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The door slammed

"Wendy, Peter!"

George Hadley and his hirled and ran back to the door

"Open the door!" cried George Hadley, trying the knob "Why, they've locked it from the outside! Peter!" He beat at the door "Open up!"

He heard Peter's voice outside, against the door

"Don't let the

Mr and Mrs George Hadley beat at the door "Now, don't be ridiculous, children It's tio Mr McClean'll be here in a minute and"

And then they heard the sounds

The lions on three sides of theh the dry straw, ru in their throats

The lions

Mr Hadley looked at his wife and they turned and looked back at the beasts edging slowly forward crouching, tails stiff

Mr and Mrs Hadley screamed

And suddenly they realized why those other screams had sounded familiar

"Well, here I am," said David McClean in the nursery doorway, "Oh, hello" He stared at the two children seated in the center of the open glade eating a little picnic lunch Beyond them was the water hole and the yellow veldtland; above was the hot sun He began to perspire "Where are your father and mother?"