There's no chance they'll catch the Lion, not unless he wants to be caught, but Caspian enjoys himself anyway, both with the exercise and with watching Susan laughing and delighted, running lightly through the garden, her hair streaming in a golden river behind her.

Cuthbert and Alain, apparently happy to take their loss, stay where they are and call words of encouragement, but it ends in much the same way, with Aslan pouncing and Caspian going down in a startled cry, embraced by those huge but beautifully gentle velveted paws. He sticks out his hand for Susan to draw her down into the jumble, laughing.