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A day with the Beavers
"That’sright,"saidtheBeaver."Poorfellow,hegotwindofthearrestbeforeitactuallyhappenedandhandedthisovertome.HesaidthatifanythinghappenedtohimImustmeetyouhereandtakeyouonto-"HeretheBeaver’svoicesankintosilenceanditgaveoneortwoverymysteriousnods.Thensignallingtothechildrentostandasclosearounditastheypossiblycould,sothattheirfaceswereactuallytickledbyitswhiskers,itaddedinalowwhisper-
"TheysayAslanisonthemove-perhapshasalreadylanded."
Andnowaverycuriousthinghappened.NoneofthechildrenknewwhoAslanwasanymorethanyoudo;butthemomenttheBeaverhadspokenthesewordseveryonefeltquitedifferent.Perhapsithassometimeshappenedtoyouinadreamthatsomeonesayssomethingwhichyoudon’tunderstandbutinthedreamitfeelsasifithadsomeenormousmeaning-eitheraterrifyingonewhichturnsthewholedreamintoanightmareorelsealovelymeaningtoolovelytoputintowords,whichmakesthedreamsobeautifulthatyourememberitallyourlifeandarealwayswishingyoucouldgetintothatdreamagain.Itwaslikethatnow.AtthenameofAslaneachoneofthechildrenfeltsomethingjumpinitsinside.Edmundfeltasensationofmysterioushorror.Peterfeltsuddenlybraveandadventurous.Susanfeltasifsomedelicioussmellorsomedelightfulstrainofmusichadjustfloatedbyher.AndLucygotthefeelingyouhavewhenyouwakeupinthemorningandrealizethatitisthebeginningoftheholidaysorthebeginningofsummer.
"AndwhataboutMrTumnus,"saidLucy;"whereishe?"
"S-s-s-sh,"saidtheBeaver,"nothere.Imustbringyouwherewecanhavearealtalkandalsodinner."
