Well-read people are less likely to be evil? Ari raised an eyebrow at the statement. Being a not-so-well-read eleven-year old, Ari didn't like the thought of being on the "more likely to be evil" side, but she guessed the professor might possibly have a point. Her father, an avid reader, is certainly the nicest, most generous, most unselfish person Ari has ever met - possibly, a little too naive to the point of being, well, a bit foolish, as some of her other family members would say. Ari believes that her sister Caileigh, on the other hand, belongs in the "less-read' category, and Ari has no qualms whatsoever in putting her in the "more likely to be evil" side, if not already evil.

Returning to the class discussion, Ari tried to summon the details of the Chronicles of Narnia. It has been a while since her father had read the stories to her, but with enough digging, perhaps she'll be able to recall the specifics.

"To be honest, I didn't think Narnia was fake magic at first." Ari pointed out, remembering that she used to think animals could talk like Aslan. She would spend hours playing with Duke, trying to get a word out of him. But she never went as far as a whimpering "woof" from the elderly collie. "The so-called 'magic' in the books seemed pretty realistic to me at the time. There were centaurs, giants, trolls, witches, spells, curses, prophecies... you couldn't really tell unless you looked at the details." Ari gave a slight shrug at her answer. After hearing all her classmates's discussions about books and novels she wasn't even aware of, it became more apparent than ever to Ari that she is definitely on the less well-read side. Is that going to change her attitude towards reading? nOpe.