21 August 2010 The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe

Sam’s latest literary obsession is Narnia. We’re currently reading the third book of the Chronicles (in publication order), The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, in which the children access Narnia through a painting. The other day Sam said, “I need to get into Narnia.” I asked her if she’d tried the wardrobe in her room. “Yes,” she sighed. “And it’s just a regular wardrobe.”

Today she drew this picture. “Look, Mommy! Here’s Aslan and he’s destroying the white witch.” Then she identified each of the Pevensie children, from top left, clockwise: Edmund, Lucy, Peter, and Susan. Edmund is frowning because he wanted to go with the white witch.

“It’s great, Sam,” I said. “May I take a picture of it?”

“Yes,” she said. “And then we can jump into it.”