“Now， child，” said Aslan， when they had left the trees behind them， “I will wait here. Go and wake the others and tell them to follow. If they will not， then you at least must follow me alone.”
It is a terrible thing to have to wake four people， all older than yourself and all very tired， for the purpose of telling them something they probably won’t believe and making them do something they certainly won‘t like. “I mustn’t think about it， I must just do it，” thought Lucy.
She went to Peter first and shook him. “Peter，” she whispered in his ear， “wake up. Quick！ Aslan is here. He says we‘ve got to follow him at once.”
“Certainly， Lu. Whatever you like，” said Peter unexpectedly. This was encouraging， but as Peter instantly rolled round and went to sleep again it wasn’t much use.
Then she tried Susan. Susan did really wake up， but only to say in her most annoying grown.up voice， “You‘ve been dreaming， Lucy. Go to sleep again.”
She tackled Edmund next. It was very difficult to wake him， but when at last she had done it he was really awake and sat up.
“Eh？” he said in a grumpy voice. “What are you talkingabout？”
