《獅子女巫與魔衣櫥》:前言
PREFACE
前言
TO LUCY BARFIELD
獻給 露西· 巴菲爾德
My Dear Lucy,
親愛的露西，
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 will be older still. But some day you will 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.
這個故事是寫給你的，不過我動筆時，就意識到小女孩比書長得要快。現在你已經長大到過了讀童話的年紀。等到這個故事印出來裝訂好，你會長得更大了。不過有一天，你會長大到要再讀童話。到那時 ，你就可以叢書架上層把它取下來，擦掉上面的灰塵，然後跟我說說你的讀後感。我大概會耳朵聾得聽不見，也老得不明白你說的，一個字也不能，可我永遠都會是。
Your affectionate Godfather,
深愛你的教父 C.S.
Lewis C.S
路易斯
