(Sorry, longer than three sentences, I fail at this game sometimes!)
Peter holds her hand at the very end of the night, and she knows he's reluctant to let go, to head to his bed and dream of Narnia, to face the morning without her by his side. "You can still come with us, Su, I'll make it all right with the others."
There's a moment where she thinks she'll say yes, where she'll put the past behind her, where she'll join in whatever adventure awaits, but it's too late for that now, she thinks, and their plan chills her to the bone, after what Aslan told them of not returning. "No, not this time, I'm afraid. So we must say good night and good bye."
Narnia, Susan, so what do you say when you lose your way?
Peter holds her hand at the very end of the night, and she knows he's reluctant to let go, to head to his bed and dream of Narnia, to face the morning without her by his side. "You can still come with us, Su, I'll make it all right with the others."
There's a moment where she thinks she'll say yes, where she'll put the past behind her, where she'll join in whatever adventure awaits, but it's too late for that now, she thinks, and their plan chills her to the bone, after what Aslan told them of not returning. "No, not this time, I'm afraid. So we must say good night and good bye."