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chater even a day with the beaver（第1页）

WHILEthetwoboyswerewhisperingbehind，boththegirlssuddenlycried“Oh！”

andstopped．

“Therobin！”

criedLucy，“therobin．It’sflownaway．”

Andsoithad-rightoutofsight．

“Andnowwhatarewetodo？”

saidEdmund，givingPeteralookwhichwasasmuchastosay“WhatdidItellyou？”

“Sh！

Look！”

saidSusan．

“What？”

saidPeter．

“There’ssomethingmovingamongthetreesovertheretotheleft．”

Theyallstaredashardastheycould，andnoonefeltverycomfortable．

“Thereitgoesagain，”

saidSusanpresently．

“Isawitthattimetoo，”

saidPeter．“It’sstillthere．It’sjustgonebehindthatbigtree．”

“Whatisit？”

askedLucy，tryingveryhardnottosoundnervous.

“Whateveritis，”

saidPeter，“it’sdodgingus．It’ssomething

thatdoesn’twanttobeseen．”

“Let’sgohome，”

saidSusan．Andthen，thoughnobodysaiditoutloud，everyonesuddenlyrealizedthesamefactthatEdmundhadwhisperedtoPeterattheendofthelastchapter．Theywerelost．

“What’sitlike？”

saidLucy．

“It’s-it’sakindofanimal，”

saidSusan；andthen，“Look！

Look！

Quick！

Thereitis．”

Theyallsawitthistime，awhiskeredfurryfacewhichhadlookedoutatthemfrombehindatree．Butthistimeitdidn’timmediatelydrawback．Instead，theanimalputitspawagainstitsmouthjustashumansputtheirfingerontheirlipswhentheyaresignallingtoyoutobequiet．Thenitdisappearedagain．Thechildren，allstoodholdingtheirbreath．

Amomentlaterthestrangercameoutfrombehindthetree，glancedallroundasifitwereafraidsomeonewaswatching，said“Hush”

，madesignstothemtojoinitinthethickerbitofwoodwhereitwasstanding，andthenoncemoredisappeared．