“Oh， hadn’t we better have them？” said Susan. “We may need them far worse later on.”
“I do wish，” said Lucy， “now that we‘re not thirsty， we could go on feeling as not.hungry as we did when we were thirsty.”
“But what about those sandwiches？” repeated Edmund.“ There’s no good saving them till they go bad. You‘ve got to remember it’s a good deal hotter here than in England and we‘ve been carrying them about in pockets for hours.” So they got out the two packets and divided them into four portions， and nobody had quite enough， but it was a great deal better than nothing. Then they talked about their plans for the next meal. Lucy wanted to go back to the sea and catch shrimps， until someone pointed out that they had no nets. Edmund said they must gather gulls’ eggs from the rocks， but when they came to think of it they couldn‘t remember having seen any gulls’ eggs and wouldn‘t be able to cook them if they found any. Peter thought to himself that unless they had some stroke of luck they would soon be glad to eat eggs raw， but he didn’t see any point in saying this out loud. Susan said it was a pity they had eaten the sandwiches so soon. One or two tempers very nearly got lost at this stage. Finally Edmund said：