A few rules ....
- Comments posted on Facebook won't count (yep, you have to go through the Blogger comments labyrinth).
- Allusions already identified in a previous comment won't count (yep, you have to read what others have posted before you).
- Comments that identify a bunch of different allusions will be deleted (the more the merrier for the prizes!).
- Members of Freddie's immediate household are not eligible (sorry, Flash!).
And what are the prizes, you ask??
Successful respondents will receive a 5x7 print of their favourite photo from Walking With Freddie, along with a special message from Freddie! Once you're confirmed as a winner, all you need to do is send me an email with your photo selection (any photo from any of Heather's posts), as well as your mailing address.
The contest will remain open until midnight, Sunday, November 24th (or until all allusions have been identified — whichever comes first). Good luck!
In the meantime, here is Freddie, recovering from jet lag while Heather attempts to edit a first draft of her new (mostly realistic) novel ...
Okay, here goes: the goateed man from the government building who gave Freddie water is a reference to the faun who befriended the first child into Narnia. In Lewis' vision, the faun carried an umbrella. (And of course fauns always have goatees.)
ReplyDeleteYay! We have our first winner! Leigh, just send your photo selection and mailing address to hburt@telus.net.
DeleteHow about the flower, Lions of Almirah, being a reference to Aslan, the lion king who protected the children, if my memory serves me right. Colour could be royal purplish/pink?
ReplyDeleteAnother winner! I hadn't thought about royal colours, but unintended allusions count, too. I think I know Action 1's mailing address; I just need your photo selection in an email.
Delete"This lamppost is something of a landmark, and a guiding light, to inhabitants of the tiny central hamlets."
ReplyDeleteObviously an allusion to Lantern Waste which shows up several times in the books. The lantern literally grew there from a piece of a London lamp that was broken off and transported (accidentally) by Queen Jadis (who may or may not be the White Witch of The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe). She was there when Narnia was sung into life by Aslan, and the land was still so full of life that anything planted -- gold, an apple seed, silver, or a bit of lamppost -- would grow within a hours.
Also, my own Narnia references here (among other places): http://www.sublimemercies.com/2013/01/a-magical-cape-in-winter-sun.html
A+, Charlotte! :) Just e-mail me your photo choice and mailing address (hburt@telus.net)!
DeleteYay me! Give me time to sort through them and pick from all those masterpieces.
DeleteFor the fifth and final time of trying to post... It seems a bit too obvious but would the four children and the history professor be Peter, Susan, Edmund and Lucy? I'm also hoping for bonus points by identifying the castle as Cair Parvel from numerous iterations of the saga.
ReplyDeleteYikes - sorry it took you so many tries, Anna! I wonder what the problem was?? Anyway, yes, my allusions - most of them - are not of the most subtle variety. The four children and the professor are indeed an allusion to the kids of Lion, Witch, Wardrobe fame. You win a prize!! (But what is the castle in my post?) Please send your photo choice and mailing address to hburt@telus.net, and thanks for participating!
DeletePS, what about Aldous Huxley - doesn't he get a mention for popping his clogs on the same day as CSL and JFK. His passing was quite a different scene to the other two.
ReplyDeleteI thought about mentioning Huxley, too, but the sentence was getting long and cumbersome. "Popping his clogs"? You get a bonus point for that expression!
DeleteNo one has mentioned that the name of the town you and Freddie visited, Almirah, is the Hindi word for wardrobe. Does this count? It is very clever.
ReplyDeleteIt most certainly does count! The word has worked its way into the Oxford English Dictionary, but I've never heard it used in Canada. I first encountered it amongst English-speaking Sri Lankans. Thanks, Annel! Please send your photo request and mailing address to hburt@telus.net.
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