I was wandering what happened to the tree dogory planted that was suppose to not let Jadis pass.
But for them it was only the beginning of the real story. All their life in this world and all their adventures in Narnia had only been the cover and the title page: now at last they were beginning Chapter One of the Great Story which no one on earth has read: which goes on for ever: in which every chapter is better than the one before.”
― C.S. Lewis, The Last Battle
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Posted : January 5, 2019 1:56 am
The books don't say. But my theory is eventually the Narnians neglected it or even forgot its purpose and used it for kindling.
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Posted : January 5, 2019 9:25 am
Nothing lasts forever - that is a common theme throughout the Narnia books. My guess is that eventually it just grew old and died. Perhaps fell down in a storm much like the tree in our world.
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Posted : January 6, 2019 7:45 am
The impression is that it stood for a long time and protected Narnia, but eventually Jadis got in, so its power must have waned.
There, shining in the sunrise, larger than they had seen him before, shaking his mane (for it had apparently grown again) stood Aslan himself.
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Posted : January 6, 2019 9:47 am
I do not know how accurate this article is, but on the WikiNarnia page, it states that tree kept Narnia safe for 898 years. I personally do not ever remember seeing a number like that. Like others have stated I believed that the tree just ended up dying or being chopped down as I don't think Aslan intended the tree to protect Narnia forever. I will link the website down below.
https://narnia.fandom.com/wiki/Tree_of_Youth
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Posted : January 31, 2019 5:14 pm
I just assumed it either died or something. Didnt Aslan say that as long as the tree was there Narnia would be protected or did I make this up in my mind. However, something obviously happened to it. Something to think about while bored at work today!!
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Posted : February 1, 2019 2:31 am