Squirrel

Squirrels were Talking Beasts of Narnia and took part in many significant battles and other events in Narnia's history.

Appearance
Talking Squirrels, like mice, rabbits, and other small Talking Beasts, were larger than dumb ones; the squirrel Pattertwig was nearly the size of a terrier. There were both red and grey squirrels in Narnia.



Character Description
Like squirrels on Earth, Narnian squirrels were quick climbers, lived in trees, and collected nuts for food. Most squirrels were "rather flighty," according to Nikabrik the dwarf. They were extremely talkative and often annoyed other beasts, but there is no record of any bad squirrel in Narnia.

Etiquette
Among squirrels, it was considered very bad manners to watch someone going to his store of nuts, or to ask where he kept them.

Notable Squirrels

 * A group of squirrels threw nuts at Andrew Ketterley, to feed him, while they were keeping him as a pet at the birth of Narnia, in The Magician's Nephew.


 * A squirrel family who lived during the Age of Winter ate a feast given them by Father Christmas with two satyrs, a dwarf, and a fox, until the White Witch arrived and turned them into stone.


 * Pattertwig the squirrel was a messenger and a scout of Caspian X during the War of Deliverance.


 * In The Last Battle, the Head Squirrel of Narnia (name unknown), was repeatedly summoned by the ape Shift, who demanded far more nuts than the Head Squirrel's company could spare. [[image:Shiftsquirrel.jpg|thumb|centre|Shift and the Head Squirrel]]

Film Adaptations
In the 2005 film of The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, squirrels were never mentioned, but in a scene when the Pevensies and the Beavers were running from the Secret Police, Lucy trips back from a family of squirrels that the witch had turned to stone.

In the 2008 film of Prince Caspian, Pattertwig the squirrel made two brief appearances.

Squirrels were absent in Telmarine Castle Night Raid, but they appeared in the Second Battle of Beruna where they fought the Telmarine army.