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“I suppose we’d better go and speak to him,”said Jill. Scrubb nodded. They both felt a little nervous.

As they drew nearer，the figure turned its head and showed them a long thin face with rather sunken cheeks，a tightly shut mouth，a sharp nose，and no beard. He was wearing a high， pointed hat like a steeple，with an enormously wide flat brim. The hair，if it could be called hair，which hung over his large ears was greeny-grey，and each lock was flat rather than round， so that they were like tiny reeds. His expression was solemn， his complexion muddy，and you could see at once that he took a serious view of life.

“Good morning，Guests,”he said. “Though when I say good I don’t mean it won’t probably turn to rain or it might he snow，or fog，or thunder. You didn’t get any sleep，I dare say.

“Yes we did，though,”said Jill. “We had a lovely night.”

“Ah,”said the Marsh-wiggle，shaking his head. “I see you’re making the best of a bad job. That’s right. You’ve been well brought up，you have. You’ve learned to put a good face on things.”

“Please，we don’t know your name,”said Scrubb.

“Puddleglum’s my name. But it doesn’t matter if you forget it. I can always tell you again.”

The children sat down on each side of him. They now saw that he had very long legs and arms，so that although his body was not much bigger than a dwarf’s，he would be taller than most men when he stood up. The fingers of his hands were webbed like a frog’s，and so were his bare feet which dangled in the muddy water. He was dressed in earthcoloured clothes that hung loose about him.

“I’m trying to catch a few eels to make an eel stew for our dinner,”said Puddleglum. “Though I shouldn’t wonder if I didn’t get any. And you won’t like them much if I do.”

“Why not ？”asked Scrubb.