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CHAPTER ELEVEN THE LION ROARS（第2页）

“Look!”

hesaidi.“Look!What'sthatshaddowninfrontofus?”

“It'shisshadow，”

saidLucy.

“Idobelieveyht，Lu，”

saidEdmund.“I'tthinkhowIdidn'tseeitbefore.Butwhereishe?”

“Withhisshadow，ofcourse.'tyouseehim?”

“Well，IalmostthoughtIdid—foramoment.It'ssucharumlight.”

&on，KingEdmuorumpkin'svoibehindahen，fartherbehindandstillhetop，Peter'svoig，“Oh，buckup，Susan.Givemeyourhand.Why，ababycouldgetdownhere.Andd.”

Iestheywereatthebottomandtherofwaterfilledtheirears.Treadiely，likeasteppedfromstoohestream.Inthemiddlehestopped，bentdowntodrink，andasheraisedhisshaggyhead，drippingfromthewater，heturofacethemagain.ThistimeEdmundsawhim.“Oh，Aslan!”

hecried，dartingforward.ButtheLionwhiskedroundandbeganpaddinguptheslopeonthefarsideoftheRush.

&er，”

criedEdmund.“Didyousee?”

“Isawsomething，”

saidPeter.“Butit'ssotrithismoonlight.Ohough，andthreecheersforLu'tfeelhalfsotiredher.”

Aslanwithouthesitatioheirleft，fartherupthege.Thewholejourneywasoddaherstream，thewetgraygrass，theglimmeringcliffswhichtheyroadalwaystheglorious，silentlypagBeastahead.EveryoSusanandtheDwarfcouldseehimnow.

&heyothersteeppath，upthefaceofthefartherprecipices.Thesewerefarhigherthaheyhadjustdesdthejourhemwasalongandtediouszig-zag.FortuheMohtabovethegesothatherside>

LuearlyblowailandhindlegsofAslandisappearedoverthetop:butwithoshescrambledafterhimahershaky-leggedahless，oheyhadbeentryingtoreacheversiGlasswater.Theloleslope（heatherandgrassandafewverybigrocksthatshohemoonlight）stretcheduptowhereitvanishedireesabouthalfamileaway.ShekwasthehilloftheStoable:

Withajinglingofmailtheothersclimbedupbehindher.Aslanglidedohemandtheywalkedafterhim.

“Lucy，”

saidSusaninaverysmallvoice.

“Yes?”

saidLucy.

“Iseehimnow.I'msorry.”

“That'sallright.”

“ButI'vebeenfarworsethanyouknow.Ireallybelieveditwashim—he，Imeaerday.Whetogodowntothefirwood.AndIreallybelieveditwashimtonight，whenyouwokeusup.Imean，deepdowninside.OrIcouldhave，ifI'dletmyself.ButIjustwaofthewoodsand—and—oh，Idon'tknow.AndwhateveramItosaytohim?”

“Perhapsyouwon'tosaymuch，”

suggestedLucy.

SoohetreesandthroughthemthecouldseetheGreatMound，Aslan'sHow，whichhadbeeheTablesiheirdays.

“Oursidedon'tkeepverygoodwatch，”

mutteredTrumpkiohavebeengedbeforenow—”

“Hush!”

saidtheotherfour，fornoedaoodfagthem，lookitheyfeltasgladasanyonewhofeelsafraid，andasafraidasanyonewhofeelsglad.Theboysstrodeforward:Lucymadewayforthem:SusanandtheDwarfshrankback.

“Oh，Aslan，”

saidKier，droppingononekneeandraisingtheLion'sheavypawtohisfasoglad.AndI'msosorry.I'vebeehemwrongeversiedandespeciallyyesterdaym.”

“Mydearson，”

saidAslan.