Jill felt something tickling her ear. It was Jewel the Unicorn， whispering to her with the wide whisper of a horse’s mouth. As soon as she heard what he was saying she nodded and tiptoed back to where Puzzle was standing. Quickly and quietly she cut the last cords that bound the lion.skin to him. It wouldn‘t do for him to be caught with that on， after what the Ape had said！ She would like to have hidden the skin somewhere very far away， but it was too heavy. The best she could do was to kick it in among the thickest bushes. Then she made signs to Puzzle to follow her and they both joined the others.
The Ape was speaking again.
“And after a horrid thing like that， Aslan.Tashlan.is angrier than ever. He says he’s been a great deal too good to you， coming out every night to be looked at， see！ Well， he‘s not coming out any more.”
Howls and mewings and squeals and grunts were the Animals’ answer to this， but suddenly a quite different voice broke in with a loud laugh.
