“It’s—it’s a kind of animal,”said Susan; and then.“Look！Look！Quick！There it is.”
They all saw it this time, a whiskered furry face which had looked out at them from behind a tree.But this time it didn’t immediately draw bastead, the animal put its paw against its mouth just as humans put their finger on their lips when they are signalling to you to be quiet.Then it disappeared again.The children, all stood holding their breath.
“I know what it is,”said Peter.“it’s a beaver.I saw the tail.”
“It wants us to go to it,”said Susan.“and it is warning us not to make a noi.”
“I knoeter.“The question is, are we to go to it or not?What do you think, Lu?”
“I think it’s a nice beaver,”said Lucy.
“Yes, but how do we know?”said Edmund.
“Shan’t we have to risk it?”said Susan.“I mean, it’s no good just standing here and I feel I want some dinner.”
At this moment the Beaver again popped its head out from behind the tree and beed early to them.
“e on,”said Peter.“let’s give it a try.All keep clo together.We ought to be a match for one beaver if it turns out to be an enemy.”
“It’s—it’s a kind of animal,”said Susan; and then.“Look！Look！Quick！There it is.”
They all saw it this time, a whiskered furry face which had looked out at them from behind a tree.But this time it didn’t immediately draw bastead, the animal put its paw against its mouth just as humans put their finger on their lips when they are signalling to you to be quiet.Then it disappeared again.The children, all stood holding their breath.
“I know what it is,”said Peter.“it’s a beaver.I saw the tail.”
“It wants us to go to it,”said Susan.“and it is warning us not to make a noi.”
“I knoeter.“The question is, are we to go to it or not?What do you think, Lu?”
“I think it’s a nice beaver,”said Lucy.
“Yes, but how do we know?”said Edmund.
“Shan’t we have to risk it?”said Susan.“I mean, it’s no good just standing here and I feel I want some dinner.”
At this moment the Beaver again popped its head out from behind the tree and beed early to them.
“e on,”said Peter.“let’s give it a try.All keep clo together.We ought to be a match for one beaver if it turns out to be an enemy.”
So the children all got clo together and walked up to the tree and in behind it, and there, sure enough, they found the Beaver; but it still drew back, saying to them in a hoar throaty whisper.“Further in, e further in.Right in here.We’re not safe in the open！”
Only when it had led them into a dark spot where four trees grew so clo together that their boughs met and the browh and pine needles could be en underfoot beo snow had been able to fall there, did it begin to talk to them.