[Laredith]

The Chronicles were not an allegory. Lewis said so himself. He considerd them to be a "supposition" (or however you spell it). Actually, according to Lewis, the whole Narnia thing began with an image of a faun in the snowy woods carrying some parcels, along with an umbrella, and a witch on a sledge (not verbatim, of course). All of a sudden, Aslan appeared, and he pulled the stories together. It did NOT appear as an attempt to teach children about God (acctually, Lewis hated the idea of writing "down to children"). Ok, just thought I'd clear that up (one last note: Tiran told JILL to go to battle, not Lucy. Lucy was acctually about 17 at the time, and therefore too old to go to Narnia again. Besides that, Aslan told her so).