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   From: bredband.net@ojevind.lang   
      
   "Matthew Woodcraft"  skrev i meddelandet   
   news:lij*ldpIr@news.chiark.greenend.org.uk...   
   >  wrote:   
   >> The "Tashlan" lie is something the Ape comes up with on the spur of   
   >> the moment when confronted by the Lamb (whose true identity should   
   >> not be hard to guess) [...]   
   >   
   > Hmm, I'd rather think that the lamb is really a lamb, asking in all   
   > innocence.   
      
   I agree. And the fact that the Lamb is a Christian symbol adds a special   
   feeling of truthful innocence. The lamb's statement to the effect that "I   
   don't think there is such a being as Tash" sounds too meek to be the   
   statement of Aslan in disguise.   
      
   Öjevind   
      
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