CHAPTERELEVENDIGORYANDHISUHINTROUBLE
YOUmaythinktheanimalswereverystupidoUhesamekiureasthetwoandtheCabby。Butyoumustrememberthattheahingaboutclothes。TheythoughtthatPolly'sfrodDigory'sNorfolksuitandtheCabby'showlethatartsofthemastheirownfuraheywouldn'thavekhosethreewereallofthesamekindiftheyhadn'tspokentothemandifStrawberryhadhinkso。AndUndrewwasagreatdealtallerthantheandagooddealthiheCabby。Hewasalliforhiswhitewaistotverywhitebynow），agraymopofhishair（nowverywildindeed）didn'tlooktothemlikeanythingtheyhadseeherhumans。Soitwasonlynaturalthattheyshouldbepuzzled。Worstofall，hedidn'tseemtobeabletotalk。
&riedto。WhentheBulldogspoketohim（or，ashethought，firstshehim）heheldouthisshakinghandandgasped“GoodDoggie，then，pooroldfellow。”Butthebeastsotuandhimahanhederstaheydidn'thearanywords:onlyavaguesizzlingwasjustaswelltheydidn&#thatIeverkofallaTalkingDogofNarnia，likesbeingcalledaGoodDoggiethen;ahanyouwouldlikebeileMan。
ThenUndrewdroppeddow。
“There!”saidaWarthog，“it'sonlyatree。Ialwaysthoughtso。”（Remember，theyhadseenafaintorevenafall。）
TheBulldog，whohadbeensniffingUndrewallover，raiseditsheadandsaid，“It'sanaainlyananimal。Andprobablythesamekindasthoseotherones。”
“Idon'tseethat，”saidoheBears。“Ananimalwouldn'tjustrolloverlikethat。We'reanimalsandwedon'trollover。。Likethis。”Herosetohishiookastepbackpedoveralowbraonhisback。
&hirdJoke，theThirdJoke，theThirdjoke!”saidtheJagreatext。
“Istillthinkit'sasortoftree，”saidthe>
“Ifit'satree，”saidtheotherBear，“theremightbeabees'。”
“I'msureit'snotatree，”saidtheBadger。“Ihadasortofideaitwastryingtospeakbeforeittoppledover。”
“Thatwasonlythewindinitsbranches，”saidthe>
“Yousurelydon'tmean，”saidtheJackdawtotheBadger，“thatyouthinkitsatalkinganimal!Itdidn'tsayanywords。”
“A，youknow，”saidtheElephant（theSheElephant，ofcourse;herhusband，asyouremember，hadbeencalledawaybyAsla，youknow，itmightbeananimalofsomekind。Mightn'tthewhitishlumpatthiseoffad'tthoseholesbeeyesandamouth?Nonose，ofcourse。Butthen'tbenarrow-minded。Veryfewofushavewhatcouldexactlybeose。”Shesquihelerunkwithpardonablepride。
“Iobjearkverystrongly，”saidtheBulldog。
&isquiteright，”saidtheTapir。
“Itellyouwhat!”saidtheDhtly，“perhapsit'sananimalthat'ttalkbutthinksit。”
“itbemadetostandup?”saidtheElephantthoughtfully。ShetookthelimpformofUlyiruhimuponend:upsidedown，uhattwohalf-sns，threehalfdasixpeofhispocket。Butitwasnouse。Undrewmerelycollapsedagain。
“There!”saidseveralvoices。“Itisn'tananimalatall，It'snotalive。”
“Itellyou，itisananimal，”saidtheBulldog。“Smellitforyourself。”
“Smellingishing，”saidtheElephant。
“Why，”saidtheBulldog，“ifafellow'ttrusthisishetotrust?”
“Well，hisbrainsperhaps，”sherepliedmildly。
“Iobjearkverystrongly，”saidtheBulldog。
“Well，wemustdosomethingaboutit，”saidtheElephamaybetheNeevil，anditmustbeshowntoAslan。Whatdomostofusthink?Isitananimalorsomethireekind?”
&ree!”saidadozenvoices。
“Verywell，”saidtheElepha'satreeitwaed。Wemustdigahole。”
&woMolessettledthatpartofthebusiyquickly。TherewassomedisputeastoUobeputintothehole，andhehadaverynarroefrombeingputinheadforemost。Severalanimalssaidhislegsmustbehisbraherefray，fluffythihishead）mustbehisroot。Butthehattheforkedendofhimwasthemuddierandthatitspreadoutmhttodo。Sofinallyhela。Wheteddowcameupabovehisknees。
“Itlooksdreadfullywithered，”saidtheDonkey。
“Ofcourseitwaering，”saidtheElephant。“IthinkImightsay（meanioahat，perhaps，forthatsortofwork，mykindofnose—”
“Iobjearkverystrongly，”saidtheBulldog。ButtheElephalytotheriver，filledhertrunkwithwater，aoattendtoUhesagaalwentondoingthistillgallonsofwaterhadbeensquirtedoverhim，andwaterwasrunningoutoftheskirtsofhisfrock-coatasifhehadbeenforabathwithallhis。Irevivedhim。Heawokefromhisfaint。as!Butwemustleavehimtothinkoverhiswickeddeed（ifhewaslikelytodoanythingsoseurantthings。
StrawberrytrottedonwithDigoryonhisbacktilltheheotheranimalsdiedaway，alegroupofAslanandhiscillorswasquiteclose。Digorykhe'tpossiblybreakinoing，buttherewasodoso。AtawordfromAsla，theRavens，aofthemdrewaside。DigoryslippedoffthehorseandfouofacewithAslan。AndAslanwasbiggeraifulalygoldeerriblethahought。Hedarednotlookieyes。
“Please—Mr。Lion—Aslan—Sir，”saidDigory，“ayI—please，willyougivemesomemagicfruitofthisotherwell?”
HehadbeeelyhopingthattheLionwouldsay“Yes“;hehadbeenhorriblyafraiditmightsay“No“。Buthewastakenabaitdidher。
“ThisistheBoy，”saidAslan，looking，notatDigory，butathiscillors。“ThisistheBoywhodidit。”
“htDigory，“whathaveIdonenow?”
“SonofAdam，”saidtheLion。“ThereisaynewlandofhesegoodBeastshowshecamehere。”
AdozehingsthathemightsayflashedthroughDigory'smiheseosayheexacttruth。
“Ibroughther，Aslan，”heansweredinalowvoice。