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00:00The End
00:34Once, there were four children, whose names were Peter, Susan, Edmund, and Lucy.
00:41During the war, they were sent away to the house of an old professor who lived in the heart of
00:46the country.
00:47He was a very old man with shaggy white hair, and they liked him almost at once.
00:54Though he was so odd-looking that when they met him, Lucy, who was the youngest,
00:58was a little afraid of him, and Edmund, who was the next youngest,
01:02wanted to laugh and had to keep on pretending he was blowing his nose to hide it.
01:08But soon they set to exploring the house,
01:12which was the sort of house you never seemed to come to the end of,
01:16and this was how the adventures began.
01:20One room they looked into was quite empty, except for one big wardrobe,
01:25the sort that has a looking-glass in the door.
01:29Nothing there, said Peter, the oldest, and they all trooped out again, all except Lucy.
01:35She stayed behind because she thought it would be worthwhile trying the door of the wardrobe,
01:42even though she felt almost sure that it would be locked.
01:45To her surprise, it opened quite easily, and two mothballs dropped out.
01:52Looking inside, she saw several coats hanging up, mostly long fur coats,
01:58and there was nothing Lucy liked so much as the smell and feel of fur.
02:05She immediately stepped into the wardrobe and got in among the coats
02:09and rubbed her face against them, leaving the door open, of course,
02:13because she knew that it is very foolish to shut oneself into any wardrobe.
02:19Soon, she went further in and found that there was a second row of coats
02:24hanging up behind the first one.
02:26It was almost quite dark in there,
02:29and she kept her arms stretched out in front of her
02:32so as not to bump her face into the back of the wardrobe,
02:35but the back never appeared.
02:37And the next moment,
02:39she found that what was rubbing against her face and hands
02:43was no longer soft fur, but something hard and rough and even prickly.
02:49Why?
02:51It is just like branches of trees, exclaimed Lucy.
02:54She found that she was standing in the middle of a wood at night time
02:58with snow under her feet and snowflakes falling through the air.
03:04Lucy felt a little frightened,
03:07but she felt very inquisitive and excited as well.
03:11I can always get back if anything goes wrong, thought Lucy.
03:17She began to walk forward, crunch, crunch,
03:20over the snow and through the wood towards the other light.
03:24In about ten minutes, she reached it and found that it was a lamppost.
03:29As she stood looking at it,
03:31wondering why there was a lamppost in the middle of a wood,
03:34a very strange person stepped out from among the trees into the light.
03:39From the waist upwards, he was like a man,
03:42but his legs were shaped like a goat's,
03:45and instead of feet, he had goat's hoofs.
03:48He had a strange but pleasant little face
03:51with a short pointed beard and curly hair,
03:54and out of the hair there stuck two horns,
03:57one on each side of his forehead.
03:59He was a fawn.
04:01And when he saw Lucy,
04:03he gave such a start of surprise
04:05that he dropped the brown-papered parcels he was carrying.
04:08Goodness gracious me, exclaimed the fawn.
04:11Good evening, said Lucy.
04:13Good evening, good evening, said the fawn.
04:16Excuse me, I don't want to be inquisitive,
04:19but should I be right in thinking that you are a daughter of Eve?
04:25My name's Lucy, said she, not quite understanding him.
04:28But you are, forgive me,
04:31you are what they call a girl, asked the fawn.
04:35Of course I'm a girl, said Lucy.
04:37To be sure, to be sure, said the fawn.
04:39How stupid of me.
04:41Allow me to introduce myself.
04:43My name is Tumnus,
04:46and may I ask, oh Lucy, daughter of Eve,
04:49how you have come into Narnia?
04:53Narnia?
04:53What's that? said Lucy.
04:55Well, this is the land of Narnia, said the fawn.
04:59Where we are now,
05:00all that lies between the lamppost
05:02and the great castle of Caer Paravell
05:04on the Eastern Sea.
05:08I got in through the wardrobe
05:10in the spare room, said Lucy.
05:14Ah, said Mr Tumnus,
05:16in a rather melancholy voice.
05:19If only I had worked harder at geography
05:21when I was a little fawn.
05:24Oh, but they aren't countries at all, said Lucy,
05:27almost laughing.
05:28It's only just back there.
05:29At least, oh, I'm not sure.
05:33It is summer there.
05:35Meanwhile, said Mr Tumnus,
05:38it is winter in Narnia,
05:40and has been forever so long,
05:43and we shall both catch cold
05:45if we stand here talking in the snow.
05:47Daughter of Eve,
05:49from the far land of Spare Oom,
05:52where eternal summer reigns
05:54around the bright city of Wardrobe,
05:57how would it be if you came and had tea with me?
06:02And so Lucy found herself inside the fawn's home,
06:06blinking in the light of a wood fire.
06:09Lucy thought she had never been in a nicer place.
06:12It was a little, dry, clean cave of reddish stone
06:16with a carpet on the floor and two little chairs.
06:19And then they had a wonderful tea.
06:23There was a nice brown egg,
06:25lightly boiled for each of them,
06:26and then sardines on toast,
06:29and then buttered toast,
06:31and then toast with honey,
06:32and then a sugar-topped cake.
06:36And then the fawn played a strange little flute,
06:38and the tune he played made Lucy want to cry
06:42and laugh and dance and go to sleep
06:45all at the same time.
06:47It must have been hours later
06:49when she shook herself and said,
06:51Oh, Mr Tumnus,
06:53I'm so sorry to stop you,
06:54and I do love that tune,
06:56but really I must go home.
06:59It's no good now, you know,
07:02said the fawn,
07:03laying down his flute
07:04and shaking his head at her very sorrowfully.
07:07No good, said Lucy,
07:09jumping up and feeling rather frightened,
07:11for the fawn's brown eyes had filled with tears,
07:14and then the tears began trickling down his cheeks.
07:18Mr Tumnus bawled Lucy in his ear,
07:21shaking him,
07:21Do stop! Stop it at once!
07:23What on earth are you crying about?
07:25Oh! Oh!
07:27Oh! sobbed Mr Tumnus.
07:30I'm crying because I'm such a bad fawn.
07:34But what have you done? asked Lucy.
07:37Taking service under the White Witch.
07:41I'm in the pay of the White Witch.
07:44The White Witch? Who is she?
07:47Why, it is she that has got all Narnia under her thumb.
07:51It's she that makes it always winter.
07:54How awful, said Lucy.
07:56But what does she pay you for?
07:59That's the worst of it, said Mr Tumnus with a deep groan.
08:03I'm a kidnapper for her.
08:06That's what I am.
08:07I had orders from the White Witch that if ever I saw a son of Adam or a daughter of
08:13Eve in the wood,
08:14I was to catch them and hand them over to her.
08:18And you were the first I ever met.
08:21And I've pretended to be your friend and asked you to tea.
