Was it all a dream?” wondered Shasta. But it couldn’t have been a dream for there in the grass before him he saw the deep, large print of the Lion’s front right paw. It took one’s breath away to think of the weight that could make a footprint like that. But there was something more remarkable than the size about it. As he looked at it, water had already filled the bottom of it. Soon it was full to the brim, and then overflowing, and a little stream was running downhill, past him, over the grass.
Shasta stooped and drank — a very long drink — and then dipped his face in and splashed his head. It was extremely cold, and clear as glass, and refreshed him very much. After that he stood up, shaking the water out of his ears and flinging the wet hair back from his forehead, and began to take stock of his surroundings.
Here’s a fun art project to do with the kids. You’ll need:
- watercolor paints
- paintbrush
- cookie tray with a lip to catch messes
- a paper towel
- water in a cup
- a white crayon
1. Draw the outline of a lion’s footprint.
2. Using your white crayon, write some text in the center of the footprint. This can be a word, such as “overflowing”, a phrase, such as “I was the Lion”, or a Scripture reference. You may want to go over the words with the crayon a few times.
3. Paint the large portion of the pawprint. Using extra water, pull out spots with your brush and tilt the paper to allow them to drip downward. Let dry.
4. Turn the page 180 degrees and paint the toe prints, creating new drips and allowing them to drip down or fan out. Let dry.
If your wax crayon resist worked, you should be able to see your word showing through the paint. If, like mine, the words have blurred, you may need to go over them with white paint.
