BY CALDRON POOL   IN t days of Narnia, far up to t beyond Lantern aste and  close beside t erfall, t no one could  remember o live in ts, and , ugliest,  most le  of c tree, and . talking  Beasts or Men or D, in t part of t S  least t from t on you mig Puzzle  t togeto t filled ttles er but it o y panniers on  t Puzzle brougen by S; for as S said,  quot;You see, Puzzle, I cant eat grass and tles like you, so its only fair I s  up in other ways.”

    And Puzzle al;Of course, S, of course. I see t.quot; Puzzle  never complained, because  S  it o be friends  all. And if ever Puzzle  did try to argue about anyt ;Noand o be done better t clever, Puzzle.quot; And Puzzle  al;No, S. Its quite true. Im not clever.quot; tever  S had said.

    One morning early in t  under t tern end of Narnia. t erfall pours doo it ing t on terfall keeps t  of course is  got its name of Caldron Pool. It is liveliest in terfall is s ed off tains  from up beyond Narnia in tern ild from ed ;Look! s t?”

    quot;s ; said Puzzle.

    quot;t yellos just come doerfall. Look! t is  again, its floating. e must find out  is.”

    quot;Must ; said Puzzle.

    quot;Of course ,quot; said S. quot;It may be somet o  t out. t it.”

    quot;o t; said Puzzle, tching his long ears.

    quot;ell o get it if you dont?quot; said the Ape.

    quot;But - but,quot; said Puzzle, quot; it be better if you  in? Because,  you see, its you o kno is, and I dont muc  comes to catc hoofs.”

    quot;Really, Puzzle,quot; said S, quot;I didnt t. I didnt t of you, really.”

    quot; ; said t S ;All I meant was -”

    quot;anting me to go into ter,quot; said t;As if you didnt knoly well w weak cs Apes always c Ill go in. I  shall probably die.

    t; And Ss voice sounded as if  going to  burst into tears.

    quot;Please dont, please dont, please dont,quot; said Puzzle, alking. quot;I never meant anyt, S, really I didnt. You kno a time. Id forgotten about  your nt t yourself. Promise me you  , S.”

    So S promised, and Puzzle  cloppety-clop on o find a place e apart from t ting into t quivering and foaming er, and Puzzle o stand and  se before o do it. But t called out  from be;Perter do it after all, Puzzle.quot; And ; and in .

    A great mass of foam got er  and blinded  under altogete anot of t er and faster till it took  under terfall  itself, and ter plunged   he would  never be

    able to ill  last  someo catc sailed a too got under to ttom.  came up again  it  at last, ired to deateet  in front of ting  angled up in  it, for it was as big as a large  was very heavy and cold and slimy.

    do of S and stood dripping and srying to get  t . too busy going round and round t out and patting it  and smelling it.

    to ;It is a lions skin.”

    quot;Ee - au?quot; gasped Puzzle.

    quot;No; said S to hinking very hard.

    quot;I ly. quot;It ougo be  buried. e must have a funeral.”

    quot;O  a talking Lion,quot; said S. quot;You neednt bot t.  talking Beasts up beyond tern ild. t  o a dumb, wild lion.”

    true. A er, a Man, ern ild several mont t doesnt come into  tory.

    quot;All t,quot; said Puzzle, quot;even if to a  dumb, o give it a decent burial? I mean, arent all lions rather solemn?

    Because of you know  you see?”

    quot;Dont you start getting ideas into your ; said S.  quot;Because, you kno your strong point. ell make to a fine er coat for you.”

    quot;O t,quot; said t;It s mig is to say, I s feel -”

    quot; are you talking about?quot; said S, scratche wrong way  up as Apes do.

    quot;I dont t ful to t Lion, to Aslan  about dressed up in a lion-skin,quot; said Puzzle.

    quot;No stand arguing, please,quot; said S. quot; does an ass like you  kno t sort? You kno t you let me do your t you treat me as I treat you? I dont  tter at some ts o t better t o somet? Am I never to be alloo do anything?  Do be fair.

    turn and turn about.”

    quot;O it t ; said Puzzle.

    quot;I tell you ; said S. quot;Youd better take a good brisk trot down  river as far as Chey have any oranges or bananas.”

    quot;But Im so tired, S,quot; pleaded Puzzle.

    quot;Yes, but you are very cold and ,quot; said t;You  someto  rot  ts market day at  Coday.”

    And then of course Puzzle said he would go.

    As soon as   simes on times on four, till ree. to branctering and grinning all time, and  into tle  augo se uff, more like cord to   as if  of toffee.  paw.

    tree and so tted do to work.

    once t too long for Puzzle  and its neck too s. So  a good piece out of t to make a  long collar for Puzzles long neck. t off t t it ie up under Puzzles c and stomac op   anyone to see  alking Birds, so it didnt  matter.

    Late in ternoon Puzzle came back.  trotting but only  plodding patiently along, the way donkeys do.

    quot;t any oranges,quot; ;and t any bananas. And  Im very tired.quot; he lay down.

    quot;Come and try on your beautiful ne,quot; said S.

    quot;O old skin,quot; said Puzzle. quot;Ill try it on in too tired tonight.”

    quot;You are unkind, Puzzle,quot; said S. quot;If youre tired o make you a coat. My paired I can hese scissors.

    And you  say t even look at t -and you  dont care - and- and-”

    quot;My dear S,quot; said Puzzle getting up at once, quot;I am so sorry. Ive been  o try it on. And it looks simply splendid. Do try it on me  at once. Please do.”

    quot;ell, stand still t; said to  lift, but in t of pulling and pus it  on to tied it underneatied to  Puzzles legs and tail to Puzzles tail. A good deal of Puzzles grey nose and face could be  seen taken in for a moment. But if someone oo  close, and if t  too good, and if Puzzle didnt let out a bray and didnt make any  noise h his hoofs.

    quot;You look ; said t;If anyone sa Lion, himself.”

    quot;t ; said Puzzle.

    quot;No it ,quot; said S. quot;Everyone old them.”

    quot;But I dont  to tell thing.”

    quot;But you t; said S. quot;Youd o  advise you, you knoo give. And everyone  everyt in Narnia.”

    quot;But isnt everyt already?quot; said Puzzle.

    quot;!quot; cried S. quot;Everyt?-where are no oranges or  bananas?”

    quot;ell, you kno; said Puzzle, quot;t many people - in fact, I dont  t yourself  of things.”

    quot;too,quot; said S.

    quot;; said t;It here was more sugar.”

    quot;ell ts settled,quot; said t;You end to be Aslan,  and Ill tell you o say.”

    quot;No, no, no,quot; said Puzzle. quot;Dont say suc  very clever but I kno muc urned up?”

    quot;I expect ; said S. quot;Probably  us t  to rigurn up, you  kno nowadays.”

    At t moment t t overrembled  their faces.

    quot;t; gasped Puzzle, as soon as o speak. quot;Its a sign, a  ake tc once.”

    quot;No, no,quot; said t;Its a sign t going to say t if t us to  go on remor. It  on tip  of my tongue, only tself came before I could get t. Youve got to  do it no let us   understand t could a donkey kno signs?”