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WITHOUTaglanceatJillthelionrosetoitsfeetandgaveonelastblow.Then，asifsatisfiedwithitswork，itturnedandstalkedslowlyaway，backintotheforest.

“Itmustbeadream，itmust，itmust，”saidJilltoherself.“I’llwakeupinamoment.”Butitwasn’t，andshedidn’t.

“Idowishwe’dnevercometothisdreadfulplace，”saidJill.“Idon’tbelieveScrubbknewanymoreaboutitthanIdo.Orifhedid，hehadnobusinesstobringmeherewithoutwarningmewhatitwaslike.It’snotmyfaulthefelloverthatcliff.Ifhe’dleftmealoneweshouldbothbeallright.”ThensherememberedagainthescreamthatScrubbhadgivenwhenhefell，andburstintotears.

Cryingisallrightinitswaywhileitlasts.Butyouhavetostopsoonerorlater，andthenyoustillhavetodecidewhattodo.WhenJillstopped，shefoundshewasdreadfullythirsty.Shehadbeenlyingfacedownward，andnowshesatup.Thebirdshadceasedsingingandtherewasperfectsilenceexceptforonesmall，persistentsound，whichseemedtocomefromagooddistanceaway.Shelistenedcarefully，andfeltalmostsureitwasthesoundofrunningwater.

Jillgotupandlookedroundherverycarefully.Therewasnosignofthelion；butthereweresomanytreesaboutthatitmighteasilybequiteclosewithoutherseeingit.Forallsheknew，theremightbeseverallions.Butherthirstwasverybadnow，andshepluckeduphercouragetogoandlookforthatrunningwater.Shewentontiptoes，stealingcautiouslyfromtreetotree，andstoppingtopeerroundherateverystep.

ThewoodwassostillthatitwasnotdifficulttodecidewherethesoundwascomingfroItgrewclearereverymomentand，soonerthansheexpected，shecametoanopengladeandsawthestream，brightasglass，runningacrosstheturfastone’sthrowawayfromher.Butalthoughthesightofthewatermadeherfeeltentimesthirstierthanbefore，shedidn’trushforwardanddrink.Shestoodasstillasifshehadbeenturnedintostone，withhermouthwideopen.Andshehadaverygoodreason；justonthissideofthestreamlaythelion.

Itlaywithitsheadraisedanditstwofore-pawsoutinfrontofit，likethelionsinTrafalgarSquare.Sheknewatoncethatithadseenher，foritseyeslookedstraightintohersforamomentandthenturnedaway—asifitknewherquitewellanddidn’tthinkmuchofher.

“IfIrunaway，it’llbeaftermeinamoment，”thoughtJill.“AndifIgoon，Ishallrunstraightintoitsmouth.”Anyway，shecouldn’thavemovedifshehadtried，andshecouldn’ttakehereyesoffit.Howlongthislasted，shecouldnotbesure；itseemedlikehours.Andthethirstbecamesobadthatshealmostfeltshewouldnotmindbeingeatenbythelionifonlyshecouldbesureofgettingamouthfulofwaterfirst.

“Ifyou’rethirsty，youmaydrink.”

TheywerethefirstwordsshehadheardsinceScrubbhadspokentoherontheedgeofthecliff.Forasecondshestaredhereandthere，wonderingwhohadspoken.Thenthevoicesaidagain，“Ifyouarethirsty，comeanddrink，”andofcoursesherememberedwhatScrubbhadsaidaboutanimalstalkinginthatotherworld，andrealizedthatitwasthelionspeaking.Anyway，shehadseenitslipsmovethistime，andthevoicewasnotlikeaman’s.Itwasdeeper，wilder，andstronger；asortofheavy，goldenvoice.Itdidnotmakeheranylessfrightenedthanshehadbeenbefore，butitmadeherfrightenedinratheradifferentway.

“Areyounotthirsty？”saidtheLion.

“I’mdyingofthirst，”saidJill.

“Thendrink，”saidtheLion.

“MayI—couldI—wouldyoumindgoingawaywhileIdo？”saidJill.

TheLionansweredthisonlybyalookandaverylowgrowl.AndasJillgazedatitsmotionlessbulk，sherealizedthatshemightaswellhaveaskedthewholemountaintomoveasideforherconvenience.

Thedeliciousripplingnoiseofthestreamwasdrivinghernearlyfrantic.

“Willyoupromisenotto—doanythingtome，ifIdocome？”saidJill.

“Imakenopromise，”saidtheLion.

Jillwassothirstynowthat，withoutnoticingit，shehadcomeastepnearer.

“Doyoueatgirls？”shesaid.

“Ihaveswallowedupgirlsandboys，womenandmen，kingsandemperors，citiesandrealms，”saidtheLion.Itdidn’tsaythisasifitwereboasting，norasifitweresorry，norasifitwereangry.Itjustsaidit.

“Idaren’tcomeanddrink，”saidJill.

“Thenyouwilldieofthirst，”saidtheLion.

“Ohdear！”saidJill，cominganotherstepnearer.“IsupposeImustgoandlookforanotherstreamthen.”

“Thereisnootherstream，”saidtheLion.

ItneveroccurredtoJilltodisbelievetheLion—noonewhohadseenhissternfacecoulddothat—andhermindsuddenlymadeitselfup.Itwastheworstthingshehadeverhadtodo，butshewentforwardtothestream，kneltdown，andbeganscoopingupwaterinherhand.Itwasthecoldest，mostrefreshingwatershehadevertasted.Youdidn’tneedtodrinkmuchofit，foritquenchedyourthirstatonce.BeforeshetasteditshehadbeenintendingtomakeadashawayfromtheLionthemomentshehadfinished.Now，sherealizedthatthiswouldbeonthewholethemostdangerousthingofall.Shegotupandstoodtherewithherlipsstillwetfromdrinking.

“Comehere，”saidtheLion.Andshehadto.Shewasalmostbetweenitsfrontpawsnow，lookingstraightintoitsface.Butshecouldn’tstandthatforlong；shedroppedhereyes.

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