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The Narnians know their young kings and queens are just that- young. They’re children, and although they are far beyond their age in maturity and wisdom, they are in tiny bodies that aren’t done growing yet. 

Maybe Lucy, queen of Narnia, loses teeth (I think I read somewhere that Georgie lost some teeth during filming?). Shortly after she becomes queen, she’s seen missing her two front teeth. She has to request for her royal portrait to be done showing her WITH teeth. 

Maybe Edmund has growing pains. Not like, the mental burden of growing up and having responsibility thrust on him all at once- although that is true too. Like, the physical pains you get when you’re growing a lot and everything hurts. And he can’t sleep at night. And Mrs. Beaver has some sort of miracle concoction that helps the pain. And she bakes him cookies because she feels so bad for him.

Maybe Susan hits a growth spurt where literally nothing fit her. Suddenly she has to get an entire new wardrobe because she’s three inches taller than she was during this season last year. Her dressmakers realize that from now on she and Lucy’s dresses need to be made so that they can be lengthened, or else the young queens will be outgrowing gowns after only wearing them once. 

Maybe Peter is hungry literally all the time. He is growing rapidly, like the rest, and ate meals with his siblings, but is down in the kitchens multiple times a day for snacks. The cooks start preparing nice snacks for him because they pity this Growing Boy and know he doesn’t have a whole lot of time in between training and ruling a country to search around for food.

Maybe Oreius secretly takes special measures to make sure the kids still get to be kids. He lets Peter and Edmund laugh and joke and goof off during practice, because he knows they are serious far too often. He trains Susan and Lucy in archery, but gives them a longer break than usual when he sees them making flower crowns and laughing. On the first snow day, he brings a few friends to ambush them with snowballs outside Cair Paravel. 

Maybe Mrs. Beaver worries about them all growing up too fast. She sneaks them sweets when court life is particularly stressful. She bakes cookies with them in the kitchen at Christmas time, even when the cooks protest that they should just make them for them. When Susan mentions Lucy had a stuffed dog back in England, Mrs. Beaver sews her a new one without hesitation. 

Maybe all four Pevensies begin studying Narnian history, but their tutors realize they all still need help in literature- they are too young to already know the vocabulary of royal documents. 

Maybe Lucy comes to court with bare feet. Maybe she gets scared of the dark, and needs a footstool for her throne because she’s too short. Maybe Edmund gets freckles in the summer, and is always tapping his fingers or bouncing his knees because he has too much energy to sit still at court. Maybe Susan bonds with Mrs. Beaver because she needs a motherly figure. Maybe Peter learns local Narnian sports because he misses those of England.