tELLS OF PRINCE CASPIAN PRINCE CASPIAN lived in a great castle in tre of Narnia , who had red hair and was called Queen Prunaprismia.
talk, t oys back in tell ories.
care muc, but about terrace at tle. One day, soon teaco ride and use a s your aunt and I looks as if you migo be King w, eh?”
quot;I dont kno; said Caspian.
quot;Dont kno;o know w more anyone could wish for!”
quot;All t; said Caspian.
quot; do you he King.
quot;I le boy at time.)
Up till noiresome some groe clear t t really interested in now he suddenly gave Caspian a very sharp look.
quot;Es t?quot; ; old days do you mean?”
quot;O you kno; said Caspian. quot;e different. alk, and treams and trees. Naiads and Dryads ttle Fauns in all t like goats. And -”
quot;ts all nonsense, for babies,quot; said ternly. quot;Only fit for babies, do you hear?
Youre getting too old for t sort of stuff. At your age you ougo be ttles and adventures, not fairy tales.”
quot;O ttles and adventures in t; said Caspian. quot;onderful adventures. Once te itcry. And s so t it er. And time, and it was all because of Aslan -”
quot;; said Miraz. And if Caspian tle older, tone of it o s up. But ;O you kno; ;Aslan is t Lion whe sea.”
quot;elling you all t; said thunder.
Caspian was frighing.
quot;Your Royal ; said King Miraz, letting go of Caspians ill no;I insist upon being anselling you this pack of lies?”
quot;N - Nurse,quot; faltered Caspian, and burst into tears.
quot;Stop t noise,quot; said aking Caspian by the shoulders and giving ham a shake.
quot;Stop it. And never let me catcalking - or t all tories again. t time? And time walk. Do you hear?”
quot;Yes, Uncle,quot; sobbed Caspian.
quot;ts ,quot; said to one of tlemen-in-ing terrace and said in a cold voice, quot;Conduct o ments and send o me At ONCE.”
Next day Caspian found errible t a even being alloo say good-bye to old o utor.
Caspian missed ears; and because about tories of Narnia far more t and tried very o make ts in tle talk to tails and ts only purred.
Caspian felt sure t e tutor, buy or arrived about a er urns out to be t of person it is almost impossible not to like.
, and also ttest, man Caspian ed beard il you got to know was o know wor Cornelius.
Of all or Cornelius t Caspian liked best ill no for Nurses stories, tory of Narnia, and o learn t try.
quot;It ,quot; said Doctor Cornelius, quot; ion into try. You are not native Narnians at all. You are all telmarines - t is, you all came from telmar, far beyond tern Mountains. t is he Conqueror.”
quot;Please, Doctor,quot; asked Caspian one day, quot;elmar?”
quot;No men - or very feelmarines took it,quot; said Doctor Cornelius.
quot;t-great-grandcesters conquer?”
quot; or Cornelius. quot;Per is time to turn from ory to Grammar.”
quot;O yet!quot; said Caspian.
quot;I mean, ttle? o figh him?”
quot;I said t; said tor, looking at ttle boy very strangely t spectacles.
For a moment Caspian gave a leap. quot;Do you mean,quot; ;t t ories?
ere there-?”
quot;; said Doctor Cornelius, laying o Caspians. quot;Not a you kno aelling you about Old Narnia? t like it. If elling you secrets, youd be w off.”
quot;But w; asked Caspian.
quot;1t is ime urned to Grammar no; said Doctor Cornelius in a loud voice. quot;ill your Royal o open Pulverulentus Siccus at tical garden or tlie opend to tender its?”
After t it ill lunc I dont too excited. sure t Doctor Cornelius to tell er.
In t disappointed. A feer utor said, quot;tonigo give you a lesson in Astronomy. At dead of nigs, tarva and Alambil, ion occurred for to see it again. It if you go to bed a little earlier time of tion draws near I will come and wake you.”
t seem to o do Caspian really ed to , but getting up in t is aleresting and ely pleased. to bed t nig at first t be able to sleep; but seemed only a fees before someone gently shaking him.
up in bed and sa t. Doctor Cornelius, muffled in a ood by the bedside.
Caspian remembered at once o do. up and put on some clot ed and e glad later, bot t t no noise, master and pupil left the room.
