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Ê×Ò³the battle catsȫèCHAPTER SEVEN

CHAPTER SEVEN

        MAINLY ABOUt DARFS     t t took    for a tarkaan reat lord o a    and raised te.

        "O My Master," said one of t;o en to    isroc, may-he-live-forever. ¡°

        "By t god tas," said tirian. turo t one in six of torc    flickering lig ;isroc foug battle, D; ;t tiently to die in t-pits of Pugrahan?¡±

        t    t;Aslans orders, Aslans orders.        him?¡±

        "tisrodeed!" added one and spat. "Id like to see ry it!¡±

        "Silence, dogs!" said the chief soldier.

        "Look!" said tirian, pulling Puzzle foro t. "It    e to Narnia at all. You ed by t out of table to s it.¡±

        t t close, ainly enougo make taken in. t pretty    untidy already during Puzzles impriso in table and it    of it was in a big lump on    one shoulder.

        t very far back so    t anyone could no. Some    grass stuck out of one er of tle quiet nibbling as    t tering, "It    my fault, Im not clever. I never    said I was.¡±

        For one sed all taring at Puzzle ;Are you mad, My Master?    are you    doing to t; and t;And    te noion.

        "Give t; said the chief soldier.

        "t; said t;t is    da, for I am tirian of Narnia.¡±

        niace,    I    blame . And    beginners sometimes do    all t tiriao teac afternoon, slas sure    s) and suddenly found, to    surprise, t t . And t    relief, it    t, ratening. t lasted a sed or too    ed to Eustace, "are two.¡±

        But ttled t.

        "ell struck, Eustace!" cried tirian, clapping ;Noomorroo free all Narnia. three cheers for Aslan!¡±

        But t empt from a fe five)    all.

        "Dont tand?" said Jill impatiently. "s    you    ts all over. t going to rule    Narnia any longer.

        Everyone    go back to ordinary life. You     you    glad?¡±

        After a pause of nearly a minute a not-very-nice-looking D said: "And w you be, Missie?¡±

        "Im Jill," s;tment and tace oo - and er    us.¡±

        t one anot merry    ones.

        "ell," said t;I dont kno to for t    of my life.¡±

        "ts rigs rig; gro;Its all a plant,    all a blooming plant.¡±

        " do you mean?" said tirian.    been pale     to be a beautiful moment, but it    urning out more like a bad dream.

        "You must t in t you must," said    Griffle. "eve been taken in ond no us to be taken in again t    minute. eve no more use for stories about Aslan, see! Look at h long    ears!¡±

        "By ; said tirian. "    is tation of t you uand?¡±

        "And youve got a better imitation, I suppose!" said Griffle. "No t going to be fooled again.¡±

        "I ," said tirian angrily, "I serve the real Aslan.¡±

        "o us!" said several Dwarfs.

        "Do you t, fools?" said tirian. "    I could make Aslan appear at my bidding?    a tame lion.¡±

        t t of     once begaing "not a tame lion, not a tame    lion," in a jeering sing-song. "ts    kept on telling us," said one.

        "Do you mean you dont believe in t; said Jill. "But Ive    seen    us t world.¡±

        "A; said Griffle ;So you say. tauguff all rig you?¡±

        "C; cried tirian, "o her very face?¡±

        "You keep a civil tongue in your er," replied t;I dont    t any more Kings - if you are tirian, o look after ourselves from noouobody. See?¡±

        "ts rig; said t;ere on our oories about ot; And to fall into to get ready for marco    whey had e from.

        "Little beasts!" said Eustace. "Arent you even going to say t-mines?¡±

        "O t," said Griffle over ;You ed    to make use of us, ts why you rescued us. Youre playing some game of your own. e    on you chaps.¡±

        And truck up ttle mard off tramped into the darkness.

        tirian and ared after t;e," and tiheir journey.

        t party. Puzzle felt o be still in disgrace, and    also    really quite uand aces victory over t    almost sace,    ill beating ratirian aimes    t    try to fort    one anot    very easy to to say t ing. tirian    one of ts of an Apes setting up as a false    Aslan would be

        to stop people from believing in t quite sure t    to     nigo Stable o all tures and everyoer a scuffle     no seemed,    on not turn the Dwarfs?

        "Somebodys ing after us, I t; said Puzzle suddenly.

        topped and listened. Sure enoug behem.

        "; sed the King.

        "Only me, Sire," came a voice. "Me, Poggin t    mao get a a Drike a blo side before alls    done.¡±

        Everyone cro difference,    but it ace didnt stay brigoo tired to t anyt bed.

        It    t , just before da t    back to tower.

        If to    eat, but tting oo be t of. tream, splaser, and tumbled into t for    Puzzle and Jeside. t as , full-groher    crowded.

        Narnian D     toug and stro creatures t Poggin, in spite of a e nig oook Jills bo    out and s a couple of    plug tep and    g to Je a good deal better t and delicatest of beasts, o alking to    t tand    like grass and sugar and tace came out of to almost    ten, ty of a Narnian astes a good deal le butter    and pepper to make it perfect, but t got t al ste or dinner, . tirian    a little furto t bae brancime,

        especially as it smelled nicer and    came to being done -    te D fgin: mail s, , s, and dagger.

        ted Eustaces s Eustace    it ba    t and made to     and polis.

        All t to and fro, sometimes stirring t and    sometimes looking out enviously at tentedly grazing. imes t m s grass!

        But    ing for, and    ten as mu tep, ted ones lay    doirian) lit    ;No, ale do tell of my escape?¡±

        "As ing a tale, Sire, as ever ; said Poggin. "It , Ginger, , and most likely made it up too. ts if ever a cat ree to o repeat    ing and sy up at one mouts trembled at tory and some fainted rig up. t Aslao t respect    t be a o you all. And tures        in t your Majestys escape    set till o aid you, but only made    t to the Ape.¡±

        " devilis; said tirian. "the    Apes sels.¡±

        "Its more a question by no; replied    t;taken to drinking, you see. My belief is t t is noly carried on by Ginger or Riss tain. And I t Giered among to blame for turn they    made you.

        And Ill tell you ings     broken up t before last and Id gone a bit of t    my pipe behind.

        It e, so I    back to look for it.    But before I got to tting (it cs voice say Me stood as    still as if I arkaan, said t in t silky voice of    ed to knoly w we

        bot today about Aslan meaning no more tasless, most    sagacious of cats, says t t; "All ,    said tarkaan.

        `tand one anot. `Do you, like me, grotle upid, greedy brute, says t     use . t provide for all t and make t ter,    it, said Ginger, `to let some of tened Narnians into our sels: one by one as . For ts     any moment: and rays .

        But tas o t and suay give t Cat, said tain. `But c;    o     down. Now Puzzle sed his head uneasily.    Jill looked up.

        "Its clouding over," she said.

        "And its so cold," said Puzzle.

        "Cold enoug; said tirian, blohis?¡±

        "P; gasped Eustace. "Its like somet? And ice it before?¡±

        it upo    and pointed h his    horn.

        "Look!" ;Look at it! Look, look!¡±

        ttermost dismay.
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