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JILLfeltsomethingticklingherear.ItwasJeweltheUnicorn，whisperingtoherwiththewidewhisperofahorse’smouth.Assoonassheheardwhathewassayingshenoddedandtip-toedbacktowherePuzzlewasstanding.Quicklyandquietlyshecutthelastcordsthatboundthelion-skintohiItwouldn’tdoforhimtobecaughtwiththaton，afterwhattheApehadsaid!Shewouldliketohavehiddentheskinsomewhereveryfaraway，butitwastooheavy.Thebestshecoulddowastokickitinamongthethickestbushes.ThenshemadesignstoPuzzletofollowherandtheybothjoinedtheothers．

TheApewasspeakingagain．

“Andafterahorridthinglikethat，Aslan-Tashlan-isangrierthanever.Hesayshe’sbeenagreatdealtoogoodtoyou，comingouteverynighttobelookedat，see!Well，he’snotcomingoutanymore.”

HowlsandmewingsandsquealsandgruntsweretheAnimals’answertothis，butsuddenlyaquitedifferentvoicebrokeinwithaloudlaugh．

“Harkwhatthemonkeysays，”itshouted.“Weknowwhyheisn’tgoingtobringhispreciousAslanout.I’lltellyouwhy：becausehehasn’tgothiHeneverhadanythingexceptanolddonkeywithalion-skinonitsback.Nowhe’slostthatandhedoesn’tknowwhattodo.”

TiriancouldnotseethefacesontheothersideofthefireverywellbutheguessedthiswasGriffletheChiefDwarf.Andhewasquitecertainofitwhen，asecondlater，alltheDwarfs’voicesjoinedin，singing：“Don’tknowwhattodo!Don’tknowwhattodo!Don’tknowwhattodo-o-o!”

“Silence!”thunderedRishdaTarkaan.“Silence，childrenofmud!Listentome，youotherNarnians，lestIgivecommandtomywarriorstofalluponyouwiththeedgeofthesword.TheLordShifthasalreadytoldyouofthatwickedAss.Doyouthink，becauseofhimthatthereisnorealTashlaninthestable!Doyou？Beware，beware.”

“No，no，”shoutedmostofthecrowd.ButtheDwarfssaid，“That’sright，Darkie，you’vegotit.Comeon，Monkey，showuswhat’sinthestable，seeingisbelieving.”

Whennexttherewasamoment’squiettheApesaid：“YouDwarfsthinkyou’reveryclever，don’tyou？Butnotsofast.Ineversaidyoucouldn’tseeTashlan.Anyonewholikescanseehi”

Thewholeassemblybecamesilent.Then，afternearlyaminute，theBearbeganinaslow，puzzledvoice：

“Idon’tquiteunderstandallthis，”itgrumbled，“Ithoughtyousaid-”

“Youthought!”repeatedtheApe.“Asifanyonecouldcallwhatgoesoninyourheadthinking.Listen，youothers.AnyonecanseeTashlan.Buthe’snotcomingout.Youhavetogoinandseehi”

“Oh，thankyou，thankyou，thankyou，”saiddozensofvoices.“That’swhatwewanted!Wecangoinandseehimfacetoface.Andnowhe’llbekindanditwillallbeasitusedtobe.”AndtheBirdschattered，andtheDogsbarkedexcitedly.Thensuddenly，therewasagreatstirringandanoiseofcreaturesrisingtotheirfeet，andinasecondthewholelotofthemwouldhavebeenrushingforwardandtryingtocrowdintothestabledooralltogether.ButtheApeshouted：

“Getback!Quiet!Notsofast.”

TheBeastsstopped，manyofthemwithonepawintheairmanywithtailswagging，andallofthemwithheadsononeside．

“Ithoughtyousaid，”begantheBear，butShiftinterrupted．

“Anyonecangoin，”hesaid.“But，oneatatime.Who’llgofirst？Hedidn’tsayhewasfeelingverykind.He’sbeenlickinghislipsalotsinceheswallowedupthewickedKingtheothernight.He’sbeengrowlingagooddealthismorning.Iwouldn’tmuchliketogointothatstablemyselftonight.Butjustasyouplease.Who’dliketogoinfirst？Don’tblamemeifheswallowsyouwholeorblastsyouintoacinderwiththemereterrorofhiseyes.That’syouraffair.Nowthen!Who’sfirst？WhataboutoneofyouDwarfs？”

“Dilly，dilly，comeandbekilled!”sneeredGriffle.“Howdoweknowwhatyou’vegotinthere？”

“Ho-ho!”criedtheApe.“Soyou’rebeginningtothinkthere’ssomethingthere，eh？Well，allyouBeastsweremakingnoiseenoughaminuteago.What’sstruckyoualldumb？Who’sgoinginfirst？”

ButtheBeastsallstoodlookingatoneanotherandbeganbackingawayfromthestable.Veryfewtailswerewaggingnow.TheApewaddledtoandfrojeeringatthe“Ho-ho-ho!”hechuckled.“IthoughtyouwereallsoeagertoseeTashlanfacetoface!Changedyourmind，eh？”

TirianbenthisheadtohearsomethingthatJillwastryingtowhisperinhisear.“Whatdoyouthinkisreallyinsidethestable？”shesaid.“Whoknows？”saidTirian.“TwoCalormeneswithdrawnswords，aslikelyasnot，oneoneachsideofthedoor.”“Youdon’tthink，”saidJill，“itmightbe...youknow...thathorridthingwesaw？”“Tashhimself？”whisperedTirian.“There’snoknowing.Butcourage，child：weareallbetweenthepawsofthetrueAslan.”

