A retelling of
The Wizard of Oz from the Narnian point of view. Imagine what the Narnians must think of the witches of Oz. Since there are no good witches in Narnia, unless Lewis's history is very biased, the innocent Oz stories meant to please a child must be frightening to Narnians. You could probably never convince them that Glinda is a good witch, especially since she shares so many characteristics with Jadis; that is, she dresses in white, her palace faces the North, she has long life and lasting beauty, etc. And her powers must also be vast. Of course, she rides a stork chariot, not a sledge; she uses girl soldiers as her police, not wolves; she believes that transformations are unethical, she does not control the weather, and she didn't prevent Santa Clause from appearing at Ozma's birthday party; but Narnians have known at least two evil witches, and their tactics were certainly not the same. I have therefore decided that I will indeed let some Narnians hear the story and get a good fright. For Marshwiggles, such a story might in fact come right up their alley, lol.
Disclaimer: I don't own Puddleglum, and I don't own the Wizard of Oz, but I am just retelling it to Puddleglum for its humorous effect.
Once I was in Narnia, having eel pie with Puddleglum, shortly after the time of "The Silver Chair". And he wanted to hear a story. We were talking about so many other things that were interesting, what his world was like and what my world was like. I had for instance explained to Puddleglum how my country was at a war and that there was a faction that did not like the war.
"That is sad", Puddleglum had remarked. "I am a tenderhearted person, and I don't like there being wars and people getting killed".
"But it is a just war", I explained."There is another country that is trying to develop dangerous weapons. There are tyrants who torture people and terrorists who walk into buildings with explosives strapped to their backs - powders that are bewitched to explode when you press a button or something. There are nutters who for the sake of Tash are willing to pilot airships into buildings, killing themselves and thousands of other people in the process. And as long as these people are in power, the world is becoming an increasingly sad and dangerous place to live in".
"That's too bad. As much as I hate war, I do know that it is sometimes necessary. Anyway, won't you please tell me a story".
"Alright, I will tell you a story, but I shouldn't think you'll like it. It's got witches who pretend to befriend people, and you never know what their real intentions are until the end".
"I don't mind if you tell me a frightening story. It might do me some good. In fact, we marshwiggles love to sit around campfires and tell each other horror stories, when times are going good. It keeps life in perspective for us".
"Very well".
