“I ot t mylf to any work or sport today, Jewel,”said the King.“I think of nothing but this wonderful hink you we shall hear any more of it today?”
“They are the most wonderful tidings ever heard in our days or our fathers’or randfathers’days, Sire,”said Jewel,“if they are true.”
“How they choo but be true?”said the King.“It is more than a week ago that the first birds came flying over us saying, Aslan is here, Aslan has e to Narnia again.And after that it was the squirrels.They had not en him, but they said it was certain he was in the woods.Then came the Stag.He said he had en him with his own eyes, a great way off, by moonlight, in Lantern Waste.Then came that dark Man with the beard, the mert from en.The enes care nothing for Aslan as we do; but the man spoke of it as a thing beyond doubt.And there was the Badger last night; he too had en Aslan.”
“Indeed, Sire,”answered Jewel,“I believe it all.If I em not to, it is only that my joy is too great to let my belief ttle itlf.It is almost too beautiful to believe.”
“I ot t mylf to any work or sport today, Jewel,”said the King.“I think of nothing but this wonderful hink you we shall hear any more of it today?”
“They are the most wonderful tidings ever heard in our days or our fathers’or randfathers’days, Sire,”said Jewel,“if they are true.”
“How they choo but be true?”said the King.“It is more than a week ago that the first birds came flying over us saying, Aslan is here, Aslan has e to Narnia again.And after that it was the squirrels.They had not en him, but they said it was certain he was in the woods.Then came the Stag.He said he had en him with his own eyes, a great way off, by moonlight, in Lantern Waste.Then came that dark Man with the beard, the mert from en.The enes care nothing for Aslan as we do; but the man spoke of it as a thing beyond doubt.And there was the Badger last night; he too had en Aslan.”
“Indeed, Sire,”answered Jewel,“I believe it all.If I em not to, it is only that my joy is too great to let my belief ttle itlf.It is almost too beautiful to believe.”
“Yes,”said the King with a great sigh, almost a shiver, of delight.“It is beyond all that I ever hoped for in all my life.”
“Listen！”said Jewel, putting his head on one side and cog his ears forward.