Hi! Sorry I'm late, but the answer is 'It shows that the speaker will live with a misery that will never leave him'. I know this because I just took a k12 quiz with this question, and this was the correct option.
I actually read two of those books and it was the magician's nephew and the yearling. I liked the magician's nephew better than the yearling.
Answer:Because this world is cold
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