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In our last post we noted that Peter's shield had an image of a lion in a red "as bright as ripe strawberries." This led us to notice that Strawberry, the horse of the cabbie who was to become King Frank, like Peter, came from our world.
Strawberry is a rather down-to-earth kind of fellow. He was chosen to be a Talking Beast and rememberd our world as if only a dream. Nonetheless, he volunteers to help Digory by bringing him to Aslan, and then, after Aslan transforms him into a flying horse, he takes Digory and Polly on a quest to find an apple for Aslan. On the journey, he simply eats grass and tells the children that Aslan likes requests rather than granting things upfront. Polly refuses to use her own magic to get dinner and instead 'roughs it' with Digory eating only taffies.
Hold on, that ties a few things together. Polly could have used magic but does not. Aslan could have used magic but likes being asked. And King Peter is given no magic. It's almost as if he is not given magic because Aslan likes to be asked.
In a world of magic, those without may feel helpless, or at least at a disadvantage. And they are, if they have nothing more powerful. But Father Christmas reminds Peter that there is something, or someone, more powerful, Aslan himself.
And perhaps that's the answer. Peter is given no magic so that he always remembers Aslan.
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