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EDMUNDmeanwhilehadbeenhavingamostdisappoihedwarfhadgohesledgereadyheexpectedthattheWitchwohim,asshehadbeemeeting.Butshesaidnothingatall.AEdmundpluckeduphiscetosay,“Please,yourMajesty,couldIhavesomeTurkishDelight?You—you—said—”
sheanswered,“Silence,fool!”
Theogehermindandsaid,asiftoherself,“Awillnotdotohavethebratfaintingontheway,”
andoncemoreclappedherhands.Anotherd>
“Bringthehumaurefoodanddrink,”
shesaid.
Thedayaurnedbringinganironbowlwithsomewaterinitandanirohahunkofdrybreadonit.HegrinnedinarepulsivemahemdownonthefloorbesideEdmundandsaid:“TurkishDelightforthelittlePrince.Ha!Ha!Ha!”
&away,”
saidEdmundsulkily.“Idon'twatheWitlyturnedonhimwithsuchaterribleexpressiohatheapologizedaohebread,thoughitwassostalehecetitdown.
“Youmaybegladenoughofitbeforeyoutastebreadagain,”
saidtheWitch.
Whilehewasstillgawaythefirstdwarfcamebaouhesledgewasready.TheWhiteWitdwentEdmundtogowithher.Thesnowwasagainfallingastheytothecourtyard,butshetookabesideherobeforetheydroveoffshecalledMaugrimandhedinglikeanentothesideofthesledge.
&hyoutheswiftestofyourwolvesandgoatohehouseoftheBeavers,”
saidtheWitdkillwhateveryoufiheyarealreadygohenmakeallspeedtotheStodoformethereinhiding.ImeagomaheWestbeforeIfindaplacewhereIdriveacrosstheriver.YoumayovertakethesehumaheyreachtheStoable.Youhattodoifyoufindthem!”
“Ihearandobey,OQueen,”
growledtheWolf,aelyheshotawayintothesnowanddarkness,asquicklyasahallop.IeshehadotherithhimdownonthedamandsniffingattheBeavers'house.ButofcoursetheyfouwouldhavebeehingfortheBeaversandtheifthenighthadremaihewolveswouldtheofollowtheirtrail—aoonewouldhaveovertakeheyhadgottothecave.Butnowthatthesnowhadbegunagaiwasdeveprintswerecoveredup.
&hededupthereiheWitdEdmuuheardonandawayintothedarkhecold.ThiswasaterriblejourneyforEdmund,whohadnocoat.Beforetheyhadbeengoingquarterofanhourallthefrontofhimwascoveredwithstoshakeitoffbecause,asquicklyashedidthat,ahered,aired.Soototheskin.Andoh,howmiserablehewas!Itdidn'tlooknowasiftheWitdedtomakehimaKing.Allthethingshehadsaidtomakehimselfbelievethatshewasgoodandkindandthathersidewasreallytherightsidesouohimsillynow.Hewouldhavegivenanythihersatthismomeheonlywaytoselfnowwastotrytobelievethatthewholethingwasadreamaata.Aon,hourafterhour,itdidlikeadrea
ThislastedlohanIcoulddesifIagesaboutit.ButIwillskipoimewhenthesnoedandthemhadeandtheywereragi.Andstilltheywentonandon,withnosouingswishofthesnowandthegofthereindeer'sharhenatlasttheWitchsaid,“Whathavewehere?Stop!”
andtheydid.
HowEdmundhopedshewasgoingtosaysomethingaboutbreakfast!Butshehadstoppedforquiteadifferentreason.Alittlewayoffatthefootofatreesatamerryparty,asquirrelandhiswifewiththeirandtwosatyrsandadwarfandanolddog-fox,allonstoolsroundatable.Edmund'tquiteseewhattheywereeating,butitsmelledlovelyaobedesofhollyandhewasn'tatallsurethathedidn'tseesomethinglikeaplumpuddiwheopped,theFox,whowasobviouslytheoldestperso,hadjustrisentoitsfeet,holdingaglassinitsrightpawasifitwasgoingtosaysomething.Butwhenthewholepartysawthesledgestoppingandwhowasinit,allthegaietywentoutoftheirfaces.Thefathersquirrelstoppedeatingwithhisforkhalfwaytohismouthahesatyrsstoppedwithitsforkaitsmouth,andthebabysquirrelssqueakedwithterror.
“Whatisthemeaningofthis?”
askedtheWit.Nobodyanswered.
“Speak,vermin!”
shesaidagain.“Ordoyouwantmydwarftofindyouatohhiswhip?Whatisthemeaningofallthisgluttony,thiswaste,thisself-indulgence?Wheredidyougetallthesethings?”
“Please,yourMajesty,”
saidtheFox,“weweregiventheAndifImightmakesoboldastodrinkyourMajestyoodhealth—”
“Whogavethemtoyou?”
saidtheWitch.
“F-F-F-FatherChristmas,”
stammeredtheFox.
“What?”
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