TO LUCY BARFIELD My Dear Lucy, wrote this story for you, but when [ began it [ had not realized that girls grow quicker than books: As & result you are already too old for tales; and by the time it is printed and bound you will be older still. But some you will be old cnough t0 start reading fairy tales You can then take it down from some upper shelf, dust it and tell me what you think of ic I shall probably be tO0 deaf t0 hear, and tOO old t0 understand, a word you say, but [ shall still be your affectionate Godfather, C:s:LEWIS fairy day again.