“Do leave me alone，” muttered Shift. But he sat up raighter and began， in a louder voice. “Now listen， all f you. A terrible thing has happened. A wicked thing. The ickedest thing that ever was done in Narnia. And Aslan.” “Tashlan， fool，” whispered Rishda Tarkaan.
“Tashlan I mean， of course，” said the Ape， “is very angry bout it.”
There was a terrible silence while the Beasts waited to ear what new trouble was in store for them. The little arty by the end wall of the stable also held their breath. hat on earth was coming now？
“Yes，” said the Ape. “At this very moment， when the Terrible ne himself is among us.there in the stable just behind e.one wicked Beast has chosen to do what you‘d think no ne would dare to do even if he were a thousand miles away. It as dressed itself up in a lion.skin and is wandering about in hese very woods pretending to be Aslan.”
Jill wondered for a moment if the Ape had gone mad. Was e going to tell the whole truth？ A roar of horror and rage ent up from the Beasts. “Grrr！” came the growls. “Who is e？ Where is he？ Just let me get my teeth into him！”
“It was seen last night，” screamed the Ape， “but it got way. It’s a donkey！ A common， miserable Ass！ If any of you ee that Ass.”
