CHAPTERSEVENADAYWITHTHEBEAVERS
&hisperihthegirlssuddenlycried“Oh!”andstopped。
“Therobin!”criedLucy,“therobin。It'sflownaway。”Andshtoutofsight。
“Andnoetodo?”saidEdmund,givieralookwhichwasasmuchastosay“WhatdidItellyou?”
“Sh!Look!”saidSusan。
“eter。
“There'ssomethingmovingamoheretotheleft。”
&aredashardastheydveryfortable。
&goesagain,”saidSusaly。
“Isawitthattimetoo,”saidPeter。“It'sstillthere。It'sjustgobigtree。”
“Whatisit?”askedLugveryhardnottosoundnervous。
“Whateveritis,”saidPeter,“it'sdodgingus。It'ssomethingthatdoesn'twanttobeseen。”
&'sgohome,”saidSusahoughnobodysaiditoutloud,everyonesuddehesamefactthatEdmundhadwhisperedtoPeterattheechapter。Theywerelost。
“What'sitlike?”saidLucy。
“It's—it'sakindofanimal,”saidSusan;andthen,“Look!Look!Quick!Thereitis。”
Theyallsawitthistime,awhiskeredfurryfacewhichhadlookedoutatthemfrombehihistimeitdidn'timmediatelydrawbastead,theanimalputitspawagainstitsmouthjustashumansputtheirfiheirlipswhentheyaresignalingtoyoutobequiet。Thenitdisappearedagain。Theallstoodholdih。
Amomerafrombehiree,glancedallroundasifitwereafraidsomeog,said“Hush”,madesigojoinitihickerbitofasstanding,andthenoncemoredisappeared。
“Iknowwhatitis,”saidPeter;“it'sabeaver。Isa>
“Itwantsustogotoit,”saidSusan,“anditiswarningusnottomakeanoise。”
“Iknoeter。“Thequestiotoitornot?Whatdoyouthink,Lu?”
“Ithinkit'sanicebeaver,”saidLucy。
&ho?”saidEdmund。
“Shan'twehavetoriskit?”saidSusa'snogoodjuststandinghereasomedinner。”
AtthismomenttheBeaveragaisheadoutfrombehireealytothem。
“eon,”saidPeter,“let'sgiveitatry。Allkeepclosethttobeamatebeaverifitturnsouttobeanenemy。”
Sotheallgotclosetogetherahetreea,andthere,sureeheBeaver;butitstilldrewbagtothemiywhisper,“Furtheriherin。Rightinhere。We'reheopen!”