At the centre of the clearing， which was also the highestpoint of the hill， there was a little hut like a stable， with a thatched roof. Its door was shut. On the grass in front of the door there sat an Ape. Tirian and Jewel， who had been expecting to see Aslan and had heard nothing about an Ape yet， were very bewildered when they saw it. The Ape was of course Shift himself， but he looked ten times uglier than when he lived by Caldron Pool， for he was now dressed up. He was wearing a scarlet jacket which did not fit him very well， having been made for a dwarf. He had Jewelled slippers on his hind paws which would not stay on properly because， as you know， the hind paws of an Ape are really like hands. He wore what seemed to be a paper crown on his head. There was a great pile of nuts beside him and he kept cracking nuts with his jaws and spitting out the shells. And he also kept on pulling up the scarlet jacket to scratch himself. A great number of Talking Beasts stood facing him， and nearly every face in that crowd looked miserably worried and bewildered. When they saw who the prisoners were they all groaned and whimpered.
