Speak That I May See Thee

The eldest Llama-ette and I have finally tackled The Silver Chair (one of Steve-O's great favorites) in our bed-time reading cycle.

Last evening I introduced the gel to Puddleglum. I generally try to "play" the characters, giving them distinctive voices. While I freely admit that this is a largely hit-or-miss proposition with the Narnia books, I can say with confidence that I've got Puddleglum nailed cold. The secret? Give him a low, slow, unflappable voice and a heavy Down East accent, and pepper his lines with lots of ad-libbed "Ayuts" and "weeeelllls......" Does wonders, I tell ya. Ayut.

"But Tom," some of you may say, "Where do I get one of those Maine accents?"

Weeeeelll, if you really want a good'n, ya might check out Bert and I. Ayut.