“Courage, dear heart.”

What does it mean?

A short, kind encouragement to be brave. In the story, the lion Aslan whispers it to a frightened girl in the dark.

Key vocabulary

dear heart

an old, loving way to address someone

• “Friendship is born at the moment when one man says to another: 'What! You too? I thought that no one but myself...'”– C. S. Lewis
• “You can never get a cup of tea large enough or a book long enough to suit me.”– Often attributed to C. S. Lewis