chap 7 summary

After hopping from branch to branch for some time, the robin flies away and disappears. The children realize that they are lost, but then notice a beaver gesturing for them to be quiet. Lucy says, "I think it's a nice beaver," but Edmund - always the skeptic - responds, "Yes, but how do we know?" Susan says that there is little to do but risk following the animal into an area surrounded by a thick curtain of trees. In the small clearing, the beaver explains to the children that some of the trees are spies for the White Witch. He then asks whether the children are Sons of Adam and Daughters of Eve. When they say that they are, but then ask him how they can be certain that he is a friend and not an emissary of the White Witch, the beaver presents them with Lucy's handkerchief - the very same one that she had offered to Mr. Tumnus as a token of friendship. He tells them that Mr. Tumnus had gotten wind of his imminent arrest and had brought Mr. Beaver the handkerchief for safekeeping. Mr. Beaver then suggests that the children follow him home to seek shelter and eat some dinner.