&herofthemmuchlikedtheideaofjumpingintothatpool，buthersaidsototheother。Theytookhandsandsaid“Ohree—Go”aherelashandofcoursetheyclosedtheireyes。Butwhehemagaiheywerestillstanding，handinhand，inthegreenwood，andhardlyuptotheiraer。Thepoolarentlyonlyacoupleofiheysplashedbatround。
“Whatoh'sg?”saidPollyinafrightequiteshtenedasyoumightexpect，becauseitishardtofeelreallyfrightewood。Theplaceistoopeaceful。
“Oh!Iknow，”saidDigory，“Ofcourseitwon'twork。We'restillwearingouryells。They'refortheoutwardjourney，youknow。Thegreeakeyouhome。Wemustgs。Haveyougotpockets?Good。Putyouryelli。I'vegottwogreens。Here'soneforyou。”
&reenringsaothepool。Butbeforetheytriedanavealong“O-ooh!”
“What'sthematter?”saidPolly。
“I'vejusthadareallywonderfulidea，”saidDigory。“Whatarealltheotherpools?”
“Howdoyoumean?”
“Why，ifawegetbacktoourownworldbyjumpingintothispool，mightn'twegetsomewhereelsebyjumpingiheothers?Supposingtherewasaworldatthebottomofeverypool。”
“ButIthoughtwewerealreadyinyourUndrew'sOtherWorldorOtherPlaceorwhateverhecalledit。Didn'tyousay—”
“OhbotherUerruptedDigory。“Idon'tbelieveheknowsanythingaboutit。Heheplueherehimself。HeonlytalkedofoherWorld。Butsupposethereweredozens?”
“Youmean，thiswoodmightbeohem?”
“No，Idon'tbelievethiswoodisaworldatall。Ithinkit'sjustasortofi>
Pollylookedpuzzled。“Don'tyousee?”saidDigory。“No，dolisten。Thinkofourtuheslatesathome。Itisn'taroominanyofthehouses。Inaway，itisn'treallypartofanyofthehouses。Butonceyou'reiunnelyougoalongitaoanyofthehousesintherow。Mightn'tthiswoodbethesame?—aplacethatisn'tinanyoftheworlds，butonceyou'vefoundthatplagetintothemall。”
“Well，evenifyou—”beganPolly，butDigorywentonasifhehadn'theardher。
“Andofcoursethatexplaihihat'swhyitissoquietandsleepyhere。Nothingeverhappehome。It'sihatpeopletalk，anddothings，ahiheiweenpladthewallsahegsahefloor，orinourowwheofourtunnelyoumayfindyourselfinahioutofthisplatojollyedon'tojumpbaepoolby。Ornotjustyet。”
&weentheWorlds，”saidPollydreamily。“Itsoundsrathernice。”
“eon，”saidDigory。“Whichpoolshallwetry?”
“Lookhere，”saidPolly，“I'mnotgoingtotryaillwe'vemadesurethatwegetbackbytheoldone。We'renoteve'llworkyet。”
“Yes，”saidDigetcaughtbyUndrewandhavestakenawaybeforewe'vehadanyfun。Nothanks。”
“'twejustgopartofthewaydownintoourownpool，”saidPolly。“Justtoseeifitworks。Thenifitdoes，we'llgsandeupagainbeforewe'rereallybaMr。Ketterley'sstudy。”
“wegopartofthewaydown?”
