PG 37-40 –Fenris Ulf, Edmund, Witch, Dwarf, Aslan, Peter, Animal

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WITCH: No, you young fool, we must continue to move ahead. I said move!

(The DWARF raises his whip to strike EDMUND, but stops when ULF enters stumbling and collapses at the feet of the WITCH.)

WITCH: What's this?

ULF: (struggling to speak). Your …majesty.

WITCH: Fenris Ulf! Who has done this horrible thing to you?

ULF: The other … Son of Adam … at the bidding of As – As -

WITCH: No! Do not dare to speak his name.

ULF: But he … is here … at the Stone Table. (The WITCH screams.) Now let me go into yonder thicket … where I may rest … forever. (He drags himself along the ground.)

WITCH: (in agony). Fenris Ulf! My Captain. They have slain him. (ULF exits.)

DWARF: (nervously). Now the prophesy will surely come true.

WITCH: (with resolve). No! There are four thrones in Cair Paravel. If only three are occupied, the prophesy will never be fulfilled, and He can never rule over Narnia.

DWARF: Then we had better do what we have to do at once.

WITCH: Prepare the victim. (The DWARF pushes EDMUND prostrate to the ground.)

EDMUND: (in great fear). No, please … what are you going to do with me?

WITCH: The very same that your wretched brother did to my beloved Captain. (She takes out a dagger and raises it above her head. Suddenly, offstage VOICES are heard.)

VOICES: (off). There they are! Quick! After them! (Etc.)

WITCH: What is that?

DWARF: The Forces of Aslan!

WITCH: We are outnumbered. Quick, we must disappear.

(The WITCH and the DWARF quickly hide behind trees as the OTHERS enter in a rush.)

ALL: Is he dead? He's all right. He only fainted. Where are the Witch and the Dwarf? Quick, let us get the boy back to Aslan. (Etc. They lift EDMUND and carry him as they exit. The WITCH and DWARF slowly come out of hiding.)