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“Sir，”said Emeth.“It is but a fashion of speech which we have in Calormen.”
“Well，I can’t say it’s one I like very much，”said the Dog．
“He doesn’t mean any harm，”said an older Dog．
“After all，we call our puppies Boys when they don’t behave properly.”
“So we do，”said the first Dog.“Or girls.”
“S-s-sh!”said the Old Dog.“That’s not a nice word to use. Remember where you are.”
“Look!”said Jill suddenly. Someone was coming，rather timidly，to meet them; a graceful creature on four feet，all silvery-grey. And they stared at him for a whole ten seconds before five or six voices said all at once，“Why，it’s old Puzzle!”They had never seen him by daylight with the lion-skin off，and it made an extraordinary difference. He was himself now：a beautiful donkey with such a soft，grey coat and such a gentle，honest face that if you had seen him you would have done just what Jill and Lucy did- rushed forward and put your arms round his neck and kissed his nose and stroked his ears．
When they asked him where he had been he said he had come in at the door along with all the other creatures but he had-well， to tell the truth，he had been keeping out of their way as much as he could; and out of Aslan’s way. For the sight of the real Lion had made him so ashamed of all that nonsense about dressing up in a lion-skin that he did not know how to look anyone in the face. But when he saw that all his friends were going away Westward， and after he had had a mouthful or so of grass “And I’ve never tasted such good grass in my life，”said Puzzle，he plucked up his courage and followed.“But what I’ll do if I really have to meet Aslan，I’m sure I don’t know，”he added．
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