A murmur of dismay ran through the other squirrels， and he Head Squirrel plucked up courage to say： “Please， would slan himself speak to us about it？ If we might be allowed o see him.”
“Well you won‘t，” said the Ape. “He may be very kind hough it’s a lot more than most of you deserve） and come ut for a few minutes tonight. Then you can all have a look t him. But he will not have you all crowding round him nd pestering him with questions. Anything you want to say o him will be passed on through me： if I think it‘s worth othering him about. In the meantime all you squirrels had etter go and see about the nuts. And make sure they are ere by tomorrow evening or， my word， you’ll catch it！”
The poor squirrels all scampered away as if a dog were fter them. This new order was terrible news for them. The uts they had carefully hoarded for the winter had nearly all een eaten by now； and of the few that were left they had ready given the Ape far more than they could spare.
Then a deep voice.it belonged to a great tusked and haggy Boar.spoke from another part of the crowd.
“But why can‘t we see Aslan properly and talk to him？” said. “When he used to appear in Narnia in the old days veryone could talk to him face to face.”
