The Chronicle of Narnia
The Lion,
the Witch and
the Wardrobe
Jucy ran out of the empty room and found the other three.
"It's all right,” she said, "I've come back."
"What are you talking about, Lucy?" asked Susan.
Why?" said Lucy, “Don't worry about me, I am here now.
Would you like to know where I was?"
“So you were hiding, weren't you?" said Peter. “Poor old
Lu, hiding and nobody noticed! You'll have to hide longer
than that if you want people to start looking for you."
"But I've been away for hours and hours," said Lucy.
The others all looked at one another.
"Crazy!” said Edmund. "Quite crazy!"
“What do you mean, Lu?” asked Peter.
"What I said," answered Lucy. “It was just after breakfast
when I went into the wardrobe, and I've been away for
hours and hours, and had tea, and all sorts of things have
happened.”
“Don't be silly, Lucy,” said Susan. "We've only just come out
of that room a moment ago, and you were there then."
"She's not being silly at all,” said Peter, "she's just making
up a story for fun, aren't you, Lu? And why shouldn't she?"
“No, Peter, I'm not," Lucy said. "It's — it's a magic
wardrobe. There's a wood inside it, and it's snowing, and
there's a Faun and a Witch and it's called Narnia; come and
see.
The others did not know what to think, but Lucy was so
excited that they all went back with her into the room. She
rushed ahead of them, opened the door of the wardrobe and
cried, "Now! Go in and see for yourselves."
“Why?" said Susan, putting her head inside and pulling the
fur coats apart, "it's just an ordinary wardrobe; look! There's
the back of it."
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