The_Complete_Chronicles_of_Narnia_(volumes_1-7,_in_order_of_publication)

"And, as you have seen, we were called together outside the straw-roofed hovel, night
after night, and the fire was kindled, and the Ape brought forth out of the hovel
something upon four legs that I could not well see. And the people and the Beasts bowed
down and did honour to it. But I thought, the Tarkaan is deceived by the Ape: for this
thing that comes out of the stable is neither Tash nor any other god. But when I watched
the Tarkaan's face, and marked every word that he said to the Monkey, then I changed my
mind: for I saw that the Tarkaan did not believe in it himself. And then I understood that
he did not believe in Tash at all: for if he had, how could he dare to mock him?
"When I understood this, a great rage fell upon me and I wondered that the true Tash did
not strike down both the Monkey and the Tarkaan with fire from heaven. Nevertheless I
hid my anger and held my tongue and waited to see how it would end. But last night, as
some of you know, the Monkey brought not forth the yellow thing but said that all who
desired to look upon Tashlan - for so they mixed the two words to pretend that they were
all one - must pass one by one into the hovel. And I said to myself, Doubtless this is some
other deception. But when the Cat had followed in and had come out again in a madness
of terror, then I said to myself, Surely the true Tash, whom they called on without
knowledge or belief, has now come among us, and will avenge himself. And though my
heart was turned into water inside me because of the greatness and terror of Tash, yet my
desire was stronger than my fear, and I put force upon my knees to stay them from
trembling, and on my teeth that they should not chatter, and resolved to look upon the
face of Tash though he should slay me. So I offered myself to go into the hovel; and the
Tarkaan, though unwillingly, let me go.
"As soon as I had gone in at the door, the first wonder was that I found myself in this
great sunlight (as we all are now) though the inside of the hovel had looked dark from
outside. But I had no time to marvel at this, for immediately I was forced to fight for my
head against one of our own men. As soon as I saw him I understood that the Monkey
and the Tarkaan had set him there to slay any who came in if he were not in their secrets:
so that this man also was a liar and a mocker and no true servant of Tash. I had the better
will to fight him; and having slain the villain, I cast him out behind me through the door.
"Then I looked about me and saw the sky and the wide lands, and smelled the sweetness.
And I said, By the Gods, this is a pleasant place: it may be that I am come into the
country of Tash. And I began to journey into the strange country and to seek him.
"So I went over much grass and many flowers and among all kinds of wholesome and
delectable trees till lo! in a narrow place between two rocks there came to meet me a
great Lion. The speed of him was like the ostrich, and his size was an elephant's; his hair
was like pure gold and the brightness of his eyes like gold that is liquid in the furnace. He
was more terrible than the Flaming Mountain of Lagour, and in beauty he surpassed all
that is in the world even as the rose in bloom surpasses the dust of the desert. Then I fell
at his feet and thought, Surely this is the hour of death, for the Lion (who is worthy of all
honour) will know that I have served Tash all my days and not him. Nevertheless, it is
better to see the Lion and die than to be Tisroc of the world and live and not to have seen