Sunday, March 29, 2009

The Fight at Anvard

This is the 13th chapter of the Horse and His Boy. My prediction is that Peter’s army and Rabadash’s army will fight. I also think that Peter will win because his army has more power than Rabadash.
After reading the chapter I checked my prediction and it was correct! Peter did defeat Rabadash.
If I were to go fight in the army, I would bring a silver armor and a shield for protection.
Why the audience did applaud for Corin and Shasta? Because the 2 boys were probably brothers (they look as they were twins!) and also they behaved like brave warriors.
I had trouble with the word girth, so I went to online dictionary and it is a band of some sort.

Monday, March 23, 2009

Shasta in Narnia

I am reading the 12th chapter of the Horse and his Boy from the Chronicles of Narnia. I predict that Shasta will prevent the attack of Rabadash’s army getting help from somebody else in Narnia.

My prediction was sort of correct. Shasta is on his way but King Peter’s army will try to stop Rabadash’s attack. Now, since the White Witch had been defeated, peace had been brought to Narnia and I think that is the reason that all their people are happy to help anybody who are in need.

I wonder why dwarfs have uncommon names. The best ones I remember are Briklethumb in this story, and Reepicheep in the book Prince Caspian. My mom told me that C.S Lewis had a big imagination and knowledge about languages that allowed him to create new and magical ones.

I had trouble with three words: besieged, magpies and stag. Besieged means to be surrounded by an army. Magpies are a kind of Australian bird. Stag is a male deer. I used the dictionary to find the definition of besieged and stag. I found magpie by looking at some online pictures.

Sunday, March 8, 2009

The Unwelcome Traveler

I am reading the 11th chapter of The Horse and His Boy. My prediction is that Shasta will find someone on his way to king Anvard. I thought of this prediction because, on the last chapter I’ve read, it said Shasta was going to warn king Anvard. According to the picture on chapter 11 there’s a boy walking alone through the woods and Shasta went out without any horses.
I found out that my prediction was correct. On his way to finding Anvard, Shasta hiked through some woods and on his way found King Lune who borrowed him a horse to continue.
I have two questions. What are the differences and similarities of the White Witch’s castle from The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, and the top of the hill that Shasta was? Both were cold, had fog and were dark. But most of all, on the hill there were no bad magic around and the White Witches’ castle were filled with bad magic. The last question is who were all the cats that Shasta found on his journeys?
The two lions (which were actually one), the black cat, the lion that hurt Aravis; those were all one lion, and I think this lion is Aslan. Thinking about Aslan, I hope he’ll help Shasta because in the other Narnia’s book, Aslan is the great king of Narnia and he will do anything to protect his land.
I had a problem with the word warrant. I didn’t know what it meant so I asked my mom and she told me it means to assure.