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As she walked with Peter into the castle Cair Paravel, she stood in awe of the place. He had updated her on how they came to be living there, and a little bit of history of the castle. It was beautiful, and she felt ashamed to walk through its halls. They suddenly turned a corner, went down a flight of stairs, and she found herself in a bustling kitchen.
“Mrs. Beaver!” called Peter over the noise. A beaver turned and then came waddling over to them.
“Yes, King Peter?” said the beaver in a very kind, motherly voice.
“This is Katriana. She’s come to work in the castle. Would you see that she gets a room and gets cleaned up? She’s been traveling for quite some time.”
“Oh, certainly! This way, dear!” said Mrs. Beaver as she waddled down the hall.
Peter turned to Katriana, “I’ll come check on you later, but right now I have to go. You’ll do just fine!” he said as he started walking back up the stairs.
Katriana ran to catch up with Mrs. Beaver, who was talking to herself.
“Now, we are in need of more seamstresses, so if I put you next to Alia, she could talk to you about what she does, but then you’d be next to Grimmel, and she snores, so we’d have to put you on the other side of Alia, so then you’d be next to an empty room. Yes! That should do the trick,” said Mrs. Beaver said. Looking up at Katriana, she smiled and added, “The queens like to have new dresses, especially Susan. You’re going to like it here very much, I think. Ah! Here we are!”
Mrs. Beaver opened a door on the left side of the hallway, to reveal a very cozy room. There was a loft bed, with a table underneath, and a large chest on the other side of the room. Next to the chest, was a tall, narrow window that looked out into the courtyard.
Listening: One of Those Days, from Night at the Museum.