The Small and Brave

Recently I watched Walden Media's "Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe." This is one of my favorite movies to watch when I want a good fantasy. It's shorter than Lord of the Rings (which I do not feel is actually watched unless you see all three parts), has a nice score of music that sticks in my head, and features some of the most memorable characters. Lucy Pevensie definitely catches my attention. As the smallest and youngest of the four children, you would think she would be the most whiny, scared, and least understanding of the protagonists. But I find she is just the opposite.

When she first enters Narnia she is amazed. How many of you could really stay calm if you discovered an icicle of a forest in a wardrobe? And when Mr. Tumnus reveals how he originally intended to kidnap her, she is more worried for his safety than her own. Some may say this is because she is naive. Maybe this is so at first, but, by the time the wolves attack, I find it hard to believe she still views Narnia as some giant playground where nothing could really hurt her.

It is really, however, when she first comes back from Narnia that amazes me. Her older siblings don't believe her story, but she never doubts. She continues to believe that Narnia is a real land, and she did, in fact, go there through the wardrobe. She never once recants her belief, even when her siblings show her the back of the wardrobe. The lesson here is really simple. Lucy Pevensie is not only one of the smallest of heroes, but also one of the youngest. And yet she still speaks up for what she knows is true, no matter how fantastically impossible is sounds to others.