&leone，”saidAslan。
“Willtheothersseeyoutoo?”askedLucy。
&ainlynotatfirst，”saidAsladepends。”
“Buttheywon'tbelieveme!”saidLucy。
“Itdoesn'tmatter，”saidAslan。
“Ohdear，ohdear，”saidLudIleasedatfindingyouagain。AndIthoughtyou'dletmestay。AndIthoughtyou'derinaheenemiesaway—likelasttime。Ahingisgoingtobehorrid。”
“Itishardforyou，littleone，”saidAslan。“Butthingsneverhappewice。IthasbeenhardforusallinNarniabeforenow。”
Lucyburiedherheadiohidefromhisface。Buttheremusthavebeenmagihismane。Shecouldfeellioiesuddeup。
“I'msorry，Aslan，”shesaid。“I'mreadynow。”
“Nowyouarealioness，”saidAslan。“AndnowallNarniawillberee。Wehaveolose。”
&upaately，noiselesspacesbacktothebeltofdahroughwhichshehadjuste:ahhim，layiremuloushandoreespartedtoletthemthroughandforoneseedtheirhumanformspletely。Lucyhadaglimpseoftallandlovelywood-godsandwood-goddessesallbowingtotheLiotheyweretreesagain，butstillbowing，withsuchgracefulsweepsofbrandtrunkthattheirbowingwasitselfakindofdance。
“Now，child，”saidAslaheyhadleftthetreesbehindthem，“Iwillwaithere。Goahersaofollow。Iftheywillleastmustfollo>
Itisaterriblethioeople，allolderthanyourselfaired，forthepurposeoftellihingtheyprobablywon'tbelieveandmakingthemdosomethiainlywon'tlike。“Imustn'tthinkaboutit，Imustjustdoit，”thoughtLucy。
&oPeterfirstandshookhim。“Peter，”shewhisperedinhisear，“。Quiishere。Hesayswe'vegottofollowhimatonce。”
&ainly，Lu。Whateveryoulike，”saidPeteruhiswaseng，butasPeterinstantlyrolledrouosleepagainitwasn'tmuchuse。
&riedSusan。Susandidreally，butonlytosayiannoyinggrown-upvoice，“You'vebeendreaming，Lucy。Gotosleepagain。”
&ackledEdmuwasverydiffi，butwhenatlastshehaddohewasreallya。
“Eh?”hesaidinagrumpyvoice。“Whatareyoutalkingabout?”
&allain。Thiswasopartsofherjob，foreachtimeshesaidit，itsoundedlessg。
“Aslan!”saidEdmund，jumpingup。“Hurray!Where?”
LuedbacktowhereshecouldseetheLionwaiting，hispatienteyesfixedupohere，”shesaid，pointing。
“Where?”askedEdmundagain。
&here。Don'tyousee?Justthissideofthetrees。”
&aredhardforawhileandthensaid，“No。There'snothingthere。You'vegotdazzledahemoonlight。Onedoes，youknow。IthoughtIsawsomethingforamome'sonlyanopticalwhat-do-you-call-it。”
“Iseehimallthetime，”saidLucy。“He'slhtatus。”
“Thenwhy'tIseehim?”
“Hesaidyoumightn'tbeableto。”
“Why?”
“Idon'tknow。That's>
“Oh，botheritall，”saidEdmund。“Idowishyouwouldn'tkeepohings。ButIsupposewe'llhavetowaketheothers。”