The_Complete_Chronicles_of_Narnia_(volumes_1-7,_in_order_of_publication)

"Well!" whistled Caspian. "That was worth coming to see! I wonder, can we get it out?"
"We can dive for it, Sire," said Reepicheep.
"No good at all," said Edmund. "At least, if it's really gold - solid gold - it'll be far too
heavy to bring up. And that pool's twelve or fifteen feet deep if it's an inch. Half a
moment, though. It's a good thing I've brought a hunting spear with me. Let's see what
the depth is like. Hold on to my hand, Caspian, while I lean out over the water a bit."
Caspian took his hand and Edmund, leaning forward, began to lower his spear into the
water.
Before it was half-way in Lucy said, "I don't believe the statue is gold at all. It's only the
light. Your spear looks just the same colour."
"What's wrong?" asked several voices at once; for Edmund had suddenly let go of the
spear.
"I couldn't hold it," gasped Edmund, "it seemed so heavy."
"And there it is on the bottom now," said Caspian, "and Lucy is right. It looks just the
same colour as the statue."
But Edmund, who appeared to be having some trouble with his boots - at least he was
bending down and looking at them - straightened himself all at once and shouted out in
the sharp voice which people hardly ever disobey:
"Get back! Back from the water. All of you. At once!!"
They all did and stared at him.
"Look," said Edmund, "look at the toes of my boots."
"They look a bit yellow," began Eustace.
"They're gold, solid gold," interrupted Edmund. "Look at them. Feel them. The leather's
pulled away from it already. And they're as heavy as lead."
"By Aslan!" said Caspian. "You don't mean to say-?"
"Yes, I do," said Edmund. "That water turns things into gold. It turned the spear into
gold, that's why it got so heavy. And it was just lapping against my feet (it's a good thing
I wasn't barefoot) and it turned the toe-caps into gold. And that poor fellow on the bottom
- well, you see."
"So it isn't a statue at all," said Lucy in a low voice.