Adventure in NARNIA (60)

Adventure in NARNIA (60)

Then, signaling to the children to stand as close around it as they possibly could, so that their faces were actually tickled by its whiskers, it added in a low whisper ー
" They say Aslan is on the move ー perhaps has already landed. "

And now a very curious thing happened. None of the  children knew who Aslan was any more than you do; but the moment the Beaver had spoken these words everyone felt quite different. 

Perhaps it has sometimes happened to you in a dream  that someone says something which you don't understand but in the dream it feels as if it has enormous meaning, ー either a terrifying one which turns the whole dream into a nightmare or else a lovely meaning too lovely to put into words, which makes the dream so beautiful that you remember it all your life and are always wishing you could get into that dream again.  

It was like that now.
At the name of Aslan each one of the children felt something jump in its inside.  

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