1. Writing: answer questions about chapter 1.
2. Answer questions about chapter 2.
3. Answer questions about chapter 3.

Homework:

1. Read the dedication, and answer these questions:
   1. How old is “too old for fairy tales”?
   2. How old is “old enough to start reading fairy tales again”?
   3. Who was Lucy Barfield?
2. What is a fairy-tale? How is it different from other genres, e.g. fantasy, myth, legend? Write three paragraphs. Write your paper using the “Student Paper” format I showed you last time (see last time’s handout). It can be typed or hand-written, and should be double-spaced.
   1. give examples of well-known fairy-tales, including fairy-tales you read (or had read to you) as a child,
   2. give examples of typical fairy-tale characters and themes,
   3. and compare fairy-tales with other genres, such as traditional stories. For example, are Japanese traditional stories 昔話　fairy-tales? Why, or why not?
3. Visit the C.S. Lewis Resource page, click on the different links, listen to C.S. Lewis’ voice, leave a comment.

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