CHAPTERTEHELION
Tokeepalohegewashadlooked。Beforetheyhadgonemanyyardstheyweretedwithyrowinge，aheyhadtriedththese，stoopingandpushingforaboutteheyrealizedthat，iwouldtakethemanhourtodohalfamile。Sotheycamebadoutagaiogoroundthefirwood。Thistookthemmuchfartherthtthaedtogo，faroutofsightofthedoutofsouilltheybegaheyhadlostitaltogether。ime，butitwasgettipartoftheday。
&heywereableatlasttogobacktotheedgee（nearlyamilebelowthepointfromwhichtheyhadstarted）theyfoundthetheirsideofitagooddeallowerandmorebroken。Soontheyfoundawaydowninteanduedthejourheriver'sedge。Butfirsttheyhadarestandalongdrialkingabreakfast，oreveh。
TheymayhavebeeicktotheRushinsteadofgoingalokeptthemsureoftheirdiredeversihefirwoodtheyhadallbeenafraidofbeioofaroutoftheirdlosihewood。Itwasanolda，andyouotkeepanythiraightit。Patchesofhopelessbrambles，fallentrees，boggypladdehwouldbealwaysgettinginyourway。ButthegeoftheRushwasnotatallaravelliher。Imean，itlaceforpeopleinahurry。Foranafternoon'srambleendinginapiicteaitwouldhavebeeful。Ithadeverythingyoutonanoofthatswaterfalls，silvercascades，deep，amber-ossyroddeepmossonthebanksinwhichyoukoveryourankles，everykindoffern，jewel-likedragoimesahawkoverheadaerandTrumpkin。boththought）aofcoursewhattheandtheDwarfwaoseeassoonaspossiblewastheGreatRiverbelowthem，andBeruna，aoAslan'sHow。
Astheywentantofallmoreaeeply。Theirjourneybeoreofadlessandlessofalaadangerousclimboverslipperyrockintodarkdtheriverrrilyatthebottom。
Youmaybesuretheywatchedthetheirlefteagerlyfnofabreakoraheybthem;butthosecliffsremaiwasmaddening，becauseeveryoifoheywereouteonthatside，theywouldhaveonlyasmoothslopeandafairlyshortian'sheadquarters。
TheboysandtheDinfavhtingafireandgtheirbear-meat。Susandidn'twantthis;sheonlywanted，asshesaid，“togetonandfinishitaofthesebeastlywoods”。Lucywasfartootiredaohaveanyopinionaboutanything。Butastherewasnodrywoodtobehad，itmatteredverylittlewhata。Theboysbegantowonderifrawmeatwasreallyasnastyastheyhadalwaysbeentold。Trumpki
Ofcourse，ifthehadattemptedajourhisafewdaysagoiheywouldhavebeehinkIhaveexplainedbeforehowNarniawasalteringthem。EvenLucywasbynow，sotospeak，ohirdofalittlegirlgoingtschoolforthefirsttime，andtwo-thirdsofQueenLuia。
“Atlast!”saidSusan。
“Oh，hurray!”saidPeter。
TherivergehadjustmadeabendandthewholeviewspreadoutbeheycouldseeopentrystrettothehorizoahebroadsilverribboRiver。TheycouldseethespeciallybroadandshallowplacewhitheFordsofBerunabutannedbyalong，many-archedbridge。Therewasalittletownatthefarendofit。
“ByJove，”saidEdmuheBattleofBerunajustwherethattownis!”
Thischeeredtheboysmorethananything。You'thelpfeelingstrongerwhenyoulookataplacewhereyouwonagloriousvientionakingdom，hundredso。PeterandEdmundweresoonsobusytalkingaboutthebattlethattheyfottheirsorefeetandtheheavydragoftheirmailshirtsontheirshoulders。TheDwarfwasioo。
Theywereallgettingonataquickerpaow。Thegoingbecameeasier。Thoughtherewerestillsheertheirleft，thegroundwasbeiheirright。Soonitwasneatall，onlyavalley。Therewereerfallsaheywereinfairlythick>
&once—whizz，andasouhestrokeofawoodpecker。Thewerestillwwhere（agesago）theyhadheardasoundjustlikethatandwhytheydislikeditso，whenTrumpkinshouted，“Down'，atthesamemLucy（eohim）flatdownintothebra。Peter，whohadbeenlookinguptoseeifhecouldspotasquirrel，hadseenwhatitwas—alongcruelarrowhadsunkirunkjustabovehishead。AshepulledSusandoedhimself，anothercameraspingoverhisshoulderandstruckthegroundathisside。
“Quick!Quick!Getback!Crawl!”parumpkin。
&urnedandhill，uhebraamidcloudsofhorriblybuzzingflies。Arrowswhizzedrouru'shelmetingaheycrawledquicker。Souredoffthem。Theoopingnearlydouble。Theboysheldtheirswordsintheirhaheywouldtripthemup。
Itwasheart-breakinghillagain，backroundtheyhadalreadytravelled。Wheheyreally'truosavetheirlives，theyalldroppeddowninthedampmossbesideawaterfallandbehindabigb。Theyweresurprisedtoseehowhightheyhadalreadygot。
&elyandheardnosoundofpursuit。
“Sothat'sallright，”saidTrumpkin，drabreath。“They'rehewood。Ories，Iexpect。ButitmeansthatMirazhasanoutpostdowlesahough，itwasahing。”
“Ioughttohavemyheadsmackedfusthiswayatall，”saidPeter。
“Orary，yourMajesty，”saidtheDwarf。“Forowasn'tyou，itwasyourroyalbrEdmund，whestedgoingbyGlass>
“I'mafraidtheD。L。F。&#ht，”saidEdmund，whohadquiteholyfottehingsbegang。
“Andforairumpkin，“ifwe'dgonemyway，we'dhavewalkedstraightintothat，mostlikely;oratleasthadjustthesametroubleavoidingit。IthinkthisGlasswaterroutehasturforthebest。”
“Ablessingindisguise，”saidSusan。
“Somedisguise!”saidEdmund。
“Isupposewe'llhavethtupthegainnow，”saidLucy。
“Lu，you'reahero，”saidPeter。“That'stheyou'vegottodaytosayingItoldyouso。Let'sgeton。”
“Andassoonaswe'rewellupi，”saidTrumpkin，“whateveranyonesays，I'mgoingtolightafireandcooksupper。Butwemustgetwellawayfromhere。”
Thereisodescribehowtheytoiledbackupthege。Itrettyhardwork，butoddlyenougheveryomorecheerful。Theyweregettingtheirsed;andthewordsupperhadhadawo。