If a storyteller worried about the facts - my dear Lucian, how could he ever get at the truth?

After I saved some money, I quit work and went to a local college.

And thus did an Assistant Pig-Keeper become High King of Prydain.

Most cats do not approach humans recklessly. The possibility of concealed weapons, clods or sticks, tend to make them reserved. Homeless cats in particular-with some justification, unfortunately-consider humans their natural enemies. Much ceremony must be observed, and a number of diplomatic feelers put out, before establishing a state of truce.

If writers learn more from their books than do readers, perhaps I may have begun to learn.

No matter what has happened, you're not a pig-boy; you're an Assistant Pig Keeper!

A crown is more discomfort than adornment. If you have learned that, you have already learned much.