving over aring into ts nose and lips toug events of t and sat up. But as he did so he groaned.
"O; ;Im so sore. All over. I hardly move.”
"Good m, small one," said Bree. "I iff. It t be t springy turf t must a pleasure to fall on. And t migy gorse buss tself t es first.
about breakfast? Ive had mine.”
"O. Bot; said Sa. "I tell you I t move." But t s nose and paill o get up.
And t tle copse.
Before turf, dotted e floo t t, lay ta from sud never seen so muc before, nor dreamed stretcer ts you could see te foam running up t making no noise because it s t il at last t. For of course, age nor among ts, had he ever been away from
t smell in for a moment about ;I say, Bree, didnt you say somet breakfast?”
"Yes, I did," ans;I t tree w nigher.”
tigated ts y, only sligale, a lump of dried figs and anottle flask of forty crests in all, wa had ever seen.
a sat doiously - a tree and started on ty, Bree o keep him pany.
"ont it be stealing to use t; asked Sa.
"O; said ts mout;I of t. A free alking nt steal, of course. But I ts all rigives in enemy try. t money is booty, spoil. Besides, o get any food for you it? I suppose, like all eat natural food like grass and oats.”
"I t.”
"Ever tried?”
"Yes, I get it do all. You couldher if you were me.”
"Youre rum little creatures, you ; remarked Bree.
a (;I t on t saddle again." And o do so. "ts good. ts very good," urf and ;You ougo oo, Sa," ed. "Its most refreshing.”
But Sa burst out laug;You do look funny when youre on your back!”
"I look not," said Bree. But t Sa, blotle.
"Does it really look funny?" he asked in an anxious voice.
"Yes, it does," replied Sa. "But matter?”
"You dont t; said Bree, "t it migalking rick Ive learned from t o find, o Narnia, t Ive picked up a lot of loa? ly, no spare my feelings. Salking kind - do roll?”
" t it if I to get t. Do you knohe way?”
"I knoo taser t es t. O some of tains t!
to Narnia and top us t Id be glad to be past tashbaan.
You and I are safer aies.”
"t ?”
"Not going along ake us into cultivated land and main roads; and I kno o creep along t. Up not ss and gulls and a fe starting?”
Sas legs acerribly as o t to at a soft pace all afternoon. racks into a valley and found a village. Before t into it Sa dismounted aered it on foot to buy a loaf and some onions and radisrotted round by t Sa at t.
t days for Sa, and every day better t as en. Even at training Bree still said like a bag of flour in t;And even if it ; But in spite of ient teaceaca learo trot, to ter, to jump, and to keep even o t or t - any moment in a battle. And ta begged to be told of ttles and ell of forced marc rivers, of cs betallions, traio bite and kick, and to rear at t moment so t t as in troke of stleaxe. But Bree did not to talk about ten as Sa ed to t;Dont speak of ter," ;tisrocs as a free alking about. Narnia and th! Bra- ha-ha! Broo hoo!”
Sa soon learned, , to prepare for a gallop.
After travelled on for more bays and a could remember, t nigarted t evening, during t t about .
t tan t. t arotting and sometimes walking, wopped.
"s up?" said Sa.
"S-s-ss; said Bree, ing c;Did you en.”
"It sounds like anot; said Sa after ened for about a minute.
"It is anot; said Bree. "And ts like.”
"Isnt it probably just a farmer riding e?" said Sa h a yawn.
"Dont tell me!" said Bree. "ts not a farmers riding. Nor a farmers you tell by ts quality, t s being ridden by a real ell you is, Sa. tarkaan u wood.
Not on s too lig. On a fine blood mare, I should say.”
"ell, its stopped no is," said Sa.
"Youre rig; said Bree. "And last.”
" s; said Sa in a lohink he see us as well as hear us?”
"Not in t so long as ay quite still," ans;But look! t till t gets over t off tly as o t es to t.”
ted till t at a er a gerot, made for the shore.
t first and soon t gre as Sa o ;e must be nearly at those sandhills by
no; leaped into of tterly savage. Instantly Bree s as he could gallop.
" is it?" gasped Sa.
"Lions!" said Bree, ing his head.
After t t sime. At last tream and Bree came to a stop on ta noticed t rembling and sing all over.
"t er may e off our st," panted Bree ;e now.”
