Week IV- August 27th, 1940
Peter: "At least Narnian summers were like England summers. They at last as long summers do in the Northern Hemisphere. We've had record temps here. But never record temps in Narnia. The weather there seemed predictable, unless you were on the sea. Like everywhere else, the sea is its own master. During the summer, every single window of Cair Paravel would be open, even if it was raining. The summer air in Narnia was not humid like it is here. The air wasn't dry either. It was just right. The summer nights were cool and breezy. Perfect weather to sit outside with a cup of tea, which we did almost every night during the summer. We can do the same thing here, it just won't be the same. We won't be drinking Mrs. Beaver's tea mixtures, and the summer nights won't be cool, they'll be humid."
Ivar: "Fishing. That was what I did during Narnian summers when I wasn't needed elsewhere. Fishing, and keeping suitors away from Kayla. They always came in the warm months. No one in that world in their right mind pressed suit during the cold months. Certainly, fathers pressed suit for their daughters over me, but I always turned them down. Something our kings and queens did not object to. I have eyes and heart for one princess, and one princess only. She's only a princess because she hasn't been crowned Queen of Terebinthia yet. But will she ever? She even promised to help establish humans in Ettinsmoor and the Wild Lands of the North again. And this time, they would not be devoured and wiped out by the giants. But the fishing in Narnia is so much better than here. You are more likely to catch something, and the odds of that here are unpredictable."
Susan: "Narnian summers were something else. The summers here, you know what will happen. They are so boring, so predictable. Not filled with anything magical. During the summers, I would walk about in the southern parts of the kingdom without a care in the world. Nothing to worry me, nothing to fear. There was only one time I feared doing that, so I would have Kayla join me in those walks. It was just after the Rabadash incident. I was scared that if I got too close to the Archenland border, a Calormene regiment would come through and kidnap me. At least when Kayla walked with me, she could turn their soldiers to ashes, not leaving a trace of their existence. She still regrets not being the one proposing marriage to Rabadash. She still regrets not turning the Calormene armies to ashes when she had the chance, but she couldn't. Not without putting both Narnia and Terebinthia in danger, and she knew that. Whenever a suitor pressed for our hand, it was always best to not have Kayla in the room. But I miss watching a Narnian summer sunrise. Nothing else could be more majestic, a sunrise from the south."
Kayla: "Summer has never been good for me, despite the fact I was born in the summertime. My rage is at its tipping point in the heat of the air, always has been, and probably always will be. So even the weather can set me off, both here and in Narnia. There are a few good things about summer for me. Being Baroness of Dancing Lawn, and being the great storyteller and story writer that I am, I decided to gather all the children of Narnia together each night at Dancing Lawn to tell them a story. I would tell them stories from this world and make up my own. I would sometimes even have the children make up a story with me. I swear, the children in Narnia are more creative than they are here. And being Guardian of the Dancing Trees, I would have the trees help me tell the stories. I also brought the celebration of the Fourth of July to Narnia, surprisingly to which my monarch brothers and sisters had no objection, they are British. I think everyone just enjoyed the fireworks, and I enjoyed making America's favourite foods for everyone. Each summer on the Fourth of July, the six of us would gather at Dancing Lawn and tell the story of how my home country became a country. I couldn't tell that story without my British and Danish counterparts. We even threw in the story of the Headless Horseman for good measure."
Edmund: "My domains of the Western Woods and Lantern Waste always looked the best in the summer. Green as far as the eye could see. Enough green that in this world, seeing it every day would make you sick and annoyed. But not me. I fought and almost died for that green before I was even crowned over it. How often does that happen in this world? And I used to be a stuck-up prat. Now, look at me. I had tea trees planted in Lantern Waste, much to the approval of everyone else. Especially Mr. Tumnus and the Beavers. Mrs. Beaver made the best tea mixtures that I have ever tasted. They didn't even need sugar! The tea companies of this world would love to have her on their payroll, and she would certainly do them a good service. Her teas were the best remedies for when you couldn't sleep, and for monarchs, we had quite a few sleepless nights, but none so much as Kayla. Crying for a country that you don't know if you'll ever see again can keep you awake all night."
Lucy: "The ocean looked its best in the summer. It became a shade of blue that I have never seen. Kayla said it looked almost like the Caribbean Sea in the Americas. With about as many pirates, she also said. The storms that raged in the sea in the summertime were absolutely breathtaking, despite being storms. I remember once, we all went to Land's End in Cornwall during a winter storm, and even though the high waves could absolutely wash out the town of Sennen, it was still worth watching. Luckily in Narnia, there weren't any coastal towns that could be wiped out."