CHAPTERTENWHOWILLGOIABLE?
JILLfeltsomethingtigherear。ItwasJeweltheUni，whisperihewidewhisperofahorse'smouth。Assoonassheheardwhathewassayingsheip-toedbacktowherePuzzlewasstanding。Quidquietlyshecutthelastcordsthatboundthelion-skintohim。Itwouldn'tdoforhimtobecaughtwiththatoheApehadsaid!Shewouldliketohavehiddentheskinsomewhereveryfaraway，butitwastooheavy。Thebestshecoulddowastokiamobushes。TheoPuzzletofollowherahjoihers。
TheApeeakingagain。
“Andafterahlikethat，Aslan—Tashlan—isahanever。Hesayshe'sbeeoogoodtoyou，itobelookedat，see!Well，he'snotore。”
HowlsandmewingsandsquealsandgruheAnimals'ahis，butsuddenlyaquitedifferentvoicebrokeinwithaloudlaugh。
“Harkwhatthemonkeysays，”itshouted。“hyheisn'tghispreciousAslanout。I'lltellyouwhy:becausehehasn'tgothim。Heneverhadaanolddohalion-skinonitsbaowhe'slostthataknowwhattodo。”
TirianotseethefatheothersideofthefireverywellbutheguessedthiswasGriffletheChiefDwarf。Aeofitwheer，alltheDwarfs'voiedin，singing:“Don'tknowwhattodo!Don'tknowwhattodo!Don'tknowwhattodo-o-o!”
&hunderedRishdaTarkaan。“Silence，ud!ListeherNarIgiveywarriorstofalluponyouwiththeedgeofthesword。TheLordShifthasalreadytoldyouofthatwickedAss。Doyouthink，bethatthereisashlaable!Doyou?Be>
“No，no，”shoutedmostofthecrowd。ButtheDwarfssaid，“That&#ht，Darkie，you'vegotit。onkey，showuswhat'siable，seeingisbelieving。”
&herewasamoment'squiettheApesaid:“YouDwarfsthinkyou'reveryclever，don'tyou?Butnotsofast。Ineversaidyou'tseeTashlan。Anyonewholikesseehim。”
Thewholeassemblybet。Then，afternearlyamiheBearbeganinaslow，puzzledvoi'tquiteuandallthis，”itgrumbled，“Ithoughtyousaid—”
“Youthought!”repeatedtheApe。“Asifanyonecouldcallwhatgoesonihinkihers。Anyoashlan。Buthe'snotingout。Youhavetogoinandseehim。”
“Oh，thankyou，thankyou，thankyou，”saiddozensofvoices。“That'seandseehimfacetofaowhe'llbekindanditwillallbeasitusedtobe。”AndtheBirdschattered，andtheDogsbarkedexcitedly。Theherewasagreatstirringauresrisi，ahewholelotofthemwouldhavebeenrushingforwardandtryingtotothestabledether。ButtheApeshouted:“Getback!Quiet!Notsofast。”
&sstopped，mahohewithtailswagging，andallofthemwithheadsononeside。
“Ithoughtyousaid，”begaShiftied。
“Anyone，”hesaid。“But，oime。Who'llgofirst?Hedidn'tsayhewasfeelingverykind。He'sbeenlighislipsalotsincehesthewigtheht。He'sbeengrowlingagooddealthism。Iwouldn'tmuchliketogointothatstablemyselftonight。Butjustasyouplease。Who'dliketogoinfirst?Don'tblamemeifhesholeorblastsyouintoaderwiththemereterrorofhiseyes。That'syouraffair。Nowthen!Who'sfirst?WhataboutoneofyouD>
“Dilly，dilly，eandbekilled!”sneeredGriffle。“Hohatyou'vegotinthere?”
“Ho-ho!”criedtheApe。“Soyinningtothinkthere'ssomethingthere，eh?Well，allyouBeastsweremakingnoiseenoughaminuteago。What'sstrub?Who'sgoinginfirst?”
ButtheBeastsallstoodlookiherandbeganbagawayfromthestable。Veryfeaggingnoewaddledtatthem。“Ho-ho-ho!”hechuckled。“IthoughtyouwereallsoeagertoseeTashlaofagedyourmind，eh?”
TiriahisheadtohearsomethingthatJillwastryingtowhisperidoyouthinkisreallyiable?”shesaid。“Whoknows?”saidTirian。“Twoehdrawnswords，aslikelyasnot，oneoneachsideofthedoor。”“Youdon'tthink，”saidJill，“itmightbe。。。youknow。。。thathwesaw?”“Tashhimself?”whisperedTirian。“There'snoknowing。Butce，child:weareallbetweenthepawsofthetrueAslan。”
&surprisingthinghappesaidinacool，clearvoiotatallasifhewasexcited，“I'llgoin，ifyoulike。”
&ureturnedaseyeso。“Marktheirsubtleties，Sire，”saidPoggihiscursedtheplot，ierofit。Whateverisiablewillnothurthim，I'llbebound。ThenGingerwilleoutagainandsaythathehasseensomewonder。”
ButTirianhadoaheApewasgtheeforward。“Ho-ho!”saidtheApe。“Soyou，apertPuss，wouldlookupoofaeon，then!I'llopenthedoorforyou。Don'tblamemeifhescaresthewhiskersoffyourface。That'syouraffair。”
Aupaofitsplathecrorimlyanddaintily，withitstailionehairooutofplace。IttillithadpassedthefireandwassoclosethatTirian，fromwherehestoodwithhisshainsttheend-wallofthestable，couldlhtintoitsface。Itsbiggreeneyesneverblinked。（“Coolasacucumber，”mutteredEustaowsithasnothiheApe，gandmakiledacrossbesidetheCat:putuphispaw:drewtheboltahedhthecouldhearthegasitwalkedintothedarkdoor
“Aii-aii-aouwee!—”Themosthorriblecaterwaulyoueverheardmadeeveryonejump。Youhavebeenwakesquarrellingloveontheroofinthemiddleofthenight:youknowthesound。
Thiswasworse。TheApewasknockedheadoverheelsbyGingeringbackoutofthestableattopspeed。Ifyouhadnotknownhewasaighthavethoughthewasaginger-coloredstreakoflightacrosstheopengrass，batotheooomeetathatstate。Youcouldseeaofhiswaytoleftandright。Hedashedupatree，whiskedaround，andhungheaddownwards。Histailwasbristledouttillitwashickashiswholebody:hiseyeswerelikesaucersofgreenfire:alonghisbackeverysioodonend。
“I'dgivemybeard，”whisperedPoggin，“tokbruteisonlyagorwhetherithasreallyfouhifrighte!”
“Pead，”saidTiriaainandtheApeeriohearwhattheysaid。HedidthatheheardtheApeonpering“Myhead，myhead，”buthegottheideathatthosetwowerealmostaspuzzledbythecat'sbehaviourashimself。
“Now，Ginger，”saidthe。“Enoughofthathemwhatthouhastseen。”