Sheena gasped.

Everyone knew that the slave trade was illegal in Narnia! Surely Pug couldn't get away with selling her publicly! And in a Narnian city! The idea was preposterous. Obviously the government would find out about this and put a stop to it! Sheena was going to be going home after all!

Sheena had thought that all the slaves kidnapped by Pug were sold in private dealings to the richer Narnian citizens.

Now, when Sheena was back home, she could tell them all how wrong they were!

Oh! Sheena could just see the jealous look on Garnia Remundo's face and the smug look on her own when she described the market and the slave-selling place. Garnia had contantly bragged that she'd seen a lemon at the market in Gual and it was sold for 1000 rupintez! She would eat her words! Sheena knew the truth. There was more then one lemon for sale. And Garnia had obviously never been to the market. Poor Garnia. Sheena thought smugly. Time for me to show her up for all her lies.

It was the thought of safe passage home that sustained Sheena enough to cheerfully allow Pug to fasten shackles to her wrists. She knew they were only temporary.

(Now, Sheena was smart, but she jumped to conclusions easily)

Shasta was chained up next to her. His face was tear-stained and his face was bruised near his chin. He looked upon Sheena with sad, terrified eyes.

"Don't worry Shasta," Sheena consoled him, "We'll be home soon. It'll be alright. Think of this as an adventure. You'll be able to tell all your friends back home what you did today and they'll all be fascinated."

"But I don't wanna think of this as a adventure," Shasta whined, "I don't wan' a adventure! I wanna go home!"

"Well we can't go home yet, but we will soon. If you don't want to think of this as an adventure, think of it as a game. These men are testing you. They want to see how toughhave a man or not. They're wondering if they can make a little man cry. Hmmm, it looks like they're winning,"

Shasta wiped his face on his sleeve and stood up a little straiter.

"How long are we gonna play?"

"Oh, for a while yet, but probably not more than two days."

Shasta's face fell.

"Oh, but don't worry, it'll be fun. It's going to be the most fun game ever! That's why we've got to make it last as long as we can."

Shasta smiled.

"OK. But how come you're here if we're gonna be testin' me?"

"Because it's a test for me too. I'm going to beat you!"

"Uh uh!! I'm gonna beat you!!"

"Hmm... we'll see."

"I'm still gonna beat you!"

"Sure Shasta, sure. But, I'm going to beat you."

Just as Shasta opened his mouth Pug got to him with a piece of tried bread. It had a bit of mold on it, but Shasta ate the whole thing before Pug gave Sheena her piece.

Shasta looked at her piece longingly. Sheena sighed. Then she peeled the mold off of her piece, ripped it in half, and offered a half to Shasta.

To her surprise, Shasta refused it.

"Uh uh! I wanna show how tough I am!"

"But you won't be very tough if you're starving to death. Eat this."

"But it's cheating! I wanna beat you fair 'n square!"

But Shasta took the bread and ate it anyway. Sheena ate her piece too.

She looked up. Pug was still there, staring at her.

"What?" She asked defensively.

"Look Missy, I'm a jus' doin' my job. I gotta make a livin' too ya know."

Sheena didn't answer, she just ignored him and looked strait ahead, smiling in her mind because soon she'd be back home and Pug would be in jail.

Pug sighed and surprised Sheena by tossing an extra piece of bread at her.

"I aint gonna be givin' you a extra evr'yday now so don' think I'm favorin' you or nothin'. Proly you won't even be in my care in an hour anyways."

Pug sulked and moved on.