Mouse

The Mouse appears only once in the narrative, as a stone statue in the courtyard of the White Witch's castle. When Aslan leaps over the castle wall and begins breathing life back into the petrified creatures, the Mouse is among the many statues that are restored. The text describes the transformation: "a tiny streak of gold began to run along his white marble back—then it spread—then the colour seemed to lick all over him as the flame licks all over a bit of paper." This vivid image of the stone coming to life, with color spreading like fire, captures the moment of liberation for all the Witch's victims. The Mouse, like the other creatures, is part of the "blaze of colours" that replaces the "deadly white" of the courtyard, contributing to the "happy roarings, brayings, yelpings, barkings, squealings, cooings, neighings, stampings, shouts, hurrahs, songs and laughter" that fill the space. Its restoration is a small but integral part of the larger victory over the White Witch's tyranny, symbolizing the return of life and joy to Narnia after the long winter of her reign.