&meaogobatoallthatthickwood?”saidSusan。
“Notabitofit，”saidPeter。“Iftherearestreamsthey'rebouothesea，andifwewalkalongthebeachwe'rebouhem。”
Theyallnowwadedbatfirstaooth，wetsahedry，crumblysandthatstie'stoes，aingontheirshoesandsodandLutedtoleavethembehindanddotheirexplwithbarefeet，butSusansaidthiswouldbeamadthingtodo。“Wemighthemagaiedout，“andweshallwantthemifwe'restillherewhenbeginstobecold。”
&heyweredressedagaialongtheshorewiththeseaohandandthewoodht。Exceptforanoalseagullitwasaveryquietplace。Thewoodwassothigledthattheycouldhardlyseeintoitatall;andnothingiabird，noteve。
Shellsandseaweedainyrock-pools，areallverywell，butyousoohemifyouarethirsty。The'sfeet，afterthethecoolwater，felthotandheavy。SusanandLucyhadraincoatstocarry。Edmundhadputdownhisthestatiobefi，aertookitinturnstocarryPeter'sgreatcoat。
&heshaht。Aboutquarterofanhourlater，aftertheyhadcrewhioutintoapoint，itmadequiteasharpturn。Theirbaowtothepartoftheseawhichhadmetthemwhecameoutofthewood，andnow，lookiheycouldseeacrossthewateranothershore，thicklywoodedliketheoheywereexpl。
“Iwohatanislandordowejoinontoitpresently?”saidLucy。
“Don'tknoeterandtheyallploddedoninsilence。
&hattheywerewalkingondrewneareraheoppositeshore，andastheydeaontorytheexpectedtofindtheplacewherethetwojoiinthistheyoiosomerockswhichtheyhadtodfromthetoptheycouldseeafairwayaheadand—“Oh，bother!”saidEdmund，“it'snogood。Weshan'tbeabletogettothoseotherwoodsatall。We'reonanisland!”
Itwastrue。Atthispointtheelbetweeheoppositecoastwasonlyaboutthirtyorfortyyardswide;buttheyowseethatthislace。Afterthat，theirowrouagainandtheycouldseeopeandthemainland。Itwasobviousthattheyhadalreadyorethanhalf-wayroundtheisland。
“Look!”saidLuly。“What'sthat?”Shepoioalong，silvery，shatlayacrossthebeach。
“Astream!Astream!”shoutedtheothers，aheywere，theylosteringdownthertothefreshwater。Theykhestreamwouldbebettertodrinkfartherup，awayfromthebeach，sotheywehespotwhereitcameoutofthewood。Thetreeswereasthickasever，butthestreamhadmadeitselfadeepcoursebetweenhighmossybankssothatbystoopingyoucouldfollowitupinasortoftuheydroppedontheirkhefirstbrown，dimplypoolanddrankanddrank，aheirfathewater，andtheheirarmsinuptotheelbow。
“Now，”saidEdmund，“whataboutthosesandwiches?”
“Oh，hadn'twebetterhavethem?”saidSusan。“Wemayhemfarworselateron。”
“Idowish，”saidLuowthatwe'renotthirsty，wecouldgoonfeelingasnot-hungryaserethirsty。”
“Butwhataboutthosesandwiches?”repeatedEdmund。“There'snogoodsaviheygobad。You'vegottorememberit'sagooddealhotterherethaninEnglandandwe'vebeengthemaboutisforhours。”Sotheygotoutthetwopaddividedthemintofourportions，andnobodyhadquiteenough，butitwasagreatdealbetterthannothialkedabouttheirplameal。Lutedtogobacktotheseaandcatchshrimps，uedoutthattheyhads。Edmundsaidtheymustgathergulls'eggsfromtherocks，butwheothinkofittheyemberhavingseenanygulls'eggsandwouldn'tbeabletoiftheyfouhoughttohimselfthatuheyhadsomestrokeoflucktheywouldsoooeateggsraw，buthedidn'tseeanypointinsayingthisoutloud。Susansaidititytheyhadeatenthesandwichessosooempersverylostatthisstage。FinallyEdmundsaid:“Lookhere。There'soobedoexplorethewood。Hermitsandkahatalwaysmaolivesomehowifthey'reiheyfindrootsahings。”
“Whatsortofroots?”askedSusan。
“Ialwaysthoughtitmeantrootsoftrees，”saidLucy。
“eon，”saidPeter，“Edisright。Arytodosomething。Andit'llbebetterthangoingoutintotheglareandthesunagain。”
Sotheyallgotupaofollowthestream。Itwasveryhardwork。Theyhadtostoopunderbrandclimboverbraheybluhroughgreatmassesofstufflikerhododendronsaheirdgottheirfeetwetiream;andstilltherewasallexoiseofthestreamaheyweremakiheywerebeginiredofitwheicedadeliell，andthenaflashhtchabovethematthetophtbank。
“Isay!”exclaimedLucy。“Idobelievethat'saree。”
Itahesteepbaheirwaythroughsomebrambles，andfouandingroundawasheavywithlargeyellowish-goldenapplesasfirmandjuicyasyoucouldwishtosee。
“Andthisisree，”saidEdmundwithhismouthfullofapple。“Lookthere—andthere。”
“Why，therearedozensofthem，”saidSusan，throwingawaythecoreofherfirstappleandpighersed。“Thismusthavebeenan，loheplatwildandthewoodgrewup。”
&hiswasonhabitedisland，”saidPeter。
“Andwhat'sthat?”saidLutingahead。
“ByJove，it'saeter。“Anoldstone>
&heirwaybetweentheladeheyreachedthewall。Itwasveryold，andbrokendowhmossandingonit，butitwashigherthanallbutthetallesttrees。Aheycamequiteclosetoittheyfouarchwhicehavehadagateinitbutwasnowalmostfilledupwiththelargestofalltheappletrees。Theyhadtobreaksomeofthebrapast，aheyhaddoheyallblihedaylightbecamesuddenlymuchbrighter。Theyfoundthemselvesinawideopehwallsallroundit。Iherewerenotrees，onlylevelgrassanddaisies，andivy，andgraywalls。Itwasabright，secret，quietpladrathersad;andallfoursteppedoutintothemiddleofit，gladtobeablethtentheirbadmovetheirlimbsfreely。