The_Complete_Chronicles_of_Narnia_(volumes_1-7,_in_order_of_publication)

"You're enough to drive anyone mad," said Lucy, and gave it up. But the Monopods
seemed perfectly contented, and she decided that on the whole the conversation had been
a success.
And before everyone went to bed that evening something else happened which made
them even more satisfied with their one-legged condition. Caspian and all the Narnians
went back as soon as possible to the shore to give their news to Rhince and the others on
board the Dawn Treader, who were by now very anxious. And, of course, the Monopods
went with them, bouncing like footballs and agreeing with one another in loud voices till
Eustace said, "I wish the Magician would make them inaudible instead of invisible." (He
was soon sorry he had spoken because then he had to explain that an inaudible thing is
something you can't hear, and though he took a lot of trouble he never felt sure that the
Monopods had really understood, and what especially annoyed him was that they said in
the end, "Eh, he can't put things the way our Chief does. But you'll learn, young man.
Hark to him. He'll show you how to say things. There's a speaker for you!") When they
reached the bay, Reepicheep had a brilliant idea. He had his little coracle lowered and
paddled himself about in it till the Monopods were thoroughly interested. He then stood
up in it and said, "Worthy and intelligent Monopods, you do not need boats. Each of you
has a foot that will do instead. Just jump as lightly as you can on the water and see what
happens."
The Chief Monopod hung back and warned the others that they'd find the water powerful
wet, but one or two of the younger ones tried it almost at once; and then a few others
followed their example, and at last the whole lot did the same. It worked perfectly. The
huge single foot of a Monopod acted as a natural raft or boat, and when Reepicheep had
taught them how to cut rude paddles for themselves, they all paddled about the bay and
round the Dawn Treader, looking for all the world like a fleet of little canoes with a fat
dwarf standing up in the extreme stern of each. And they had races, and bottles of wine
were lowered down to them from the ship as prizes, and the sailors stood leaning over the
ship's sides and laughed till their own sides ached.
The Duffers were also very pleased with their new name of Monopods, which seemed to
them a magnificent name though they never got it right. "That's what we are," they
bellowed, "Moneypuds, Pomonods, Poddymons. Just what it was on the tips of our
tongues to call ourselves." But they soon got it mixed up with their old name of Duffers
and finally settled down to calling themselves the Dufflepuds; and that is what they will
probably be called for centuries.
That evening all the Narnians dined upstairs with the Magician, and Lucy noticed how
different the whole top floor looked now that she was no longer afraid of it. The
mysterious signs on the doors were still mysterious but now looked as if they had kind
and cheerful meanings, and even the bearded mirror now seemed funny rather than
frightening. At dinner everyone had by magic what everyone liked best to eat and drink,
and after dinner the Magician did a very useful and beautiful piece of magic. He laid two
blank sheets of parchment on the table and asked Drinian to give him an exact account of
their voyage up to date: and as Drinian spoke, everything he described came out on the