Caspian folloor taircases, and at last, ttle door in a turret, t upon ttlements, on teep roof; belole gardens; above tars and moon. Presently to anoto t central tole: Doctor Cornelius unlocked it and to climb tair of toed; air before.
It eep, but o it . Aly, tern Mountains. On
River, and everyt t erfall at Beaversdam, a mile ay in picking out tars to see.
t as brigtle moons and very close together.
quot;Are to ; ruck voice.
quot;Nay, dear Prince,quot; said tor (and oo spoke in a lords of teps of too . Look ing is fortunate and means some great good for tarva, tory, salutes Alambil, t coming to t.”
quot;Its a pity t tree gets in t; said Caspian. quot;ed really see better from t to is not so high.”
Doctor Cornelius said not tes, but stood still arva and Alambil. turned to Caspian.
quot;t; ;You no man now alive has seen, nor will see again.
And you are rig even better from tower. I brougher reason.”
Caspian looked up at tors of his face.
quot;tue of to; said Doctor Cornelius, quot;is t air, and t ttom of tair is locked. e cannot be overheard.”
quot;Are you going to tell me tell me t; said Caspian.
quot;I am,quot; said tor. quot;But remember. You and I must never talk about t op of t tower.”
quot;No. ts a promise,quot; said Caspian. quot;But do go on, please.”
quot;Listen,quot; said tor. quot;All you Old Narnia is true. It is not t is try of Aslan, try of trees and Visible Naiads, of Fauns and Satyrs, of Ds, of taurs, of talking Beasts. It t t Caspian foug is you telmarines rees and tains, and o cover up even t alloo be spoken of.”
quot;O,quot; said Caspian. quot;And I am glad it rue, even if it is all over.”
quot;Many of your race ,quot; said Doctor Cornelius.
quot;But, Doctor,quot; said Caspian, quot;elmarine too.”
quot;Am I?quot; said tor.
quot;ell, youre a Man any; said Caspian.
quot;Am I?quot; repeated tor in a deeper voice, at t t Caspian could see .
All at once Caspian realized trut t to long before. Doctor Cornelius , and s came into t. One of terror - quot; a real man, not a man at all, me up o kill me.quot; t - quot;till, and Ive seen one at last.”
quot;So youve guessed it in t; said Doctor Cornelius. quot;Or guessed it nearly rig a pure D battles and lived on, sending to be men. telmarines. I am one of true Dill alive anyraitor. But never in all tten our oures of Narnia, and t days of freedom.”
quot;Im - Im sorry, Doctor,quot; said Caspian. quot;It my fault, you know.”
quot;I am not saying t; ansor. quot;You may I ly, because my old memories so long t it ac if I did not secondly, for t elmarine things.”
quot;I do, I do,quot; said Caspian. quot;But how can I help?”
quot;You can be kind to ts of try to find a rees once more. You can searco see if any Fauns or talking Beasts or Dwarfs are perill alive in hiding.”
quot;Do you t; asked Caspian eagerly.
quot;I dont kno kno; said tor ;Sometimes I am afraid t be. I races of times I I ains. Sometimes at nig I a glimpse of Fauns and Satyrs dancing a long en despaired; but someto start me kno at least you can try to be a King like ter of old, and not like your uncle.”
quot;ts true about too, and about te itc; said Caspian.
quot;Certainly it is true,quot; said Cornelius. quot;tten them.”
quot;Did tle, Doctor?”
quot;Nay, my dear,quot; said t;tle is a terday. Your great-great-grandfat it. But River, on the sea.”
quot;Ug; said Caspian ;Do you mean in ts live?”
quot;Your aug; said tor. quot;But it is all lies.
ts t is a story invented by telmarines. Your Kings are in deadly fear of te forget t in all stories Aslan comes from over t to go near it and t anyone else to go near it. So t great o cut t. But because trees t ts. And t men, ing botly believe tories, and partly encourage to go doo t and look out to sea toern end of the world.”
tes. tor Cornelius said, quot;Come. e is time to go doo bed.”
quot;Must ; said Caspian. quot;Id like to go on talking about things for hours and hours and hours.”
quot;Someone mig,quot; said Doctor Cornelius.