A DAY IthE BEAVERS
opped.
quot;t; cried Lucy, quot;ts flo; And so it out of sight.
quot;And noo do?quot; said Edmund, giving Peter a look ; did I tell you?”
quot;S; said Susan.
quot;?quot; said Peter.
quot;trees over to t.”
tared as very comfortable.
quot;t goes again,quot; said Susan presently.
quot;I sa t time too,quot; said Peter. quot;Its still ts just gone be big tree.”
quot; is it?quot; asked Lucy, trying very to sound nervous.
quot;ever it is,quot; said Peter, quot;its dodging us. Its somet doesnt to be seen.”
quot;Lets go ; said Susan. And t out loud, everyone suddenly realized t t Edmund o Peter at t cer. t.
quot;s it like?quot; said Lucy.
quot;Its - its a kind of animal,quot; said Susan; and t;Look! Look! Quick! t is.”
t time, a tree. But time it didnt immediately draead, t its pa its mout as to you to be quiet. t disappeared again. tood h.
A moment later tranger came out from beree, glanced all round as if it c;;, made signs to to join it in t of anding, and then once more disappeared.
quot;I kno is,quot; said Peter; quot;its a beaver. I saail.”
quot;It s us to go to it,quot; said Susan, quot;and it is to make a noise.”
quot;I kno; said Peter. quot;tion is, are o go to it or not? do you think, Lu?”
quot;I ts a nice beaver,quot; said Lucy.
quot;Yes, but ; said Edmund.
quot;S ?quot; said Susan. quot;I mean, its no good just standing some dinner.”
At t ts from beree and beckoned earnestly to them.
quot;Come on,quot; said Peter,quot;lets give it a try. All keep close toget to be a matc turns out to be an enemy.”
So t close togeto tree and in be, and t it still dreo ty in safe in the open!”
Only oget t and t because no sno begin to talk to them.
quot;Are you ters of Eve?quot; it said.
quot;ere some of t; said Peter.
quot;S-s-s-s; said t;not so loud please. ere not safe even here.”
quot;; said Peter. quot;t ourselves.”
quot;trees,quot; said t;tening. Most of t trees t ray us to ; and it nodded its imes.
quot;If it comes to talking about sides,quot; said Edmund, quot;how do we know youre a friend?”
quot;Not meaning to be rude, Mr Beaver,quot; added Peter, quot;but you see, rangers.”
quot;Quite rige rig; said t;oken.quot; it o ttle . t it in surprise, till suddenly Lucy said, quot;Os my o poor Mr tumnus.”
quot;ts rig; said t;Poor fello before it actually o me. if anyto meet you ake you on to -quot; o silence and it gave
one or terious nods. to to stand as close around it as t tually tickled by its he move - perhaps has already landed.”
And no t t quite different. Per imes o you in a dream t someone says somet understand but in t feels as if it errifying one o a nigoo lovely to put into you remember it all your life and are alo t dream again. It no t somets inside. Edmund felt a sensation of mysterious er felt suddenly brave and adventurous. Susan felt as if some delicious smell or some deligrain of music floated by t it is the beginning of summer.
quot;And Mr tumnus,quot; said Lucy; quot;where is he?”
quot;S-s-s-s; said t;not bring you walk and also dinner.”
No one except Edmund felt any difficulty about trusting to ;dinnerquot;.
t a surprisingly quick pace, and al parts of t, for over an ired and very rees began to get t of to fall steeply doer t under till s.
tanding on teep, narro ttom of it belo across t everyone suddenly remembered t of course beavers are al quite sure t Mr Beaver iced t of modest expression on of look people ing a garden tory tten. So it eness ; And Mr Beaver didnt say quot;; time but quot;Merely a trifle!
Merely a trifle! And it isnt really finished!”
Above t ougo
instead of being smooto ter t ing ttering oons of t sugar. And out in tly on top of ttle of cooking and became han you were before.
t iced, but Edmund noticed somettle loo join it. And looking up t valley, Edmund could see tced out to ed from t t ot, must be about turkis and about being a King (quot;And I ?quot; o his head.
quot;; said Mr Beaver, quot;and it looks as if Mrs Beaver is expecting us. Ill lead t be careful and dont slip.”
top of to (for o on one side, ty drop to te Mr Beaver led t out to t. And he house.
quot;; said Mr Beaver, quot;Ive found ters of Adam and Eve- and t in.
t ticed as s in tting in t t topped up as soon as the children came in.
quot;So youve come at last!quot; s bot;At last! to t ever I so see tatoes are on boiling and ttles singing and I daresay, Mr Beaver, youll get us some fish.”
quot;t I ; said Mr Beaver, and out of ter o c. took a pail doly at t seem to mind it being so co it, t in a beautiful trout. t all over again until tch of fish.
Meantle and lay table and cut t tes in to and drao put on t t. Lucy t ttle at all like Mr tumnuss cave. tures, and instead of beds t into trings of onions ts and oilskins and cs and pairs of sroar in and fiss and sacks. And table, though very clean, was very rough.
Just as ter and Mr Beaver came in in t fiso be done and ill t;No; Susan drained tatoes and t ty pot to dry on to disrout, so t in a very fees everyone ools (it ools in t for Mrs Beavers ouck to beer) and a great big lump of deep yelloter in table from o go atoes, and all t - and I agree to beat good freser fis it e ago.
And edly out of t and gloriously sticky marmalade roll, steaming , and at time moved ttle on to t o be poured out. And o be able to lean against tentment.
quot;And no; said Mr Beaver, pusy beer mug and pulling ea to till Ive got my pipe lit up and going nicely - o business. Its sno; the window.
quot;ts all tter, because it means o folloracks.”