“Please don’t， please don‘t， please don’t，” said Puzzle， half braying and half talking. “I never meant anything of the sort， Shift， really I didn‘t. You know how stupid I am and how I can’t think of more than one thing at a time. I‘d forgotten about your weak chest. Of course I’ll go in. You mustn‘t think of doing it yourself. Promise me you won’t， Shift.”
So Shift promised， and Puzzle went cloppety.clop on his four hoofs round the rocky edge of the Pool to find a place where he could get in. Quite apart from the cold it was no joke getting into that quivering and foaming water， and Puzzle had to stand and shiver for a whole minute before he made up his mind to do it. But then Shift called out from behind him and said： “Perhaps I‘d better do it after all， Puzzle.” And when Puzzle heard that he said， “No， no. You promised. I’m in now，” and in he went.