smootime before.

    tures rolled onto t off, soon picking up speed. tercourse t broadened into  ot split into narroably. It e unlike tal, rational  across valleys on bridges of concrete. t of t an imposition on it.

    ter and faster. It took ill and Lyra a  used to tone. Lyra found it more difficult t first, because s knorick of leaning into t s, and soon sing.

    too muco speak. Instead, to point: at trees, in amazement at t a flock of birds, trangest t ing, screion t a fat blue lizard as long as a ures divided to ride on eit, and it took no notice at all).

    to slow down.

    And in takable,  smell of toly ter than a walk.

    Lyra, stiff and sore, said, quot;Can you stop? I  to get off and ;

    ure felt tug at t ood o a . ills did, too, and botiff and ser tinued jolting and tensing.

    tures alk togetrunks moving elegantly in time er a minute to ed, grass-ures op of t to concentrate on o curned.

    As to top of topped, and ill and Lyra ;Mary close. Mary t;

    tance, and at t of trees and roables, stood a village of tcures like t among tended crops, or rees.

    quot;No; said the leader.

    t far to go. ill and Lyra climbed up once more, and tures looked closely at tirrups runks, as if to make sure they were safe.

    t off, beating teral limbs, and urging til t a terrific pace. ill and Lyra clung tig t to ture of speed, tures loved t their joy and laughed in happy response.

    topped in ter of trunks and speaking words o