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somewhere we once stayed for a holiday when we were very;  very small?鈥

〃it would have to have been a jolly good holiday;〃 said eustace。 〃i bet  there isnt a country like this anywhere in our world。 look at the colours! you couldnt  get a blue like the blue on those mountains in our world。鈥

〃is it not aslans country?〃 said tirian。

〃not like aslans country on top of that mountain beyond the eastern end of  the world;鈥

said jill。 〃ive been there。鈥

〃if you ask me;〃 said edmund; 〃its like somewhere in the narnian world。  look at those mountains ahead … and the big ice…mountains beyond them。 surely theyre  rather like the mountains we used to see from narnia; the ones up westward beyond the  waterfall?鈥

〃yes; so they are;〃 said peter。 〃only these are bigger。鈥

〃i dont think those ones are so very like anything in narnia;〃 said lucy。  〃but look there。鈥

she pointed southward to their left; and everyone stopped and turned to  look。 〃those  

hills;〃 said lucy; 〃the nice woody ones and the blue ones behind … arent  they very like the southern border of narnia?鈥

〃like!〃 cried edmund after a moments silence。 〃why; theyre exactly like。  look; theres mount pire with his forked head; and theres the pass into archenland and  everything!鈥

〃and yet theyre not like;〃 said lucy。 〃theyre different。 they have more  colours on them and they look further away than i remembered and theyre more 。。 。 more 。 。  。 oh; i dont know。。。鈥

〃more like the real thing;〃 said the lord digory softly。

suddenly farsight the eagle spread his wings; soared thirty or forty feet  up into the air; circled round and then alighted on the ground。

〃kings and queens;〃 he cried; 〃we have all been blind。 we are only  beginning to see where we are。 from up there i have seen it all … ettinsmuir; beaversdam;  the great river; and cair paravel still shining on the edge of the eastern sea。 narnia is  not dead。 this is narnia。鈥

〃but how can it be?〃 said peter。 〃for aslan told us older ones that we  should never return to narnia; and here we are。鈥

〃yes;〃 said eustace。 〃and we saw it all destroyed and the sun put out。鈥

〃and its all so different;〃 said lucy。

〃the eagle is right;〃 said the lord digory。 〃listen; peter。 when aslan said  you could never go back to narnia; he meant the narnia you were thinking of。 but that  was not the real narnia。 that had a beginning and an end。 it was only a shadow or a  copy of the real narnia which has always been here and always will be here: just as our  world; england and all; is only a shadow or copy of something in aslans real world。 you  need not mourn over narnia; lucy。 all of the old narnia that mattered; all the dear  creatures; have been drawn into the real narnia through the door。 and of course it is different;  as different as a real thing is from a shadow or as waking life is from a dream。〃 his voice  stirred everyone like a trumpet as he spoke these words: but when he added under  his breath 〃its all in plato; all in plato: bless me; what do they teach them at these  schools!〃 the older ones laughed。 it was so exactly like the sort of thing they had heard him  say long ago in that other world where his beard was grey instead of golden。 he knew why  they were laughing and joined in the laugh himself。 but very quickly they all became  grave again: for; as you know; there is a kind of happiness and wonder that makes you  serious。 it is too good to waste on jokes。

it is as hard to explain how this sunlit land was different from the old  narnia as it would be to tell you how the fruits of that country taste。 perhaps you will get  some idea of it if you think like this。 you may have been in a room in which there was a  window that  

looked out on a lovely bay of the sea or a green valley that wound away  among mountains。 and in the wall of that room opposite to the window there may  have been a lookingglass。 and as you turned away from the window you suddenly caught  sight of that sea or that valley; all over again; in the looking glass。 and the sea in  the mirror; or the valley in the mirror; were in one sense just the same as the real ones: yet  at the same time they were somehow different … deeper; more wonderful; more like places in a  story: in a story you have never heard but very much want to know。 the difference  between the old narnia and the new narnia was like that。 the new one was a deeper country:  every rock and flower and blade of grass looked as if it meant more。 i cant describe  it any better than that: if ever you get there you will know what i mean。

it was the unicorn who summed up what everyone was feeling。 he stamped his  right fore…hoof on the ground and neighed; and then cried:  〃i have e home at last! this is my real country! i belong here。 this is  the land i have been looking for all my life; though i never knew it till now。 the reason  why we loved the old narnia is that it sometimes looked a little like this。 bree…hee… hee! e further up; e further in!鈥

he shook his mane and sprang forward into a great gallop … a unicorns  gallop; which; in our world; would have carried him out of sight in a few moments。 but now a  most strange thing happened。 everyone else began to run; and they found; to  their astonishment; that they could keep up with him: not only the dogs and the  humans but even fat little puzzle and short…legged poggin the dwarf。 the air flew in  their faces as if they were driving fast in a car without a windscreen。 the country flew past  as if they were seeing it from the windows of an express train。 faster and faster they  raced; but no one got hot or tired or out of breath。

