The Chronicles of Narnia
By C.S. Lewis
London 1940
Why do we have to go?
I'd rather stay in London to see the war
This war is going to be very nasty, Edmund!
It is why we were sent away
Spoil spots grown-ups
They're doing it for our sake, Edmund!
When the bombs stop falling on London...
I wish mother and nanny could have come with us
I don't think it's fair...
That we right there...
and all the excitement
All the danger, you mean!
Don't talk such a tosh
We are lucky, Edmund!
We are going away,
deep into the countryside,
were we'll be safe
Yes! And do you know why we are safe?
'Cause in the country nothing ever happens!
The Lion, The Witch & The Wardrobe
Now the servants will take these
That is their function!
One must not deprive people of their function
Everyone has their part to play
Hello!
Children!
Good afternoon!
Good afternoon, Sir!
Oh yes...
welcome!
Welcome to my home!
What you must feel as your home
as long as you stay here with me!
Thank you, Sir!
Well it's wartime I suppose...
even I must make a
pretenth of a military precision
Right! Form a straight line there!
Very good
Number, from the right!
Name?
Peter, Sir!
Susan, Sir!
I'm Lucy!
You have a name too, I suggest ?
Edmund
Sir!
I shall try... not to mix you up
Oh! Mrs Macready !
Yes, professor?
This children have had a long journey!
Have their supper served upstairs in their own study!
They don't want to sit up and be polite to an old man
Well, I'm sure that would be an inconvenience for the kitchen staff
Oh, how grand that sounds!
Eh.. these are the kitchen staff...
Indeed all the staff!
What do you think?
Whatever you say professor!
Your word is law!
You see it! How nice...
I say, what about the old prof, trying to be military?
He's lovely
He is peculiar
Why? Because he is nice?
The way he talks! Keep one to laugh!
Very bad form, Edmund!
He has given us a home
I know, you don't have to keep on about on!
I would go on about it if...
Please don't fight!...
There's something here...
Shouldn't think so
It's mouse from here to the drawing room
It's the biggest, weirdest house we've ever been in...
with stairs and passages
I think it's spooky
Especially now it's dark
I think that's the only good thing about the whole business
I like this spooky house...
I'm sure there are ghosts in every corner
Edmund...
What was that!
Only an owl
We never had owls in London
I wonder what other things we'll find here
Hoaxes!
Eagles!
Badgers! I'd love to see a badger
I wonder if there are stags!
Well, we'll soon know!
We've weeks and weeks of holidays ahead!
We start by exploring the grounds...
and the woods...and the fields
and everything...tomorrow!
It wouldn't rain, wouldn't it?
We can still explore
We explore the house
Every nock and cranny!
How funny...
I can always get back when I f...
In the middle of the wood?
Excuse me?
Goodness gracious me!
Are you a Faun?
Yes... yes... I suppose I am
Thank you
Should I be right in thinking that you are a Daughter of Eve?
My name is Lucy!
But I...forgive me...
are you, what they call, a girl?
Of course I'm a girl!
A human?
Yes, girls are human!
Really...really, this is delightful!
Delightful!
I've never seen a human before...
let me introduce myself
My name is Tumnus
How did you get here to Narnia?
Narnia? What's that?
Why it's where we are!
This is the land of Narnia
All that lies between the lamp-post
and the great castle of Cair Paravel on the eastern sea.
The Castle of what?
Cair Paravel, I think it's ...
And you!
You have come from the wild woods of the west?
No, I got into the wardrobe which is in the spare room!
Oh dear, if only I had worked harder at geography when I was a little Faun at school...
You'll think I'm very ignorant but I've never heard of the city of
War Drobe and the land of Spare Oom!
It's just back there...I think! It's summer there!
But the winter here...
it is winter in Narnia for... ever so long
and we shall both catch cold if we stand here talking in the snow
Oh, Daughter of Eve from the far land of Spare Oom
where eternal summer reigns around the bright city of War Drobe
how would it be if you came and had tea with me?
I've never taken tea by a Faun before!
Well then! Here!
Really, I suppose, I should be getting back!
It's only just around the corner
and there'll toast - and sardines - and cake!
Nice and warm, huh?
Make yourself at home
"Nymphs and Their Ways" ?
"Is Man a Myth?"
Ready!
Such a coosy house!
No really, it's a wonderful tea!
Go sit! Go sit!
One for me...and one for a friend!
So...what is it like living in Narnia, mister Tumnus?
