My favorite part of all the Narnia books is the creation scene from the Magician's Nephew. We often spoke in class hour certain landscapes bring about certain creatures. Lewis brings this to life as he describes Aslan singing the world to life. The landscape comes first and living things are then born from the earth. It is not as though aslan is individually creating each animal, then placing them where he thinks they best belong, but each animal emerges from their rightful place. Just as we imagine giants appearing from mountains, Aslan brought forth life from creation. How would this scene described be different if Aslan created the animals first or if they appeared from thin air. The magic of this Narnian creation is that life was brought out of the earth.
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