Andhedid。Hestruckupatonceaharvestthanksgivinghymn，allab“safelygatheredin”。Itwasabletoaplacewhichfeltasifnothiheresihebeginniwastheoneheberbest。Hehadafihejoiwasveryg。UheWitotjoinin。
TowardtheendofthehymnDigoryfeltsomeoneplugathiselbeneralsmellofbrandyanddgoodclotheshedecidedthatitmustbeUndrew。Undrewwascautiouslypullinghimawayfromtheothers。WhentheyhadgoledistaheoldmanputhismouthsoclosetoDigory'searthatittidwhispered:
“Now，myboy。Slip。Let'sbeoff。”
ButtheWitchhadverygoodears。“Fool!”camehervoidsheleapedoffthehorse。“HaveyottenthatIhearmen'sthoughts?Letgotheboy。IfyouattempttreacheryIwilltakesuyouasneverwasheardofinallworldsfromthebeginning。”
“And，”addedDigory，“ifyouthinkI'msupigastogooffandleavePolly—andthedthehorseihis，you're>
“Youareaverynaughtyalittleboy，”saidUndrew。
“Hush!”saidtheCabby。Theyalllistened。
Inthedarkhingeningatlast。Avoicehadbeguntosing。ItwasveryfarawayandDigoryfoundithardtodewhatdireitwasesitseemedtoalldiresatoimeshealmostthoughtitwasingoutoftheearthbeslowernotesweredeepenoughtobethevoiceoftheearthherself。Therewerenowords。Therewashardlyevewas，beyondostbeautifulnoisehehadeverheard。Itwassobeautifulhecouldhardlybearit。Thehorseseemedtolikeittoo;hegavethesortofwhinneyahorsewouldgiveif，afteryearsofbeingacab-horse，itfounditselfbatheoldfieldwhereithadplayedasafoal，andsawsomeorememberedandlovedingacrossthefieldtitalumpofsugar。
“Gawd!”saidtheCabby。“Ain'titlovely?”
&woehesamemomethevoicewassuddehervoices;morevoiyoucouldpossiblyt。Theywereinharmonywithit，butfarhigherupthescale:gling，silveryvoices。Thesederwasthattheblaessoverhead，allatonce，wasblazingwithstars。Theydidn'teoutgentlyoheydoonasummereveherehadbeennothingbutdarkathousand，thousandpointsoflightleapedout—siars，stellations，as，brighterahananyinourworld。Therewerenoclouds。Thearsandthenewvoiatexactlythesametime。Ifyouhadsee，asDigorydid，youwouldhavefeltquitethatitwasthestarsthemselveswhichweresinging，andthatitwastheFirstVoice，thedeepone，whichhadmadethemappearahemsing。
“Glorybe!”saidtheCabby。“I'dha'beeermanallmylifeifI'dkhihis。”
TheVoitheearthwasnowlouderariumphant;butthevoithesky，aftersingingloudlywithitforatime，begaer。Andhingelseening。
Faraway，ahehorizon，theskybeganthtwind，veryfresh，begantostir。Thesky，inthatoneplace，grewslowlyandsteadilypaler。Youcouldseeshapesofhillsstandingupdarkagainstit。AllthetimetheVoisinging。
Therewassoonlightenoughforthemtoseeoher'sfaces。Thedthetwohadopenmouthsandshiheyweredrinkinginthesound，andtheylookedasifitremihemofsomething。Undrew'smouthentoo，buthjoy。Helookedmoreasifhishadsimplydroppedawayfromtherestofhisface。Hisshoulderswerestoppedandhiskneesshook。HewasnotlikingtheVoice。Ifhecouldhavegotawayfromitbygintoarat'shole，hewouldhavedotheWitchlookedasif，inaway，sheuhemusicbetterthananyofthem。Hermouthwasshut，herlipswerepressedtogether，aswereched。EversihesongbegathatthisasfilledwithaMagitfromhersandstro。Shewouldhavesmashedthatwholeworld，orallworlds，topieces，ifitwouldonlystopthesioodwithitsearswellforward，andtwitg。Everynowasampedtheground。Itnolongerlookedlikeatiredoldcab-horse;youowwellbelievethatitsfatherhadbeeninbattles。
&ernskygedfromwhitetopinkandfrompinktogold。TheVoidrose，tillalltheairwasshakingwithit。Andjustasitswelledtothemightiestandmostglorioussoundithadyetproduced，thesunarose。
Digoryhadneverseensu。Thesuheruinsofhadlookedolderthanours:thislookedyounger。Youagilaughedforjoyasitcameup。Andasitsbeamsshotacrossthelaravellerscouldseeforthefirsttimewhatsortofplacetheywerein。Itwasavalleythroughwhichabroad，swiftriverwounditsardtowardthesun。Southwardthereweremountains，northwardtherewerelowerhills。Butitwasavalleyofmereearth，rodwater;therewasabush，notabladeofgrasstobeseehwasofmanycolors:theywerefresh，hotandvivid。TheymadeyoufeelextilyousawtheSihenyelse。
ItwasaLion。Huge，shaggy，andbright，itstoodfagtherisensun。Itsmoutheninsonganditwasaboutthreehundredyardsa>
“Thisisaterribleworld，”saidtheWitch。“WemustflyatoheMagic。”
“Iquiteagreewithyou，Madam，”saidUndrew。“Amostdisagreeableplapletelyuncivilized。Ifermanandhadagun—”
“Garn!”saidtheCabby。“Youdon'tthinkyoucouldshoot'im，doyou?”
“Andwhoolly。
&heMagic，oldfool，”saidJadis。
&ainly，Madam，”saidUndrewgly。“Imusthaveboththetougme。Putonyourhatonce，Digory。”HewaawaywithouttheWitch。
“Oh，it&#s，isit?”criedJadis。ShewouldhavehadherhandsinDigory'spocketbeforeyoucouldsaykDigrabbedPollyaakecare。Ifeitherofyouehalfaniwowillvanishandyou'llbeleftherefood。Yes:Ihavearingiollyandmehome。Andlook!Myhandisjustready。Sokeepyourdistansorryaboutyou（helookedatthedaboutthehorse，butI'thelpthat。Asforyoutwo（helookedatUheQueen），you'rebothmagis，soyououghttoenjoyliviher。”
“Oldyournoise，everyone，”saidtheCabby。“Iwanttolistentothemoosic。”
Fhadno