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Peter’s first battle
NowwemustgetbacktoEdmund.Whenhehadbeenmadetowalkfarfurtherthanhehadeverknownthatanybodycouldwalk,theWitchatlasthaltedinadarkvalleyallovershadowedwithfirtreesandyewtrees.Edmundsimplysankdownandlayonhisfacedoingnothingatallandnotevencaringwhatwasgoingtohappennextprovidedtheywouldlethimliestill.Hewastootiredeventonoticehowhungryandthirstyhewas.TheWitchandthedwarfweretalkingclosebesidehiminlowtones.
"No,"saidthedwarf,"itisnousenow,OQueen.TheymusthavereachedtheStoneTablebynow."
"PerhapstheWolfwillsmellusoutandbringusnews,"saidtheWitch.
"Itcannotbegoodnewsifhedoes,"saidthedwarf.
"FourthronesinCairParavel,"saidtheWitch."Howifonlythreewerefilled?Thatwouldnotfulfiltheprophecy."
"WhatdifferencewouldthatmakenowthatHeishere?"saidthedwarf.Hedidnotdare,evennow,tomentionthenameofAslantohismistress.
"Hemaynotstaylong.Andthen-wewouldfalluponthethreeatCair."
"Yetitmightbebetter,"saidthedwarf,"tokeepthisone"(herehekickedEdmund)"forbargainingwith."
