THEISLANDOherewerefourchildrenwhosenameswerePeter,Susan,Edmund,andLudithasbeentoldinanotherbookcalledTheLiodtheWardrobehowtheyhadaremarkableadveheyhadopehedoorofamagicwardrobeandfoundthemselvesinaquitedifferentworldfromours,andinthatdifferentworldtheyhadbeeKingsandQueensinatrycalledNarnia.WhiletheywereinNarniatheyseemedtnforyearsandyears;butwhentheycamebackthroughthedoorandfoundthemselvesinEnglandagain,itallseemedtohavetakennotimeatall.Atanyrate,icedthattheyhadeverbeenaway,andtheyoldanyoneexceptoneverywisegrown-up.

    Thathadallhappenedayearago,andnowallfourofthemweresittingoarailwaystationwithtrunksandplayboxespileduprouheywere,infatheirwaybacktoschool.Theyhadtravelledtogetherasfarasthisstation,whichwasajun;andhere,inafewminutes,orainwouldarriveandtakethegirlsawaytooneschool,andinabouthalfanhourarainwouldarriveandtheboyswouldgoofftoanotherschool.Thefirstpartofthejourney,whentheywerealltogether,alwaysseemedtobepartoftheholidays;butnowwhentheywouldbesayinggood-byeandgoingdifferentwayssosoon,everyohattheholidayswerereallyoverandeveryoheirterm-timefeelingsbeginningagain,andtheywereallrathergloomyandnoonecouldthinkofanythingtosay.Lucywasgoingtschoolforthefirsttime.

    Itty,sleepy,trystationandtherewashardlyaheplatformexceptthemselves.SuddenlyLucygaveasharplittlecry,likesomeonewhohasbeenstungbya.

    ",Lu?"saidEdmund-andthensuddenlybrokeoffandmadeanoiselike"Ow!”

    "Whatoh-",begaer,aoosuddenlygedwhathehadbeengoingtosay.Instead,hesaid,&qu