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A murmur of dismay ran through the other squirrels，and the Head Squirrel plucked up courage to say：
“Please，would Aslan himself speak to us about it ？ If we might be allowed to see him-”
“Well you won’t，”said the Ape.“He may be very kind though it’s a lot more than most of you deserve and come out for a few minutes tonight. Then you can all have a look at him. But he will not have you all crowding round him and pestering him with questions. Anything you want to say to him will be passed on through me： if I think it’s worth bothering him about. In the meantime all you squirrels had better go and see about the nuts. And make sure they are here by tomorrow evening or，my word! you’ll catch it.”
The poor squirrels all scampered away as if a dog were after them. This new order was terrible news for them. The nuts they had carefully hoarded for the winter had nearly all been eaten by now; and of the few that were left they had already given the Ape far more than they could spare．
Then a deep voice-it belonged to a great tusked and shaggy Boar-spoke from another part of the crowd．
“But why can’t we see Aslan properly and talk to him ？”it said.“When he used to appear in Narnia in the old days everyone could talk to him face to face.”
“Don’t you believe it，”said the Ape.“And even if it was true， times have changed. Aslan says he’s been far too soft with you before，do you see ？ Well，he isn’t going to be soft any more. He’s going to lick you into shape this time. He’ll teach you to think he’s a tame lion!”
A low moaning and whimpering was heard among the Beasts; and，after that，a dead silence which was more miserable still．
“And now there’s another thing you got to learn，”said the Ape.“I hear some of you are saying I’m an Ape. Well，I’m not. I’m a Man. If I look like an Ape，that’s because I’m so very old： hundreds and hundreds of years old. And it’s because I’m so old that I’m so wise. And it’s because I’m so wise that I’m the only one Aslan is ever going to speak to. He can’t be bothered talking to a lot of stupid animals. He’ll tell me what you’ve got to do，and I’ll tell the rest of you. And take my advice，and see you do it in double quick time，for he doesn’t mean to stand any nonsense.”
