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 later the most  curious things began happening。 great; strong trunks of ivy came curling up all the piers of the  bridge; growing as quickly as a fire grows; wrapping the stones round; splitting;  breaking; separating them。 the walls of the bridge turned into hedges gay with  hawthorn for a moment and then disappeared as the whole thing with a rush and a rumble  collapsed into the swirling water。 with much splashing; screaming; and laughter the  revellers waded or swam or danced across the ford (〃hurrah! its the ford of beruna again  now!〃 cried the girls) and up the bank on the far side and into the town。

everyone in the streets fled before their faces。 the first house they came  to was a school: a girls school; where lot of narnian girls; with their hair done very  tight and ugly tight collars round their necks and thick tickly stockings on their legs; were  having a history lesson。 the sort of 〃history〃 that was taught in narnia under mirazs rule  was duller than the truest history you ever read and less true than the most exciting  adventure story。

〃if you dont attend; gwendolen;〃 said the mistress; and stop looking out  of the window; i shall have to give you an order…mark。鈥

〃but please; miss prizzle …〃 began gwendolen。

〃did you hear what i said; gwendolen?〃 asked miss prizzle。

〃but please; miss prizzle;〃 said gwendolen; 〃theres a lion!鈥

〃take two order…marks for talking nonsense;〃 said miss prizzle。 〃and now …〃  a roar interrupted her。 ivy came curling in at the windows of the classroom。 the  walls became a mass of shimmering green; and leafy branches arched overhead where the  ceiling had been。 miss prizzle found she was standing on grass in a forest glade。 she  clutched at her desk to steady herself; and found that the desk was a rose…bush。 wild  people such as she  

had never even imagined were crowding round her。 then she saw the lion;  screamed and fled; and with her fled her class; who were mostly dumpy; prim little girls  with fat legs。

gwendolen hesitated。

〃youll stay with us; sweetheart?〃 said aslan。

〃oh; may i? thank you; thank you;〃 said gwendolen。 instantly she joined  hands with two of the maenads; who whirled her round in a merry dance and helped her take  off some of the unnecessary and unfortable clothes that she was wearing。

wherever they went in the little town of beruna it was the same。 most of  the people fled; a few joined them。 when they left the town they were a larger and a merrier  pany。

they swept on across the level fields on the north bank; or left bank; of  the river。 at every farm animals came out to join them。 sad old donkeys who had never  known joy grew suddenly young again; chained dogs broke their chains; horses kicked  their carts to pieces and came trotting along with them … clop…clop … kicking up the mud  and whinnying。

at a well in a yard they met a man who was beating a boy。 the stick burst  into flower in the mans hand。 he tried to drop it; but it stuck to his hand。 his arm  became a branch; his body the trunk of a tree; his feet took root。 the boy; who had been crying  a moment before; burst out laughing and joined them。

at a little town half…way to beaversdam; where two rivers met; they came to  another school; where a tiredlooking girl was teaching arithmetic to a number of  boys who looked very like pigs。 she looked out of the window and saw the divine revellers  singing up the street and a stab of joy went through her heart。 aslan stopped right under  the window and looked up at her。

〃oh; dont; dont;〃 she said。 〃id love to。 but i mustnt。 i must stick to  my work。 and the children would be frightened if they saw you。鈥

〃frightened?〃 said the most pig…like of the boys。 〃whos she talking to out  of the window? lets tell the inspector she talks to people out of the window when  she ought to be teaching us。鈥

〃lets go and see who it is;〃 said another boy; and they all came crowding  to the window。

but as soon as their mean little faces looked out; bacchus gave a great cry  of euan; euoi…oi…oi…of and the boys all began howling with fright and trampling one  another down to get out of the door and jumping out of the windows。 and it was said  afterwards (whether truly or not) that those particular little boys were never seen again; but  that there were a lot of very fine little pigs in that part of the country which had never  been there before。

