The Storyteller

The Storyteller

The storyteller is C.S.Lewis.

Citation

* *All their life, the memory of that moment would remain engraved in their minds, and on days when they felt low, when they were afraid or hungry, the feeling that this golden goodness was there (Aslan), just around the corner or behind the door, would come back, like a surety that all was well. Page 203*

* *Just as when things go wrong, they go from bad to worse for a time, so when they go right, they go from good to better. Page 208*

Apparition dans les tomes

*The Magician’s Nephew* *The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe* *The Horse and His Boy* *Prince Caspian* *The Voyage of the Dawn Treader* *The Silver Chair* *The Last Battle*

The Storyteller

Tell us about Aslan ! several voices cried at once ; for once again that strange feeling, like the first signs of spring, like good news, had come over them.

*Page 84*

*The day that Adam’s flesh, that Adam’s bones

Sit on the thrones of Cair Paravel,

The time of misery will be over completely.*

*Page 87*

*There was also, it seemed, a strange noise, a rumour, that spread all around them*

*Page 125*

Appearance in the books

" *The Magician’s Nephew* " " *The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe* " " *The Horse and His Boy* " " *Prince Caspian* " " *The Voyage of the Dawn Treader* " " *The Silver Chair* " " *The Last Battle* "

The Storyteller

The storyteller is certainly C.S. Lewis.

Did you know

- *Diligence is the key to all prosperity, and those who ask questions that don’t concern them are steering the vessel of their folly straight onto the rocks of ruin.*

*Calormene Proverbs*

*Page 8*

- *Natural feelings are more important than soup, and a man’s children more precious than carbuncles.*

*Calormene Proverbs*

*Page 11*

- *He who tries to deceive a wise man strips himself for the whipping-post.*

*Calormene Proverbs*

*Page 11*

- *See the bear in his own den to know his disposition.*

*Narnian Proverbs*

*Page 71*

- *Come live with me and you will know me.*

*Narnian Proverbs*

*Page 72*

- *Easy to go in, not so easy to come out.*

*Narnian Proverbs*

*Page 73*

- *First the nest, then the eggs.*

*Narnian Proverbs*

*Page 80*

- *To drink deep of the fountain of reason is good to quench the fire of love.*

*Calormene Proverbs*

*Page 117*

- *« He didn’t yet know that if you do something good, the reward is usually that you have to do something better and more difficult.”*

*Calormene Proverb*

*Page 153*

On screen

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- *In the books*

The Storyteller

The storyteller is surely C.S. Lewis.

Did you know

* *But the spirit of adventure was growing in them, and none of them really wanted to be back in the classroom. Page 22*

* *Then, of course, the children began to wander about and pick up things as they went, examining them. It was like meeting very old friends. Page 31*

* *Long ago, at a Christmas in Narnia, he himself (Peter), Susan, and Lucy had received gifts that, to them, were worth more than their entire kingdom. Page 32*

* *And that single small sound brought back the past more vividly to the children than any other event of the day. All the memories of battles, hunts, and feasts rushed back into their minds at once. Page 33*

* *The air of Narnia had done its work on him, and he remembered all his old battles, and his arms and fingers recovered their old skill. He was Edmund the King again. Page 113*

* *- The trees ! The trees ! The end of the world !*

Soon, neither their shouts nor the clashing of arms could be heard : both were drowned in the roaring of the awakened trees, as they charged through the ranks of Peter’s army and on into the heart of the Telmarines.

Page 207

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In the books

Trivia

The Storyteller

The storyteller. It’s certainly C.S.Lewis.

- *Where the sky and the sea meet

Where the waves and the water calm down

You, Reepicheep, will never doubt

To find what you seek, over there

For it is the Eastern Ocean of the world.* - Prophecy said by a dryad to Reepicheep

[Page 27](https ://www.narniaweb.com/guides/guide/the-eastern-ocean-of-the-world/)

- *He was a very humane killer, moreover, because he could execute an animal with a single flick of his tail, so that the beast didn’t realize (and probably still doesn’t realize) that it had been killed.*

- About Eustace turned into a dragon

[Page 110](https ://www.narniaweb.com/guides/guide/about-eustace-turned-into-a-dragon/)

- *"The happiness (quite new to him) of being loved and, even more, of loving other people, that’s what kept Eustace from despair."*

[Page 111](https ://www.narniaweb.com/guides/guide/the-happiness-of-being-loved-and-even-more-of-loving-others/)

- *Eustace was a different boy. To be precise, he began to become a different boy. He had relapses. There were still many days when he could be very tiresome. But I won’t mention most of them. His healing had begun*

[Page 121](https ://www.narniaweb.com/guides/guide/his-healing-had-begun/)

- *What I always say is that when a chap is hungry, he likes to be given something to eat*

- *Narnian Proverbs*

[Page 156](https ://www.narniaweb.com/guides/guide/narnian-proverbs/)

- *It’s getting dark now. It’s always like that in the evening*

- *Narnian Proverbs*

[Page 156](https ://www.narniaweb.com/guides/guide/narnian-proverbs/)

- *"Ah, you’ve come over the sea ? Well, that’s a damp subject, isn’t it ?"*

- *Narnian Proverbs*

[Page 156](https ://www.narniaweb.com/guides/guide/narnian-proverbs/)

- *And what I say is that when chaps are visible, well, they can see each other*

- *Narnian Proverbs*

[Page 178](https ://www.narniaweb.com/guides/guide/narnian-proverbs/)

- *On this island, sleep is available in abundance, without rationing or measuring, a sleep in which one never hears the faintest dream approach*

[Page 221](https ://www.narniaweb.com/guides/guide/on-this-island-sleep-is-available-in-abundance/)

The Storyteller

The storyteller is C.S. Lewis.

Citation

* *Crying is not all bad, in a sense, as long as it lasts. But it must stop sooner or later and then one is still left with the problem of what to do.*

Page 23

* *Though I’m underground and without a throne today,

When I was alive, the whole world lay beneath my sway.

- inscription in the City of the Ancient Giants

Page 163

Appearance in the books

*The Magician’s Nephew*

*The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe*

*The Horse and His Boy*

*Prince Caspian*

*The Voyage of the Dawn Treader*

*The Silver Chair*

*The Last Battle*

The Storyteller

The storyteller. It is certainly C.S. Lewis.