Chapters 8- 11

Chapter 8: The Fight At The Lamp-Post

The Witch stretches out and grabs the cross bars of the Lamp-Post, snapping it off. The Witch brandishes it toward the crowd. Digory thinks that this might be his chance so he darts toward the horse and the Witch. Polly is suddenly beside him. Digory tells her to hold on to him and that she will have to manage the Ring. The Witch is bashing the policemen with her new weapon. Digory grabs the Witch's ankle, but she hits him, and he loses his grasp. Finally, he gets a firm grip and yells to Polly to touch the Ring.

In an instant, the angry voices of the crowd silence. They come out in the wood: Polly, Digory, the Witch, Uncle Andrew, the horse, and the Cabby.

Chapter 9: The Founding Of  Narnia

The Lion paces to and fro, singing his new song. It is softer than the song before. While he walks and sings, the valley grows grass, and then trees and flowers. With each turn, the Lion approaches the group. Polly is beginning to see the connection between the music and the things that are happening around them. Polly feels that all the things are coming from the Lion.

Suddenly, the Witch steps out toward the Lion. The Witch flings her iron bar at him. The bar strikes the Lion between the eyes and glances off. The Lion continues, neither slower nor faster than before. The Witch shrieks and runs off into the trees.

Chapter 10: The First Joke and Other Matters

Out of the trees, gods and goddess of the woods, along with Fauns, Satyrs, and Dwarfs step out. Out of the river, the river god and his daughters rise. They all answer the Lion, telling Him that they hear and obey. The cab-horse, Strawberry, also speaks. The Lion, Aslan, speaks again: "I give to you forever this land of Narnia. I give you the woods, the fruits, the rivers. I give you the stars and I give you myself. The Dumb Beasts whom I have not chosen are yours also. Treat them gently and cherish them but do not go back to their ways lest you cease to be Talking Beasts. For out of them you were taken and into them you can return.

Chapter 11: Digory and His Uncle are Both in Trouble

The animals know nothing about clothes and so they think that each of the humans are just another kind of something. Uncle Andrew tries to talk to the Bulldog, but the beasts can't understand him anymore than he can understand them. Uncle Andrew faints. The Warthog says that Uncle Andrew must be a tree, after all. The Bulldog sniffs him and says that it's certainly an animal. The animals talk about what Uncle Andrew is: a tree or some kind of animal. The Elephant tries to make him stand, but he only collapses back to the ground. Because the majority thinks he's a tree, they decide to plant him. They debate about which end of Uncle Andrew is the branches and which the roots.