As t;Sa, Im as as frig feel like a talking all. I dont mind s I t bear - tures. I trot for a bit.”
About a mier, o a gallop again, and no again, time on t from tion of t.
"t; moaned Bree.
es any furta said, "I say! t otohrow away.”
"All tter," panted Bree. "tarkaan on it - us all.”
"But, Bree!" said Sa. "e mig as well be killed by lions as caug.
tealing." ened of lions t a lion; Bree had.
Bree only snorted in ans o . Oddly enougo be so t, so t in a fe as soon as it did so tely after one anot and t, togetly, did tes on eaco be keeping up e easily. t, astonis, s as if it o ned ko knee just as if ter a finer race had never been seen in en.
Sa noo time (one sometimes does t t frigs) iced everyt tly. he had no beard.
Somet and s before ta ime even to guess splas er. t of ter o Sas knees.
ta sa, serrible sers edge; but only one. "e must ; .
tly did not ts prey ting; at any rate it made no attempt to take ter in pursuit. to te sarkaa spoken a ;But ; t Sa. "As soon as o say? I must begin t a story.”
t his side.
"Oired," said t;ongue, be a fool," said ther.
"Im dreaming," t Sa. "I could other horse spoke.”
Soon t sound of er running off tails and t. tarkaan, to Sas surprise, so ask questions. even look at Sa but seemed anxious te raig once sher horses way.
"Broo-; ed. "Steady tending, Maam. 1 alking like me.”
"s it got to do ; said trange rider fiercely, laying . But told Sa something.
"s only a girl!" he exclaimed.
"And of yours if I am only a girl?" sranger. "Youre probably only a boy: a rude, on little boy - a slave probably, wolen ers horse.”
"ts all you kno; said Sa.
" a ttle tark; said Bree. "At least, if tealing, you mig as ole s not being my business, you expect me to pass a lady of my e try speaking to her?
Its only natural I should.”
"I ts very natural too," said the mare.
"I ;Look at trouble youve got us into.”
"I dont kno trouble," said Sa. "You clear off as soon as you like. e s keep you.”
"No, you s," said the girl.
" quarrelsome creatures t; said Bree to t;ts try to talk a little sense. I take it, maam, your story is the same as mine?
Captured in early youthe enes?”
"too true, sir," said th a melancholy whinny.
"And now, perhaps - escape?”
"tell o mind ; said the girl.
"No, I , Aravis," said tting ;t as muc going to betray us. e are trying to escape, to get to Narnia.”
"And so, of course, are ; said Bree. "Of course you guessed t at once. A little boy in rags riding ( to ride) a an escape of some sort. And, if I may say so, a ark nigo mind tions - s not fishy, call me a cob!”
"All rig; said Aravis. "Youve guessed it. rying to get to Narnia. And no it?”
" case, o prevent us all going toget; said Bree. "I trust, Madam sud prote as I may be able to give you on the journey?”
"alking to my ead of to me?" asked the girl.
"Excuse me, tark; said Bree ( test backilt of ;but ts ealk. ere free Narnians, o Narnia, you to be ooo. In t case your horse any longer.
One mig as well say youre her human.”
to speak and topped. Obviously s quite seen it in t light before.
"Still," ser a moments pause, "I dont kno t in all going toget o be noticed?”
"Less," said Bree; and t;Os. I sable.
ere not eveain of t we do.”
"O; said Sa, "a you see t us?”
"e do," said hwin.
"Look ; said t;I dont mind going t a spy?”
" you say at o you t good enoug; said Sa.
"Be quiet, Sa," said Bree. "tarkion is quite reasonable. Ill voucarkrue to me and a good friend. And aiher a Narnian or an Arlander.”
"All rigs go toget; But s say anyto Sa and it sed Bree, not him.
"Splendid!" said Bree. "And no ter bet about you two aking off our saddles and our all and ories.”
Bottle grass and Aravis produced rato eat from Sa sulked and said No t ried to put on iff manners, but as a fis is not usually a good place for learning grand
manners, t a success and ting on splendidly. t;t; and found t t of sed cousins once removed. table for til at last Bree said, "And noarkell us your story. And dont - Im feeling fortable now.”
Aravis immediately began, sitting quite still and using a rat tone and style from ory-telling (rue or made up) is a taug as Englisauging. t people to ories, o read the essays.
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