My dear Lucy, I wrote this story for you, but when I began it, I had not realized that

girls grow quicker than books.

As a result, you are already too old for fairy tales, and by the time it is printed and bound,

you'll be older still.

But someday you'll be old enough to start reading fairy tales again.

You can then take it down from some upper shelf, dust it, and tell me what you think of it.

I shall probably be too deaf to hear, and too old to understand a word you say.

But I shall still be your affectionate godfather, C.S. Lewis.

This is Pints with Jack, season eight, episode 31.

Narnia Month. Narnia Dads.

After hours with Brian Corbin and Daniel Payne.

Welcome friends to Pints with Jack.

This season we've read chapter by chapter through Perilandra.

We've explored Jack's bookshelf.

But today we continue Narnia Month.

And today I've got with me two other Narnia dads to talk about introducing our children to the Chronicles of Narnia.

And the opening was from the opening to The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe,

where C.S. Lewis offers his dedication to Lucy Barfield,

and he speaks about there being a good time for somebody to read fairy tales.

You can be at an incorrect age, and we want to avoid that.

So, as I said, we've got two guests joining me today, and I'm actually going to have

them introduce each other.

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