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Christopher Tolkien's Upbringing and His Role in the Creation of His Father's Stories

John talks about Christopher Tolkien's upbringing and how even at a very early age he played a role in the creation of his father's stories. John: "Christopher seems to have just been on the same wavelength as his father from very early on, and he said some wonderful things that evoke this" In other words, his father's imagination had entered into him and opened out there and had helped build Christopher's mind from the beginning.

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