Here the army halted and spread out in a line， and there was a great deal of rearranging. A whole detachment of very dangerous.looking Talking Beasts whom Shasta had not noticed before and who were mostly of the cat kind （leopards， panthers， and the like） went padding and growling to take up their positions on the left. The giants were ordered to the right， and before going there they all took off something they had been carrying on their backs and sat down for a moment. Then Shasta saw that what they had been carrying and were now putting on were pairs of boots： horrid， heavy， spiked boots which came up to their knees. Then they sloped their huge clubs over their shoulders and marched to their battle position. The archers， with Queen Lucy， fell to the rear and you could first see them bending their bows and then hear the twang.twang as they tested the strings. And wherever you looked you could see people tightening girths， putting on helmets， drawing swords， and throwing cloaks to the ground. There was hardly any talking now. It was very solemn and very dreadful. “I‘m in for it now.I really am in for it now，” thought Shasta. Then there came noises far ahead： the sound of many men shouting and a steady thud.thud.thud.
