Puzzle (Narnia)

Infobox Narnia character
name=Puzzle
race=Talking Donkey
nation=Narnia
gender=Male
title="Tashlan" (self-assumed)
birthplace=Caldron Pool, Narnia
major1=The Last Battle"This article is about a fictional character, for other uses of Puzzle see Puzzle (disambiguation)"

Puzzle is a fictional character in "The Last Battle", the seventh and final book of C. S. Lewis' "The Chronicles of Narnia". A donkey, Puzzle is introduced as the friend of Shift the ape, who abuses Puzzle's trust for his own gain. Puzzle is easily tricked into doing whatever Shift bids him to do, even if he knows it is wrong.

When Shift discovers the skin of a lion in Caldron Pool, he has Puzzle retrieve it and later wear it. Puzzle is then tricked into imitating Aslan and Shift uses him to gain control over Narnia, and later hand it over to the Calormenes. Puzzle is rescued by Jill Pole and sees the error of his ways. When the real Aslan arrives in Narnia, he says some private words to Puzzle that make his ears go down - and then some more words that make his ears go up. After this private discussion, he is pardoned and let into Aslan's Country.

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