&ooktimeingup。Isupposeit'lltakealittletimegoingback。”
Digorymaderatherafussabtothis，buthehadtointheendbecausePollyabsolutelyrefusedtodoanyexplinnewworldsuntilshehadmadesureaboutgettingbacktotheoldoeasbraveasheaboutsomedangers（s，forishewasnotsoiedinfindingoutthingsnobodyhadeverheardofbeforywasthesortofpersonwhowantstokhing，andwhenhegrewuphebecamethefamousProfessorKirkewhoesintootherbooks。
Afteragooddealtheyagreedtoputreenrings（“Greey，”saidDigory，“soyou'thelprememberingwhichiswhidholdhandsandjump。Butassoonastheyseemedtobegettingbadrew'sstudy，oreventotheirownworld，Pollywastoshout“dtheywouldslipreensandputontheiryellows。Digorywaheonewhoshouted“ge”butPollywouldn'tagree。
&s，tookhands，andoed“Ohree—Go“。Thistimeitworked。Itisveryhardtotellyouwhatitfeltlike，fhappenedsoquickly。Atfirsttherewerebrightlightsmovingaboutinablacksky;DigoryalwaysthiarsandevehesawJupiterquiteclose—oughtoseeitsmoon。Butalmostatoheresofroofsasaboutthem，andtheycouldseeStPaul'saheywerelookingatLondon。Butyoucouldseethroughthewallsofallthehouses。ThentheycouldseeUndrew，veryvagueandshadowy，butgettingdmoresolid-lookiime，justasifhewereingintofocus。ButbeforehebecamequiterealPollyshouted“ge“，andtheydiddourworldfadedawaylikeadream，aaberaheirheadscameoutofthepoolandtheyscrambledashore。Ahewoodallaboutthem，asgreenandbrightandstillasever。Thewholethinghadtakehanaminute。
“There!”saidDigory。“That'sallright。Nowfortheadventure。Anypoolwilldo。eo'strythatone。”
“Stop!”saidPolly“Aren'twegoingtomarkthispool?”
&aredateachotheraewhiteastheyrealizedthedreadfulthingthatDigoryhadjustbeengoingtodo。Fortherewereanynumberofpoolsintheoolswereallalikeareeswereallalike，sothatiftheyhadobehihatledtoouroithoutmakioflandmark，theceswouldhavebeeootheireverfindingitagain。
Digory'shandwasshakingasheopenedhispeoutalongstripofturfonthebahesoil（whichsmellednice）wasofarichreddishbrownandshowedupwellagainstthegreen。“It'sagoodthingoneofushassomesense，”saidPolly。
“Welldon'tkeepongassingaboutit，”saidDigory。“ealong，Iwa'siheotherpools。”AndPollygavehimaprettysharpanswerandhesaidsomethiierihequarrellastedforseveralmiwouldbedulltowriteitalldowusskipoatwhichtheystoodwithbeatisandratherscaredfatheedgeoftheunknownpoolwiththeiryellsonandheldhandsandoncemoresaid“Ohree—Go!”
Splash!Ohadn'tworked。Thispool，too，appearedtobeonlyapuddle。Insteadaheyonlygottheirfeetlashedtheirlegsfortheseethatm（ifitwasam:itseemstobealwaysthesametimeiweentheWorlds）。
“Blastaion!”exclaimedDigory。“What'sgnow?We'veputouryellsht。Hesaidyellowfortheoutwardjourney。”
hwasthatUndrenothingabouttheorlds，hadquiteawroherings。Theyellowo“sandthegreeno“hs;atleast，hought。Thestuffofwhiadehadallthewood。Thestuffintheyellshadthepyouiwasstuffthatwaoitsowheiweehestuffinthegreenringsisstuffthatistryiofitsowagreenringwouldtakeyououtofthewoodintoaworld。Undrew，yousee，iththireallyuand;mostmagisare。orydidhetruthquiteclearlyeither，ornottilllater。Butwhealkeditover，theydecidedtreenringsonthenewpool，justtoseeened。
“I'mgameifyouare，”saidPolly。Butshereallysaidthisbeherheartofhearts，shehatherkindoingtoworkatallinthenewpool，andsotherewasnothiobeafraidofthananothersplash。IamhatDigoryhadnotthesamefeeling。Ataheyhadbothputreensaotheedgeofthewater，andtakenhandsagaiainlyagooddealmorecheerfulandlesssolemnthantheyhadbeeime。
&hree—Go!”saidDigory。Andtheyjumped。