They were just trying to get
away at first, not from their world,
but from Them. So they called on Somebody
(who was really the one calling them to come).
Somebody turned out to be Aslan,
and he told Jill she must remember the signs.
By the time she told Eustace the signs,
it was already too late to get
to the friend that Aslan
had mentioned. The world
was too new, they had just come
and they had to find somebody
soon. And to find their royal somebody
they had to follow the signs.
Puddleglum agreed to come
when he heard that their target
was to find the prince and save the world
since they had been called by Aslan.
It wasn’t long before Aslan
seemed far away. They met somebody
suspiciously kind, who caused them a world
of hurt. They didn’t follow the signs,
which mostly made them get
into trouble before they could finally come
to the lands underground, where many come
but few return. In the name of Aslan,
the prince begged them to get
him unbound. That suspicious unkind somebody
tried to stop their following the signs
and keep them trapped in her dark world.
They told her about their world
of light, and she made them become
broken and enchanted, forgetting the signs.
But eventually they stood by Aslan
whether Aslan was real or not, and that somebody
fell at Prince Rilian’s sword. They just had to get
out of that world. Once Rilian took the throne, Aslan
would come since they’d found their somebody.
At home, Jill thought of the signs she’d never forget.
