&er，”saidLucy，“whereisthis，doyousuppose?”
“Idon'tknow，”saidtheHighKing。“ItremindsmeofsomewherebutI'tgiveitaname。Coulditbesomewhereweoayedforaholidayerevery，verysmall?”
“Itwouldhavetohavebeenajollygoodholiday，”saidEustace。“Ibetthereisn'tatrylikethisanywhereinourworld。Lookatthecolors!You'tgetablueliketheblueoainsinourworld。”
“IsitnotAslan'stry?”saidTirian。
“NotlikeAslan'stopofthatmouheEasterheworld，”saidJill。“I'vebeenthere。”
“Ifyouaskme，”saidEdmund，“it'slikesomewhereintheNarnianworld。Lookatthosemouhebigitaihem。Surelythey'reratherlikethemouoseefromNarnia，theowardbeyoerfall?”
&heyare，”saidPeter。“Onlythesearebigger。”
“Idon'tthinkthoseonesaresoverylikeanythinginNarnia，”saidLucy。“Butlookthere。”Shepoihwardtotheirleft，aoppedaolook。“Thosehills，”saidLuicewoodyoheblueonesbehitheyveryliketheSouthernborderofNarnia?”
“Like!”criedEdmundafteramoment'ssilehey'reexactlylike。Look，there'sMouhhisforkedhead，ahepassintoArdahing!”
“Ahey'renotlike，”saidLucy。“They'redifferent。TheyhavemoreandtheylookfurtherawaythanIrememberedandthey'remore。。。more。。。oh，Idon'tknow。。。”
&herealthing，”saidtheLorysoftly。
SuddenlyFarsighttheEaglespreadhiswiyorfortyfeetupintotheair，cirdaedontheground。
“KingsandQueens，”hecried，“wehaveallbeenblind。Weareooseewhereweare。FromupthereIhaveseeinsmuir，Beaversdam，theGreatRiver，andCairParavelstillshiningoheEasternSea。NarniaishisisNarnia。”
“Buthowitbe?”saidPeter。“ForAslantoldusolderoweshouldoNarnia，andhere>
“Yes，”saidEustadwesawitalldestroyedaout。”
“Andit'sallsodifferent，”saidLucy。
“TheEagleisright，”saidtheLory。“Listeer。WhenAslansaidyouevergobaia，hemeanttheNarhinkingof。ButthatwasnottherealNarnia。ThathadabeginningawasonlyashadoyoftherealNarniawhichhasalwaysbeenhereandalwayswillbehere:justaslandandall，isonlyashadoworethinginAslan'srealworld。YoumournoverNarnia，Lucy。AlloftheoldNarniathatmattered，allthedearcreatures，havebeendrawnintotherealNarniathroughtheDoor。Andofcourseitisdifferent;asdifferehingisfromashadoworaswakinglifeisfromadream。”Hisvoicestirredeveryorumpetashespokethesewords:butwhenheaddedunderhisbreath“It'sallinPlato，allinPlato:blessme，whatdotheyteachthemattheseschools!”theolderowassoexactlylikethesortofthingtheyhadheardhimsaylongagointhatotherworldwherehisbeardwasgrayinsteadofgoldeheywerelaughingahelaughhimself。Butveryquicklytheyallbecamegraveagain:for，asyouknow，thereisakindofhappinessamakesyouserious。Itistoogoodtowasteonjokes。
ItisashardtoexplainhowthissunlitlandwasdifferentfromtheoldNarniaasitwouldbetotellyouhowthefruitsofthattrytaste。Perhapsyouwillgetsomeideaofitifyouthihis。Youmayhavebeeninaroominwhichtherethatlookedoutonalovelybayoftheseareewoundawayamongmountains。Andinthewallofthatroomoppositetothewindowtheremayhavebeenalookingglass。Andasyouturnedawayfromthewindowyousuddenlycaughtsightofthatseaorthatvalley，allain，inthelookingglass。Ahemirror，orthevalleyinthemirror，wereithesameastherealohesametimetheyweresomehowdifferent—deeper，morewonderful，morelikeplaastory:inastoryyouhaveverymuttoknow。ThediffereheoldNarniaandthenewNarniawaslikethat。Theneertry:everyrodflowerandbladeofgrasslookedasifitmeantmore。I'tdescribeitahat:ifeveryougetthereyouhatImean。
ItwastheUniedupwhateveryonewasfeeliampedhisrightfore-hoofonthegroundahencried:
“Ihaveeatlast!Thisismyrealtry!IbelohisisthelandIhavebeenlookingforallmylife，thoughIillnow。ThereasoheoldNarniaisthatitsometimeslookedalittlelikethis。Bree-hee-hee!efurtherup，efurtherin!”
Heshookhismaneandsprangforwardigallop—aUni'sgallop，whiourworld，wouldhavecarriedhimoutofsightis。Butnowamethinghappened。Everyoorun，andtheyfouotheycouldkeepupwithhim:notonlytheDogsandthehumatlePuzzleandshedPoggiheairflewintheirfacesasiftheyweredrivingfastinacarwithoutawihetryflewpastasiftheywereseeingitfromthewindoresstrain。Fasteraheyraooortiredoroutofbreath。