And before everyone went to bed that evening something lse happened which made them even more satisfied with heir one.legged condition. Caspian and all the Narnians ent back as soon as possible to the shore to give their ews to Rhince and the others on board the Dawn reader， who were by now very anxious. And， of course，the Monopods went with them， bouncing like footballs and agreeing with one another in loud voices till Eustace said， “I wish the Magician would make them inaudible instead of invisible.” （He was soon sorry he had spoken because then he had to explain that an inaudible thing is something you can‘t hear， and though he took a lot of trouble he never felt sure that the Monopods had really understood， and what especially annoyed him was that they said in the end， “Eh， he can’t put things the way our Chief does. But you‘ll learn， young man. Hark to him. He’ll show you how to say things. There‘s a speaker for you！”） When they reached the bay， Reepicheep had a brilliant idea. He had his little coracle lowered and paddled himself about in it till the Monopods were thoroughly interested. He then stood up in it and said， “Worthy and intelligent Monopods， you do not need boats. Each of you has a foot that will do instead. Just jump as lightly as you can on the water and see what happens.”