08:26And all the time I'd been meaning to wait till you were asleep and then go and tell her.
08:31Oh, but you won't, Mr Tumnus, said Lucy.
08:34You won't, will you?
08:35Indeed, indeed, you really mustn't.
08:38And if I don't, said he, beginning to cry again, she's sure to find out and she'll have my tail
08:45cut off and my horn sawn off and my beard plucked out.
08:49And she'll wave a wand over my beautiful cloven hoofs and turn them into horrid solid hoofs like a wretched
08:56horse's.
08:56And if she's especially angry, she'll turn me into stone.
09:01And I shall be only a statue of a fawn in her horrible house until the four thrones at Caer
09:08Paravell are filled.
09:09And goodness knows when that will happen or whether it will ever happen at all.
09:13Well, I'm very sorry, Mr Tumnus, said Lucy, but please let me go home.
09:20Of course I will, said the fawn.
09:23Of course I've got to.
09:24I see that now.
09:26I hadn't known what humans were like before I met you.
09:30But we must be off at once.
09:34They both got up and left the tea things on the table.
09:37And Mr Tumnus put up his umbrella and gave Lucy his arm.
09:41And they went out into the snow.
09:47Lucy shut the wardrobe door tightly behind her and looked around the empty room, panting for breath.
09:54It was still raining, and she could hear the voices of the others in the passage.
09:59I'm here, she shouted.
10:01I'm here.
10:01I've come back.
10:02I'm all right.
10:04What on earth are you talking about, Lucy?
10:06Asked Susan.
10:07Why, said Lucy in amazement, haven't you all been wondering where I was?
10:11I've been away for hours and hours.
10:14The others all stared at one another.
10:17Batty, said Edmund, tapping his head.
10:19Quite batty.
10:21No, Edmund, I'm not, she said.
10:22It's a magic wardrobe.
10:25There's a wood inside it.
10:27And it's snowing.
10:29And there's a fawn and a witch.
10:30And it's called Narnia.
10:32Come and see.
10:33Come, Lou, said Peter.
10:34That's going a bit far.
10:35You've had your joke, and you'd better drop it now.
10:39Lucy grew very red in the face, and tried to say something, though she hardly knew what
10:44she was trying to say, and burst into tears.
10:50A few miserable days passed.
10:53And then, one afternoon, they decided to play hide-and-seek again.
10:58Susan was it, and as soon as the others scattered to hide, Lucy went to the room where the wardrobe
11:04was.
11:05She wanted to have one more look inside it, for by this time, she was beginning to wonder
11:10herself whether Narnia and the fawn had not been a dream.
11:14As soon as she reached it, she heard steps in the passage outside, and then there was nothing
11:19for it but to jump into the wardrobe.
11:22Now, the steps she had heard were those of Edmund, and he came into the room just in
11:27time to see Lucy vanishing into the wardrobe.
11:30He at once decided to get into it himself, not because he thought it a particularly good
11:35place to hide, but because he wanted to go on teasing her about her imaginary country.
11:42He jumped in and shut the door.
11:45Then he began groping wildly in every direction.
11:47He even shouted out, Lucy, Lou, where are you?
11:52I know you're here.
11:54There was no answer, and Edmund noticed that his own voice had a curious sound, not the sound
12:01you expect in a cupboard, but a kind of open-air sound.
12:06He found himself stepping out from the shadow of some thick, dark fir trees into an open place
12:13in the middle of a wood, when he heard a sound of bells.
12:17He listened, and the sound came nearer and nearer, and at last there swept into sight a
12:23sledge drawn by two reindeer.
12:26On the sledge sat a fat dwarf, and behind him, on a much higher seat, in the middle of the
12:33sledge, sat a very different person.
12:36A great lady, taller than any woman that Edmund had ever seen.
12:41She was covered in white fur up to her throat, and held a long, straight golden wand in her
12:47right hand.
12:48She was, of course, the White Witch, though Edmund didn't know that.
12:55Stop, said the lady, and the dwarf pulled the ranger up so sharp that they almost sat down.
13:01And what, pray, are you, said the lady, looking hard at Edmund.
13:08I'm, I'm, my name's Edmund, said Edmund rather awkwardly.
13:15He did not like the way she looked at him.
13:17Is that how you address a queen?
13:19The dwarf asked.
13:22I beg your pardon, your majesty.
13:24I, I didn't know, said Edmund.
13:27Not know, the queen of Narnia, cried she.
13:31I see you are an idiot, whatever else you may be.
13:34Answer me, once and for all, or I shall lose my patience.
13:38Are you human?
13:42Yes, your majesty, said Edmund.
13:46My poor child, she said in quite a different voice.
13:51How curled you look.
13:54Come and sit with me here on the sledge, and I will put my mantle around you, and we will
13:59talk.
14:01Edmund did not like this arrangement at all, but he dared not disobey.
14:05He stepped onto the sledge and sat at her feet, and she put a fold of her fur mantle around
14:11him
14:11and tucked it well in.
14:13Perhaps something to eat, said the queen.
14:16Should you like that?
14:18Yes, please, your majesty, said Edmund, who did find himself rather hungry.
14:23The queen took from somewhere among her wrappings a very small bottle, which looked as if it were made of
14:30copper.
14:30Then, holding out her arm, she let one drop fall from it onto the snow beside the sledge.
14:38Instantly, there appeared a round box tied with green silk ribbon, which, when opened,
14:44turned out to contain several pounds of the best Turkish delight.
14:50Edmund had never tasted anything more delicious.
14:54While he was eating, the queen got him to tell her that he had one brother and two sisters.
15:01She seemed especially interested in the fact that there were four of them, and kept on coming back to it.
15:07At last, the Turkish delight was all finished, and Edmund was looking very hard at the empty box,
15:13and wishing that she would ask him whether he would like some more.
15:18Probably the queen knew quite well what he was thinking,
15:21for she knew, though Edmund did not, that this was enchanted Turkish delight,
15:26and that anyone who had once tasted it would want more and more of it.
15:32Son of Adam, I should so much like to see your brother and your two sisters.
15:39If you did come again, bringing them with you, of course,
15:44I'd be able to give you some more Turkish delight, said the queen.
15:50But I don't even know the way back to my own country, pleaded Edmund, still looking at the empty box.
15:58That's easy, answered the queen.
16:00Do you see that lamp?
16:01She pointed with her wand, and Edmund turned and saw the same lamppost under which Lucy had met the fawn.
16:07Straight on beyond that is the way to the world of men.
16:10And now look the other way, here she pointed in the opposite direction,
16:14and tell me if you can see two little hills rising above the trees.
16:19I think I can, said Edmund.
16:21Well, my house is between those two hills, but remember, you must bring the others with you.
16:29I might have to be very angry with you if you came alone.
16:34I'll do my best, said Edmund.
