Jim, you might take that camel round to the stable and rub him down a bit.

You'd like to keep the dogs with you, of course.
And what about the parrot ?' 'Thanks awfully,' Philip responded, and slid off the camel, followed by Lucy; 'the parrot will make his own mind up--he always does.' They all trooped into the hall of the castle which was more like a cave than a hall and very dark, for the windows were little and high up.

As Lucy's eyes got used to the light she perceived that the clothes of the islanders were not of skins but of seaweed.
'I asked you in,' said the Lord High Islander, a jolly-looking boy of about Philip's age, 'out of politeness.

But really it isn't dinner time, and the meet is in half an hour.

So, unless you're really hungry---- ?' The children said 'Not at all!' 'You hunt, of course ?' the Lord High Islander said; 'it's really the only sport we get here, except fishing.