#cairparavelnet’s May event: Through the Eastern Sea
VOYAGE OF THE DAWN TRADER, CHAPTER ONE The Pevensies & Eustace go to Narnia.
The other two were much more accustomed to adventures, but, just exactly as Eustace Clarence said “Ow,” they both said “Ow” too.
The reason was that a great cold, salt splash had broken right out of the frame & they were breathless from the smack of it, besides being wet through. “I’ll smash the rotten thing,” cried Eustace; & then several things happened at the same time. Eustace rushed towards the picture. Edmund, who knew something about magic, sprang after him, warning him to look out & not to be a fool. Lucy grabbed at him from the other side & was dragged forward. & by this time either they had grown much smaller or the picture had grown bigger.
Eustace jumped to try to pull it off the wall & found himself standing on the frame; in front of him was not glass but real sea, & wind & waves rushing up to the frame as they might to a rock. He lost his head & clutched at the other two who had jumped up beside him. There was a second of struggling & shouting, & just as they thought they had got their balance, a great blue roller surged up round them, swept them off their feet, & drew them down into the sea. Eustace’s despairing cry suddenly ended as the water got into his mouth.
Lucy thanked her stars that she had worked hard at her swimming last summer term. It is true that she would have got on much better if she had used a slower stroke, & also that the water felt a great deal colder than it had looked while it was only a picture. Still, she kept her head & kicked her shoes off, as everyone ought to do who falls into deep water in their clothes. She even kept her mouth shut & her eyes open.