Life was beautiful here once
Midnight dances in the forrest
The Nymphs, who live in the wells
and the Dryads who live in the trees
come and dance with us, with the Fauns
What a feasting and a treasure hunting
and the summers...long, long summers
and the woods were green
and the whole forrest given up to jollification for weeks on end
But why isn't that it like now?
Now it is winter, endless winter
And it will always be, unless...
and until...
How long have I been asleep?
I must go home
The others will be wondering what 's happened to me!
Mister Tumnus!
Whatever is the matter?
Oh dear! Oh dear!
Tumnus, please!
What is it? Do tell me!
Mister Tumnus, do stop it at once!
My old father would never done a thing like this
I am, you see, I'm a very bad Faun
I don't think you're bad Faun
I think you're very good Faun
You're the nicest Faun I've ever met!
You wouldn't say that if you knew...
I've done a very bad thing
I've taken service under the White Witch
That's how bad I am
I'm in the pay of the White Witch
The White Witch? Who is she?
Who...why, it's she who has all Narnia under her thumb...under her spell
It's she who makes it always winter here
Always winter and never Christmas; think of that!
How awful!
But what does she pay you for?
I...I'm a kidnapper
Would you believe that I'm the kind of Faun
to meet a poor innocent human child in the wood
pretend to be friendly with it
and invite it home to my cave
all for the sake of lulling it to sleep
and handing it over to the White Witch?
No...I'm sure you wouldn't do anything of that
Yes, you were the child!
I had orders from the White Witch that if ever I saw a Son of Adam or a Daughter of Eve
in the wood, I was to catch them
and spell them with my flute
and make them sleep
and hand them over to her.
But you haven't!
You've told me!
But if I don't...she's sure to find out.
And she'll have my tail cut off
and my horns sawn off
and my beard plucked out,
and if she's extra and specially angry with me...
she'll turn me into stone
I'm sorry
But please let me go home
Of course I will
I must
I see that now
I hadn't know what humans were like before I met you.
Now that I know you
Of course I can't give you up to the Witch
But we must be off at once.
I'll see you back to the lamp-post
I suppose you can find your own way from there
back to Spare Oom and - what was it - War Drobe?
I think I can
We must go very quietly
The whole wood is full of her spies
Even some of the trees are on her side
Come!
Daughter of Eve, are you sure you'll find your way from here?
I think I can see the wardrobe door
Then be off home as quick as you can
Can you ever forgive me for what I was going to do?
Yes I can
You won't get into trouble on my account!
No, certainly not
Farewell, daughter of Eve
Oh...may I keep the handkerchief?
Of course, good bye!
Good bye!
I'm back, I'm back !
I've come back!
It's alright, I'm back!
Back? What are you talking about?
Haven't you been wondering where I was?
You've been hiding
Poor old Lu, hiding and nobody noticed!
I've been away for hours!
Batty...Quite batty
But it was just after breakfast when I went into the wardrobe!
I was there hours and had tea...
Don't be silly, Lucy!
We've only just come out of that room a moment ago
you can't have been there more than a few seconds
She's just making up a story for fun, aren't you, Lu?
No, I'm not!
It's magic!
It's a magic wardrobe
There's a wood inside it
and it's snowing
and there's a Faun which I had tea with
and a Witch
and the place is called Narnia
Come and see
You had tea with a what?
Let's have a look
Now go and see for yourself
Lucy, it's just an ordinary wardrobe
Perfectly ordinairy, I can see the back of it
Jolly good hoax, Lucy
You really took us in for a moment
It's not a hoax!
It looked different a moment ago!
Honestly
Come on, Lu,
You've had your joke
Hadn't you better drop it now?
There's another one!
Lucy, you must talk to us!
Why don't you admit it was all a story?
You know I don't lie!
I never lie!
It would be the easiest thing in the world
to say I made it all up
But I didn't
No, I sha'nt
Found a new conscience in the cupboard lately?
Come on, Lucy
Try this better
Another wet day
No, here
Oh, Edmund!
Let's play hide and seek!
Susan, you're it!
Why me?
Because, I'm the oldest!
And I say so!
One..two..three..four
Five..six..seven..eight...nine
Ten, eleven, twelve, thirteen
Lucy?
It's not Susan come to find you
It's me, Edmund
Lucy?
Where are you?
I know you are in here somewhere!
Lucy!
It's Edmund, I've got here too!
Lucy!
Where are you?
Lucy!
Lu, come out!
