!TellusaboutAslan!"saidseveralvoicesatonce;foronceagainthatstrangefeeling-likethefirstsigns,likegoodnews,hadeoverthem.

    "WhoisAslan?"askedSusan.

    "Aslan?"saidMrBeaver."Why,dontyouknow?HestheKiheLordofthewholewood,butnotoftenhere,youuand.Neverinmytimeormyfatherstime.

    Butthewordhasreachedusthathehaseback.HeisinNarniaatthismoment.HellsettletheWhiteQueenallright.Itishe,notyou,thatwillsaveMrTumnus.”

    "Shewontturnhimintostooo?"saidEdmund.

    "Lordloveyou,SonofAdam,lethingtosay!"answeredMrBeaverwithagreatlaugh."Turnhimintostone?IfshestandowofeetandlookhiminthefaceitllbethemostsheorethanIexpectofher.No,no.Hellputallthtsasitsaysinanoldrhymeintheseparts:Wrongwillberight,whenAslanesinsight,Atthesoundofhisroar,sorrowswillbenomore,Whenhebareshisteeth,wintermeetsitsdeath,Andwhenheshakeshismane,weshallhavespringagain.

    Youlluandwhenyouseehim.”

    "Butshallweseehim?"askedSusan.

    "Why,DaughterofEve,thatswhatIbroughtyouherefor.Imtoleadyouwhereyoushallmeethim,"saidMrBeaver.

    "Is-isheaman?"askedLucy.

    "Aslanaman!"saidMrBeaversternly."Certainlynot.ItellyouheistheKingofthewoodandthesonofthegreatEmperor-beyond-the-Sea.DontyouknowwhoistheKingofBeasts?Aslanisalion-theLion,thegreatLion.”

    "Ooh!"saidSusan,"Idthoughthewasaman.Ishe-quitesafe?Ishallfeelrathernervousaboutmeetingalion.”

    "Thatyouwill,dearie,andnomistake,&