CHAPTERXI
IfancyVeronicaisgoingtobeanauthoress。Hermotherthinksthismayaccountformanythingsaboutherthathavebeentroublingus。
Thestorynevergotfar。Itwaslaidasideforthemorealluringworkofplay—writing，andapparentlyforgotten。Icameacrossthecopy—bookcontainingher\"RoughNotes\"theotherday。Thereisdecidedflavouraboutthem。Itranscribeselections；thespelling，asbefore，beingmyown。
\"ThesceneislaidintheMoon。Buteverythingisjustthesameasdownhere。Withoneexception。Thechildrenrule。Thegrown—upsdonotlikeit。Buttheycannothelpit。Somethinghashappenedtothem。Theydon’tknowwhat。Andtheworldisasitusedtobe。Inthesweetoldstory—books。Beforesincame。Therearefairiesthatdanceo’nights。AndWitches。Thatlureyou。Andthenturnyouintothings。Andadragonwholivesinacave。Andspringsoutatpeople。Andeatsthem。Sothatyouhavetobecareful。Andalltheanimalstalk。Andtherearegiants。Andlotsofmagic。Anditisthechildrenwhoknoweverything。Andwhattodoforit。Andtheyhavetoteachthegrown—ups。Andthegrown—upsdon’tbelievehalfofit。Andarefartoofondofarguing。Whichisasoretrialtothechildren。Buttheyhavepatience，andarejust。
\"Ofcoursethegrown—upshavetogotoschool。Theyhavemuchtolearn。Poorthings！Andtheyhateit。Theytakenointerestinfairylore。AndwhatwouldhappentothemiftheygotwreckedonaDesertIslandtheydon’tseemtocare。Andthentherearelanguages。