chap_r();    JILL IS GIVEN A tASK   It a glance at Jill to its feet and gave one last bloisfied s  turned and stalked sloo t.

    quot;It must be a dream, it must, it must,quot; said Jill to ;Ill .quot; But it , and s.

    quot;I do ; said Jill. quot;I dont  believe Scrubb kne it to bring me

    s not my fault  cliff. If   me alone ; t  Scrubb  into tears.

    Crying is all rigs s. But you o stop sooner  or later, and till o decide o do. opped, sy. S up. t silence except for one small, persistent  sound, ance a  almost sure it er.

    Jill got up and looked round  trees about t it mige close  . For all s be several lions. But   running er. S on tiptoes,  stealing cautiously from tree to tree, and stopping to peer round  every step.

    till t it  difficult to decide  and, sooner ted, so an open glade and saream, brigurf a  stones t alt of ter made en times  tier t rusood as still as if surned into stone,

    on tream lay the lion.

    It lay s s t in front of it, like  trafalgar Square. S once t it s eyes  looked straigo  and turned a kne think much of her.

    quot;If I run all be after me in a moment,quot; t Jill. quot;And if I go  on, I sraigo its mout; Anyake . ed, s be sure;  it seemed like  became so bad t s felt s mind  being eaten by tting a mouter first.

    quot;If youre ty, you may drink.”

    t y, come and drink,quot; and of course s Scrubb  animals talking in t ot it s lips move time, and t like a mans. It ronger; a sort of  d