EDMUNDANDTHEWARDROBELuoutoftheemptyroomintothepassageandfouherthree.

    "Itsallright,"sherepeated,"Iveeback.”

    "Whatohareyoutalkingabout,Lucy?"askedSusan.

    "Why?saidLuamazement,"haventyouallbeenwwhereIwas?”

    "Soyouvebeenhiding,haveyou?"saidPeter."PooroldLu,hidingandnobodynoticed!

    Youllhavetohidelohanthatifyoueopletostartlookingforyou.”

    "ButIvebeenawayforhoursandhours,"saidLucy.

    Theothersallstaredatoher.

    "Batty!"saidEdmund,tappinghishead."Quitebatty.”

    "Whatdoyoumean,Lu?"askedPeter.

    "WhatIsaid,"answeredLucy."Itwasjustafterbreakfastwheintothewardrobe,andIvebeenawayforhoursandhours,andhadtea,andallsortsofthingshavehappened.”

    "Dontbesilly,Lucy,"saidSusan."Weveonlyjusteoutofthatroomamomentago,andyouweretherethen.”

    "Shesnotbeingsillyatall,"saidPeter,"shesjustmakingupastoryforfuyou,Lu?Andwhyshouldntshe?”

    "er,Imnot,"shesaid."Its-itsamagicwardrobe.Theresawoodi,anditssnowing,andtheresaFaunandaWitditscalledNarnia;eandsee.”

    Theothersdidnotknowwhattothink,butLucywassoexcitedthattheyallwentbackwithherintotheroom.Sherushedaheadofthem,fluhedoorofthewardrobeandcried,"Now!goinandseeforyourselves.”

    "Why,yougoose,"saidSusan,puttingherheadinsideandpullingthefurcoatsapart,"itsjustanordinarywardrobe;look!theresthebackofit.”

    Thene