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e, half braying,and half talking.“I never meant anything of the sort,Shift,really I didn’t. You know how stupid I am and how I can’t think of more than one thing at a time. I’d forgotten about your weak chest. Of course I’ll go in. You mustn’t think of doing it yourself. Promise me you won’t,Shift.”
So Shift promised,and Puzzle went cloppety-clop on his four hoofs round the rocky edge of the Pool to find a place where he could get in. Quite apart from the cold it was no joke getting into that quivering and foaming water,and Puzzle had to stand and shiver for a whole minute before he made up his mind to do it. But then Shift called out from behind him and said:“Perhaps I’d better do it after all,Puzzle.”And when Puzzle heard that he said,“No, no. You promised. I’m in now,”and in he went.
A great mass of foam got him in the face and filled his mouth with water and blinded him. Then he went under altogether for a few seconds,and when he came up again he was in quite another