16:36And by the way, said the queen, you needn't tell them about me.
16:41It would be fun to keep it a secret between us two, wouldn't it?
16:46While she spoke, she signalled to the dwarf to drive on.
16:49But as the sledge swept away out of sight, the queen waved to Edmund, calling out,
16:54Next time, next time, don't forget, come soon.
17:09Because a game of hide-and-seek was going on,
17:12it took Edmund and Lucy some time to find the others.
17:15But when at last they were all together, Lucy burst out,
17:18Peter, Susan, it's all true.
17:21Edmund has seen it too.
17:22There is a country you can get to through the wardrobe.
17:26Up to that moment, Edmund had been feeling sick and sulky and annoyed with Lucy for being right.
17:33And he decided all at once to do the meanest and most spiteful thing he could think of.
17:39He said,
17:40Oh, yes, Lucy and I have been playing,
17:43pretending that all her story about a country in the wardrobe is true.
17:48Just for fun, of course.
17:49There's nothing there, really.
17:52Poor Lucy gave Edmund one look and rushed out of the room.
17:56Edmund, who was becoming a nastier person every minute,
17:59thought that he had scored a great success and went on at once to say,
18:03There she goes again.
18:04What's the matter with her?
18:05That's the worst of young kids.
18:08They always...
18:08Look here, said Peter, turning on him savagely.
18:11Shut up.
18:12You've been perfectly beastly to Lou ever since she started this nonsense about the wardrobe.
18:17And now you go playing games with her about it and setting her off again.
18:20I believe you did it simply out of spite.
18:23But it's all nonsense, said Edmund, very taken aback.
18:27Of course it's all nonsense, said Peter.
18:30That's just the point.
18:32Lou was perfectly all right when we left home.
18:35But since we've been down here, she seems to be either going queer in the head or else turning into
18:40a most frightful liar,
18:41but whichever it is, what good do you think you'll do by jeering and nagging at her one day and
18:47encouraging her the next?
18:49I thought... I thought... said Edmund.
18:52But he couldn't think of anything to say.
18:55You didn't think anything at all, said Peter.
18:57It's just spite.
18:58You've always liked being beastly to anyone smaller than yourself.
19:02We've seen that at school before now.
19:05Do stop it, said Susan.
19:07It won't make things any better having a row between you two.
19:10Let's go and find Lucy.
19:13It was not surprising that when they found Lucy, a good deal later, everyone could see that she'd been crying.
19:21Nothing they could say to her made any difference.
19:24She stuck to her story and said,
19:26I don't care what you think and I don't care what you say.
19:29You can tell the professor or you can write to mother or you can do anything you like.
19:34I know I've met a fawn in there and I wish I'd stayed there and you were all beasts, beasts.
19:42A few miserable days followed.
19:46But one morning the two girls rushed to Peter and Edmund and said,
19:50Look out, here comes the MacReady and a whole gang with her.
19:54MacReady was the housekeeper and didn't really like children.
19:58Sharp's the word, said Peter, and all four made off through the door.
20:03But whether it was that Mrs. MacReady was trying to catch them or that some magic in the house had
20:10come to life,
20:10they seemed to find themselves being followed everywhere until at last they found themselves in the wardrobe room.
20:17And the moment they were inside, they saw the handle turning.
20:21Quick, said Peter, there's nowhere else, and flung open the wardrobe.
20:27All four of them bundled inside and sat there panting in the dark.
20:32And of course, they soon found themselves blinking in the daylight of a winter day.
20:39Peter at once apologised to Lucy for not believing her.
20:44And then, having each donned a fur coat from the wardrobe,
20:47they decided that they should pay a visit to Lucy's friend, Mr. Tumnus.
20:52Off they set, until Edmund said,
20:55Oughtn't we to be bearing a bit more to the left?
20:58That is, if we're aiming for the lamppost.
21:01He had forgotten, for the moment,
21:04that he must pretend never to have been in the wood before.
21:07The moment the words were out of his mouth,
21:10he realised that he'd given himself away.
21:12Everyone stopped. Everyone stared at him.
21:15Well, of all the poisonous little beasts,
21:19said Peter, and shrugged his shoulders and said no more.
21:22There seemed, indeed, no more to say.
21:24And presently, the four resumed their journey.
21:27But Edmund was saying to himself,
21:29I'll pay you all out for this,
21:32you pack of stuck-up, self-satisfied prigs.
21:37But when they arrived at Mr. Tumnus's cave,
21:40a terrible surprise awaited them.
21:42The door had been wrenched off its hinges and broken to bits.
21:46Inside, the cave was dark and cold,
21:50and had the damp feel and smell of a place
21:52that had not been lived in for several days.
21:56Lucy took Susan's hand.
21:58What's this? said Peter, stooping down.
22:01He'd just noticed a piece of paper
22:03which had been nailed through the carpet to the floor.
22:07The former occupant of these premises,
22:09the Fawn Tumnus,
22:10is under arrest and awaiting his trial
22:12on a charge of high treason
22:14against Her Imperial Majesty Jardis,
22:16Queen of Narnia,
22:18Chatelaine of Caer Parabel,
22:19Empress of the Lone Islands, etc.
22:21Also of comforting Her Majesty's enemies,
22:24harbouring spies,
22:25and fraternising with humans.
22:27Long live the Queen!
22:30The children stared at each other.
22:34I wonder if there's any point in going on,
22:36said Susan.
22:37I mean, it doesn't seem particularly safe here,
22:39and it looks as if it won't be much fun either.
22:42What about just going home?
22:44Oh, but we can't, said Lucy suddenly.
22:47Don't you see?
22:48It is all on my account
22:49that the poor Fawn has got into this trouble.
22:52We simply must try to rescue him.
22:55They were all still,
22:57wondering what to do next,
22:58when Susan spotted from behind a tree
23:01a whiskered furry face.
23:04It was a beaver.
23:06The beaver glanced all round
23:09as if it were afraid someone was watching,
23:11and made signs to them
23:13to join it in the thicker bit of the wood.
23:17Are you the sons of Adam
23:20and the daughters of Eve?
23:22It said in a hoarse, throaty whisper.
23:26Yes, said Peter.
23:28Follow me, said the beaver.
23:30I must bring you where we can have a real talk
23:33and also dinner.
23:35No one except Edmund felt any difficulty
23:38about trusting the beaver,
23:39and everyone, including Edmund,
23:41was very glad to hear the word dinner.
23:44They therefore all hurried along
23:46behind their new friend,
23:48who led them at a surprisingly quick pace,
23:50and always in the thickest part of the forest
23:53for over an hour.
23:55Everyone was feeling very tired
23:57and very hungry,
23:58when suddenly they were standing
24:00on the edge of a steep, narrow valley,
24:03at the bottom of which was a frozen river.
