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   Lewis Mammel to stephen@nomail.com   
   Re: OT: Humans in Narnia (was Re: Evil E   
   23 Jan 06 06:06:21   
   
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   From: l.mammel@worldnet.att.net   
      
   stephen@nomail.com wrote:   
   >   
   > In rec.arts.books.tolkien Christopher Kreuzer    
   wrote:   
   > > nystulc@cs.com  wrote (in response to bits by Steuard   
   >   
   > >> Much forgotten history is likely to be recovered when one overthrows   
   > >> an immortal dictator and gains access to her secret archives.   
   >   
   > > I don't think you can postulate the existence of secret archives to   
   > > restore Narnian history. Just have those beavers who said something   
   > > along the lines of "us talking animals don't forget". Which was always a   
   > > bit annoying, I thought. Or maybe I am thinking of the beaver in Prince   
   > > Caspian? Or was it the bear? :-)   
   >   
   > I believe it was a badger.  A web search turns up this quote:   
   >   
   >         "I'm a beast, I am, and a Badger what's more. We don't change.   
   >                 We hold on...and we beasts remember..."   
      
      
   Geez, sounds like frikkin' Island of Doctor Moreau.   
      
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   Lew Mammel, Jr.   
      
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