The_Complete_Chronicles_of_Narnia_(volumes_1-7,_in_order_of_publication)

"Depend upon it," said Reepicheep, "it was from eating this food that these three lords
came by a seven years' sleep."
"I wouldn't touch it to save my life," said Drinian.
"The light's going uncommon quick," said Rynelf.
"Back to ship, back to ship," muttered the men.
"I really think," said Edmund, "they're right. We can decide what to do with the three
sleepers tomorrow. We daren't eat the food and there's no point in staying here for the
night. The whole place smells of magic - and danger."
"I am entirely of King Edmund's opinion," said Reepicheep, "as far as concerns the ship's
company in general. But I myself will sit at this table till sunrise."
"Why on earth?" said Eustace.
"Because," said the Mouse, "this is a very great adventure, and no danger seems to me so
great as that of knowing when I get back to Narnia that I left a mystery behind me
through fear."
"I'll stay with you, Reep," said Edmund.
"And I too," said Caspian.
"And me," said Lucy. And then Eustace volunteered also. This was very brave of him
because never having read of such things or even heard of them till he joined the Dawn
Treader made it worse for him than for the others.
"I beseech your Majesty -" began Drinian.
"No, my Lord," said Caspian. "Your place is with the ship, and you have had a day's
work while we five have idled." There was a lot of argument about this but in the end
Caspian had his way. As the crew marched off to the shore in the gathering dusk none of
the five watchers, except perhaps Reepicheep, could avoid a cold feeling in the stomach.
They took some time choosing their seats at the perilous table. Probably everyone had the
same reason but no one said it out loud. For it was really a rather nasty choice. One could
hardly bear to sit all night next to those three terrible hairy objects which, if not dead,
were certainly not alive in the ordinary sense. On the other hand, to sit at the far end, so
that you would see them less and less as the night grew darker, and wouldn't know if they
were moving, and perhaps wouldn't see them at all by about two o'clock no, it was not to
be thought of. So they sauntered round and round the table saying, "What about here?"
and "Or perhaps a bit further on," or, "Why not on this side?" till at last they settled down
somewhere about the middle but nearer to the sleepers than to the other end. It was about