ER DINNER

        "AND no; said Lucy, "do please tell us umnus.”

        "As bad," said Mr Beaver, s;ts a very, very    bad business.

        t aken off by t t from a bird w done.”

        "But o?" asked Lucy.

        "ell, t seen and    means.”

        "No, ," said Susan. Mr Beaver shook his head in a very gloomy    fashion.

        "Im afraid it means taking o ; he said.

        "But o ; gasped Lucy.

        "ell," said Mr Beaver, "you t exactly say for sure. But t    many taken in t ever es out again. Statues. All full of statues t    is - in tyard and up tairs and in turned" - (;turned into stone.”

        "But, Mr Beaver," said Lucy, "t    do someto    save s too dreadful and its all on my at.”

        "I dont doubt youd save ; said Mrs Beaver, "but    youve no g into t        alive.”

        "Couldnt agem?" said Peter. "I mean couldo be - ocill s - or- o all, t be some er at    just leave o be - to be - to    doo him.”

        "Its no good, Son of Adam," said Mr Beaver, "no good your trying, of all    people. But no Aslan is on the move-”

        "Oell us about Aslan!" said several voices at once; for once again    t strange feeling - like t signs of spring, like good news, hem.

        "; asked Susan.

        "Aslan?" said Mr Beaver. " you kno often and. Never in my time or my    fatime.

        But t    t. tle te Queen all rig is    you, t umnus.”

        "S turn o stooo?" said Edmund.

        "Lord love you, Son of Adam, o say!" ans laug;turn o stone? If sand on    and    look ll be t s of    all t says in an old rs:    rong    teeter meets its death,    And when he shakes his mane, we shall have spring again.

        Youll uand when you see him.”

        "But s; asked Susan.

        "er of Eve, ts w I brougo lead you    w ; said Mr Beaver.

        "Is-is ; asked Lucy.

        "Aslan a man!" said Mr Beaver sternly. "Certainly not. I tell you    Emperor-beyond-t you kno Lion.”

        "Oo; said Susan, "Id t e safe? I s meeting a lion.”

        "t you ake," said Mrs Beaver; "if t t or else just silly.”

        "t safe?" said Lucy.

        "Safe?" said Mr Beaver; "dont you    Mrs Beaver tells you?    safe? Course    safe. But ell    you.”

        "Im longing to see ; said Peter, "even if I do feel frig    es to t.”

        "ts rig; said Mr Beaver, bringing able    made all ttle. "And so you s t you are to meet omorro toable.

        "?" said Lucy.

        "Ill s; said Mr Beaver. "Its doep from    ake you to it!”

        "But mean poor Mr tumnus?" said Lucy.

        "t    Aslan," said Mr    Beaver, "o    need you    too. For ts anots at Cair Paravel in time will be over and done.

        So t be drao ts before - long ago, nobody    say heres never been any of your race here before.”

        "ts    uand, Mr Beaver," said Peter, "I mean isnt tch herself human?”

        "So believe it," said Mr Beaver, "and its on t t so be Queen. But ser of Eve. S; -    (;your fat    a drop of real ch.”

        "ts w; said Mrs Beaver.

        "true enoug; replied ;t o t pany). But t t look like .”

        "Ive kno; said Mrs Beaver.

        "Sove I, noo speak of it," said ;but precious    fe like men. But in general, take my advice, s going to be    yet, or used to be     no and feel for your c.    And ts wc for any cill.”

        "s t to do ?" asked Peter.

        "Because of anot; said Mr Beaver. "Do Cair Paravel -    ts tle on t do t to be tal of try if all    s Cair Paravel ts a saying in Narnia time out of mind t     only of te itc of    is ious as    be h a shake of my whiskers!”

        All ttending so o elling    t tiotime. t of sile follo;I say-wheres Edmund?”

        t;? side? and to t.

        teadily, te bla, and from re of    t t, plunging o t ne round tion. "Edmund! Edmund!"    till t tly falling snoo muffle t even an echo in answer.

        "ly dreadful!" said Susan as t last came ba despair.    "Oh, how I wish wed never e.”

        " oo do, Mr Beaver?" said Peter.

        "Do?" said Mr Beaver, ;do? e    must be off at once. e    a moment to spare!”

        "ed better divide into four searcies," said Peter, "and all go in    different dires.    e back    ond-”

        "Searcies, Son of Adam?" said Mr Beaver; "w for?”

        "o look for Edmund, of course!”

        "t in looking for ; said Mr Beaver.

        " do you mean?" said Susan. " be far a. And    to    find him.

        do you mean wheres no use looking for him?”

        "t; said Mr Beaver, "is t ared in amazement. "Dont you uand?" said Mr    Beaver. "o o te itcrayed us all.”

        "O; said Susan, " .”

        "t ; said Mr Beaver, looking very    ted to say died on t suddenly quite certain    ily w Edmund had done.

        "But er.

        "ry before?" asked Mr Beaver. "has he ever been    here alone?”

        "Yes," said Lucy, almost in a w;Im afraid he has.”

        "And did ell you w ?”

        "ell, no, ," said Lucy.

        "t; said Mr Beaver, " te itcold o mention it before    ( t I set eyes on t broto myself `trea    her food.

        You    alell t    their eyes.”

        "All t; said Peter in a rat of voice, "ill    o go and look for er all, even if tle    beast. And hes only a kid.”

        "Go to tc; said Mrs Beaver. "Dont you see t to keep away from her?”

        "; said Lucy.

        "s is to get all four of you (sime    of t Cair Paravel). Once you ues in ion before youd ime to    speak. But s, because s    to use    to catc of you h.”

        "O; wailed Lucy.

        "Only Aslan," said Mr Beaver, " go on a s our only    ow.”

        "It seems to me, my dears," said Mrs Beaver, "t it is very important to    kalking of Aslan before ? If not, t kno Aslan o Narnia, or t ing e off    is ed.”

        "I dont remember alking about Aslan -" begaer, but Luterrupted him.

        "O; s;dont you remember, it urn Aslan into stooo?”

        "So ; said Peter; "just t of too!”

        "orse and ; said Mr Beaver, "and t till old you t ting Aslaable?”

        And of course no one kion.

        "Because, if ; tinued Mr Beaver, "t dire a betoable and catc we s off from Aslan. “

        "But t isnt ; said Mrs Beaver, "not if I kno Edmund tells     to catd if     anoty    minutes.”

        "Youre rig; said ; all get a to lose.”
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