Lewis, the magnanimous and groundbreaking theologian, had a deep love for animals. Root tells two stories about Lewis. On one occasion, a school administrator at Oxford wished to trap a mouse, to which Lewis pushed back. The mouse, Lewis said, very well may be somebody’s mother. On another occasion, Lewis came upon a fox caught in a thicket. At that very moment, Root recounts, some foxhunters approached. When they asked Lewis whether he had seen a fox, Lewis pointed the opposite direction in an effort to protect the wounded fox.26