24:06Just below them,
24:07a dam had been built across this river,
24:10and on top of the dam,
24:11a funny little house,
24:13shaped like a beehive.
24:15And the children noticed
24:16that the beaver had a sort of
24:18modest expression on his face,
24:20so it was only common politeness
24:22when Susan said,
24:24What a lovely dam!
24:25And Mr. Beaver said,
24:27Merely a trifle.
24:29Merely a trifle.
24:32Edmund noticed something else.
24:34Looking up that valley,
24:37Edmund could see two small hills,
24:40and he thought about Turkish delight,
24:43and horrible ideas came into his head.
24:47But he went into the beaver's house
24:49with the others,
24:50and there Mrs. Beaver made supper
24:52with freshly caught fish and potatoes
24:55and lots of yellow butter.
24:56And when they had finished the fish,
24:58Mrs. Beaver brought unexpectedly
25:00out of the oven
25:01a great and gloriously sticky
25:03marmalade roll.
25:06And now, said Mr. Beaver,
25:09now we can get to business.
25:11It's snowing again,
25:13he added,
25:14cocking his eye at the window.
25:16That's all the better,
25:17because it means if anyone
25:19should have been trying to follow you,
25:21why,
25:21he won't find any tracks.
25:24Please, said Lucy,
25:26tell us what's happened to Mr. Tumnus.
25:30Ah, that's bad,
25:32said Mr. Beaver,
25:33shaking his head.
25:34That's a very,
25:36very bad business.
25:38There's no doubt he was taken off
25:41by the police.
25:42I got that from a bird
25:44who saw it done.
25:46But where's he been taken to?
25:48Asked Lucy.
25:49Ah, I'm afraid it means
25:51they were taking him to her house,
25:54said Mr. Beaver,
25:55but there's not many taken in there
25:58that ever comes out again.
26:00Statues,
26:01all full of statues,
26:03they say it is,
26:04in the courtyards
26:05and up the stairs
26:06and in the hall.
26:08People she's turned,
26:11he paused and shuddered,
26:14turned into stone.
26:16But,
26:17Mr. Beaver, said Lucy,
26:19can't we,
26:20I mean,
26:20we must do something to save him.
26:22It's too dreadful
26:24and it's all on my account.
26:26It's no good,
26:27daughter of Eve,
26:28said Mr. Beaver.
26:29No good you're trying,
26:31of all people.
26:33But,
26:34they say
26:35that Aslan is on the move.
26:40And now,
26:42a very curious thing happened.
26:45None of the children knew
26:47who Aslan was
26:48any more than you do,
26:49but the moment the beaver
26:50had spoken these words,
26:52everyone felt quite different,
26:55like the first signs of spring,
26:58like good news
26:59had come over them.
27:00Who is Aslan?
27:02asked Susan.
27:04Aslan,
27:05said Mr. Beaver,
27:06why,
27:07don't you know?
27:08He's the king,
27:10he's the lord of the whole wood.
27:13But not often here,
27:14you understand,
27:15never in my time,
27:17or my father's time.
27:18But the word has reached us
27:21that he has come back.
27:23He is in Narnia
27:25at this moment.
27:26He'll settle the White Queen,
27:28all right.
27:29It is he,
27:30not you,
27:31that will save Mr. Tumnus.
27:34She won't turn him
27:36into stone too,
27:38said Edmund.
27:40Lord love you,
27:41son of Adam,
27:42what a simple thing to say,
27:44answered Mrs. Beaver
27:46with a great laugh.
27:47You'll understand
27:48when you see him.
27:50But shall we see him?
27:53asked Susan.
27:54Why,
27:55daughter of Eve,
27:56said Mr. Beaver,
27:57that's what I brought you here for.
27:59I'm to lead you
28:01where you shall meet him,
28:03at the stone table.
28:06Is,
28:07is he a man?
28:08asked Lucy.
28:10Aslan a man,
28:12said Mr. Beaver,
28:13sternly,
28:14certainly not.
28:15I tell you,
28:16he is the king of the wood
28:18and the son of the great emperor
28:20beyond the sea.
28:21Don't you know
28:22who is the king of beasts?
28:25Aslan is a lion,
28:27the lion,
28:28the great lion,
28:30there exists a prophecy
28:32down at Caer Paravell,
28:34that's the castle on the sea,
28:37where there are four thrones
28:39and it's a saying in Narnia
28:40that when two sons of Adam
28:42and two daughters of Eve
28:44sit in those four thrones,
28:46then it will be the end,
28:48not only of the White Witch's reign,
28:50but of her life.
28:53All the children
28:54had been attending so hard
28:56to what Mr. Beaver
28:57was telling them
28:58that they had noticed
28:59nothing else for a long time.
29:01Then,
29:02during the moment of silence
29:04that followed his last remark,
29:05Lucy suddenly said,
29:07I say,
29:08where's Edmund?
29:10There was a dreadful pause
29:13and then everyone began asking,
29:14who saw him last?
29:16How long has he been missing?
29:17Is he outside?
29:19And then all rushed to the door
29:20and looked out.
29:21The snow was falling
29:23thickly and steadily.
29:24The green ice of the river
29:26had vanished
29:27under a thick white blanket.
29:29Out they went,
29:30plunging well over their ankles
29:32into the soft new snow.
29:33Edmund!
29:34Edmund!
29:35they called
29:35till they were hoarse.
29:37But there was not even
29:39an echo in answer.
29:41There's no use looking,
29:43said Mr. Beaver.
29:45Everyone stared in amazement.
29:47Don't you understand?
29:49He's gone to her,
29:50to the White Witch.
29:52He has betrayed us.
29:54Oh, surely.
29:56Oh, really,
29:57said Susan.
29:57He can't have done that.
29:59Can't he?
30:01said Mr. Beaver,
30:02looking very hard
30:03at the three children.
30:06And everything
30:06they wanted to say
30:07died on their lips.
30:09For each felt suddenly
30:10quite certain inside
30:12that this was exactly
30:13what Edmund had done.
30:15The moment that Edmund
30:17tells her that we're all here,
30:18said Mrs. Beaver,
30:19she'll set out to catch us
30:21this very night.
30:22And if he's been gone
30:23about half an hour,
30:25she'll be here
30:25in about another 20 minutes.
30:28You're right,
30:29Mrs. Beaver,
30:30said her husband.
30:31We must all get away from here.
30:33There's not a moment
30:34to lose.
30:56Edmund had indeed
30:57gone to find the White Witch.
30:59He was wet and cold
31:01and bruised all over,
31:03but he had arrived
31:04at the Witch's house,
31:06which was really
31:07a small castle.
31:08He crept up to the entrance
31:10and looked inside
31:11into the courtyard.
31:13And there,
31:15he saw a sight
31:16that nearly made
31:17his heart stop beating.
