Then the birds stopped their singing and appeared to be ery busy about the table. When they rose from it again verything on the table that could be eaten or drunk had isappeared. These birds rose from their meal in their housands and hundreds and carried away all the things hat could not be eaten or drunk， such as bones， rinds， and hells， and took their flight back to the rising sun. But now， ecause they were not singing， the whirr of their wings eemed to set the whole air a.tremble. And there was the able pecked clean and empty， and the three old Lords of arnia still fast asleep.
Now at last the Old Man turned to the travellers and ade them welcome.
“Sir，” said Caspian， “will you tell us how to undo the nchantment which holds these three Narnian Lords asleep？” “I will gladly tell you that， my son，” said the Old Man. “To reak this enchantment you must sail to the World‘s End， r as near as you can come to it， and you must come back aving left at least one of your company behind.”
“And what must happen to that one？” asked Reepicheep. “He must go on into the utter east and never return intothe world.”
“That is my heart’s desire，” said Reepicheep.
