The Voyage of the Dawn Tread

ONE I

" shouted the m

and Reepicheep already on the forecastle. It was a coldish morning, the sky very pale and the sea very dark blue with little white caps of foam, and there, a little way o

Lucy, clapping her hands. "Oh - Edmund, ho

long to Narnia," said Caspian. "Di

re Narnian before our time - i

ecame attached to the crown of Narnia; if I ever do, and if th

in here, Sire?"

bited in our days and it looks as if it was the same still. The people lived mostly on Doorn and

e, I suppose," said Drinian, "and l

like to walk there again. It was so lonely - a nice kind

shouldn't we go ashore in the boat and send it back, and then we could wa

in this voyage he would not have made this suggestion; but at

aspian to Eustace, who had come

ff this blasted bo

d Drinian. "Ho

aid Eustace, "the ships are so big that when you'r

stay ashore," said Caspian. "Will you

led to the beach of Felimath. When the boat had left them and was being rowed back the

ashore again and to smell the earth and grass, even if at first the ground seemed to be pitching up and down like a ship, as it usually does for a while if on

d back, and there was the Dawn Treader shining like a great bright insect and crawling slow

l about a mile wide; behind it and to the left lay Avra. Th

this?" said E

descending six or seven rough-looking

em who we are,

?" said Reepicheep who had conse

Narnia for a long time. It's just possible they may not still acknowledge our o

words, Sire,"

it is a question of re-conquering the three islands

rangers, one of whom - a big black-haired fe

aid Caspian. "Is there still a

ernor Gumpas. His Sufficiency is at Narro

when the black-haired man nodded to his companions and, as quick as lightning, all the five visitors found themselves wrapped in strong arms. There was a moment's struggle but all

Leader. "Don't damage him. He'll fetch the

Reepicheep. "Give me my sword

never did. Blowed if I take less than two hundred crescents for him." The Calormen

Caspian. "A kidnapper and sla

The easier you take it, the pleasanter all round, see? I don't

sked Lucy, getting the word

said the slaver. "For

ish Consul there

which?" sa

ly said, "Well, I've had enough of this jabber. The Mouse is a fair tre

red how any man could bear to have the things said to him which were said to the slave dealer by the Mouse. But the slave dealer, far from objecting, only said "Go on" whenever Reepicheep paused for breath, occasionally adding, "It's as good as a play,"

ey found a little village and a long-boat on the beach and,

r, "let's have no fuss and then you'll

rded man came out of one of the h

More of your

bowed very low, and said in a wheedling k

r that boy?" asked the o

second rate. That boy, now, I've taken a fancy to him myself. Got kind of fond of him, I have. I'm that

ord sternly. "Do you think I want to list

Lord to your honourable Lor

ou a hundred

whatever you do. You don't know -" But then she stopped

am sorry I cannot buy you all. Unrope my boy, Pug. And look - treat thes

n my way of business who treated his stock better than

gh to be true," sai

, lad," and Lucy burst into tears and Edmund looked very blank. But Caspian looked over

poiling your looks for the market tomorrow. You be a good

urse a pirate and had just returned from cruising among the islands and capturing what he could. The children didn't meet anyone whom they knew; the prisoners were mostly Galm

bought him led him down a little lane between two of the village houses and

id. "I'll treat you well. I bought you fo

whom, my Lord?

my master, King

ed to risk everyth

am your master. I am

aid the other. "How sha

and whom I have come out to look for - Argoz, Bern, Octesian, Restimar, Mavramorn, or - or - I have forgotten the others. And finally, if your Lordship will give me a s

voice and trick of speech. My liege - your Majesty -" A

for our person will be made good f

t was. "And never will be, I trust. I have moved his Sufficiency the

alk of the state of these Islands. But f

islands, and felt I had had enough of the sea. And there was no purpose in returning to Nar

mpas, like? Does he still acknowled

ming in upon him. And if your Majesty came before him alone and unarmed - well he would not deny his allegiance, but he

about thirty swords if it came to fighting. Shall we not have my s

aven to rescue Pug. Your Majesty must work by a show of more power than you really have, and by the terror

regent Trumpkin to use if any great need fell upon the land in the King's absence.) Drinian, who was on the look-out for a signal, recognized the royal horn at once and the Dawn Treader began standing in to shore. Then the boat put off

. But first run up the King's banner, hang out all the shields, and send as many men to the fighting top

o whom?" sa

aven't got but which it might be

d Drinian rubbin

all I say? Whole fleet round the

y. Their whole journey - if there were any ships What C

e point of Avra, they entered into a good harbour on Avra's southern shore where Bern's pleasant lands sloped down to the water's edge. Bern's people, many of whom they saw working in the fields, were all freemen and it was a happy and prosperous fief. Here they all went ashore