Trouble begins when they find a lion’s skin. It’s a very one-sided relationship for the crafty Shift always succeeds in getting Puzzle to do all the work.Īnd Puzzle ‘ never complained, because he knew that Shift was far cleverer than himself…’ The times he does try to argue about anything, Shift never fails to remind the donkey he’s not at all clever. The beasts that do live there include ‘ the cleverest, ugliest, most wrinkled Ape…’ called Shift, and his ‘ friend and neighbour… a donkey called Puzzle.’ The final story begins ‘ In the last days of Narnia’ in an area with ‘ very few Talking Beasts or Men or Dwarfs, or people of any sort…’ Narnia’s only hope is that Eustace and Jill, old friends to Narnia, will be able to find the true Aslan and restore peace to the land.’ There is a false Aslan roaming the land, commanding all Narnians to work for the cruel Calormenes. ‘ Good King Tirian faces the fiercest challenge ever to any Narnian King’s rule.
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