He'll be coming and going he had said. One day you'll see him and anot…

C. S. Lewis
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He'll be coming and going he had said. One day you'll see him and another you won't. He doesn't like being tied down--and of course he has other countries to attend to. It's quite all right. He'll often drop in. Only you mustn't press him. He's wild, you know. Not like a tame lion. ✨ C.S.Lewis (2016). The Chronicles of Narnia Vol I: The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe, p.131, ENRICH CULTURE GROUP LIMITED
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