Ginger
Also known as Ginger the Cat, the Cat
A clever Talking Cat who cooperates with Shift and Rishda for advantage. His attempt to expose the stable’s mystery ends in a terrifying encounter.
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In the chronicles
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The Magician's Nephew1 cited passage⌄
The Last Battle10 cited passages⌄
- Chapter III · paragraph 55
It was a ginger cat--a great big Tom in the prime of life--who sat bolt upright with his tail curled round his toes, in the ver…
Open passage → - Chapter III · paragraph 60
"Is that good enough for you, Ginger?" said the Ape.
Open passage → - Chapter VII · paragraph 52
…cunning a tale, Sire, as ever was devised," said Poggin. "It was the Cat, Ginger, who told it, and most likely made it up too. This Ginger, Sire--oh, he's a slyboots if ever a cat was--said he…
Open passage → - Chapter VII · paragraph 53
"What devilish policy!" said Tirian. "This Ginger, then, is close in the Ape's counsels."
Open passage → - Chapter VIII · paragraph 23
…Puzzle to bring out and show now. It wasn't easy to see what story he--or Ginger--could make up to explain that. If the Beasts asked night after night to see Aslan, and no Aslan was brought ou…
Open passage → - Chapter IX · paragraph 10
…Calormene sentry. The Beasts were far too frightened by what the Ape (and Ginger) had told them about this new angry Aslan--or Tashlan--to go near it except when they were called together for …
Open passage → - Chapter IX · paragraph 41
…walking very soft and stately, with his tail straight up in the air, came Ginger the Cat. They were heading for the bonfire and were so close to Tirian that they would have seen him at once if they ha…
Open passage → - Chapter X · paragraph 24
Then a most surprising thing happened. Ginger the Cat said, in a cool, clear voice, not at all as if he was excited, "I'll go in, if you like."
Open passage → - Chapter X · paragraph 26
…e of it. Whatever is in the Stable will not hurt him, I'll be bound. Then Ginger will come out again and say that he has seen some wonder."
Open passage → - Chapter XIII · paragraph 37
…ls. But what Shift never guessed was that the real Tash would turn up; so Ginger came out really frightened. And after that, Shift would send in anyone he wanted to get rid of and the sentry w…
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