<P> The freeing of Aslan's body from the stone table by field mice is reminiscent of Aesop's fable of "The Lion and the Mouse ." In the fable, a lion catches a mouse, but the mouse persuades the lion to release him, promising that the favor would be rewarded . Later in the story, he gnaws through the lion's bonds after he has been captured by hunters . It is also reminiscent of a scene from Edgar Allan Poe's story "The Pit and the Pendulum," in which a prisoner is freed when rats gnaw through his bonds . In a later book, "Prince Caspian," we learn that as reward for their actions, mice gained the same intelligence and speech as other Narnian animals . </P> <P> Due to labor union rules, the text of The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe was reset for the publication of the first American edition of by Macmillan US in 1950 . Lewis took that opportunity to make the following changes to the original British edition published by Geoffrey Bles earlier that same year: </P> <Ul> <Li> In chapter one of the American edition, the animals that Edmund and Susan express interest in are snakes and foxes rather than the foxes and rabbits of the British edition . </Li> <Li> In chapter six of the American edition, the name of the White Witch's chief of police is changed to "Fenris Ulf" from "Maugrim" in the British . </Li> <Li> In chapter thirteen of the American edition, "the trunk of the World Ash Tree" takes the place of "the fire - stones of the Secret Hill". </Li> </Ul> <Li> In chapter one of the American edition, the animals that Edmund and Susan express interest in are snakes and foxes rather than the foxes and rabbits of the British edition . </Li>

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