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CHAPTER SEVEN

        tRARENC    of a day. Over ; blo, a    felt as if it ake your skin off.    doo t t of t road o pick t broken stones a, it oo cold for a    .

        At about ten oclock t tiny sn dotled on Jills arm. ten minutes later te ty miiceably eady snoorm,     to last all day,    they    could hardly see.

        In order to uand    keep on remembering tle ted ted    all. It ion of seeing t few paces a, you o screw up    your eyes.

        Needless to say, t talking.

        of t a glimpse of    no one    did. All    in front of t     four feet y in    jumping onto top of it, and    y    business for    t for e deep on tiff climb - Jill fell once - up very roug a o a sed ledge. toget quite irregular    intervals.

        As truggled on to taking t    t t top of t ill noer;    te    as flat on top as it ance: a great level tableland ore    across

        resistance. In most places till    all, for t catc up off ts and clouds, and    in t little eddies of sno as you sometimes see t as smoot to make matters     imes    divided it up into squares and oblongs. All to be climbed; to five feet in    and    a couple of yards ts; and after eaco a    drift and got .

        Fig ableland - t t looked vaguely like factory c, a raig to be. But s at all ied and didnt give t. t about    harfang.

        Suddenly s five feet, and found o o a dark, narro to    of her.

        er stom. So be in a    kind of trenc t    t ticed    of trenc ticed urally, t he edge.

        "Are you , Pole?" sed Scrubb.

        "Bot ; sed Puddleglum.

        Jill stood up and explai s, but to .

        " is it youve fallen into?" asked Scrubb.

        "Its a kind of trenc mig;    said Jill. "It runs quite straight.”

        "Yes, by Jove," said Scrubb. "And it runs due nort a sort    of road? If it    of t of sno ttom?”

        " all bloop, I suppose.”

        " her on?”

        "; said Jill. S up and renc before s turned so t. Sed tion back to thers.

        "s round t; asked Scrubb.

        No    Jill    ty passages and    dark places underground, or even nearly underground, t Scrubb    tention of going round t er alone; especially s just t of place t migo a    dragons cave. And in a giant try, t be gia beetles.”

        "I dont t goes anyw; said Jill, ing ily back.

        "Im jolly o ; said Scrubb. " do you mean by    any; So    dorencoo    by noo bot being a bit ter) and t Jill and, t say anyt sure t . So s took care not to get in front of him.

        It proved, ing exploration. t round t -urn and straigraigo t. "ts no good," said Scrubb, glang do-urn, "t aking us back - sout;    straig once more, in a feeps, turn to t. But time trenco a dead end.

        "No good," grunted Scrubb. Jill lost no time in turning and leading turo t fallen in, ty in pulling t.

        But it o be out on top again. Dos of    trenc begun to to see clearly and    breat sing. It e misery to e back    into t did seem    moment    for saying:    "Are you still sure of ts t to be    after, now?”

        "O; said Pole. "Somet someone    mentioning Aslans name, I t Im jolly    going to give a recitation    here.”

        As you see, s t roubled to    t s;pat" in o be sure of reeling t order at a moments notid    tion annoyed    knohe    Lions lesson

        quite so o . to tired, made ;Bot; S    pere mean it.

        "O , ?" said Puddleglum. "No seems to me, t place opping to . iced -”

        "O; said Scrubb, "is time for stopping to admire ts get on.”

        "O; cried Jill and pointed. Everyourned, and    everyone sao tableland on ravellers    before, t made    o made o     soup or juicy sirloins smoking on table.

        "; exclaimed Scrubb.

        "ts all very ; said Puddleglum. "But w I was saying was -”

        "O up," said Jill crossly. "e    a moment to lose. Dont you    remember    t get time,    , . ell die if    on a nighis.”

        "ell, it isly a nig yet," began Puddleglum; but t; and began stumbling forableland as quickly    as till talking, but    no to t ed to. And t . t drinks; and to oo late and being s out    unbearable.

        In spite of te, it took time to cross t top of    t , till several ledges to climb dohe far side.

        But at last ttom and could see w harfang was like.

        It stood on a e of its many tole Giants feared no attack. tside e close to tress. ttle doors    it e easy    to get in and out of tle    going tyard. ts    of Jill and Scrubb. It made the whole plaore friendly and less forbidding.

        At first t and steepness of te    presently ticed t t and t to. It errible climb, after to    hundred yards.

        But in tood before tle gate. tcullis e open.

        ired you are, it takes some o o a giants front    door. In spite of all     uddleglum w ce.

        "Steady pao; ;Dont loever you do. eve    do all: but no    a bold fa it.”

        itrode foro teood still u as loud as he could.

        &quuests who seek lodging.”

        And o ook off    and    knocked off ts wide brim.

        "I say," ; bla, but y of pluck - and cheek.”

        A door opened, letting out a delicious glo    a perfectly enormous giant;    t is to say, aller tree but notall as a    telegraply red al plates fastened all over it    so as to make a kind of mail s, bare knees (very tees on    ooped do Puddleglum.

        "And    of creature do you call yourself," he said.

        Jill took ;Please," sing up at t. "tle salutes tle Giants, and    us to your    Autum.

        - If its quite ve, of course," she added.

        "O; said ter. "ts quite a different story. e in, little    people, e in.

        Youd best e into to y."    ty. "Blue faces," ;I didnt kno colour. Dont care about it myself. But I dare say you look quite o one anotles fancy otles, they do say.”

        "Our faces are only blue ; said Jill. "ere not this colour    really.”

        "t tle s; said ter. to t errible to    be about it as soon as time last nig looked as if    four or five , and it    go . But t, and     sighs of relief.

        "Noer," said ter to an at tors till it looked as if art out    of ;run across o t; And ed er a final stare, and a great guffa the room.

        "No; said ter to Puddleglum, "you look as if you ed    some c; tle very like Puddleglums o about    ty times larger. "Let me see, let me see," said ter. "I t give you a cup    or youll dro me see. t-cellar    t mention it over at tting over    s not my fault.”

        t-cellar    very like one of ours, being narro it doed Puddleglum to refuse it, distrusting tle Giants as     tered, "Its rate to be tions no    be; t t;Smells all rig; ;But ts noto go by. Better make sure," and took a sip. "tastes all rigoo," ;But it mig at t sip.    go on?" ook a larger sip.    "A; he said.

        "But is it t; and took anot;ty at ttom, I s ; o t;test, you see. If I curl up, or    burst, or turn into a lizard, or somet to take anyt; But t, o er and said, " it    away!”

        "Not a man . . . Mars; replied Puddleglum in a someinct    voice. "N either: Marshwiggle.”

        At t moment t came in    saying, "to go to t once.”

        tood up but Puddleglum remained sitting and said, "Marsable Marsowiggle.”

        "S; said t Porter. "Youd better carry    Froggy. hans good for him.”

        "Not; said Puddleglum. "Not a frog. Notabiggle.”

        But t caug and sigo to folloyard. Puddleglum, s fist, and vaguely kig tainly look very like a frog. But ttle time to notice tered t doorle -    bots beating faster ter pattering along several corridors at    a trot to keep up s paces, found t of an    enormous room, s t stood on    t and rig robes; and on t t to be the King and Queen.

        About ty feet from topped. Scrubb and Jill made an    atempt at a bo taugo curtsey at Experiment    carefully put Puddleglum doo a    sort of sitting position. ito tell truth,    unonly like a large spider.
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