They did not even try to stop him， for everything now felt s if it had been fated or had happened before. They helped im to lower his little coracle. Then he took off his sword I shall need it no more，“ he said） and flung it far away cross the Idled sea. Where it fell it stood upright with he hilt above the surface. Then he bade them goodbye， ying to be sad for their sakes； but he was quivering with appiness. Lucy， for the first and last time， did what she had ways wanted to do， taking him in her arms and caressing im. Then hastily he got into his coracle and took his addle， and the current caught it and away he went， very lack against the lilies. But no lilies grew on the wave； it as a smooth green slope. The coracle went more and more uickly， and beautifully it rushed up the wave’s side. For ne split second they saw its shape and Reepicheep‘s on the ery top. Then it vanished， and since that moment no one an truly claim to have seen Reepicheep the Mouse. But y belief is that he came safe to Aslan’s country and is alive here to this day.
As the sun rose， the sight of those mountains outside the orld faded away. The wave remained but there was only lue sky behind it.
