Most of us know what we should expect to find in a ragon‘s lair but， as I said before， Eustace had read only he wrong books. They had a lot to say about exports and mports and governments and drains， but they were weak n dragons. That is why he was so puzzled at the surface n which he was lying. Parts of it were too prickly to be ones and too hard to be thorns， and there seemed to be great many round， flat things， and it all clinked when e moved. There was light enough at the cave’s mouth to xamine it by. And of course Eustace found it to be what ny of us could have told him in advance.treasure. There ere crowns （those were the prickly things）， coins， rings， racelets， ingots， cups， plates and gems.
