Year 3 Reading Task Thursday 8th October

river, a good step from here. I’ll take you to it!” “But meanwhile what about poor MR Tumnus?” said Lucy. “The quickest way you can help him is by going to meet Aslan,” said Mr Beaver. “Once he’s with us, then we can begin doing things. Not that we don’t need you too. For that’s another of the old rhymes: When Adam’s flesh and Adam’s bone Sits at Cair Paravel in throne, The evil time will be over and done. So things must be drawing near their end now he’s come and you’ve come. We’ve heard of Aslan coming into these parts before – long ago, nobody can say when. But there’s never been any of your race here before.” “That’s what I don’t understand, Mr Beaver,” said Peter. “I mean isn’t the Witch herself human?” “SheD like us to believe it,” said Mr Beaver, “and it’s on that that bases her claim to be Queen. But she’s no Daughter of Eve. She comes of your father Adam’s” – here Mr Beaver bowed – “your father Adam’s first wife, her they called Lilith. And she was one of the Jinn. That’s what she comes from on one side. And on the other she comes from giants. No, no, there isn’t a drop of real human blood in the Witch.” “That’s why she’s bad all through, Mr Beaver,” said Mrs Beaver. “True enough, Mrs Beaver,” replied he. “There may be two views about humans (meaning no offence to the present company), but there’s no two views about things that look like humans and aren’t.” “I’ve known good Dwarfs,” said Mrs Beaver. “So’ve I, now you come to speak of it,” said her husband, “but precious few, and they were the ones least like men. But in general, take my advice, when you meet anything that’s going to be human and isn’t yet, or used to be human once and isn’t now, or ought to be human and isn’t yet, or used to be human once and isn’t now, or ought to be human and isn’t, you keep your eyes on it and feel for your hatchet. And that’s why the Witch is always on the lookout for any humans in Narnia. She’s been watching for you this many a year, and if she knew there were four of you she’d be more dangerous still.” “What’s that to do with it?” asked Peter. “Because of another prophecy,” said Mr Beaver. “Down at Cair Paravel – that’s the castle on the sea coast down at the mouth of this river which ought to be the capital of the whole country if all was as it should be – down at Cair Paravel there are four thrones and it’s a saying in Narnia time out of mind
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