The_Complete_Chronicles_of_Narnia_(volumes_1-7,_in_order_of_publication)

thing of water is at this end. All was going beautifully, but before I'd drawn a cupful who
should catch me but that little spy Reep. I tried to explain that I was going on deck for a
breath of air (the business about the water had nothing to do with him) and he asked me
why I had a cup. He made such a noise that the whole ship was roused. They treated me
scandalously. I asked, as I think anyone would have, why Reepicheep was sneaking about
the water cask in the middle of the night. He said that as he was too small to be any use
on deck, he did sentry over the water every night so that one more man could go to sleep.
Now comes their rotten unfairness: they all believed him. Can you beat it?
"I had to apologize or the dangerous little brute would have been at me with his sword.
And then Caspian showed up in his true colours as a brutal tyrant and said out loud for
everyone to hear that anyone found "stealing" water in future would "get two dozen". I
didn't know what this meant till Edmund explained to me. It comes in the sort of books
those Pevensie kids read.
"After this cowardly threat Caspian changed his tune and started being patronizing. Said
he was sorry for me and that everyone felt just as feverish as I did and we must all make
the best of it, etc., etc. Odious stuck-up prig. Stayed in bed all day today.
"7 September. A little wind today but still from the west.
Made a few miles eastward with part of the sail, set on what Drinian calls the jury-mastthat
means the bowsprit set upright and tied (they call it "lashed") to the stump of the real
mast. Still terribly thirsty.
"8 September. Still sailing east. I stay in my bunk all day now and see no one except
Lucy till the two fiends come to bed. Lucy gives me a little of her water ration. She says
girls don't get as thirsty as boys. I had often thought this but it ought to be more generally
known at sea.
"9 September. Land in sight; a very high mountain a long way off to the south-east.
"10 September. The mountain is bigger and clearer but still a long way off. Gulls again
today for the first time since I don't know how long.
"11 September. Caught some fish and had them for dinner. Dropped anchor at about 7
p.m. in three fathoms of water in a bay of this mountainous island. That idiot Caspian
wouldn't let us go ashore because it was getting dark and he was afraid of savages and
wild beasts. Extra water ration tonight."
What awaited them on this island was going to concern Eustace more than anyone else,
but it cannot be told in his words because after September 11 he forgot about keeping his
diary for a long time.
When morning came, with a low, grey sky but very hot, the adventurers found they were
in a bay encircled by such cliffs and crags that it was like a Norwegian fjord. In front of