“OnceakingorqueeninNarnia, , SonsofAdam! Bearitwell, DaughtersofEve! ” saidAslan.
Andthroughtheeasterndoor, whichwaswideopen, camethevoicesofthemermenandthemermaidsswimmingclosetotheshoreandsinginginhonoroftheirnewKingsandQueens.
Sothechildrensatontheirthronesandsceptreswereputintotheirhandsandtheygaverewardsandhonorstoalltheirfriends, toTumnustheFaun, andtotheBeavers, andGiantRumblebuffin, totheleopards, andthegoodcentaurs, andthegooddwarfs, , andrevelryanddancing, andgoldflashedandwineflowed, andansweringtothemusicinside, butstranger, sweeter, andmorepiercing, camethemusicoftheseapeople.
', “He'llbecomingandgoing, ” hehadsaid.“Onedayyou'llseehimandanotheryouwon''tlikebeingtieddown—''''swild, .”
Andnow, asyousee, thisstoryisnearly (butnotquite) , 'sarmyanddestroyingthem, andindeedforalongtimetherewouldbenewsofevilthingslurkinginthewilderpartsoftheforest—ahauntinghereandakillingthere, , andliberatedyoungdwarfsandyoungsatyrsfrombeingsenttoschool, (quiteadifferentsortfromGiantRumblebuffin) -chestedmanandagreatwarrior, , , shewasalwaysgayandgolden-haired, andallprincesinthosepartsdesiredhertobetheirQueen, andherownpeoplecalledherQueenLucytheValiant.
(whowasamiddle-agedFaunbynowandbeginningtobestout) camedownriverandbroughtthemnewsthattheWhiteStaghadoncemoreappearedinhisparts—, , (fortheytalkedinquiteadifferentstylenow, havingbeenKingsandQueensforsolong), “FairConsorts, letusnowalightfromourhorsesandfollowthisbeastintothethicket; forinallmydaysIneverhuntedanoblerquarry.”
