“Nouddleglum。“Thoseeelswilltakeamtimetodeitherofyoumightfaintwithhuhey'redolegirl—butI'dbetterhatsthtloweryourspirits，andthat'sathingIneverdo。So，tokeepyourmindser，wemayaswelltalkaboutourplans。”
&'s，”saidJill。“youhelpustofindPrin?”
TheMarsh-wigglesuhischeekstilltheywerehollowerthanyouwouldhavethoughtpossible。“Well，Idon'tknowthatyou'dcallithelp，”hesaid。“Idon'tknowthatanyolyhelp。Itstandstoreasonwe'reveryfaroheNorth，notatthistimeoftheyear，withthewinteringonsoonandall。Aertoo，bythelookofthings。Butyoumustn'tletthatmakeyoudowed。Verylikely，whatwithenemies，andmountains，aodlosingourway，ahi，a，we'llhardlyher。Andifwedon'tgetfarenoughtodoanygood，wemaygetfarenoughbaahurry。”
Bothoticedthathesaid“we“，not“you“，andbothexclaimedatthesamemoment。“Areyouingwithus?”
“Ohyes，I'minghtaswell，yousee。Idon'tsupposeweshalleverseetheKingbaia，nowthathe'sonparts;andhehadanastyheleft。Therumpkin。He'sfailingfast。Andyou'llfindthere'llhavebeenabadharvestafterthisterribledrysummer。AndIshouldn'twonderifsomeeackedus。Markmywords。”
“Andhowshallwestart?”saidScrubb。
“Well，”saidtheMarsh-wiggleveryslowly，“alltheotherswhoeverwentlookingforPrinstartedfromthatsamefouheLordDriniaheywentnorth，mostly。Ahemevercameba'texactlysayhowtheygoton。”
“We'vegottostartbyfindiyofgiants，”saidJill。“Aslansaidso。”
“Gottostartbyfindingit，haveuddleglum。“artbylookingforit，Isuppose?”
“That'swhatImeant，ofcourse，”saidJill。“Andthen，whenwe'vefoundit—”
“Yes，uddleglumverydrily。
&anyonekis?”askedScrubb。
“Idon'tknowaboutAnyone，”saidPuddleglum。“AndIwon'tsayIhaven'theardofthatRuiy。Youwouldn'tstartfromthefountain，though。You'dhavetogoacrossEttinsmoor。That'swheretheRuiyis，ifit'saI'vebeenasfarinthatdireostpeopleaoanyruins，soIwon'tdeceiveyou。”
“Where'sEttinsmoor?”saidScrubb。
“Lookovertherenorthuddleglum，pointingwithhispipe。“Seethosehillsandbitsofcliff?That'sthebegiinsmoor。Butthere'sariverbetweenitandus;theriverShribble。Nes，ofcourse。”
“Isupposewefordit，though，”saidScrubb。
&hasbeenforded，”admittedtheMarsh-wiggle。
“Perhapseopleoinsmoorwhotellustheway，”saidJill。
“Yhtaboutmeetingpeople，”saidPuddleglum。
“Whatsortofpeoplelivethere?”sheasked。
“It'sheyaren'tallrightintheiroeredPuddleglum。“Ifyouliketheir>
&whatarethey?”pressedJill。“Therearesomauresinthistry。Imeaheyanimals，orbirds，ordwarfs，or>
TheMarsh-wigglegavealongwhistle。“Phew!”hesaid。“Don'tyouknow?Ithoughttheowlshadtoldyou。They&#iants。”
Jillwinced。Shehadseveninbooks，andshehadooneinahenshesawScrubb'sface，whichhadturhergreen，andthoughttoherself，“Ibethe'sihanIam。”Thatmadeherfeelbraver。
&oldmelongago，”saidScrubb—“thattimeithhimatsea-thathe'djollywellbeatesinayhimtribute。”
“That&#h，”saidPuddleglum。“They'reatpeacewithusallright。AsloayonourowheShribble，theywon'tdousanyharm。Overontheirside，oill，there'salwaysace。Ifwedon'tgetnearanyofthem，ahemfetthemselves，andifwe're'sjustpossiblewemightgetalong>
“Lookhere!”saidScrubb，suddenlylosinghistemper，aspeoplesoeasilydowhentheyhavebeenfrightened。“Idon'tbelievethewholethingbehalfasbadasyout;ahebedsintheerehardortheet。Idon'tthinkAslanwouldeverhavesentusiftherewassolittleceasallthat。”
&eexpectedtheMarsh-wiggletogivehimaheonlysaid，“That'sthespirit，Scrubb。That'stheutagoodfait。Butweallobeverycarefulaboutallthehardtimesweshallhavetether。Won'tdotoquarrel，youknow。Atanyrate，don'tbeginittoosoon。Ikionsusuallyendthatway:kher，Ishouldn'twonder，beforeall'sdohelongeroffit—”
“Well，ifyoufeelit'ssohopeless，”iedScrubb，“Ithinkyou'dbetterstaybehind。PoleandIalone，'twe，Pole?”
