“Plea, may we e with you—wherever yoing?”asked Susan.
“Well—”said Aslan, and emed to be thinking.Then he said.“I should be glad of pany tonight.Yes, you may e, if you will promi to stop when I tell you, and after that leave me to go on alone.”
“Oh, thank you, thank you.And we will,”said the two girls.
Forward they went again and one of the girls walked on each side of the Lion.But how slowly he walked！And his great, royal head drooped so that his no nearly touched the grass.Prently he stumbled and gave a low moan.
“Aslan！Dear Aslan！”said Lucy.“what is wrong?’t you tell us?”
“Are you ill, dear Aslan?”asked Susan.
“No,”said Aslan.“I am sad and lonely.Lay your hands on my mane so that I feel you are there a us walk like that.”
And so the girls did what they would never have dared to do without his permission, but what they had loo do ever sihey first saw him—buried their cold hands in the beautiful a of fur and stroked it and, so doing, walked with him.And prently they saw that they were going with him up the slope of the hill on which the Stoable stood.They went up at the side where the trees came furthest up, and when they got to the last tree（it was ohat had some bushes about it）Aslan stopped and said,
“Oh, children, children.Here you must stop.And whatever happens, do not let yourlves be en.Farewell.”
And both the girls cried bitterly（though they hardly knew why）and g to the Lion and kisd his mane and his no and his paws and his great, sad eyes.Theurned from them and walked out on to the top of the hill.And Lud Susan, croug in the bushes, looked after him, and this is what they saw.
A great crowd of people were standing all round the Stoable and though the moon was shining many of them carried torches which burned with evil-looking red flames and black smoke.But such people！Ogres with monstrous teeth, and wolves, and bull-headed men; spirits of evil trees and poisonous plants; and other creatures whom I won’t describe becau if I did the grown-ups would probably not let you read this book—Cruels and Hags and Incubus, Wraiths, Horrors, Efreets, Sprites, Orknies, Woos, ains.In fact here were all tho who were och’s side and whom the Wolf had summo her and.And right in the middle, standing by the Table, was the Witch herlf.