Thenamostsurprisingthinghappened.GingertheCatsaidinacool，clearvoice，notatallasifhewasexcited，“I’llgoin，ifyoulike.”

EverycreatureturnedandfixeditseyesontheCat.“Marktheirsubtleties，Sire，”saidPoggintotheKing.“Thiscursedcatisintheplot，intheverycentreofit.Whateverisinthestablewillnothurthim，I’llbebound.ThenGingerwillcomeoutagainandsaythathehasseensomewonder.”

ButTirianhadnotimetoanswerhiTheApewascallingtheCattocomeforward.“Ho-ho!”saidtheApe.“Soyou，apertPuss，wouldlookuponhimfacetoface.Comeon，then!I’llopenthedoorforyou.Don’tblamemeifhescaresthewhiskersoffyourface.That’syouraffair.”

AndtheCatgotupandcameoutofitsplaceinthecrowd，walkingprimlyanddaintily，withitstailintheair，notonehaironitssleekcoatoutofplace.ItcameontillithadpassedthefireandwassoclosethatTirian，fromwherehestoodwithhisshoulderagainsttheend-wallofthestable，couldlookrightintoitsface.Itsbiggreeneyesneverblinked.（“Coolasacucumber，”mutteredEustace.“Itknowsithasnothingtofear.”）TheApe，chucklingandmakingfaces，shuttledacrossbesidetheCat：putuphispaw：drewtheboltandopenedthedoor.TirianthoughthecouldheartheCatpurringasitwalkedintothedarkdoorway．

“Aii-aii-aouwee!-”Themosthorriblecaterwaulyoueverheardmadeeveryonejump.Youhavebeenwakenedyourselfbycatsquarrellingormakingloveontheroofinthemiddleofthenight：youknowthesound．

Thiswasworse.TheApewasknockedheadoverheelsbyGingercomingbackoutofthestableattopspeed.Ifyouhadnotknownhewasacat，youmighthavethoughthewasaginger-colouredstreakoflightning.Heshotacrosstheopengrass，backintothecrowd.Noonewantstomeetacatinthatstate.Youcouldseeanimalsgettingoutofhiswaytoleftandright.Hedashedupatree，whiskedaround，andhungheaddownwards.Histailwasbristledouttillitwasnearlyasthickashiswholebody：hiseyeswerelikesaucersofgreenfire：alonghisbackeverysinglehairstoodonend．

“I’dgivemybeard，”whisperedPoggin，“toknowwhetherthatbruteisonlyactingorwhetherithasreallyfoundsomethingintherethatfrightenedit!”

“Peace，friend，”saidTirian，fortheCaptainandtheApewerealsowhisperingandhewantedtohearwhattheysaid.Hedidnotsucceed，exceptthatheheardtheApeoncemorewhimpering“Myhead，myhead，”buthegottheideathatthosetwowerealmostaspuzzledbythecat’sbehaviourashimself．

“Now，Ginger，”saidtheCaptain.“Enoughofthatnoise.Tellthemwhatthouhastseen.”

“Aii-Aii-Aaow-Awah，”screamedtheCat．

“ArtthounotcalledaTalkingBeast？”saidtheCaptain.“Thenholdthydevilishnoiseandtalk.”

Whatfollowedwasratherhorrible.Tirianfeltquitecertain（andsodidtheothers）thattheCatwastryingtosaysomething：butnothingcameoutofhismouthexcepttheordinary，uglycat-noisesyoumighthearfromanyangryorfrightenedoldTominabackyardinEngland.AndthelongerhecaterwauledthelesslikeaTalkingBeasthelooked.UneasywhimperingsandlittlesharpsquealsbrokeoutfromamongtheotherAnimals．

“Look，look!”saidthevoiceoftheBear.“Itcan’ttalk.Ithasforgottenhowtotalk!Ithasgonebacktobeingadumbbeast.Lookatitsface.”Everyonesawthatitwastrue.AndthenthegreatestterrorofallfelluponthoseNarnians.Foreveryoneofthemhadbeentaught-whenonlyachickorapuppyoracub-howAslanatthebeginningoftheworldhadturnedthebeastsofNarniaintoTalkingBeastsandwarnedthemthatiftheyweren’tgoodtheymightonedaybeturnedbackagainandbelikethepoorwitlessanimalsonemeetsinothercountries.“Andnowitiscominguponus，”theymoaned．

“Mercy!Mercy!”wailedtheBeasts.“Spareus，LordShift，standbetweenusandAslan，youmustalwaysgoinandspeaktohimforus.Wedaren’t，wedaren’t.”

Gingerdisappearedfurtherupintothetree.Nooneeversawhimagain．

Tirianstoodwithhishandonhissword-hiltandhisheadbowed.Hewasdazedwiththehorrorsofthatnight.SometimeshethoughtitwouldbebesttodrawhisswordatonceandrushupontheCalormenes：thennextmomenthethoughtitwouldbebettertowaitandseewhatnewturnaffairsmighttake.Andnowanewturncame．

“MyFather，”cameaclear，ringingvoicefromtheleftofthecrowd.TirianknewatoncethatitwasoneoftheCalormenesspeaking，forinTheTisroc’sarmythecommonsoldierscalltheofficers“MyMaster”buttheofficerscalltheirseniorofficers“MyFather”.JillandEustacedidn’tknowthisbut，afterlookingthiswayandthat，theysawthespeaker，forofcoursepeopleatthesidesofthecrowdwereeasiertoseethanpeopleinthemiddlewheretheglareofthefiremadeallbeyonditlookratherblack.Hewasyoungandtallandslender，andevenratherbeautifulinthedark，haughty，Calormeneway．

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