Ch. 5-6

The storm drives the ship to the island
The rain drives the boy to the cave
to gather up gold by the handful
and dream by the old dragon's grave.

:lol: I love your limericks Ajjie :) They make me smirk. What a great poem, Lily! I like how delve into the meaning of his name. An interesting take on Harold, Ariel. I've never really thought about him very much. Ch. 3-4 A narrow mind in narrow haven harbours heartless charts and greed. A youthful ...

ch. 1-2

Eustace is enough to try the patience of a saint.
The real sea is colder than it looked when it was paint.

Prince Caspian ch 1-2

Trains are magic too.
Transporting transport,
a rush of wind and steel stealing you away.
Four children on a platform patiently waiting
are taken instead on the track between worlds.

I've been reading and appreciating everyone's reflections though I haven't taken the time to respond to them lately! I may come back to do so later, but I decided to go ahead and post mine for today: Chapters 11- 12 I made a short clay animation of Aslan's paw print from the end of Chapter 11: https...

Chapter 9-10: All is heat and haze and my mind is a maze beaten down by the blaze. The desert passage really hit me as a metaphor yesterday as I've been having lots of times lately where I've been emotionally or spiritually in deserts whether for a few hours or a few days. (Lewis talks about someth...

Chapters 7-8 I love the dialogue in this book so much :lol: There's so much subtle (and some blatant) humour in the conversations. The extravagance, triviality, and inconsistencies in Lasaraleen's monologues make me chortle and I revel in the layers of arrogance, threat, and backbiting in the secre...

@Ajnos I appreciate Bree's kindness too! It's a huge contrast to how Shasta has been treated his whole life. Bree may look down on Shasta in a fashion but it's in more of a "you poor foolish child, I will look after you" kind of way. He underestimates Shasta's abilities, but not his value ...

Chapter 2: A Wayside Adventure. I just wanted to touch on chapter two because I didn’t have time for it yesterday. Mostly I think of this as being the chapter where we meet Aravis and Hwin, but it also contains my favourite Shasta and Bree scene where their friendship is more firmly established and...

Chapter 1. My main observation from this first chapter is the use of language and words as a means of power either over other people (The way Arsheesh uses words to keep Shasta in his place or to barter for a better bargain) or to set people free (Bree finally using his voice after all those years ...