She had legal claim to Edmund's soul because of his treachery.
"You know that every traitor belongs to me as my lawful prey and that for every treachery I have a right to a kill … that human creature is mine. Soon the White Witch approaches Aslan to claim her prize. "Here is your brother," Aslan declares, "and there is no need to talk to him about what is past."Įdmund tells each of them how sorry he is for how he has betrayed them. After the great Lion restores Edmund, the boy is reunited with his siblings. Edmund is taken by the creatures from the clutches of the Witch and brought before Aslan.
Aslan dispatches a small army of centaurs, unicorns, deer and eagles to rescue Edmund from the White Witch. Don't you know who is the King of Beasts? Aslan is a lion - the Lion, the great Lion."Īfter meeting with Aslan at the Stone Table, the other three Pevensie children tell him of Edmund's betrayal. I tell you he is the King of the wood and the son of the great Emperor-beyond-the-Sea. When he bares his teeth, winter meets its death,Īnd when he shakes his mane, we shall have spring again. Wrong will be right, when Aslan comes in sight,Īt the sound of his roar, sorrows will be no more, … He'll put all to rights as it says in an old rhyme in these parts: …the word has reached us that he has come back. Beaver who first told the children about Aslan. Beaver suspected this is what the Witch would do, so they set off with the other children to find Aslan at the Stone Table. She immediately enslaved Edmund and set off to find and murder the other children. He went directly to the White Witch and told her the location of his brother and sisters. … the moment I set eyes on that brother of yours I said to myself, 'Treacherous.'"Īnd Edmund was a traitor. "…he has already met the White Witch and joined her side, and been told where she lives. Beaver rightly discerned that Edmund had been with the evil queen before. The four Pevensie children unexpectedly stumbled into Narnia through the wardrobe and soon met Mr. When two Sons of Adam and two Daughters of Eve sit in those four thrones, then it will be the end not only of the White Witch's reign, but of her life. She was fearfully aware of the prophecy that stated:ĭown at Cair Paravel there are four thrones. More than any other creature, the White Witch feared and hated the Sons of Adam and the Daughters of Eve the human beings from that world of Men outside of Narnia. She had given him just enough to make him yearn for more, a ploy to connive Edmund into luring his brother and sisters to the Witch so that she might kill them all. For you see, Edmund had been seduced by the White Witch with enchanted Turkish Delight, which caused one to go on eating it till they killed themselves - or are stopped by someone. "You have a traitor there, Aslan," said the Witch.Įveryone present at this confrontation between Aslan and the White Witch knew that she meant Edmund.
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