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Chapter 4 is a short but emotionally powerful chapter built around one devastating decision — Edmund's deliberate lie. The narrator's moral language (meanest, most spiteful) is direct and accessible for young readers.
Read Chapter 4 aloud with your child. Choose one or two sentences from the moment when Edmund decides to lie about Narnia — the narrator tells us Edmund chose to do the meanest and most spiteful thing...
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Discussion Questions
Narration Prompt
Tell someone what happened in this chapter in order. When you get to the most important part, slow down and tell it carefully — what happened, why it mattered, and what you think about it.
Discussion Questions
- Edmund has been to Narnia himself and knows Lucy was telling the truth the whole time. But when Peter asks him about it, Edmund says Lucy was just playing pretend. Was this worse than an ordinary lie? What in the story makes you think Edmund's lie was especially cruel?
- Lucy tells Edmund that the White Witch is a horrible person who turns people to stone and makes it always winter. Edmund already met this exact person on her sledge. What in the story makes you think Edmund chose to ignore Lucy's warning — or was the enchanted Turkish Delight making it impossible for him to think clearly?
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Vocabulary Builder
Item 1
To say that something true is not true
Item 2
Wanting something so badly you can hardly think of anything else
Item 3
To agree something is true even when you do not want to
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