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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 through.
The sky in the east was whitish by now and the stars were getting fainter-all except one very big one low down on the eastern horizon.They felt colder than they had been all night.The mice crept away again.
The girls cleared away the remains of the gnawed ropes.Aslan looked more like himself without them.Every moment his dead face looked nobler,as the light grew and they could see it better.
In the wood behind them a bird gave a chuckling sound.It had been so still for hours and hours that it startled them.Then another bird answered it.Soon there were birds singing all over the place.
It was quite definitely early morning now,not late night.
“I’m so cold,”said Lucy.