Next day messengers （who were chiefly squirrels and birds） were sent all over the country with a proclamation to the scattered Telmarines.including， of course， the prisoners in Beruna. They were told that Caspian was now King and that Narnia would henceforth belong to the Talking Beasts and the Dwarfs and Dryads and Fauns and other creatures quite as much as to the men. Any who chose to stay under the new conditions might do so； but for those who did not like the idea， Aslan would provide another home. Anyone who wished to go there must come to Aslan and the Kings at the Ford of Beruna by noon on the fifth day. You may imagine that this caused plenty of head.scratching among the Telmarines. Some of them， chiefly the young ones， had， like Caspian， heard stories of the Old Days and were delighted that they had come back. They were already making friends with the creatures. Theseall decided to stay in Narnia. But most of the older men， especially those who had been important under Miraz， were sulky and had no wish to live in a country where they could not rule the roost. “Live here with a lot of blooming performing animals！ No fear，” they said. “And ghosts too，” some added with a shudder. “That’s what those there Dryads really are. It‘s not canny.” They were also suspicious. “I don’t trust ‘em，” they said. “Not with that awful Lion and all. He won’t keep his claws off us long， you‘ll see.” But then they were equally suspicious of his offer to give them a new home. “Take us off to his den and eat us one by one most likely，” they muttered. And the more they talked to one another the sulkier and more suspicious they became. But on the appointed day more than half of them turned up.
