but eriol said : 'indeed 't is a wondrous tale , such as i looked not to hear from the lips of the little maids of mar vanwa tyalieva , ' but veanne answered him : 'nay , but i fashioned it not with words of myself ; but it is dear to me -- and indeed all the children know of the deeds that it relates -- and i have learned it by heart , reading it in the great books , and i do not comprehend all that is set therein . '