“Whatisthis?”saidPeter，stoopingdownoticedapieceofpaperwhichhadbeehroughthecarpettothefloor。
“Isthereanythi?”askedSusan。
&hinkthereis，”aI'treaditinthislight。Let'sgetoutintotheopenair。”
Theyallwentoutiandcrowdedrouerashereadoutthefollowingwords:
Theformerotofthesepremises，theFaunTumnus，isuandawaitinghistrialhTreasonagainstherImperialMajestyJadis，QueenofNarnia，eofCairParavel，EmpressoftheLoneIslafhersaidMajesty'senemies，harbspiesandfraternizing>
signedMAUGRIM，oftheSecretPolice，
LOHEQUEEN!
Thestaredateachother。
“Idon'tknowthatI'mgoihisplaceafterall，”saidSusan。
“WhoisthisQueen，Lu?”saidPeter。“Doyouknowanythingabouther?”
“Sheisn'tarealqueenatall，”answeredLucy;“she'sahorriblewitch，theWhiteWitch。Everyohewoodpeople—hateher。Shehasmadeamehewholetrysothatitisalwayswinterhereamas。”
“I—Iwohere'sanypointingoingon，”saidSusadoesn'tseemparticularlysafehereanditlooksasifitwon'tbemueither。Andit'sgettingcoldereveryminute，andwe&#htnothiaboutjustgoinghome?”
“Oh，butwe't，we't，”saidLuly;“don'tyousee?We'tjustgohome，his。ItisallonmyatthatthepoorFaunhasgotintothistrouble。HehidmefromtheWitethewayback。That'swhatitmeansbyftheQueen'senemiesandfraternizingwithHumans。Wesimplymusttrytorescuehim。”
“Alotwecoulddo!”saidEdmund，“wheevengotanythi!”
“Shutup—you!”saidPeter，whowasstillveryangrywithEdmund。“Whatdoyouthink，Susan?”
“I'veahorridfeelingthatLuisright，”saidSusan。“Idon'twanttogoastepfurtherandIwishwe'dhirytodosomethingforMr。Whatever-his-nameis—ImeantheFaun。”
“That'swhatIfeeltoo，”saidPeter。“I'mworriedabouthavingnofoodwithus。I'dvbadgettihingfromthelarder，onlytheredoesn'tseemtobeayofgettingintothistryagainwhenonceyou'vegotoutofit。Ithinkwe'llhavetogoon。”
“SodoI，”saidboththegirls。
“Ifohepoorchaprisoned!”saidPeter。
Theywereallstillwwhattodo，whenLucysaid，“Look!There'sarobin，withsucharedbreast。It'sthefirstbirdI'veseenhere。Isay!—IwonderbirdstalkinNarnia?Italmostlooksasifitwaosaysomethingtous。”TheotheRobinandsaid，“Please，youtelluswhereTumnustheFauo?”Asshesaidthisshetookasteptowardthebird。Itatonceflewawaybutonlyasfarastothehereitperdlookedatthemveryhardasifituoodalltheyhadbeensaying。Almostwithoutnotigthattheyhaddohefourortwo。AtthistheRobinflewawayagaireeandoncemorelookedatthemveryhard。（You'thavefoundarobinwitharedderchesthtereye。）
“Doyouknow，”saidLucy，“Ireallybelievehemeansustofollowhim。”
“I'veanideahedoes，”saidSusan。“Whatdoyouthier?”
“Well，wemightaswelltryit，”aer。
TheRobiouhematterthhly。Itkeptgoingfromtreetotree，alwaysafewyardsaheadofthem，butalwayssoheycouldeasilyfollowit。Inthiswayitledthemon，slightlydowheRobileshowerofsnowwouldfalloffthebrahecloudspartedoverheadaersuandthesnowallaroundthemgrewdazzlinglybright。Theyhadbeentravellinginthiswayforabouthalfanhour，withthetwogirlsinfront，whenEdmundsaidtoPeter，“ifyou'renotstilltoohighandmightytotalktome，I'vesomethingtosaywhichyou'dbetterlistento。”
“Whatisit?”askedPeter。
“Hush!Notsoloud，”saidEdmund;“there'snthegirls。Buthaveyourealizedwhatwe&#?”
“eter，lhisvoicetoawhisper。
“We'refollowingaguideweknownothingabout。Hohichsidethatbirdison?Whyshouldn'titbeleadingusintoatrap?”
“That'saill—arobin，youknow。They&#oodbirdsioriesI'veeverread。I'msurearobinwouldn'tbeside。”
“Itifestothat，whichistherightside?HothattheFauherightandtheQueen（yes，Iknowwe'vebeentoldshe'sawitthewrong?Wedon'treallyknowanythiher。”
“TheFaunsavedLucy。”
“Hesaidhedid。Butho?Andthere'saoo。Hasaideaofthewayhomefromhere?”
&!”saidPeter，“Ihadn'tthoughtofthat。”
“Andnoereither，”saidEdmund。