The_Complete_Chronicles_of_Narnia_(volumes_1-7,_in_order_of_publication)

would have done. It was roughly the shape of a man but it had the head of a bird; some
bird of prey with a cruel, curved beak. It had four arms which it held high above its head,
stretching them out Northward as if it wanted to snatch all Narnia in its grip; and its
fingers - all twenty of them - were curved like its beak and had long, pointed, bird-like
claws instead of nails. It floated on the grass instead of walking, and the grass seemed to
wither beneath it.
After one look at it Puzzle gave a screaming bray and darted into the Tower. And Jill
(who was no coward, as you know) hid her face in her hands to shut out the sight of it.
The others watched it for perhaps a minute, until it streamed away into the thicker trees
on their right and disappeared. Then the sun came out again, and the birds once more
began to sing.
Everyone started breathing properly again and moved. They had all been still as statues
while it was in sight.
"What was it?" said Eustace in a whisper.
"I have seen it once before," said Tirian. "But that time it was carved in stone and
overlaid with gold and had solid diamonds for eyes. It was when I was no older than
thou, and had gone as a guest to The Tisroc's court in Tashbaan.
He took me into the great temple of Tash. There I saw it, carved above the altar."
"Then that - that thing - was Tash?" said Eustace.
But instead of answering him Tirian slipped his arm behind Jill's shoulders and said,
"How is it with you, Lady?"
"A-all right," said Jill, taking her hands away from her pale face and trying to smile. "I'm
all right. It only made me feel a little sick for a moment."
"It seems, then," said the Unicorn, "that there is a real Tash, after all."
"Yes," said the Dwarf. "And this fool of an Ape, who didn't believe in Tash, will get
more than he bargained for! He called for Tash: Tash has come."
"Where has it - he - the Thing - gone to?" said Jill.
"North into the heart of Narnia," said Tirian. "It has come to dwell among us. They have
called it and it has come."
"Ho, ho, ho!" chuckled the Dwarf, rubbing his hairy hands together. "It will be a surprise
for the Ape. People shouldn't call for demons unless they really mean what they say."
"Who knows if Tash will be visible to the Ape?" said Jewel.