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“Yes，and there’s another one coming up，”said Edmund．
“And nearer，”said Eustace．
“Hang it！”said Caspian．“The whole thing is moving this way．”
“And moving a great deal quicker than we can sail，Sire，”said Drinian．“It’ll be up with us in a minute．”
They all held their breath，for it is not at all nice to be pursued by an unknown something either on land or sea．But what it turned out to be was far worse than anyone had suspected．Suddenly， only about the length of a cricket pitch from their port side，an appalling head reared itself out of the sea．It was all greens and vermilions with purple blotches—except where shellfish clung to it—and shaped rather like a horse’s，though without ears．It had enormous eyes，eyes made for staring through the dark depths of the ocean，and a gaping mouth filled with double rows of sharp fish-like teeth．It came up on what they first took to be a huge neck，but as more and more of it emerged everyone knew that this was not its neck but its body and that at last they were seeing what so many people have foolishly wanted to see—the great Sea Serpent．The folds of its gigantic tail could be seen far away， rising at intervals from the surface．And now its head was towering up higher than the mast．
Every man rushed to his weapon，but there was nothing to be done，the monster was out of reach．“Shoot ！Shoot ！”cried the Master Bowman，and several obeyed，but the arrows glanced off the Sea Serpent’s hide as if it was iron—plated．Then，for a dreadful minute，everyone was still，staring up at its eyes and mouth and wondering where it would pounce．
But it didn’t pounce．It shot its head forward across the ship on a level with the yard of the mast．Now its head was just beside the fightingtop．Still it stretched and stretched till its head was over the starboard bulwark．Then down it began to come—not onto the crowded deck but into the water，so that the whole ship was under an arch of serpent．And almost at once that arch began to get smaller：indeed on the starboard the Sea Serpent was now almost touching the Dawn Treader’s side．
Eustacewho had really been trying very hard to behave well， till the rain and the chess put him backnow did the first brave thing he had ever done．He was wearing a sword that Caspian had lent him．As soon as the serpent’s body was near enough on the starboard side he jumped on to the bulwark and began hacking at it with all his might．It is true that he accomplished nothing beyond breaking Caspian’s second-best sword into bits，but it was a fine thing for a beginner to have done．
Others would have joined him if at that moment Reepicheep had not called out，“Don’t fight ！ Push ！”It was so unusual for the Mouse to advise anyone not to fight that，even in that terrible moment，every eye turned to him．And when he jumped up on to the bulwark，forward of the snake，and set his little furry back against its huge scaly，slimy back，and began pushing as hard as he could，quite a number of people saw what he meant and rushed to both sides of the ship to do the same．And when，a moment later，the Sea Serpent’s head appeared again，this time on the port side，and this time with its back to them，then everyone understood．
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