31:19There were dozens
31:20of statues all about,
31:22standing here and there
31:24rather as the pieces
31:25stand on a chessboard
31:26when it is halfway
31:27through a game.
31:28It was eerie work
31:30crossing the courtyard,
31:32but finally,
31:33he found himself
31:34in a long, gloomy hall
31:36with many pillars,
31:38as full as the courtyard
31:39had been,
31:40of statues.
31:41The one nearest the door
31:43was a little fawn
31:46with a very sad expression
31:47on its face,
31:48and Edmund couldn't help
31:50wondering if this might
31:51be Lucy's friend.
31:55I have come,
31:57Your Majesty,
31:58said Edmund,
31:59rushing eagerly forward.
32:00How dare you come alone,
32:03said the Witch
32:04from her throne
32:05in a terrible voice.
32:06Did I not tell you
32:07to bring the others
32:08with you?
32:09Please, Your Majesty,
32:11said Edmund,
32:12I've done the best I can.
32:14They're in the little house
32:16on top of the dam
32:17just up the river
32:18with Mr. and Mrs. Beaver.
32:21A slow, cruel smile
32:24came over the Witch's face.
32:26Is this all your news?
32:29she asked.
32:30No, Your Majesty,
32:32said Edmund,
32:33and proceeded to tell her
32:35all he had heard
32:36before leaving
32:37the Beaver's house.
32:38What?
32:40Aslan,
32:41cried the Queen.
32:42Aslan,
32:43is this true?
32:44If I find you have lied to me,
32:47please,
32:47I'm only repeating
32:49what they said,
32:50stammered Edmund.
32:51And,
32:53do you think
32:54I could have
32:54some Turkish delight?
32:57But the Queen,
32:58who was no longer
33:00attending to him,
33:01clapped her hands.
33:02Instantly,
33:03the same dwarf
33:04whom Edmund had seen
33:05with her before
33:06appeared.
33:07Make ready our sledge,
33:09ordered the Witch,
33:10and use the harness
33:11without bells.
33:14The journey on the Witch's sleigh
33:15was a terrible ordeal
33:17for Edmund.
33:18He had no coat,
33:20and before they had been
33:21going a quarter of an hour,
33:22all the front of him
33:24was covered with snow.
33:26The Witch paid him
33:27no heed,
33:28and certainly there was
33:30no mention of Turkish delight
33:32now.
33:33Oh,
33:34how miserable he was.
33:36The only way to comfort himself
33:38now was to try to believe
33:39that the whole thing
33:40was a dream,
33:42and that he might wake up
33:43at any moment.
33:45And,
33:45as they went on,
33:47hour after hour,
33:48it did come to seem
33:50like a dream.
33:52And then at last,
33:53the Witch said,
33:54what have we here?
33:56Stop!
33:57And they did.
34:00This is no Thor,
34:02said the dwarf,
34:04suddenly stopping.
34:05This is spring.
34:07This is Aslan's doing.
34:10In a few minutes,
34:11Edmund found himself
34:12being forced to walk
34:14as fast as he could
34:15with his hands tied behind him.
34:18Every moment,
34:19the patches of green
34:20grew bigger
34:21and the patches of snow
34:23grew smaller.
34:27Miles away,
34:28the beavers
34:29and the three children
34:30were walking on
34:32hour after hour
34:33into what seemed
34:35a delicious dream.
34:39long ago,
34:40they had left the coats
34:41behind them
34:42and by now,
34:43they had even stopped
34:44saying to one another,
34:45look,
34:45there's a kingfisher
34:46or what was that lovely smell
34:48or just listen
34:50to that thrush.
34:52Then they were climbing
34:54and soon,
34:55they were on a green open space
34:57from which you could look down
34:59on the forest spreading
35:00as far as one could see
35:02in every direction.
35:05In the very middle
35:06of this open hilltop
35:07was the stone table.
35:11It was a great, grim slab
35:14of grey stone
35:15supported on four upright stones.
35:18The next thing they saw
35:20was a pavilion
35:22with sides of what looked like
35:25yellow silk
35:26and cords of crimson
35:28and tent pegs of ivory.
35:30and there,
35:32in front,
35:34was Aslan,
35:36stood in the center
35:37of a crowd of creatures
35:38who had grouped themselves
35:40around him
35:40in the shape
35:41of a half moon.
35:43As for Aslan himself,
35:45the beavers
35:46and the children
35:46didn't know
35:47what to do or say
35:48when they saw him.
35:50We have come,
35:52Aslan,
35:52said Peter.
35:55Welcome, Peter,
35:57son of Adam,
35:58said Aslan.
36:00Welcome, Susan
36:01and Lucy,
36:02daughters of Eve.
36:04Welcome,
36:05he beaver
36:05and she beaver.
36:07His voice
36:09was deep
36:09and rich
36:10and somehow
36:12took the fidgets
36:14out of them.
36:16They now felt
36:18glad and quiet
36:19and it didn't seem
36:21awkward to them
36:22to stand
36:22and say nothing.
36:25But where is the fourth?
36:28asked Aslan.
36:30Please,
36:31said Lucy,
36:32can anything be done
36:33to save Edmund?
36:37All shall be done,
36:39said Aslan,
36:40but it may be harder
36:42than you think.
36:45When the witch
36:46at last halted
36:48in a dark valley,
36:50Edmund simply sank down
36:52and lay on his face,
36:53doing nothing at all
36:55and not even caring
36:56what was going
36:57to happen next,
36:58provided they would
36:59let him lie still.
37:02The witch
37:03and the dwarf
37:03were talking
37:05close behind him
37:05in low tones.
37:07No,
37:08said the dwarf.
37:09It is no use now,
37:11O'queen.
37:12They must have reached
37:14the stone table
37:15by now.
37:17Four thrones
37:19in Kair Paravell,
37:20said the witch.
37:22How if only three
37:24were filled?
37:26That would not
37:27fulfill the prophecy.
37:30Then,
37:31said the dwarf,
37:33we had better do
37:35what we have to do
37:36at once.
37:39Edmund found himself
37:40being roughly forced
37:42to his feet.
37:42Then the dwarf
37:44set him with his back
37:45against a tree
37:45and bound him fast.
37:47After that,
37:48Edmund heard
37:49a strange noise.
37:50Wheef, wheef, wheef.
37:52For a moment,
37:54he couldn't think
37:54what it was.
37:55Then,
37:55he realized
37:56it was the sound
37:57of a knife
37:58being sharpened.
38:00At that very moment,
38:02he heard loud shouts
38:03from every direction.
38:05A drumming of hoofs
38:06and a beating of wings.
38:08A scream from the witch.
38:10Confusion all around him.
38:11And then,
38:13he found he was being
38:14untied.
38:16Strong arms were
38:17around him
38:18and he heard
38:19big, kind voices
38:20saying things like,
38:22let him lie down.
