Of Mice & Marshwiggles – Day 31 – Learning    To Read:  Setting the Scene:   Towards the end of the Silver Chair Jill, Eustace, Puddleglum and the Prince they came to rescue fall under the enchantment of ‘The Lady of the Green Kirtle’. In fact a witch, she intends to rule Narnia by tricking the… Continue reading Of Mice & Marshwiggles – Day 31 – Learning

Of Mice & Marshwiggles – Day 30 – Learning To Read:  Setting the Scene:   Once on the other side of the Stable Door in the Last Battle, Lucy (as always) leads the way on the journey to Aslan’s country as they all travel ‘further in and higher up’. Their journey is stopped when they encounter… Continue reading Of Mice & Marshwiggles – Day 30 – Learning

Of Mice & Marshwiggles – Day 29 – Learning    To Read:  Setting the Scene:   Towards the end of The Last Battle as the whole of creation, including Narnia, is wrapped up King Tirian and the children find themselves to be the other side of the Stable which had been used to house Puzzle the… Continue reading Of Mice & Marshwiggles – Day 29 – Learning

Of Mice & Marshwiggles – Day 28 – Changing To Read: Setting the Scene:   At the end of ‘The Horse and His Boy’ Bree is struggling with the knowledge that he might not be allowed to be a normal horse in Narnia. Shasta is even more concerned as he has discovered that his real name… Continue reading Of Mice & Marshwiggles – Day 28 – Changing

Of Mice & Marshwiggles – Day 27 – Changing    To Read: Setting the Scene:   At the end of the Last Battle all the children who have ever visited Narnia are gathered together – that is except one of them…..  ‘My sister Susan,’ answered Peter shortly and gravely, ‘is no longer a friend of Narnia.’… Continue reading Of Mice & Marshwiggles – Day 27 – Changing

Of Mice & Marshwiggles – Day 26 – Changing    To Read: Setting the Scene:   Bree, the proud war horse, has to learn yet another lesson!  ‘My good Horse,’ said the Hermit, who had approached them unnoticed because his bare feet made so little noise on that sweet, dewy grass. ‘My good Horse, you’ve lost… Continue reading Of Mice & Marshwiggles – Day 26 – Changing

Of Mice & Marshwiggles – Day 25 – Changing   To Read:  Setting the Scene:   The biggest challenge facing the escapees in ‘The Horse and His Boy’ is to pass through Tashbaan (the capital of Calormen) without being seen to be fugitives. A difficult task for a War Horse and a well-bred mare, not to… Continue reading Of Mice & Marshwiggles – Day 25 – Changing

Of Mice & Marshwiggles – Day 24 – Changing   To Read: Setting the Scene:   Right at the very beginning of the Narnia stories Lucy meets Mr Tumnus – the little faun who really wanted to be better than his actions. ‘Oh – oh – you wouldn’t say that if you knew,’ replied Mr Tumnus… Continue reading Of Mice & Marshwiggles – Day 24 – Changing

Of Mice & Marshwiggles – Day 23 – Changing   To Read:  Setting the Scene:   At the foundation of Narnia Digory owns up to Aslan that he was tempted to follow Jadis of Charn in eating the forbidden fruit. But then worries about what will happen to his mother if she were to eat one… Continue reading Of Mice & Marshwiggles – Day 23 – Changing

Of Mice & Marshwiggles – Day 22 – Meetings   To Read: Setting the Scene:   Not all Calormenes are worshippers of the vulture headed Tash – or so it seems. At the end of the Last Battle a young Calormen soldier somehow finds himself in Alsan’s country.  Emeth’s Story:  ‘So I went over much grass… Continue reading Of Mice & Marshwiggles – Day 22 – Meetings