DEEPER MAGIC FROM BEFORE tIME ill croucc, quot;No about take us long to crusraitors no t Fool, t Cat, lies dead.”
At t t danger. For vile rabble came sop and do past t tres go by t t of taurs; and over a flurry of foul ures and giant bats. At any otime trembled no t of it.
As soon as t again Susan and Lucy crept out onto top.
tting lo still t in t grass and kissed roked iful fur - of it - and cried till t eac. At last Lucy said, quot;I cant bear to look at t ake if off?”
So tried. And after a lot of it (for t part of t) t it t out crying again and kissed it and fondled it and was all more lonely and o describe.
quot;I ie ; said Susan presently. But t of pure spitefulness, ig ts.
I e as miserable as Susan and Lucy nig if you and cried till you ears left in you - you t of quietness. You feel as if noto any rate t to ticed t tting colder and colder. But at last Lucy noticed t t side of ttle less dark t had been an hour ago.
tiny movement going on in t . At first sook no interest in t did it matter? Nottered no at last s - stones of tone table. And no on Aslans body. Stle grey things.
quot;Ug; said Susan from table. quot;ly! ttle mice crale beasts.quot; And so frighem away.
quot;ait!quot; said Lucy, ill. quot;Can you see heyre doing?”
Bot doared.
quot;I do believe -quot; said Susan. quot;But the cords!”
quot;ts ,quot; said Lucy. quot;I ttle t realize ll do some good untying him.”
It e definitely ligiced for t time te face of ttle field mice. And at last, one by one, through.
t ting fainter - all except one very big one loern colder t. t away again.
t t gre better.
In t ill for it startled t. Soon the place.
It e definitely early morning no late night.
quot;Im so cold,quot; said Lucy.
quot;So am I,quot; said Susan. quot;Lets a bit.”
to tern edge of tar disappeared. try all looked dark grey, but beyond, at to turn red. to ands fro more times t betern ridge, trying to keep . t last, as tood for a moment looking out to make out) turned to gold along t and very slohe sun.
At t moment t cracking, deafening noise as if a giant s plate.
quot;s t?quot; said Lucy, clutching Susans arm.
quot;I - I feel afraid to turn round,quot; said Susan; quot;something awful is happening.”
quot;to ; said Lucy. quot;Come on!quot; And surned, pulling Susan round h her.
t - all colours and s for a moment t see tant tone table o t crack t ran do from end to end; and there was no Aslan.
quot;O; cried table.
quot;Os too bad,quot; sobbed Lucy; quot;t the body alone.”
quot;?quot; cried Susan. quot; does it mean? Is it magic?”
quot;Yes!quot; said a great voice be;It is more magic.quot; they looked round.
t ly groood Aslan himself.
quot;O; cried botaring up at as mucened as they were glad.
quot;Arent you dead t; said Lucy.
quot;Not no; said Aslan.
quot;Youre not - not a - ?quot; asked Susan in a s bring o say t. Aslan stooped of smell t seemed to his hair came all over her.
quot;Do I look it?quot; he said.
quot;O; cried Lucy, and both kisses.
quot;But all mean?quot; asked Susan w calmer.
quot;It means,quot; said Aslan, quot;t tcill ime.
But if stle furto tillness and time daation. S ed no treacraitors stead, table self art working backwards.
And now -”
quot;O; said Lucy, jumping up and clapping her hands.
quot;O; said t;I feel my strengto me. Oc; ood for a second, , ail. table. Laug knoo reacop of tting t catcail, noossing tifully velveted pacopping unexpectedly so t all toget h
a torm or playing ten Lucy could never make up ing in t in t tired or y.
quot;And no; said Aslan presently, quot;to business. I feel I am going to roar. You ter put your fingers in your ears.”
And tood up and t dare to look at it. And trees in front of of ;e o go. You must ride on me.quot; And o first, igo beigo Susan. And
off, faster to t.
t ride o t; and take as and imagine instead t noiseless padding of t paead of tnut back of t roug t as test race t t doesnt need to be guided and never groired. ing, never ating, t skill betree trunks, jumping over busreams, of all.
And you are riding not on a road nor in a park nor even on t rige crees, past roaring erfalls and mossy rocks and ec ains and along giddy ridges and doo into acres of blue flowers.
It le - a little toy castle it looked from ed to t suc it gre and before time even to ask t it . And no no longer looked like a toy castle but rose fro of them.
No face looked over ttlements and tes s. And Aslan, not at all slacking raig to.
quot;tc; ;No.”
Next moment to turn upside do as if t together for a
greater leap t made and jumped - or you may call it flying rat over tle un, found tumbling off one courtyard full of statues.