THE CAT SPEAKS IN AN ENCHANTING, ALMOST MELODIC VOICE AND SAYS....
"THOUSANDS OF YEARS AGO A CURSE WAS PUT UPON THIS FOREST PREVENTING ALL WHO ENTER FROM EXITING, EVEN BY DEATH, WE ARE FROZEN IN TIME, NEVER AGING, NEVER DEVELOPING."
"PLEASE KIND TRAVELLER, SET ME AS WELL AS YOURSELF FREE, FIND ME THE TALISMAN, IT IS LOCATED IN A CAVE ON THE FAR END OF THIS WOOD THROUGH THE MEADOW"