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“I don’t think it would be respectful to the Great Lion，to Aslan himself，if an ass like me went about dressed up in a lion-skin，”said Puzzle．
“Now don’t stand arguing，please，”said Shift.“What does an ass like you know about things of that sort ？ You know you’re no good at thinking，Puzzle，so why don’t you let me do your thinking for you ？ Why don’t you treat me as I treat you ？ I don’t think I can do everything. I know you’re better at some things than I am. That’s why I let you go into the Pool; I knew you’d do it better than me. But why can’t I have my turn when it comes to something I can do and you can’t ？ Am I never to be allowed to do anything ？ Do be fair. Turn and turn about.”
“Oh，well，of course，if you put it that way，”said Puzzle．
“I tell you what，”said Shift.“You’d better take a good brisk trot down river as far as Chippingford and see if they have any oranges or bananas.”
“But I’m so tired，Shift，”pleaded Puzzle．
“Yes，but you are very cold and wet，”said the Ape.“You want something to warm you up. A brisk trot would be just the
thing. Besides，it’s market day at Chippingford today.”And then of course Puzzle said he would go．
As soon as he was alone Shift went shambling along， sometimes on two paws and sometimes on four，till he reached his own tree. Then he swung himself up from branch to branch， chattering and grinning all the time，and went into his little house. He found needle and thread and a big pair of scissors there; for he was a clever Ape and the Dwarfs had taught him how to sew. He put the ball of thread it was very thick stuff，more like cord than thread into his mouth so that his cheek bulged out as if he were sucking a big bit of toffee. He held the needle between his lips and took the scissors in his left paw. Then he came down the tree and shambled across to the lion-skin. He squatted down and got to work．
He saw at once that the body of the lion-skin would be too long for Puzzle and its neck too short. So he cut a good piece out of the body and used it to make a long collar for Puzzle’s long neck. Then he cut off the head and sewed the collar in between the head and the shoulders. He put threads on both sides of the skin so that it would tie up under Puzzle’s chest and stomach. Every now and then a bird would pass overhead and Shift would stop his work，looking anxiously up. He did not want anyone to see what he was doing. But none of the birds he saw were Talking Birds，so it didn’t matter．
