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“Oh，don’t you know，Uncle？”said Caspian．“When everything was quite different．When all the animals could talk，and there were nice people who lived in the streams and the trees．Naiads and Dryads they were called．And there were Dwarfs．And there were lovely little Fauns in all the woods．They had feet like goats．And—”
“That’s all nonsense，for babies，”said the King sternly．“Only fit for babies，do you hear？ You’re getting too old for that sort of stuff．At your age you ought to be thinking of battles and adventures，not fairy tales．”
“Oh，but there were battles and adventures in those days，”said Caspian．“Wonderful adventures．Once there was a White Witch and she made herself Queen of the whole country．And she made it so that it was always winter．And then two boys and two girls came from somewhere and so they killed the Witch and they were made Kings and Queens of Narnia，and their names were Peter and Susan and Edmund and Lucy．And so they reigned for ever so long and everyone had a lovely time，and it was all because of Aslan—”
“Who’s he？”said Miraz．And if Caspian had been a very little older，the tone of his uncle’s voice would have warned him that it would be wiser to shut up．But he babbled on，
“Oh，don’t you know？”he said．“Aslan is the great Lion who comes from over the sea．”
“Who has been telling you all this nonsense？”said the King in a voice of thunder．Caspian was frightened and said nothing．
“Your Royal Highness，”said King Miraz，letting go of Caspian’s hand，which he had been holding till now，“I insist upon being answered．Look me in the face．Who has been telling you this pack of lies？”
“N-Nurse，”faltered Caspian，and burst into tears．
“Stop that noise，”said his uncle，taking Caspian by the shoulders and giving him a shake．“Stop it．And never let me catch you talking-or thinking either-about all those silly stories again．There never were those Kings and Queens．How could there be two Kings at the same time？ And there’s no such person as Aslan．And there are no such things as lions．And there never was a time when animals could talk．Do you hear？”
“Yes，Uncle，”sobbed Caspian．
