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CHAPTERSIXTHEADVEACE
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ATthatverymomeherswerewashinghandsaheriveratingreadyfordinnerahreebestarchershadgoothehillsnorthofthebayaurhapairofwildgoatsroastingoverafire.hadorderedacaskofwirongwineofArdwhiixedwithwaterbeforeyoudrankit，sotherewouldbeplentyforall.Thewonewellsofaranditwasamerrymeal.OhesedhelpingofgoatdidEdmundsay，“Where'sthatblighterEustace?”
Meaaredroundtheunkwassonarro，andtheprecipiceswhideditsosheer，thatititortrench.Theflrassythoughstrewnwithrodhereaacesawblatpatcheslikethoseyouseeonthesidesofarailwayembainadrysummer.
Aboutfifteenyardsawayfromhimoolofclear，smoothwater.Therewas，atfirst，allinthevalley;notananimal，notabird，notahesudoeaksandhornsofmountaihevalley'sedge.
&acerealizedofcoursethatinthefoghehadedsidee，soheturogettingback.Butassoonashehadlookedheshuddered.Apparentlyhehadbyamazingludtheonlypossiblewaydown—aloofland，horriblysteepandnarrow，withpreeitherside.Therewasnootherpossiblewayofgettingback.Butcouldhedoit，nowthathesaasreallylike?Hisheadswamattheverythoughtofit.
&urnedroundagain，thinkingthatatanyratehe'dbetterhaveagooddrinkfromthepoolfirst.ButassoournedaakenastepforwardintothevalleyheheardanoisebehindhiItwasonlyasmallsoundedloudinthatimmefrozehimdead-stillwherehestoodforaseheslewedroundhisnedlooked.
Atthebottomofthecliffalittleohandwasalow，darkhole—theeoacaveperhaps.AndoutofthistwothinwispsofsAobehedarkh（thatwasthenoisehehadheard）justasifsomethingwereginthedarkbehindthe
&hingorsestill，somethingwasundorLucyoryouwouldhavereizeditatoacehadreadherightbooks.Thethingthatcameoutofthecavewassomethinghehadneverevenimagined—alonglead-out，dullredeyes，herslithebodythattrailedswhoseelbowswentuphigherthanitsbacklikeaspider'scruelclaws，bat'swingsthatmadearaspihestones，yardsoftail.Andthelinesofsmfromitstwonostrils.Hehewontohimself.Norwouldithavemadethierifhehad.
Butperhapsifhehadkhingabonshewouldhavebeenalittlesurprisedatthisdragon'sbehaviour.Itdidnotsitupandclapitswings，nordiditshootoutastreamofflamefromitsmouth.Thesmokefromitsnostrilswaslikethesmokeofafirethatwillnotlastmuger.Nordiditseemtohaveace.Itmovedverysloool—slowlyandauses.Eveniacefeltthatitwasanold，sadcreature.Hewonderedifhedaredmakeadashfortheast.Butitmightlookroundifhemadeamightoretolife.Perhapsitwasonlyshamming.Anyastheusetoescapebygfromacreaturethatcouldfly?
&hepoolandsliditshorriblesdraveltodrihaddrunkthereitagreatgdafterafewtwitdsitrolledroundonitssidealystillwithonetheair.Alittledarkbloodgushedfromitswide-opeh.Thesmokefromitsnostrilsturnedblaeedaway.hiswasthebrute'strick，thewayitluredtravellerstotheirdooButone'twaitforever.Hetookastepwosteps，andhaltedagain.Thedragoioicedtoothattheredfirehadgoofitseyes.Atlasthecameuptoit.Hewasquitesurenowthatitwasdead.Withashudderhetouothinghappened.
ThereliefwassogreatthatEustacealmostlaughedoutloud.Hebegantofeelasifhehadfoughtahedragoninsteadofmerelyseeieppedoveritahepoolforhisdrink，fortheheatwasgettingunbearable.Hewasnotsurprisedwhenheheardapealofthuimmediatelyafterwardthesundisappearedandbeforehehadfinishedhisdrinkbigdropsofrain>
&eofthisislandleasantohaacewaswettotheskinandhalfblihsuasoneneverseesiherewasoclimboutofthevalleyaslongasthislasted.Heboltedfortheoerinsight—thedragon'scave.Therehelaydethisbreath.
Mostofusknoeshouldexpedinadragon'slair，but，asIsaidbefore，Eustacehadreadonlythewrongbooks.Theyhadalottosayaboutexportsandimpoversanddrains，buttheywereweakons.Thatisuzzledatthesurfawhichhewaslying.Partsofitweretoopricklytobestooohardtobethorns，aobeagreatmanyround，flatthings，anditallkedwheherewaslightenoughattheouthtoexamiby.AndofcourseEustadittobewhatanyofuscouldhavetoldhimireasure.Thereweres（thoseweretheprigs），gs，bragots，cups，platesandgems.
&alikemostboys）hadmuchoftreasurebuthesawatowouldbeinthisnehichhehadsofoolishlystumbledinththepiLucy'sbedroomathome.“Theydon'thaveanytaxhere，”
hesaid，“Andyoudon'thavetogivetreasuretothegoverhsomeofthisstuffIcouldhavequiteadettimehere—perhapsisouphories.Iwonderhowmucarry?Thatbraow—thosethingsinitareprobablydiamonds—I'llslipthatonmyownwrist.Toobig，butnotifIpushitrightuphereabovemyelbow.Thenfillmypocketswithdiamonds—that'seasierthangold.Iwohisinfernalrain'sgoiup?”
Hegotintoalessunfortablepartofthepile，whereitwasmostlydsettleddowntowait.Butabadfright，wheisover，andespeciallyabadfrightfollowingamountainwalk，leavesyouverytired.Eustacefellasleep.
BythetimehewassoundasleepandshershadfinisheddinnerandbecameseriouslyalarmedabouthiTheyshouted，“Eustace!Eustace!Coo-ee!”
tilltheywerehoarseandblewhishorn.
“He'snowherenearorhe'dhaveheardthat，”
saidLucywitha>
“dthefellow，”
saidEdmund.“Whatohdidhewanttoslinkawaylikethisfor?”
“Butwemustdosomething，”
saidLucy.“Hemayhavegotlost，orfallenintoahole，orbeencapturedbysavages.”
“Orkilledbywildbeasts，”
saidDrinian.
“Andagoodriddanceifhehas，Isay，”
mutteredRhince.
“MasterRhince，”
saidReepicheep，“youneverspokeawordthatbecameyouless.ThecreatureisnofrieheisoftheQueen'sblood，andwhileheisoneofourfellowshipitsourhonourtofindhimandtoavengehimifheisdead.”
“Ofcoursewe'vegottofindhim（ifwe），”
saidwearily.“That'sthe.Itmeayarouble.BotherEustace.”
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