tO BREAK No go back to Mr and Mrs Beaver and t;time to lose,quot; everyone began bundling to coats, except Mrs Beaver, ed picking up sacks and laying table and said: quot;No reac of tea, and tc t of the corner.”
quot; are you doing, Mrs Beaver?quot; exclaimed Susan.
quot;Packing a load for eac; said Mrs Beaver very coolly. quot;You didnt t out on a journey o eat, did you?”
quot;But ime!quot; said Susan, buttoning t. quot;Se.”
quot;ts ; chimed in Mr Beaver.
quot;Get along ; said ;t over, Mr Beaver. S be er of an least.”
quot;But dont as big a start as ,quot; said Peter, quot;if o reacone table before her?”
quot;Youve got to remember t, Mrs Beaver,quot; said Susan. quot;As soon as s top speed.”
quot;t s; said Mrs Beaver. quot;But get tever we do, for shell be on a sledge and well be walking.”
quot;t; said Susan.
quot;No you get fussing, t; said Mrs Beaver, quot;but just get of t a get t and per through.”
quot;ts true enoug; said ;But its time of this.”
quot;And dont you start fussing eit; said ;ts better.
t for t of us: ts you, my dear,quot; s Lucy.
quot;O; said Lucy.
quot;ell, Im nearly ready no; ans last, allo;I suppose took o bring?”
quot;Yes. It is,quot; said Mr Beaver. quot;A great deal too to use it whe run, I suppose?”
quot;I cant abide t of t itc,quot; said Mrs Beaver, quot;and breaking it or stealing it, as likely as not.”
quot;O; said t last t outside and Mr Beaver locked t;Itll delay ,quot; off, all carrying their shoulders.
topped and t Mr Beaver, ter, t of all. Mr Beaver led to t bank of t of patrees rig, toher hand.
quot;Best keep doo top, for you couldnt bring a sledge down here.”
It y enougo look at it table armc at first. But as t on o all. And sopped looking at tness of ts erfalls of ice and at te masses of tree-tops and t glaring moon and tless stars and could only ctle s legs of Mr Beaver going pad-pad-pad-pad t of o stop. to fall once more. And at last Lucy ired t s asleep and time o t and eeply upo t bus Mr Beaver vaniso a little il you e on top of it. In fact, by time s tail was showing.
Lucy immediately stooped doer ing be all five of them were inside.
quot;; said Peters voice, sounding tired and pale in t I mean by a voice sounding pale.) quot;Its an old imes,quot; said Mr Beaver, quot;and a great secret.
Its not muc get a few hours sleep.”
quot;If you all been in sucarting, Id some pillo; said Mrs Beaver.
It nearly sucumnuss, Lucy t - just a dry and eart
and being tle smoottle flask out of er a little and stung t, but it also made you feel deliciously er youd s and everyone straigo sleep.
It seemed to Lucy only t minute (t le cold and dreadfully stiff and t bat a set of long immediately after t s tting up ening to a sound nig was a sound of jingling bells.
Mr Beaver of t . Per for a moment, t to do? But it op of t being seen; and ed above all to see in ting and ed nearly five minutes. t frig;O; t Lucy, quot; him!”
Great tle later, to t outside the cave.
quot;Its all rig; ing. quot;Come out, Mrs Beaver. Come out, Sons and Daugs all rig isnt ; t t is alk talk at all.
So Mrs Beaver and t of t, and y and unbrusheir eyes.
quot;Come on!quot; cried Mr Beaver, . quot;Come and see! ty knock for tc looks as if her power is already crumbling.”
quot; do you mean, Mr Beaver?quot; panted Peter as teep bank of together.
quot;Didnt I tell you,quot; ans;t s aler and never Cmas? Didnt I tell you? ell, just come and see!”
And t top and did see.
It tc bro a person eyes on red robe (brig and a great fell like a foamy erfall over .
Everyone kneures of talked about even in our . Some of tures of Fatmas in our tually stood looking at find it quite like t. te still. t very glad, but also solemn.
quot;Ive come at last,quot; said ;S me out for a long time, but I in at last.
Aslan is on tchs magic is weakening.”
And Lucy felt running t deep s if you are being solemn and still.
quot;And no; said Fatmas, quot;for your presents. tter sewing mac in your house as, I pass.”
quot;If you please, sir,quot; said Mrs Beaver, making a curtsey. quot;Its locked up.”
quot;Locks and bolts make no difference to me,quot; said Fatmas. quot;And as for you, Mr Beaver, e fitted.”
Mr Beaver say anyt all.
quot;Peter, Adams Son,quot; said Fatmas.
quot;; said Peter.
quot;ts,quot; ;and tools not toys. time to use t ; ito Peter a s t as a ripe stra t of the sword
and everyt needed, and it t size and o use. Peter and solemn as s, for t.
quot;Susan, Eves Daug; said Fatmas. quot;t; and tle ivory ;You must use t need,quot; ;for I do not mean you to figtle. It does not easily miss.
And o your lips; and blo, to you.”
Last of all ;Lucy, Eves Daug; and Lucy came forle bottle of people said after it ;In ttle,quot; ;t groains of t, a feore to defend yourse at great need. For you also are not to be in battle.”
quot;; said Lucy. quot;I t kno I think I could be brave enough.”
quot;t is not t,quot; ;But battles are ugly ; - ; for you all!quot; and out (I suppose from t nobody quite saray containing five cups and saucers, a bo big teapot all sizzling and piping . t quot;Merry Cmas! Long live true King!quot; and cracked of sig tarted.
Peter dras s to Mr Beaver, stand talking till teas got cold. Just like men. Come and o carry tray do of bringing the bread-knife.”
So doeep bank t and back to t some of to sandea and everyone enjoyed t long before t;time to be moving on now.”