Then hold thy devilish noise and talk.“
What followed was rather horrible. Tirian felt quiteertain （and so did the others） that the Cat was trying tosay something： but nothing came out of its mouth except the ordinary， ugly cat.noises you might hear from any angry or frightened old Tom in a backyard in England. And the longer he caterwauled the less like a Talking Beast he looked. Uneasy whimperings and little sharp squeals broke out from among the other Animals.
“Look， look！” said the voice of the Bear. “It can’t talk. It has forgotten how to talk！ It has gone back to being a dumb beast. Look at its face.”
Everyone saw that it was true. And then the greatest terror of all fell upon those Narnians. For every one of them had been taught.when it was only a chick or a puppy or a cub.how Aslan at the beginning of the world had turned the beasts of Narnia into Talking Beasts and warned them that if they weren‘t good they might one day be turned back again and be like the poor witless animals one meets in other countries. “And now it is coming upon us，” they moaned.
