kisha
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Okay...so I went this Saturday to the movie again--time 12--the people at the ticket booth snicker good naturedly at this when I walk back to the theatre.....
I was surprised at the number of the people in the theatre. There were (yes, I counted 53 people there including myself), and many of them were children.
One child caught my attention. He was this chubby, sweet, impish looking little boy sitting on his Dad's lap. He was only perhaps only four or five years old. He never spoke a word...never moved.....until he saw Aslan.
Every time he saw Aslan (except for a couple times, and I'm getting to that in a second) he let out this huge, "ROOOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!" To which, most of us would turn and look at this little kid....who was pointing to the Lion, grinning ear to ear and bouncing up and down on his Dad's lap.
Then something happened...
Aslan walks up the stone table steps.....
The little boy roars......expecting his hero to roar at the creatures surrounding him....
When the roar doesn't come, and Aslan sees the knife....(here I'm watching both the movie and the little boy) The boy turns to his dad....confused....
Then Otmin pokes Aslan and he snarls ......
The little boy is apparently happy at this.....and roars....
Only in the next moment to fall completely silent and still as Otmin knocks Aslan over by a blow to the face. The boy covers his mouth with his hands and turns and looks at his Dad...once more unsure why this big, hero lion of his isn't roaring. The boy is completely still as Aslan is tied and muzzled. Then he starts crying when they start cutting his mane......He covered his eyes when the witch kills Aslan.
He kept looking at his dad after that. His dad whispered that the Lion was dead....to which the boy shook his head and cried.
Now I was thinking...man....that little kid is quite...a bit too young for this....maybe it's too much for him....then, I got caught up in the battle....
Next thing I knew ....they were showing the table cracked, and when Aslan appears over the stone archway above the table....
you guess it.....
The lion doesn't roar at that moment, but the little boy roars....and every single person in there jumps. I turn and look at the boy who not only pointing and roaring, but saying....look dad...look...look.....it's the Lion!
*grins*
I won't forget that little boy....he reminds me of my first reaction to Aslan when I first read the books.....someday, he'll perhaps understand the truth about Aslan's character, and it might have him pointing to another Hero.
Kisha
I was surprised at the number of the people in the theatre. There were (yes, I counted 53 people there including myself), and many of them were children.
One child caught my attention. He was this chubby, sweet, impish looking little boy sitting on his Dad's lap. He was only perhaps only four or five years old. He never spoke a word...never moved.....until he saw Aslan.
Every time he saw Aslan (except for a couple times, and I'm getting to that in a second) he let out this huge, "ROOOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!" To which, most of us would turn and look at this little kid....who was pointing to the Lion, grinning ear to ear and bouncing up and down on his Dad's lap.
Then something happened...
Aslan walks up the stone table steps.....
The little boy roars......expecting his hero to roar at the creatures surrounding him....
When the roar doesn't come, and Aslan sees the knife....(here I'm watching both the movie and the little boy) The boy turns to his dad....confused....
Then Otmin pokes Aslan and he snarls ......
The little boy is apparently happy at this.....and roars....
Only in the next moment to fall completely silent and still as Otmin knocks Aslan over by a blow to the face. The boy covers his mouth with his hands and turns and looks at his Dad...once more unsure why this big, hero lion of his isn't roaring. The boy is completely still as Aslan is tied and muzzled. Then he starts crying when they start cutting his mane......He covered his eyes when the witch kills Aslan.
He kept looking at his dad after that. His dad whispered that the Lion was dead....to which the boy shook his head and cried.
Now I was thinking...man....that little kid is quite...a bit too young for this....maybe it's too much for him....then, I got caught up in the battle....
Next thing I knew ....they were showing the table cracked, and when Aslan appears over the stone archway above the table....
you guess it.....
The lion doesn't roar at that moment, but the little boy roars....and every single person in there jumps. I turn and look at the boy who not only pointing and roaring, but saying....look dad...look...look.....it's the Lion!
*grins*
I won't forget that little boy....he reminds me of my first reaction to Aslan when I first read the books.....someday, he'll perhaps understand the truth about Aslan's character, and it might have him pointing to another Hero.
Kisha
