But the first step is to remember

[soso]

“And now hear [your task].

Far from here in the land of Narnia

there lives an aged king //who is sad /because he has no prince of his blood to be king after him.

He has no heir /because his only son was stolen from him /many years ago,

and no one in Narnia knows [where that prince went or whether he is still alive].

But he is.

I lay /on you [this command], that you seek this lost prince

/until either you have found him and brought him to his father’s house,

or else died in the attempt,

or else gone back /to your own world.”

“How, please?” said Jill.

“I will tell you, Child,” said the Lion. “These are the signs by which I will guide you in your quest. 

First; as soon as the Boy Eustace sets foot in Narnia, he will meet an old and dear friend. 

He must greet that friend /at once; if he does, you will both have [good help].

Second; you must journey /out of Narnia /to the north /till you come to the ruined city of the ancient giants.

Third; you shall find a writing on a stone /in that ruined city, and you must do [what the writing tells you].

Fourth; you will know the lost prince (if you find him) by this,

that he will be the first person () you have met /in your travels //who will ask you to do something /in my name,

in the name of Aslan.”

As the Lion seemed to have finished, Jill thought () she should say something.

So she said, “Thank you very much. I see.”

“Child,” said Aslan, in a gentler voice than he had yet used,

 “perhaps you do not see /quite as well /as you think.

But the first step is to remember.”

From The Silver Chair
Compiled in A Year with Aslan

The Silver Chair. Copyright © 1953 by C. S. Lewis Pte., Ltd. Copyright renewed © 1981 by C. S. Lewis Pte. Ltd. All rights reserved. Used with permission of HarperCollins Publishers. A Year With Aslan: Daily Reflections from The Chronicles of Narnia. Copyright © 2010 by C. S. Lewis Pte. Ltd. Extracts taken from The Chronicles of Narnia. Copyright © C. S. Lewis Pte. Ltd. 1950-1956. All rights reserved. Used with permission of HarperCollins Publishers.