I'm sorry I didn't believe you
Pax!
Just like a girl
sulky, won't accept a fellows apology
And what...
...pray, are you?
I'm...my name's Edmund
Is that how you address a Queen?
I beg your pardon, I didn't know...your Majesty!
Not know the Queen of Narnia?
You shall know us better hereafter
Well, unto my question, what are you?
Please, your Majesty
I don't know what you mean
I'm at school
at least I was
It's the holidays now
But what are you?
What are you?
Are you a great overgrown dwarf
that has cut off its beard?
Oh no, your Majesty, I never had a beard
I'm a boy!
A boy!
Do you mean you are a Son of Adam?
I see you are an idiot, whatever else you may be
Answer me, once and for all, or I shall lose my patience
Are you human?
Oh yes, your Majesty
And how, pray, did you come to enter my dominions?
Please, your Majesty, I came in through a wardrobe
What you mean?
I just opened a door and found myself here, your Majesty
Ah, a door?
A door from the world of men!
I've heard of such things
This may wreck all
He is only one......easily dealt with
Not yet, he might know of something
My poor child
How cold you look!
Come, sit by me on my sledge
and I will wrap my mantle around you
and we will talk
Mister Tumnus!
Lucy! How brave of you to come back!
Come in!
Do you feel a little better?
Perhaps something hot to drink?
Should you like that?
Yes please...your Majesty
Ah, you like it!
Oh yes, your Majesty
It makes me feel warm right down to my toes
But it is dull, Son of Adam, to drink without eating
What would you like to eat best in all the world?
Turkish Delight!
Turkish Delight?
It shall be!
Delicious?
Hmmm!
Good!
But this is a cold place for talking
Let us a****
Come
And the White Witch, who has done nothing to you?
Letting me go?
Hasn't done a thing?
That can only mean: she hasn't found out!
What can be the matter with the spies?
Unless...
You don't think they've been waiting for me to come back?
To catch both of us?
Now, Son of Adam
I'm eager to know all about you
You are here alone?
There are no...others with you?
I'm not sure, your Majesty
I have this sister,
well, in fact, I have a brother and two sisters
Two, three, four...Four!
And where are they?
These are the three...humans?
Can't say for sure
One of them, Lucy,
You see, nobody believed her,
when she told us she 's been here
and had tea with a Faun
Anyway, we're the only ones in the whole human world
that know anything about - what you called it - Narnia!
Four of them...
The prophecy of Cair Paravel
It's all gone!
I'll could eat twice as much!
Son of Adam
I should so much like to see
your brother and sisters!
You must bring them to me!
Alright, I'll try
Because, if you brought them to me
I should give you more Turkish delight
Oh, give it to me now?
But I can't !
The magic would only work once
It would be another matter
if you were in my house
My...magic house
I want to go there now
I want more Turkish delight
It is a lovely place, my house
Except for one thing
I have no children
I would so much like a nice boy
I could bring up as a prince
He would be King of Narnia
when I'm gone
He would wear a gold crown
and eat Turkish delight all day long
and as you are much the cleverest and
handsomest man I have ever met...
I wish to make you...the Prince!
When you bring the others to visit me!
Why can't we go there now?
Oh, but if I took you there now,
I shouldn't see your brother and sisters
You must have quartiers and nobles
I will make your brother a duke
and your sisters duchesses
I shouldn't bother...
there is nothing special about them
I could bring them another time
But once in my house,
you would forget them
No, no, no, no
You must go back to your own country now
and come to me another day...
with them!
Otherwise...
But I don't even know the way back
to my own country
Why, that is easy!
Do you see that lamp?
I think somewhere beyond that lamp
lies the world of men
And now look the other way
You see those two hills?
Yes
My house is between those hills
So, next time remember
Lamp-post, wood, hills, my house!
But you must bring the others with you!
I might have to be very angry
if you came alone
And, by the way, don't tell the others about me
Make it a lovely surprise!
If your sister has met one of those Fauns
she may have heard nasty stories about me!
That might make them afraid to come
Fauns will say anything, you know
So, let's keep it a secret
can't I have just one piece of Turkish Delight to eat on the way home?
No!
You must wait till next time
Just think how good it would taste that
Next time!
Edmund!
You was here too!
Isn't it wonderful
All right, you were right
There is a magic wardrobe
I'll say I'm sorry if you like
But where on earth have you been?!