〃now; dear heart;〃 said aslan to the mistress; and she jumped down and  joined them。

at beaversdam they re…crossed the river and came east again along the  southern bank。

they came to a little cottage where a child stood in the doorway crying。  〃why are you crying; my love?〃 asked aslan。 the child; who had never seen a picture of a  lion; was not afraid of him。 〃aunties very ill;〃 she said。 〃shes going to die。〃 then  aslan went to go in at the door of the cottage; but it was too small for him。 so; when he had  got his head through; he pushed with his shoulders (lucy and susan fell off when he did  this) and lifted the whole house up and it fell backwards and apart。 and there; still  in her bed; though the bed was now in the open air; lay a little old woman who looked  as if she had dwarf blood in her。 she was at deaths door; but when she opened her eyes  and saw the bright; hairy head of the lion staring into her face; she did not scream or  faint。 she said; 〃oh; aslan! i knew it was true。 ive been waiting for this all my life。  have you e to take me away?鈥

〃yes; dearest;〃 said aslan。 〃but not the long journey yet。〃 and as he  spoke; like the flush creeping along the underside of a cloud at sunrise; the colour came back to  her white face and her eyes grew bright and she sat up and said; 〃why; i do declare i feel  that better。 i think i could take a little breakfast this morning。鈥

〃here you are; mother;〃 said bacchus; dipping a pitcher in the cottage well  and handing it to her。 but what was in it now was not water but the richest wine; red as  red…currant jelly; smooth as oil; strong as beef; warming as tea; cool as dew。

〃eh; youve done something to our well;〃 said the old woman。 〃that makes a  nice change; that does。〃 and she jumped out of bed。

〃ride on me;〃 said aslan; and added to susan and lucy; 〃you two queens will  have to run now。鈥

〃but wed like that just as well;〃 said susan。 and off they went again。

and so at last; with leaping and dancing and singing; with music and  laughter and roaring and barking and neighing; they all came to the place where mirazs army  stood flinging down their swords and holding up their hands; and peters army; still  holding their weapons and breathing hard; stood round them with stern and glad faces。 and  the first thing that happened was that the old woman slipped off aslans back and ran  across to caspian and they embraced one another; for she was his old nurse。

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CHAPTER FIFTEEN

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aslan makes a door in the air  at the sight of aslan the cheeks of the telmarine soldiers became the  colour of cold gravy; their knees knocked together; and many fell on their faces。 they had  not believed  

in lions and this made their fear greater。 even the red dwarfs; who knew  that he came as a friend; stood with open mouths and could not speak。 some of the black  dwarfs; who had been of nikabriks party; began to edge away。 but all the talking  beasts surged round the lion; with purrs and grunts and squeaks and whinneys of delight;  fawning on him with their tails; rubbing against him; touching him reverently with  their noses and going to and fro under his body and between his legs。 if you have ever seen  a little cat loving a big dog whom it knows and trusts; you will have a pretty good  picture of their behaviour。 then peter; leading caspian; forced his way through the crowd of  animals。

〃this is caspian; sir;〃 he said。 and caspian knelt and kissed the lions  paw。

〃wele; prince;〃 said aslan。 〃do you feel yourself sufficient to take up  the kingship of narnia?鈥

〃i … i dont think i do; sir;〃 said caspian。 〃im only a kid。鈥

〃good;〃 said aslan。 〃if you had felt yourself sufficient; it would have  been a proof that you were not。 therefore; under us and under the high king; you shall be  king of narnia; lord of cair paravel; and emperor of the lone islands。 you and your heirs  while your race lasts。 and your coronation … but what have we here?〃 for at that  moment a curious little procession was approaching … eleven mice; six of whom carried  between them something on a litter made of branches; but the litter was no bigger than a  large atlas。 no one has ever seen mice more woebegone than these。 they were plastered with  mud some with blood too … and their ears were down and their whiskers drooped and  their tails dragged in the grass; and their leader piped on his slender pipe a  melancholy tune。 on the litter lay what seemed little better than a damp heap of fur; all that was  left of reepicheep。 he was still breathing; but more dead than alive; gashed with  innumerable wounds; one paw crushed; and; where his tail had been; a bandaged stump。

〃now; lucy;〃 said aslan。

lucy had her diamond bottle out in a moment。 though only a drop was needed  on each of reepichee

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