kles,everykindoffern,jewel-likedragonflies,sometimesahawkoverheadandoerandTrumpkin.boththought)aneagle.ButofcoursewhatthechildrenandtheDwarfwaoseeassoonaspossiblewastheGreatRiverbelowthem,andBeruna,aoAslansHow.

    Astheywenton,theRushbegantofallmoreandmoresteeply.Theirjourneybecamemoreandmoreofaclimbandlessandlessofawalk-inplacesevenadangerousclimboverslipperyrockwithanastydropintodarkchasms,andtheriverrangrilyatthebottom.

    Youmaybesuretheywatchedthecliffsontheirlefteagerlyforanysignofabreakoranyplacewheretheycouldclimbthem;butthosecliffsremainedcruel.Itwasmaddening,becauseeveryohatifoheywereoutofthegeonthatside,theywouldhaveonlyasmoothslopeandafairlyshortwalktoCaspiansheadquarters.

    TheboysandtheDwarfwerenowinfavouroflightingafireandcookingtheirbear-meat.Susandidntwantthis;sheonlywanted,asshesaid,"togetonandfinishitaofthesebeastlywoods".Lucywasfartootiredandmiserabletohaveanyopinionaboutanything.Butastherewasnodrywoodtobehad,itmatteredverylittlewhatahought.Theboysbegantowonderifrawmeatwasreallyasnastyastheyhadalwaysbeentold.Trumpkinassuredthemitwas.

    Ofcourse,ifthechildrenhadattemptedajourneylikethisafewdaysagoinEngland,theywouldhavebeenknockedup.IthinkIhaveexplainedbeforehowNarniawasalteringthem.EvenLucywasbynow,sotospeak,onlyohirdofalittlegirlgoingtschoolforthefirsttime,andtwo-thirdsofQueenLuarnia.

    "Atlast!"saidSusan.

    "Oh,hurray!"saidPeter.

    Therivergehadjustmadeabendandthewholeviewspreadoutbehem.Theyc