Why Did Only Lucy see Aslan?
Posted by Peter Plum on 20 May 2008 | Tagged as: Something to Think About
Lucy makes a very poignant statement in Prince Caspian. The children and the dwarf have gone to find the Prince, and they’ve been following Peter’s direction. Only Peter still hasn’t gotten it through his head that he’s been gone 1400 years.
They come to a ravine where there’s a stream running many feet below, and they decide that they must go around somewhere down the river. Then Lucy sees Aslan, and he’s seeming to signal that she should follow him.
There are four different reactions to her statement: