“Where is that girl?” he asked himself
Full of bitter envy
Just then in a fancy sleigh
Halted his worst enemy

“Oh Edmund, dear”
She said to him, a smile on her lips
“Please come sit down and we will talk
I want you as my Prince.”

He sat down then and drank his fill
Then she gave him some sweets
After magic Turkish Delight
You despise all other treats

“Now tell me of yourself” she said
Her face so beautiful
And to her Edmund blabbed all
He felt so warm and full

“There’s four of you?” she asked again
And he said “Yes, indeed”
The Witch plotted behind his back
“This is not what I need!”

“Now Edmund, dear” she said sweetly
“Bring them to visit me.
But do not tell them ‘till you’re here
Who you expect to see

“Some naughty fauns tell wild tales
That make me out to be
Something that I am not, of course;
The others might just flee.”

“I won’t tell them” said Edmund now
Near her he felt no fright
“But if I could, I’d like to have
One last Turkish delight.”

“You silly boy, come back again
And you will be stuffed full
When you are a my own son, my Prince
Together we shall rule

Peter, Susan and Lucy too
Will serve us all our days
And if they displease us at all
We’ll put them in their place

“For now, do hurry back, dear boy
I’ll see you again soon?”
“Goodbye” said he, turning to leave
That snowy afternoon

When he got home he shut his mouth
And told them of it not
And poor Lucy started to cry
Her cheeks bitterly hot

“It’s just a silly child’s play
It means nothing to me.”
And I’ll admit, though I’m ashamed
This all filled Ed with glee

For many days he'd teased the child
Without a moments rest
What happened later we shall see;
He soon will pass his test

For Edmund will be brave and just
And aid the Narnians
As he fights against the Witch
And Aslan atones sins

He called his parents by their names
And showed them no respect
They let him do it, all the same
So what could they expect?

They wore special underclothes
And kept the windows up
And every night, as was supposed
On vegetables they supped

The boy liked dead critters
Like beetles pinned to cards
And though he never littered
He tramped through neighbors’ yards

Eustace’s cousins come to stay
And he plotted mean things
Ought ne’er to be done to relatives
Not even in bad dreams

He mocked them for what he surmised
Was nothing more than play
But he would find to his surprise
That it wasn’t that way

There was a picture of a ship
Hanging in Lucy’s room
And suddenly the took a trip
Much to Eustace’s doom

The painting spilled over with water
That soon covered the floor
Then everywhere that Eustace looked
Was different than before

They had come into his cousins’ land
It wasn’t just a game
And as you will soon understand
Eustace was ne’er the same

They sailed across the sea
To visit distant lands
They walked across the grassy paths
And across moonlit sands

There was a mouse names Reepicheep
Who always stood for right
And every time he made a peep
He called them all to fight

Eustace was a wicked boy
But changed quite suddenly
When after slipping off one day
He saw something worth seeing

Gold piled all up in a cave
More than he’d ever seen
And suddenly he then became
A very horrid thing

He woke up as a dragon
And was fooled for a minute
But then he saw the water’s flow
And his dragon face in it

It was a horror he endured
For quite a few long days
And during it that noble mouse
Was sunshine’s only rays

At last as Eustace tried to sleep
Before his dragon eye
A majestic Lion appeared
To stop him from his cry

“Come with me” He told the boy
Without saying a thing
And Eustace followed him right then
Forsaking everything

Aslan led him to a pool
And told him then to bathe
“But you must shed your scales first”
So Eustace did behave

Only the scales stuck fast and hard
No matter how he scratched
And in Aslan he put his trust
And laid down on his back

Aslan peeled him slim and smooth
Until he was a boy
Then threw him in the water
Where he splashed around in joy

Eustace told the others
Which was quite hard to do
But Edmund told him not to sweat
When his tale was through

“I was like that on my first time
Only I was still worse
I fell under a witch’s spell
And Narnia I cursed.”

“I’d rather not discuss it.”
His cousin Eustace said
“For I am now a boy once more;
The dragon-me is dead.”

Then they had found all seven lords
Which was their complete plan
And all too soon it was the time
For Reepicheep’s last stand

He sailed in his coracle
Over a waterfall
After he had said goodbye
He followed Aslan’s call

Then the children sailed out
And saw a snow-white lamb
Then as they saw Aslan come forth
They very quickly ran

“Dear Lucy” said the Lion
“In me you do believe
And now for you three children
It’s time to make your leave

“Dear Aslan” Lucy cried,
Tears falling down her face
“It is you we love so dear;
It i s not just this place.”

“I know, my love” the Lion said
“But in your world you’ll see
I am with you, but my name there
Is pronounced differently.”

The three of them soon found themselves
In Lucy’s bedroom
But Eustace Clearance Scrubb now sung
A rather different tune

“Those children ruined him,
My precious Eustace Clearance.
They should not have come to stay
And be such interference.”

In the end Eustace returned
And helped that land again
But in the meantime they all were
The very best of friends

Beautiful bright sunsets
Yellow peach and gold
As we watch together
Come memories of old

You, the daughter of a star
And I a brand new King
As I watch your face
I see many new things

Your hair is just like golden wheat
Blowing in the breeze
As I study your bright eyes
My heart seems to freeze

Your beautiful pale face
Though under sun you live
You like as if you yourself
The very light doth give

Long, golden curls
Wrap around your cheek
As that part of you turns red
I find the words to speak

“Dearest Lilliandil
I want you to know:
I wish I could stay right here
And never have to go.”

“I know that you cannot,” said she
“We’d better say goodbye.”
“I will come back soon.” I said
“My darling, do not cry.”

As the tears slip down her face
I study her once more
And once again see in her eyes
A beauty ever more

“I had better go now
But before I leave such bliss…
Oh my darling, do let me
Your rosy lips to kiss.”

“In that you are mistaken.”
Said she with a smile
“You must break the enchantment first
And that might take a while.”

So he drew it in his head
A picture of her there
With the waves lapping the beach
The wind blowing her hair

At last he pulled himself away
And returned to his crew
Though in that very moment
T’was the hardest thing to do

He knew he would see her someday
Though when he knew not
And memories and hopes and dreams
Of her filled all his thoughts

In the end he did return
To wipe away her tears
And then they married straight away
And reigned for years and years