“Look!Look!Look!”criedLucy。
&?”saideveryone。
“TheLion，”saidLuhimself。Didn'tyousee?”Herfacehadpletelyandhereyesshone。
“Doyoureallymeaer。
“Wheredidyouthinkyousawhim?”askedSusan。
“Don'ttalklikeagrown-up，”saidLucy，stampi。“Ididn'tthinkIsawhim。Isawhim。”
“Where，Lu?”askedPeter。
“Rightuptherebetweeaihissidee。Andup，notdown。Justtheoppositeofthewayyouwanttogo。Aedustogowherehethere。”
“Howdoyouknohathewanted?”askedEdmund。
&know，”saidLucy，“byhisface。”
&hersalllookedateachotherinpuzzledsilence。
&ymaywellhaveseenalion，”putinTrumpkin。“Therearelionsinthesewoods，I'vebeentold。Butithavebeenafriendlyandtalkingliohebearwasafriendlyandtalkingbear。”
“Oh，don'tbesostupid，”saidLucy。“DoyouthinkIdon'tknowAslanwhenIseehim?”
“He'dbeaprettyelderlylionbynokin，“ifhe'soneyoukneereherebefore!Andifitcouldbethesameo'stopreventhimhavinggonewildandwitlesslikesomanyothers?”
LueddIthinkshewouldhaveflokilaidhishaheD。L。F。doesn'tuand。Howcouldhe?Youmustjusttakeit，Trumpkin，thatwedoreallyknowaboutAslan;alittlebitabouthim，Imean。Andyoumustn'ttalkabouthimlikethatagain。Itisn'tluething:andit'sallher。TheoioherAslahere。”
“ButIknowhewas，”saidLucy，hereyesfilling>
“Yes，Lu，butwedon't，yousee，”saidPeter。
“There'snothingforitbutavote，”saidEdmund。
“Allright，”repliedPeter。“You'retheeldest，D。L。F。Whatdoyouvotefor?Upordown?”
“Down，”saidtheDwarf。“IknownothingaboutAslan。ButIdoknowthatifweturandfolleup，itmightleadusalldaybeforelacewherewecouldcrossit。Whereasifweturnrightandgodown，we'rebouheGreatRiverinaboutacoupleofhours。Andifthereareanyreallionsabout，wewanttogoawayfromthem，nottowardthem。”
“Whatdoyousay，Susan?”
“Don'tbeangry，Lu，”saidSusan，“butIdothinkweshouldgodown。I'mdeadtired。Dolet'sgetoutofthiswretchedwoodintotheopenasquickasweoyousawanything。”
“Edmund?”saidPeter。
&here'sjustthis，”saidEdmund，speakingquidturningalittlered。“Whedisarniaayearago—orathousandyearsago，whicheveritis—itwasLucywhodiscovereditfirstandnoneofuswouldbelieveher。Iwastheworstofthelot，Ikshewasrightafterall。Wouldn'titbefairtobelieveherthistime?Ivup。”
“Oh，Ed!”saidLudseizedhishand。
“Andnowit'syourturer，”saidSusan，“andIdohope—”
“Oh，shutup，shutupaak，”ier。“I'dmuchrathere。”
“YhKing，”saidTrumpkinsternly。
“Doeterafteralongpause。“IknowLucymayberightafterall，butI'thelpit。Wemustdooher。”
Sotheysetoffthtalongtheedge，downstream。AndLucycamelastoftheparty，gbitterly。