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o the shadow of the thing lay stretched out on the sand behind it．And by its shape she saw clearly that it was a shadow of towers and pinnacles，minarets and domes．
“Why ！—it’s a city or a huge castle，”said Lucy to herself ．“But I wonder why they’ve built it on top of a high mountain ？”
Long afterwards when she was back in England and talked all these adventures over with Edmund，they thought of a reason and I am pretty sure it is the true one．In the sea，the deeper you go， the darker and colder it gets，and it is down there，in the dark and cold，that dangerous things live—the squid and the Sea Serpent and the Kraken．The valleys are the wild，unfriendly places． The sea-people feel about their valleys as we do about mountains， and feel about their mountains as we feel about valleys．It is on the heightsor，as we would say，“in the shallows”that there is warmth and peace．The reckless hunters and brave knights of the sea go down into the depths on quests and adventures，but return hom
