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staring up at the poop．In a few seconds she had been below，got the axe，and was rushing up the ladder to the poop．But just as she reached the top there came a great crashing noise like a tree coming down and the ship rocked and darted forward．For at that very moment，whether because the Sea Serpent was being pushed so hard，or because it foolishly decided to draw the noose tight，the whole of the carved stern broke off and the ship was free．
The others were too exhausted to see what Lucy saw．There， a few yards behind them，the loop of Sea Serpent’s body got rapidly smaller and disappeared into a splash．Lucy always saidbut of course she was very excited at the moment，and it may have been only imaginationthat she saw a look of idiotic satisfaction on the creature’s face．What is certain is that it was a very stupid animal，for instead of pursuing the ship it turned its head round and began nosing all along its own body as if it expected to find the wreckage of the Dawn Treader there．But