38:23Give him some wine.
38:25Drink this.
38:25Steady now.
38:26You'll be all right
38:27in a minute.
38:28And then,
38:30at this point,
38:31Edmund went off
38:32in a dead faint.
38:36When the other children
38:37woke up next morning,
38:38the first thing
38:40they heard
38:40was that their brother
38:41had been rescued
38:42and brought into camp
38:43late last night
38:44and was at that moment
38:46with Aslan.
38:48As soon as they had
38:49breakfasted,
38:49they all went out
38:50and there they saw
38:52Aslan and Edmund
38:54walking together
38:55in the dewy grass
38:56apart from the rest
38:58of the court.
38:59There is no need
39:01to tell you
39:01and no one ever heard
39:04what Aslan was saying
39:05but it was a conversation
39:08which Edmund
39:09never forgot.
39:11Here is your brother,
39:13said Aslan,
39:14and there is no need
39:16to talk to him
39:17about what is past.
39:21Edmund shook hands
39:22with each of the others
39:23and said to each of them
39:24in turn,
39:25I'm sorry.
39:27And everyone said,
39:28that's all right.
39:29And then everyone
39:30wanted very hard
39:31to say something
39:32which would make it
39:33quite clear
39:33that they were all
39:34friends with him again.
39:36And of course,
39:37no one could think
39:38of anything in the world
39:39to say.
39:41But before they had time
39:42to feel really awkward,
39:44a leopard announced
39:46that Aslan had a visitor
39:48requesting an audience
39:49and a few minutes later
39:51the white witch herself
39:53walked out
39:53onto the top of the hill
39:54and stood before Aslan.
39:57There were low growls
40:00among all the animals present.
40:02You have a traitor there, Aslan,
40:06said the witch.
40:07Of course,
40:09everyone present
40:10knew that she meant Edmund
40:11but Edmund had got past
40:14thinking about himself
40:15after all he'd been through
40:17and after the talk
40:18he'd had that morning.
40:20He just went on
40:21looking at Aslan.
40:23Well, said Aslan,
40:26his offence
40:27was not against you.
40:30Have you forgotten
40:31the deep magic?
40:33asked the witch.
40:35Let us say
40:36I have forgotten it,
40:38answered Aslan gravely.
40:39Tell us of this deep magic.
40:43Tell you,
40:45said the witch,
40:46her voice growing suddenly shriller,
40:48tell you
40:49what is written
40:50on that very table of stone
40:52which stands beside us.
40:54You know that
40:56every traitor
40:57belongs to me
40:58as my lawful prey
41:00and that for every treachery
41:03I have a right
41:04to a kill.
41:06Fall back,
41:08all of you,
41:09said Aslan,
41:10and I will talk
41:11to the witch alone.
41:14They all obeyed.
41:17It was a terrible time,
41:19this,
41:19waiting and wondering
41:20while the lion
41:21and the witch
41:22talked earnestly together
41:23in low voices.
41:25At last,
41:27they heard Aslan's voice.
41:30You can all come back,
41:32he said.
41:33She has renounced
41:35the claim
41:35on your brother's blood.
41:38And all over the hill
41:39there was a noise
41:41as if everyone
41:42had been holding his breath
41:43and had now begun
41:45breathing again.
41:46And then
41:47a murmur of talk.
41:50The witch
41:51was just turning away
41:52with a look of fierce joy
41:54on her face
41:54when she stopped
41:55and said,
41:56but how do I know
41:58this promise
41:58will be kept?
42:01Roar!
42:03Roared Aslan,
42:05half rising
42:06from his throne.
42:07And his great mouth
42:09opened wider and wider
42:11and the roar
42:12grew louder and louder
42:14and the witch,
42:15after staring for a moment
42:17with her lips wide apart,
42:20picked up her skirts
42:21and fairly ran for her life.
42:39That night,
42:41Aslan and his party
42:42camped by the fords
42:43of Beruna.
42:45Neither Susan
42:46or Lucy
42:47could sleep
42:47and both
42:49had a horrible feeling
42:50as if something dreadful
42:51were hanging over them.
42:54Very quietly,
42:55the two girls
42:56crept out of the tent.
42:59The moonlight
42:59was bright
43:00and everything
43:01was quite still.
43:03Then Susan
43:04suddenly caught
43:06Lucy's arm
43:07and said,
43:07look!
43:08On the far side
43:09of the camping ground,
43:10they saw Aslan
43:11slowly walking away
43:13from them
43:14into the wood.
43:15Without a word,
43:17they both followed him
43:18up the steep slope
43:19out of the river valley.
43:21He looked somehow
43:22different from the Aslan
43:24they knew.
43:25His tail
43:26and his head
43:26hung low
43:27and he walked slowly
43:29as if he were
43:30very, very tired.
43:32When they were closer,
43:34he turned,
43:36hearing them
43:36and said,
43:37oh, children,
43:39children,
43:40why are you
43:41following me?
43:43We couldn't sleep,
43:45said Lucy.
43:46Please,
43:47may we come with you
43:48wherever you're going,
43:49said Susan.
43:52Well,
43:53said Aslan,
43:54who seemed to be thinking,
43:56I should be glad
43:57of company tonight.
43:58Yes,
43:59you may come
44:00if you will promise
44:01to stop
44:02when I tell you.
44:04They walked together
44:05up the slope
44:06of the hill
44:06on which the stone table
44:08stood
44:08and when they got
44:09to the last tree,
44:10Aslan stopped
44:11and said,
44:12oh,
44:13children,
44:14children,
44:15here you must stop
44:16and whatever happens,
44:19do not let yourselves
44:20be seen.
44:22Farewell.
44:24And both the girls
44:25cried bitterly,
44:27though they hardly
44:28knew why,
44:29and clung to the lion
44:30and kissed his mane
44:31and his nose
44:32and his paws
44:33and his great sad eyes.
44:36Then he turned
44:37from them
44:37and walked out
44:38onto the top
44:39of the hill
44:40and Lucy and Susan,
44:42crouching in the bushes,
44:44looked after him
44:44and this is what they saw.
44:45A great crowd
44:47of people
44:48was standing
44:49all round
44:49the stone table
44:50and though the moon
44:52was shining,
44:53many of them
44:54carried torches
44:55which burned
44:56with evil-looking
44:57red flames
44:58and black smoke,
44:59but such people,
45:01ogres
45:02with monstrous teeth
45:03and wolves
45:04and bull-headed men,
45:06spirits of evil trees
45:07and poisonous plants,
45:09and right in the middle,
45:11standing by the table,
45:12was the witch herself.
45:14The fool
45:15cried the witch.
45:16The fool has come!
45:18Bind him fast!
45:20Lucy and Susan
45:21held their breaths,
45:22waiting for Aslan to roar
45:24and spring upon his enemies,
45:26but it never came.
