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The_Complete_Chronicles_of_Narnia_(volumes_1-7,_in_order_of_publication)

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"And as soon as we're well up <strong>in</strong>to the forest," said Trumpk<strong>in</strong>, "whatever anyone says,<br />

I'm go<strong>in</strong>g to light a fire and cook supper. But we must get well away from here."<br />

<strong>The</strong>re is no need to describe how they toiled back up the gorge. It was pretty hard work,<br />

but oddly enough everyone felt more cheerful. <strong>The</strong>y were gett<strong>in</strong>g their second w<strong>in</strong>d; and<br />

the word supper had had a wonderful effect.<br />

<strong>The</strong>y reached the fir wood which had caused them so much trouble while it was still<br />

daylight, and bivouacked <strong>in</strong> a hollow just above it. It was tedious gather<strong>in</strong>g the firewood;<br />

but it was grand when the fire blazed up and they began produc<strong>in</strong>g the damp and smeary<br />

parcels <strong>of</strong> bear-meat which would have been so very unattractive to anyone who had<br />

spent the day <strong>in</strong>doors. <strong>The</strong> Dwarf had splendid ideas about cookery. Each apple (they still<br />

had a few <strong>of</strong> these) was wrapped up <strong>in</strong> bear's meat - as if it was to be apple dumpl<strong>in</strong>g<br />

with meat <strong>in</strong>stead <strong>of</strong> pastry, only much thicker - and spiked on a sharp stick and then<br />

roasted. And the juice <strong>of</strong> the apple worked all through the meat, like apple sauce with<br />

roast pork. Bear that has lived too much on other animals is not very nice, but bear that<br />

has had plenty <strong>of</strong> honey and fruit is excellent, and this turned out to be that sort <strong>of</strong> bear. It<br />

was a truly glorious meal. And, <strong>of</strong> course, no wash<strong>in</strong>g up - only ly<strong>in</strong>g back and watch<strong>in</strong>g<br />

the smoke from Trumpk<strong>in</strong>'s pipe and stretch<strong>in</strong>g one's tired legs and chatt<strong>in</strong>g. Everyone<br />

felt quite hopeful now about f<strong>in</strong>d<strong>in</strong>g K<strong>in</strong>g Caspian tomorrow and defeat<strong>in</strong>g Miraz <strong>in</strong> a<br />

few days. It may not have been sensible <strong>of</strong> them to feel like this, but they did.<br />

<strong>The</strong>y dropped <strong>of</strong>f to sleep one by one, but all pretty quickly.<br />

Lucy woke out <strong>of</strong> the deepest sleep you can imag<strong>in</strong>e, with the feel<strong>in</strong>g that the voice she<br />

liked best <strong>in</strong> the world had been call<strong>in</strong>g her name. She thought at first it was her father's<br />

voice, but that did not seem quite right. <strong>The</strong>n she thought it was Peter's voice, but that did<br />

not seem to fit either. She did not want to get up; not because she was still tired - on the<br />

contrary she was wonderfully rested and all the aches had gone from her bones - but<br />

because she felt so extremely happy and comfortable. She was look<strong>in</strong>g straight up at the<br />

<strong>Narnia</strong>n moon, which is larger than ours, and at the starry sky, for the place where they<br />

had bivouacked was comparatively open.<br />

"Lucy," came the call aga<strong>in</strong>, neither her father's voice nor Peter's. She sat up, trembl<strong>in</strong>g<br />

with excitement but not with fear. <strong>The</strong> moon was so bright that the whole forest<br />

landscape around her was almost as clear as day, though it looked wilder. Beh<strong>in</strong>d her was<br />

the fir wood; away to her right the jagged cliff-tops on the far side <strong>of</strong> the gorge; straight<br />

ahead, open grass to where a glade <strong>of</strong> trees began about a bow-shot away. Lucy looked<br />

very hard at the trees <strong>of</strong> that glade.<br />

"Why, I do believe they're mov<strong>in</strong>g," she said to herself. "<strong>The</strong>y're walk<strong>in</strong>g about."<br />

She got up, her heart beat<strong>in</strong>g wildly, and walked towards them. <strong>The</strong>re was certa<strong>in</strong>ly a<br />

noise <strong>in</strong> the glade, a noise such as trees make <strong>in</strong> a high w<strong>in</strong>d, though there was no w<strong>in</strong>d<br />

tonight. Yet it was not exactly an ord<strong>in</strong>ary treenoise either. Lucy felt there was a tune <strong>in</strong>

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