Why Won't You Believe Me?

One of the most gut-wrenching scenes in The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe is when Lucy first comes back from Narnia, but nobody believes her story.  It gets even worse when Edmund makes it in as well but then lies to the rest of the siblings and says Lucy is making it up.  It was really a very cruel scene.  But, as you know, eventually all four siblings make it to Narnia, they have fabulous adventures, and become kings and queens.

In Prince Caspian the four Pevensiesare called back to Narnia, much like a Jinn out of a lamp which as Edmund says, " And now we know what it feels like for the Jinn...Golly! It's a bit uncomfortable to know that we can be whistled for like that."

Lucy is again the first to make a discovery.  This time it is she who first sees Aslan.   And this time, in a heart-warming show of redemption, Edmund speaks up for Lucy, "When we first discovered Narnia a year ago...it was Lucy who discovered it first and none of us would believe her.  I was the worst of the lot, I know.  Yet she was right after all.  Wouldn't it be fair to believe her this time?"

Unfortunately Edmund doesn't fight hard enough and Lucy is overruled by the older siblings costing the party a great delay.  This shows me two things.  One, if someone has proven to be trustworthy, which Lucy unarguably has, then you should trust them regardless of their age.  Second, if you speak up for someone what good does that really do if it doesn't lead to any kind of change?

I"ll step off my preaching pedestal now and let you ponder those things for yourself.  Also, to be fair, these questions don't really relate to the main theme of Prince Caspian.  Since it's a book I've read often I decided to focus on a small detail for this post.  If you would like to know about the book as a whole then you will just have to read it yourself.

Speaking up...that's kids stuff.