clown called down to Bastian. ‘I didn’t say “he,” Bastian screamed, half fuming, half laughing. ‘I said I forbid you to wreck this tower.’ ‘He forbids us,’ said the first clown to the others, ‘to wreck this tower.’ ‘Who does?’ inquired one who had just turned up from the far end of the glen. ‘The whatchamaycallim,’ the others replied. ‘I don’t know any whatchamaycallim,’ said the newcomer.