“Shutupanddon'tbeanass，Scrubb，”saidJillhastily，terrifiedlesttheMarsh-wiggleshouldtakehimathisword。
“Don'tyouloseheart，Pole，”saidPuddleglum。“I'miain。I'mnotgoingtoloseanopportuwilldomegood。Theyallsay—Imeaherwigglesallsay-thatI'mtooflighty;don'ttakelifeseriouslyenough。Ifthey'vesaiditohey'vesaiditathousandtimes。'Puddleglum，'they'vesaid，'yethertoofullofbobandboundhighspirits。You'vegottolearnthatlifeisn'tallfricasseedfrogsandeelpie。Youwaosoberyoudownabit。We'reonlysayingitfood，Puddleglum。'That'swhattheysay。Nowajoblikethis—ajourhjustaswinter'sbeginning，lookingforaPriprobablyisn'tthere，bywayofaruihatnoonehaseverseehething。Ifthatdoesn'tsteadyachap，Idon'tknoill。”Andherubbedhisbigfrog-likehaherasifheweretalkingofgoingtoapartyorapantomime。“Andnow，”headded，“let'sseehowthoseeelsaregettingon。”
&hemealcameitwasdelidthehadtifirsttheMarsh-wigglewouldn'tbelievethattheyreallylikedit，aheyhadeatensomuchthathehadtobelievethem，hefellbasayingthatitwouldprobablydisagreewiththemhorribly。“What'sflesmaybepoisonforhumans，Ishouldn'twonder，”hesaid。Afterthemealtheyhadtea，intins（asyou'veseenmenhavingitwhontheroad），andPuddleglumhadagoodmanysipsoutofasquareblackbottle。Heofferedthesomeofit，buttheythoughtitverynasty。
&ofthedayeionsforaarttom。Puddleglum，bei，saidhewouldcarrythreeblahalargebitofbarolledupihem。Jillwastocarrytheremainsoftheeels，somebisdthetinder-box。ScrubbwastocarrybothhisowndJill'swhentheydidn'twahem。Scrubb（whohadleariotheEastunder）hadPuddleglum'ssedbestbouddleglumhadhisbestohoughhesaidthatinds，anddampbs，andbadlight，andgers，itwasahuooeitherofthemhittinganything。HeandScrubbbothhadswordsScrubbhadbroughttheonewhichhadbeeforhiminhisroomatCairParavel，butJillhadtobetwithherkherewouldhavebeehis，butassooedsparringthewigglerubbedhishandsandsaid，“Ah，thereyouare。Ithoughtasmuch。That'seures。”Thismadethembothshutup。
Allthreewenttobedearlyinthewigwam。Thistimethereallyhadaratherbadnight。Thatuddleglum，aftersaying，“You'dbettertryforsomesleep，youtwo;notthatIsupposeanyofuswilleyetonight，”instaoffintosuchaloud，uouss，whenJillatlastgottosleep，shedreamedallnightaboutroad-drillsandwaterfallsandbeirainsintunnels。