CHAPTERSEVENADAYWITHTHEBEAVERS
&hisperihthegirlssuddenlycried“Oh!”andstopped。
“Therobin!”criedLucy，“therobin。It'sflownaway。”Andshtoutofsight。
“Andnoetodo?”saidEdmund，givieralookwhichwasasmuchastosay“WhatdidItellyou?”
“Sh!Look!”saidSusan。
“eter。
“There'ssomethingmovingamoheretotheleft。”
&aredashardastheydveryfortable。
&goesagain，”saidSusaly。
“Isawitthattimetoo，”saidPeter。“It'sstillthere。It'sjustgobigtree。”
“Whatisit?”askedLugveryhardnottosoundnervous。
“Whateveritis，”saidPeter，“it'sdodgingus。It'ssomethingthatdoesn'twanttobeseen。”
&'sgohome，”saidSusahoughnobodysaiditoutloud，everyonesuddehesamefactthatEdmundhadwhisperedtoPeterattheechapter。Theywerelost。
“What'sitlike?”saidLucy。
“It's—it'sakindofanimal，”saidSusan;andthen，“Look!Look!Quick!Thereitis。”
Theyallsawitthistime，awhiskeredfurryfacewhichhadlookedoutatthemfrombehihistimeitdidn'timmediatelydrawbastead，theanimalputitspawagainstitsmouthjustashumansputtheirfiheirlipswhentheyaresignalingtoyoutobequiet。Thenitdisappearedagain。Theallstoodholdih。
Amomerafrombehiree，glancedallroundasifitwereafraidsomeog，said“Hush”，madesigojoinitihickerbitofasstanding，andthenoncemoredisappeared。
“Iknowwhatitis，”saidPeter;“it'sabeaver。Isa>
“Itwantsustogotoit，”saidSusan，“anditiswarningusnottomakeanoise。”
“Iknoeter。“Thequestiotoitornot?Whatdoyouthink，Lu?”
“Ithinkit'sanicebeaver，”saidLucy。
&ho?”saidEdmund。
“Shan'twehavetoriskit?”saidSusa'snogoodjuststandinghereasomedinner。”
AtthismomenttheBeaveragaisheadoutfrombehireealytothem。
“eon，”saidPeter，“let'sgiveitatry。Allkeepclosethttobeamatebeaverifitturnsouttobeanenemy。”
Sotheallgotclosetogetherahetreea，andthere，sureeheBeaver;butitstilldrewbagtothemiywhisper，“Furtheriherin。Rightinhere。We'reheopen!”