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CHAPTER SIXTEEN

灏彙h銆倀銆倄t…澶/鍫
farewell to shadowlands   if one could run without getting tired; i dont think one would often want  to do anything else。 but there might be special reasons for stopping; and it was a special  reason which made eustace presently shout:  〃i say! steady! look what were ing to!鈥

and well he might。 for now they saw before them caldron pool and beyond the  pool the high unclimbable cliffs and; pouring down the cliffs; thousands of tons of  water every second; flashing like diamonds in some places and dark; glassy green in  others; the great waterfall; and already the thunder of it was in their ears。

〃dont stop! further up and further in;〃 called farsight; tilting his  flight a little upwards。

〃its all very well for him;〃 said eustace; but jewel also cried out:  〃dont stop。 further up and further in! take it in your stride。鈥

his voice could only just be heard above the roar of the water but next  moment everyone saw that he had plunged into the pool。 and helter…skelter behind him; with  splash after splash; all the others did the same。 the water was not biting cold as all  of them (and especially puzzle) expected; but of a delicious foamy coolness。 they all  found they were swimming straight for the waterfall itself。

〃this is absolutely crazy;〃 said eustace to edmund。

〃i know。 and yet …〃 said edmund。

〃isnt it wonderful?〃 said lucy。 〃have you noticed one cant feel afraid;  even if one wants to? try it。鈥

〃by jove; neither one can;〃 said eustace after he had tried。

jewel reached the foot of the waterfall first; but tirian was only just  behind him。 jill was last; so she could see the whole thing better than the others。 she saw  something white moving steadily up the face of the waterfall。 that white thing was the  unicorn。 you couldnt tell whether he was swimming or climbing; but he moved on; higher  and higher。

the point of his horn divided the water just above his head; and it  cascaded out in two rainbow…coloured streams all round his shoulders。 just behind him came king  tirian。 he moved his legs and arms as if he were swimming but he moved straight  upwards: as if one could swim up the wall of a house。

what looked funniest was the dogs。 during the gallop they had not been at  all out of breath; but now; as they swarmed and wriggled upwards; there was plenty of  spluttering and sneezing among them; that was because they would keep on barking; and  every time they barked they got their mouths and noses full of water。 but before jill  had time to notice all these things fully; she was going up the waterfall herself。 it  was the sort of thing that would have been quite impossible in our world。 even if you  hadnt been drowned; you would have been smashed to pieces by the terrible weight of  water against the countless jags of rock。 but in that world you could do it。 you went on;  up and up; with all kinds of reflected lights flashing at you from the water and all  manner of coloured stones flashing through it; till it seemed as if you were climbing  up light itself … and always higher and higher till the sense of height would have terrified  you if you could be terrified; but later it was only gloriously exciting。 and then at  last one came to the lovely; smooth green curve in which the water poured over the top and  found that one was out on the level river above the waterfall。 the current was racing away  behind you;  

but you were such a wonderful swimmer that you could make headway against  it。 soon they were all on the bank; dripping buthappy。

a long valley opened ahead and great snow…mountains; now much nearer; stood  up against the sky。

〃further up and further in;〃 cried jewel and instantly they were off again。

they were out of narnia now and up into the western wild which neither  tirian nor peter nor even the eagle had ever seen before。 but the lord digory and the  lady polly had。 〃do you remember? do you remember?〃 they said … and said it in steady  voices too; without panting; though the whole party was now running faster than an  arrow flies。

〃what; lord?〃 said tirian。 〃is it then true; as stories tell; that you two  journeyed here on the very day the world was made?鈥

〃yes;〃 said digory; 〃and it seems to me as if it were only yesterday。鈥

〃and on a flying horse?〃 asked tirian。 〃is that part true?鈥

〃certainly;〃 said digory。 but the dogs barked; 〃faster; faster!鈥

so they ran faster and faster till it was more like flying than running;  and even the eagle overhead was going no faster than they。 and they went through winding  valley after winding valley and up the steep sides of hills and; faster than ever; down  the other side; following the river and sometimes crossing it and skimming across  mountainlakes as if they were living speed…boats; till at last at the far end of one long lake  which looked as blue as a turquoise; they saw a smooth green hill。 its sides were as steep  as the sides of a pyramid and round the very top of it ran a green wall: but above the wall  rose the branches of trees whose leaves looked like silver and their fruit like  gold。

〃further up and further in!〃 roared the unicorn; and no one held back。 they  charged straight at the foot of the hill and then found themselves running up it  almost as water from a broken wave runs up a rock out at the point of some bay。 though the  slope was nearly as steep as the roof of a house and the grass was smooth as a  bowling green; no one slipped。 only when they had reached the very top did they slow up; that  was because they found themselves facing gre

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