"I smell nothing except the lilies on the water.

Let us wake it up, it would be silly to go now.

Surely you are not afraid, O Star." "Oh, no! I am not afraid," answered Tua proudly.

"Only wake it up quickly, please." What Rames did not add was that it would be impossible to retreat as the door had closed behind them, and there was no keyhole on its inner side.
So they walked round the tank, but wherever it might lurk, the sleeping crocodile refused to wake.
"Let us get into the boat and look for it," suggested Rames.

"Perhaps it is hiding on the island." So he led her to the stone slope, where to her horror Tua saw the remains of the crocodile's last meal, a sight that caused her to forget her doubts and jump into the boat very quickly.