The End of the World
"But look here," said Eustace... "The world's wrong - I mean, round like a ball, not like a table."
"Our world is," said Edmund. "But is this?"
"Do you mean to say," asked Caspian, "that you three come from a round world (round like a ball) and you've never told me! It's really too bad for you. Because we have fairy-tales in which there are round worlds and I always loved them. I never believed there were any real ones. But I've always wished there were and I've always longed to live in one. Oh, I'd give anything...If only I had the chance! It must be exciting to live on a thing like a ball. Have you ever been to the parts where people walk about upside-down?"
Edmund shook his head. "And it isn't like that," he added. "There's nothing particularly exciting about a round world when you're there."
-The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
I've always loved this bit. And, I must admit, I also have a long-standing crush on Prince Caspian. Swoon!
"Our world is," said Edmund. "But is this?"
"Do you mean to say," asked Caspian, "that you three come from a round world (round like a ball) and you've never told me! It's really too bad for you. Because we have fairy-tales in which there are round worlds and I always loved them. I never believed there were any real ones. But I've always wished there were and I've always longed to live in one. Oh, I'd give anything...If only I had the chance! It must be exciting to live on a thing like a ball. Have you ever been to the parts where people walk about upside-down?"
Edmund shook his head. "And it isn't like that," he added. "There's nothing particularly exciting about a round world when you're there."
-The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
I've always loved this bit. And, I must admit, I also have a long-standing crush on Prince Caspian. Swoon!
3 Comments:
you're making me want to read narnia again. and i just read them again less than a year ago. :)
just doing my job here.
up next, the silver chair...
i love falling in love with fictional characters.
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