" It's asking us our names," Falkor reported." I'm Atreyu!" Atreyu cried." I'm Falkor!" cried Falkor.The boy without a name was silent.Atreyu looked at him, then took him by the hand and cried: " He's Bastian Balthazar Bux!" " It asks," Falkor translated, " why he doesn't speak for himself." " He can't," said Atreyu. " He has forgotten everything." Falkor listened again to the roaring of the fountain." Without memory, it says, he cannot come in. The snakes won't let him through." Atreyu replied: " I have stored up everything he told us about himself and his world. I vouch for him." Falkor listened." It wants to know by what right?" " I am his friend," said Atreyu. "