The Voyage Of The Dawn Treader

a story for children

Plot

Only two of the four Pevensie children (Edmund and Lucy) take the magical step into their Narnian kingdom in this story, but to their deep disgust they have with them a particularly odious cousin, called Eustace Scrubb 'and he almost deserved it', who is eventually reformed by being turned into a dragon. This time their way lies through a picture of the good ship 'Dawn Treader'. Once on board they discover King Caspian voyaging forth to find the seven friends of his father who vanished in the Eastern Seas beyond the Lone Islands, and with him is Reepicheep the warrior mouse who eventually fulfils his dream to go to The End of the World, and beyond to Aslan's country. Every Narnia tale has its own charms, this is perhaps a little more adventurous and less mysterious than some of the others, but Aslan appears more often and explains many of life's mysteries in his uniquely tender way.