outside,"saidGolg,shuddering."Thatwastheworstthichdidtous.Weweregoingtobeledoutintotheopen-ontotheoutsideoftheworld.Theysaytheresnoroofatallthere;onlyahorriblegreatemptinesscalledthesky.

    Andthediggingshavegonesofarthatafewstrokesofthepickwouldbringyououttoit.

    Iwouldntdaregohem.”

    "Hurrah!Nowyouretalking!"criedEustadJillsaid,"Butitsnothorridatallupthere.Welikeit.Welivethere.”

    "IknowyouOverlanderslivethere,"saidGolg."ButIthoughtitwasbecauseyoucouldntfindyourwaydowninside.Youtreallylikeit-crawlingaboutlikefliesoopoftheworld!”

    "Whataboutshowingustheroadatonce?"saidPuddleglum.

    "Inagoodhour,"criedthePrihewholepartysetout.ThePrinceremountedhischarger,PuddleglumclimbedupbehindJill,andGolgledtheway.AsheweshoutingoutthegoodhattheWitchwasdeadandthatthefourOverlanderswerenotdangerous.Andthosewhoheardhimshouteditontoothers,sothatinafewmihewholeofUnderlandwasringingwithshoutsandcheers,andgnomesbyhundredsandthousands,leaping,turningcart-wheels,standingontheirheads,playingleap-frog,aingoffhugecrackers,camepressingroundCoalbladSnowflake.AndthePriotellthestoryofhisownentmentanddeliveraleasttentimes.

    Inthiswaytheycametotheedgeofthechasm.Itwasaboutathousalongandperhapstwohundredwide.Theydismountedfromtheirhorsesandcametotheedge,andlookeddownintoit.Astrosmoteupintotheirfaces,mixedwithasmellwhichwasquiteuheyhadeversmelled.Itwasrich,sharp,exg,andmadeyoushedepthofthechasmwasshtthatatfirstitdaz