45:28Four hags,
45:29grinning and leering
45:31and half afraid
45:32of what they had to do,
45:33rolled the huge lion
45:35round on his back
45:35and tied all his four paws together,
45:38shouting and cheering
45:39as if they had done
45:40something brave.
45:42Then they began to drag him
45:44towards the stone table.
45:45Stop!
45:46said the witch.
45:48Let him first
45:49be shaved!
45:52Another roar of mean laughter
45:54went up from her followers
45:55as an ogre
45:56with a pair of shears
45:57came forward
45:58and squatted down
46:00by Aslan's head.
46:02Then the ogre stood back
46:03and the children,
46:05watching from their hiding place,
46:07could see the face of Aslan
46:09looking all small
46:10and different
46:11without its mane.
46:13At last the rabble
46:14dragged the bound
46:15and muzzled lion
46:16to the stone table.
46:18Then a hush
46:19fell on the crowd.
46:21The witch
46:22wet her knife.
46:24It gleamed
46:25in the torchlight
46:26and was of a strange
46:27and evil shape.
46:29Just before
46:30she gave the blow,
46:32the witch
46:32stooped down
46:33and said
46:34in a quivering voice,
46:36Fool!
46:37Did you think
46:38that by all this
46:39you would save
46:40the human traitor?
46:42Now I will kill you
46:44instead of him
46:45and so
46:46the deep magic
46:47will be appeased.
46:49But
46:49when you are dead,
46:51what will prevent me
46:52from killing him
46:53as well?
46:55Understand
46:55that you have given me
46:57Narnia forever.
46:59You have lost
46:59your own life
47:00and you have not
47:01saved his.
47:02In that knowledge,
47:04despair
47:05and die.
47:07The children
47:09did not see
47:10the actual
47:11moment
47:12of the killing.
47:13They couldn't bear
47:15to look
47:15and it covered
47:16their eyes.
47:18Then they heard
47:19the voice
47:20of the witch
47:20calling out,
47:21Now,
47:22follow me all
47:23and we will set
47:24about what remains
47:25of this war.
47:27With wild cries,
47:28the whole of that
47:29vile rabble
47:31came sweeping
47:32off the hilltop
47:32and down the slope
47:34right past Lucy
47:35and Susan's hiding place.
47:37As soon as the wood
47:39was silent again,
47:41Susan and Lucy
47:42crept out
47:42into the open hilltop
47:44and saw the shape
47:45of the great lion
47:47lying dead
47:48in his bonds.
47:50And down
47:51they both knelt
47:52in the wet grass
47:53and kissed
47:55his cold face
47:56and cried
47:58till they could
47:59cry no more.
48:01They stood for a moment
48:02looking out
48:03towards the sea
48:04and Kair Paravell,
48:05which they could now
48:06just make out,
48:08the red
48:09turning to gold.
48:10along the line
48:11where the sea
48:12and the sky met
48:14and very slowly
48:17up came
48:18the edge
48:19of the sun.
48:21At that moment
48:22they heard
48:23from behind them
48:24a loud noise,
48:26a great cracking,
48:28deafening noise.
48:29What's that?
48:30said Lucy,
48:31clutching Susan's arm.
48:32I feel afraid
48:34to turn round,
48:35said Susan.
48:36Something awful
48:37is happening.
48:38The rising
48:39of the sun
48:40had made everything
48:42look so different
48:43that for a moment
48:44they didn't see
48:44the important thing.
48:46Then they did.
48:48Oh, oh, oh,
48:51cried the two girls
48:52rushing back
48:53to the table.
48:54The stone table
48:55had broken
48:57into two pieces
48:58by a great crack
48:59that ran down it
49:00from end to end
49:01and there was
49:03no Aslan.
49:05Who's done it?
49:06cried Susan.
49:07What does it mean?
49:08Is it more magic?
49:13Yes,
49:14said a great voice
49:16behind their backs.
49:17It is more magic.
49:21They looked round.
49:23There,
49:24shining in the sunrise,
49:26shaking his mane,
49:28stood Aslan himself.
49:30Oh, Aslan,
49:31cried both the children,
49:32staring up at him,
49:34almost as much frightened
49:35as they were glad
49:36and both girls
49:37flung themselves upon him
49:39and covered him
49:39with kisses.
49:40But what does it all mean?
49:42Asked Susan
49:43when they were
49:44somewhat calmer.
49:46It means,
49:47said Aslan,
49:49that though the witch
49:51knew the deep magic,
49:53there is a magic
49:55deeper still
49:56which she did not know.
50:00Her knowledge
50:01goes back only
50:02to the dawn of time
50:03but if she could have
50:05looked a little
50:06further back
50:07into the stillness
50:09and the darkness
50:10before time dawned,
50:13she would have read there
50:15a different incantation.
50:19She would have known
50:20that when a willing victim
50:23who had committed
50:24no treachery
50:25was killed
50:26in a traitor's stead,
50:28the table would crack
50:30and death itself
50:32would start
50:33working backwards
50:34and now,
50:36oh yes,
50:37now,
50:37said Lucy
50:38jumping up
50:39and clapping her hands
50:40and now,
50:42said Aslan,
50:43to business.
50:44We have a long
50:46journey to go.
50:48By midday
50:49they found themselves
50:50in the courtyard
50:51of the witch's castle
50:52and Aslan
50:53bounded up
50:54to a stone lion
50:55and breathed on him.
50:57Then without waiting
50:58a moment
50:59he whisked round
51:00and breathed
51:01also onto a stone dwarf.
51:03Everywhere
51:03the statues
51:04were coming to life
51:05and instead
51:06of the deadly silence
51:07the whole place
51:08rang with the sound
51:09of happy roarings,
51:11brayings,
51:11barkings,
51:12squealings,
51:12cooings,
51:13neighing,
51:14stamping,
51:14shouts,
51:15hurrahs,
51:15songs and laughter.
51:17The best of all
51:18was when Lucy
51:20came rushing
51:20from upstairs
51:21shouting out,
51:22Aslan,
51:23Aslan,
51:24I found Mr. Tumnus,
51:25oh do come quick.
51:26A moment later
51:28Lucy and the little fawn
51:30were holding one another
51:31by both hands
51:32and dancing round
51:33and round for joy
51:34but at last
51:36the ransacking
51:37of the witch's fortress
51:38was ended.
51:39Aslan clapped his paws
51:41together
51:41and called for silence.
51:43Our day's work
51:45is not yet over,
51:47he said,
51:47and if the witch
51:48is to be finally defeated
51:50we must find
51:52the battle at once.
51:54Those who can't keep up,
51:56that is children,
51:57dwarfs and small animals
51:58must ride on the backs
51:59of those who can,
52:00that is lions,
52:01centaurs,
52:02unicorns,
52:02horses,
52:03giants and eagles.
