CHAPTERTHIRTEENHOWTHEDWARFSREFUSEDTOBETAKENIN
TIRIANhadthought—orhewouldhavethoughtifhehadtimetothinkatall—thattheywereilethatchedstable，abouttwelvefeetlongawide。Iheystoodongrass，thedeepblueskywasoverhead，andtheairwhichblewgentlyontheirfaceswasthatofadayinearlysummer。Notfarawayfrroveoftrees，thicklyleaved，butuherepeepedoutthegoldorfaintyelllowingredoffruitssuoonehasseeninourworld。ThefruitmadeTiriamustbeautumnbuttherewassomethingiheairthattoldhimitotbelaterthaheyallmovedtowardthetrees。
Everyoneraisedhishandtopickthefruithebestlikedthelookof，andtheneveryonepausedforased。Thisfruitwassobeautifulthateachfelt“Iteantforme。。。surelywe'reopluckit。”
“It'sallright，”saidPeter。“Iknoe'reallthinking。ButI'msure，quitesure，we。I'veafeelingwe'vegottothetrywhereeverythingisallowed。”
&hen!”saidEustadtheyallbega。
Whatwasthefruitlike?Unfortunatelynoonedescribeataste。AllIsayisthat，paredwiththosefruits，thefreshestgrapefruityou'veevereatenwasdull，aewasdry，ameltingpearwashardandwoody，aassour。Andtherewereones，andnos。Ifyouhadofruit，allthehingsinthisworldwouldtastelikemediesafterit。ButI'tdescribeit。You'tfindoutwhatitislikeunlessyougettothatdtasteitforyourself。
&heyhadeateneacesaidtoKier，“Youhaven'tyettoldushowyougothere。Yoiirianturnedup。”
“There'snotmuchtotell，”saidPeter。“Edmundaandiformandwesawyourtrainingihinkingitwastakioofast。AhinkinghowfunnyiteoplewereprobablyihoughLu'tknowaboutit—”
“Yourpeople，HighKing?”saidTirian。
&herandMother—Edmund'sandLucy'sandmine。”
“Whywerethey?”askedJill。“Youdon'tmeantosaytheyknowaboutNarnia?”
“Ohno，ithadnothingtodowithNarnia。TheywereooBristol。I'doheyweregoingthatm。ButEdmundsaidthey'dbeboundtobegoingbythattrain。”（Edmuofpersonwhoknowsaboutrail>
“Andehen?”saidJill。
&'sodescribe，isit，Edmund?”saidtheHighKing。
“Notvery，”saidEdmund。“Itwasn'tatalllikethatothertimeerepulledoutofouric。Therewasafrightfulroaramewithabang，butitdidn'thurt。Asomuchscaredas—well，excited。Oh—andthisis。
I'dhadarathersoreknee，fromahackatrugger。Ihadsuddenlygone。Averylight。Andthen—herewewere。”
“Itwasmuchthesameforusintherailwaycarriage，”saidtheLthelasttracesofthefruitfromhisgoldenbeard。“OnlyIthinkyouandI，Polly，chieflyfeltthatwe'dbeenunstiffened。Youyoungsterswon'tuaoppedfeelingold。”
“Youngsters，indeed!”saidJill。“Idon'tbelieveyoutworeallyaremucholderthanwearehere。”
“Wellifwearen't，wehavebeen，”saidtheLadyPolly。
“Andwhathasbeenhappehere?”askedEustace。
“eter，“ftime（atleastIsupposeitwasalohihedooropened—”
“Thedoor?”saidTirian。
“Yes，”saidPeter。“Thedooryoueout—by。Haveyotten?”
“Butwhereisit?”
“Look，”saidPeterandpointed。
Tirianlookedaandmostridiculousthingyoue。Onlyafewyardsaway，cleartobesee，theresthwoodendoorand，roundit，theframeworkofthedoorway:nothingelse，nowalls，noroof。Hewalkedtowardit，bewildered，ahersfollowed，watgtoseewhathewoulddo。Hewalkedrouhersideofthedoor。Butitlookedjustthesamefromtheotherside:hewasstillintheopenair，onasummerm。Thedoorlystandingupbyitselfasifithadgrowree。
“FairSir，”saidTiriantotheHighKing，“thisisagreatmarvel。”
“Itisthedooryoucamethroughwiththateesago，”saidPetersmiling。
“ButdidIofthewoodiable?Whereasthisseemstobeadfromonowhere。”
“Itlookslikethatifyouwalkroundit，”saidPeter。“Butputyoureyetothatplacewherethereisacratwooftheplanksandlh。”
Tirianputhiseyetothehole。Atfirsthecouldseenothingbutblaess。Then，athiseyesgrewusedtoit，hesawthedullredglowofabowasnearlygoingout，a，inablacksky，stars。Thenhecouldseedarkfiguresmovingabbetweenhimandthefire:hecouldhearthemtalkingandtheirvoiceswerelikethoseofehathewaslookinghthestabledoorintothedarknessofLaewherehehadfoughthislastbattle。ThemenweredisgwhethertogoinandlookforRishdaTarkaan（buthemwahat）ortosetfiretothestable。
Helainandcouldhardlybelievehiseyes。Therewastheblueskyoverhead，andgrassytryspreadingasfarashecouldseeiion，andhisnewfriendsallroundhimlaughing。
“Itseems，then，”saidTirian，smilithestableseenfromwithiableseenfromwithoutaretwodifferentplaces。”
“Yes，”saidtheLory。“Itsinsideisbiggerthanitsoutside。”
“Yes，”saidQueenLuourworldtoo，astableonethiwasbiggerthanourwholeworld。”Itwasthefirsttimeshehadspoken，andfromthethrillinhervoinoasdrihinginevehahers。Shehadbeentoohappytospeak。Hewaain，sohesaid:“Ofyouradam，tellon。Tellmeyourwholeadventure。”
&heshodthenoise，”saidLucy，“wefoundourselveshere。Andwewohedoor，asyoudid。Thenthedooropehefirsttime（wesawdarkhroughthedoorwaywhenitdid）ahroughabigmanwithanakedsbyhisarmsthathewasaeookhisstahedoorwithhisswordraised，restingonhisshoulder，readytoanyonewhh。Wewenttohimaohim，butwethoughtheeitherseenorhearus。Andheneverlookedroundontheskyaandthegrass:Ithinkhe'tseethemeither。Sotheedaloheheboltbeingdrawhersideofthedoor。Butthemandidn'tgetreadytostrikewithhisswordtillhecouldseewhowasingin。Sowesupposedhehadbeentoldtostrikesomeahers。Butattheverymomehedooropened，allofasuddenTashwasthere，onthissideofthedoor;noneofussawwherehe。AndthroughthedoortherecameabigCat。ItgaveoTashandranforitslife:justintime，forhepouahisbeakasitwasshut。Themaash。HeturnedverypaleandboweddowheMovanisheda>