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of it．But as soon as I looked at myself in the water I knew it had been no good．
“Then the lion said—but I don’t know if it spoke—‘You will have to let me undress you．’I was afraid of his claws，I can tell you，but I was pretty nearly desperate now．So I just lay flat down on my back to let him do it．
“The very first tear he made was so deep that I thought it had gone right into my heart．And when he began pulling the skin off，it hurt worse than anything I’ve ever felt．The only thing that made me able to bear it was just the pleasure of feeling the stuff peel off．You know—if you’ve ever picked the scab of a sore place．It hurts like billy—oh but it is such fun to see it coming away．”
“I know exactly what you mean，”said Edmund．
“Well，he peeled the beastly stuff right off—just as I thought I’d done it myself the other three times，only they hadn’t hurt— and there it was lying on the grass：only ever so much thicker， and darker，and more knobbly-looking than the others
