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upright stones of the Stone Table.And now whatever-they-were were moving about on Aslan’s body.She peered closer.They were little grey things.
“Ugh !”said Susan from the other side of the Table.“How beastly ! There are horrid little mice crawling over him.Go away,you little beasts.”And she raised her hand to frighten them away.
“Wait !”said Lucy,who had been looking at them more closely still.“Can you see what they’re doing ?”
Both girls bent down and stared.
“I do believe-”said Susan.“But how queer ! They’re nibbling away at the cords !”
“That’s what I thought,”said Lucy.“I think they’re friendly mice.Poor little things-they don’t realize he’s dead.They think it’ll do some good untying him.”
It was quite definitely lighter by now.Each of the girls noticed for the first time the white face of the other.They could see the mice nibbling away;dozens and dozens,even hundreds,of little field mice.And at last,one by one,the ropes were all gnawed thr