Susan tried to concentrate on her schoolwork, but once again, she was too distracted. She had tried to forget her conversation with Aslan a few nights before, but it had stuck in her mind and would not go away. Her tutor noticed her distraction and sighed. "Susan!" she said, frustrated.
Susan snapped out of her trance. "Oh…I'm sorry, ma'am."
The tutor, Mrs. Sanders, removed her glasses and glared at her. "Susan, this is the third time today I've had to get your attention. Will you please stay on topic?"
Susan looked back down at her textbook, but again, she could not focus. "Mrs. Sanders," she said, "do you believe in other worlds?"
Mrs. Sanders rolled her eyes. "Oh, Susan, of all the silly things…"
"No, really," Susan persisted. "What if someone told you that they had been to another world? A place more beautiful than this place, filled with mythical creatures and where animals could talk?"
Her tutor looked thoughtful. Clearly, no one had asked her anything like this before. "Susan, please. Have you been playing these silly games?"
Susan blushed. "No, ma'am, but suppose there was another world..."
"There is no other world like that. There are other planets, but there are no talking animals on them, are there? And what about those mythical creatures? The proper word to use would be mythological. They only exist in mythology."
Susan was silent. "But, Mrs. Sanders, maybe it's possible..."
"Susan, the purpose of this school is to prepare you to be an adult. And adults do not believe these things."
Mrs. Sanders placed her glasses back on her nose. "And now, back to biology. Look at page 57, under the words..."
Susan sighed and returned to her book, but her head was filled with too many thoughts. The memories were still there, as clear as ever: the dancing fauns, the mighty centaurs, her beautiful talking horse.
Adults do not believe these things.
Susan closed her eyes and sighed. Maybe it was just a silly game...
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