52:04Those who are good
52:05with their noses
52:06must come in front
52:07with us lions
52:08to smell out
52:09where the battle is.
52:12So they travelled
52:13once more.
52:14Faster and faster
52:16they went
52:16as the scent
52:17became easier
52:18and easier
52:18to follow
52:19and then
52:20just as they came
52:21to the curve
52:21in a narrow
52:22winding valley
52:23Lucy heard the noise
52:25of shouts and shrieks
52:27and of the clashing
52:28of metal
52:29against metal.
52:30There
52:31stood Peter
52:32and Edmund
52:33and all the rest
52:34of Aslan's army
52:35fighting desperately
52:36against a crowd
52:37of horrible creatures
52:38whom she had seen
52:39last night.
52:41Aslan's army
52:42which had their backs
52:43to her
52:43looked terribly few.
52:47Peter
52:48was fighting
52:48the witch
52:49both of them
52:50going at it
52:50so hard
52:51that Lucy
52:52could hardly
52:52make out
52:53what was happening.
52:54She only saw
52:55the stone knife
52:56and Peter's sword
52:57flashing so quickly
52:58that they looked
52:59like three knives
53:00and three swords.
53:02Horrible things
53:03were happening
53:03wherever she looked.
53:05Off my back
53:06children
53:07shouted Aslan
53:08and they both
53:08tumbled off.
53:10Then
53:10with a roar
53:12that shook
53:12all Narnia
53:13the great beast
53:15flung himself
53:16upon the white witch
53:17Lucy
53:18saw her face
53:19lifted towards him
53:20for one second
53:21with an expression
53:22of terror
53:22and amazement.
53:25At the same moment
53:27the creatures
53:27whom Aslan had led
53:29from the witch's house
53:30rushed madly
53:31on the enemy's line
53:32and Peter's tired army
53:34cheered
53:34and the enemy
53:35squealed
53:36and gibbered
53:37till the wood
53:38echoed
53:39with the din
53:40of that onset.
53:43The battle
53:44was all over
53:45a few minutes
53:46after their arrival.
53:49The next day
53:50they began
53:51marching eastward
53:52and reached
53:53the castle
53:54of Caer Paravell
53:55on its little hill.
53:57Before them
53:58were long miles
54:00of bluish green waves
54:02breaking forever
54:03and ever
54:03on the beach.
54:05In the great hall
54:06Aslan
54:07solemnly crowned them
54:09and led them
54:10onto the four thrones
54:11amid deafening
54:12shouts of
54:13Long live King Peter!
54:14Long live Queen Susan!
54:16Long live King Edmund!
54:18Long live Queen Lucy!
54:21Once a king or queen
54:22in Narnia
54:23always a king or queen.
54:26Bear it well
54:27sons of Adam
54:28bear it well
54:30daughters of Eve
54:31said Aslan.
54:35These two kings
54:36and two queens
54:37governed Narnia well
54:39and long and happy
54:41was their reign.
54:43Peter
54:43became a tall
54:45and deep chested man
54:46and a great warrior
54:47and he was called
54:49King Peter the Magnificent
54:50and Susan
54:52grew into a tall
54:54and gracious woman
54:55with black hair
54:56that fell almost
54:57to her feet
54:57and the kings
54:59of the countries
54:59beyond the sea
55:00began to send
55:01ambassadors
55:02asking for her
55:03hand in marriage
55:04and she was called
55:06Queen Susan the Gentle.
55:09Edmund was a graver
55:10and quieter man
55:12than Peter
55:12and great in counsel
55:14and judgment.
55:16He was called
55:17King Edmund the Just.
55:19But as for Lucy
55:21she was always gay
55:22and golden haired
55:24and all princes
55:25in those parts
55:26desired her
55:27to be their queen
55:28and her own people
55:29called her
55:30Queen Lucy the Valiant.
55:33So they lived
55:34in great joy
55:35and if ever
55:36they remembered
55:36their life
55:37in this world
55:37it was only
55:38as one remembers
55:39a dream.
55:41And one year
55:43Tumnus
55:43who was a middle-aged
55:45fawn by now
55:46came down river
55:47and brought them
55:48news
55:48that the white stag
55:50had appeared
55:50who would give you
55:51wishes
55:52if you caught him.
55:53So they rode
55:54a hunting
55:55to follow the white stag.
55:56He led them
55:57a great pace
55:58over rough and smooth
56:00till they saw the stag
56:01enter into a thicket
56:03where their horses
56:04could not follow
56:05so they went
56:06into the thick wood
56:07on foot.
56:08And as soon as
56:09they had entered it
56:10Queen Susan said
56:11Fair friends
56:13here is a great marvel
56:15for I seem to see
56:16a tree of iron.
56:19Then said King Edmund
56:20I know not
56:21how it is
56:22but this lamp
56:23on the post
56:24worketh upon me
56:25strangely.
56:27It runs in my mind
56:28that I have seen
56:29the light before
56:29as it were
56:30in a dream
56:31or in the dream
56:32of a dream.
56:34And more
56:34said Queen Lucy
56:36for it will not
56:37go out of my mind
56:38that if we pass
56:39this post and lantern
56:41we shall find
56:42strange adventures.
56:44So these kings
56:45and queens
56:46entered the thicket
56:47and before they
56:49had gone a score
56:49of paces
56:50they all remembered
56:51that the thing
56:52they had seen
56:53was called
56:53a lamppost.
56:56And before they
56:57had gone twenty more
56:58they noticed
56:59that they were
56:59making their way
57:00not through branches
57:02but through coats.
57:05And the next moment
57:07they all came
57:09tumbling out
57:10of a wardrobe door
57:11into the empty room
57:13and they were
57:14no longer
57:15kings and queens.
57:17but just Peter,
57:18Susan,
57:19Edmund and Lucy
57:20in their old clothes.
57:23It was the same day
57:24and the same hour
57:26of the day
57:26on which they had
57:27all gone into
57:28the wardrobe
57:29to hide.
57:32And that would
57:33have been
57:33the very end
57:34of the story
57:36if it hadn't been
57:38that they felt
57:39they really must
57:40explain what happened
57:42to the professor.
57:44and the professor
57:46who was a very
57:48remarkable man
57:50didn't tell them
57:51not to be silly
57:52or not to tell lies
57:56but believed
57:57the whole story.
57:59No, he said
58:01I don't think
58:01it will be any good
58:02trying to go back
58:03through the wardrobe.
58:04You won't get into
58:05Narnia again
58:06by that route.
58:08It'll happen
58:09when you're not
58:12looking for it.
58:15And that
58:16is the very end
58:17of the adventures
58:18of the wardrobe.
58:21But only the beginning
58:22of the adventures
58:25of Narnia.
58:26Narnia.
58:51Transcription by CastingWords
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