I've been looking everywhere for you
With mister Tumnus the Faun
and the White Witch has done nothing to him for letting me go
so perhaps... perhaps everything is going to be all right after all
The White Witch?
who's she?
A perfectly terrible person
She calls herself the Queen of Narnia
although she has no right to
and all the Fauns and Dryads
and Naiads and Dwarfs and
other animals - at least all the nice ones -
simply hate her
she can do all kinds of horrible things
This is here doing
She has made it magic
so it is always winter in Narnia
Always winter but never Christmas
What is this Witch look like?
She drive about on a sleigh
With a crown on her head
And a magic wand in her hand
Lucy
who told you about all this stuff about the White Witch?
Mister Tumnus the Faun
Oh well, you know the Fauns
they'll say anything
Can't believe what they say
Who said so?
Everybody knows that
Ask anybody you like
Edmund
I am glad you've got in there too
The others have to believe in Narnia
now that both of us have been there
What 's it be fun!
Fun for you!
I'll have to admit before all the others
that you were right
And I suppose they'll all be on the side of the Fauns
and the Dryads and those "what's it"s.
Which side could you be on?
That can anything that we know about
You look awful, Edmund!
You look as being very sick!
Come on!
They could be anywhere!
They still play hide and seek
Oh, don't go so far!
I found you!
It will be your turn
Found the others yet?
No
Peter!
Susan!
What's the matter with you two?
It's all true!
Edmund has seen it too!
There is a country you can get to through the wardrobe!
Edmund and I both got in
It's all true
Go on, Edmund! Tell them!
Well, Ed... What is it all about?
Tell us, Edmund
Oh yes...Lucy and I were being playing a silly game
pretending that her story about the country
in the wardrobe was all true
Nonsens, of course
There's nothing there at all, really!
What's the matter with her?
That's the worst of these young kids!
Look here, shut up!
First you've been perfectly beastly to Lu about her wardrobe nonsense
but now you go playing games and setting her off again!
But it is all rubbish!
Of course it is! That's just the point!
Lucy was perfectly alright when we left home!
But down here... She seems to be going off her head!
Or else turning into a most frightful liar
But whichever it is, what good do you think you'll do
by jeering and nagging at her one moment and then encouraging her the next?"
But I thought...
You didn't think at all
It is just spite!
Do stop!
It isn't going to make things any better having a row between you two
Let's go to find Lucy
I don't care what you think!
I don't care what you say!
You can tell the Professor or you can write to Mother
You can do anything you like
I know I've been in there and I know I've met a Faun
and I wish I'd stayed there
It was much nicer there with him as it is with you!
I don't think we should worry mother
Certainly not
Come!
Well, how nice!
Peter, and... Susan!
We don't mean to interrupt
Oh, I'm always - I'm afraid - absolutely delighted to be interrupted!
If I'm never interrupted, likely be nothing but work, study, no fun at all!
I am at your disposal Grab some chairs
I did see him! You know I did
I'm so in wonder if you could advise us
'Cause we don't know what to do
Mmm....how do you know your sisters story is not true?
But...Edmund said they where only pretending
That is a point that certainly needs consideration that is, serious consideration
But if you will excuse me asking a question,
does your experience lead you to regard your brother or your sister
as the more reliable? I mean, which is the more truthful?
That's just the funny thing, sir!
Up till now, I'd have said Lucy every time
In general, I'd say the same as Peter, but this couldn't be true
a magic come true and the wood and the Faun!
That is more than I know...
But a charge of lying against somebody who you've always found truthful
is a very serious thing; a very serious thing indeed
We're afraid that... it mightn't even be lying
We thought... there might be something wrong with her
Madness, you mean? Make your minds easy about that!
One only has to look at her and talk to her to know that she 's not mad
But then...
Logic! Why don't they teach logic at these schools?
There are only three possibilities
Either your sister is: 1) telling lies, or 2) she is mad,
or 3) she is telling the truth
1): You said your sister never lies 2): It is perfectly obvious she is not mad
So for the moment, until any further evidence turns up,
we must assume 3): She is telling the truth!
But...how could it be true, sir?
Why do you say that?
Well, for one thing. If it was real, why doesn't everybody
find this country every time they look into the wardrobe?
I mean, there was nothing there even Lucy didn't pretend there was
What has that to do with it?
Sir, if things are real, they had there all the time
Are they?
Lucy had no time to have gone anywhere, even if there was such a place
She came running after us the moment we were out of the room
It was less than a minute, but she pretended she've been away for hours
That is the very thing which makes her story so likely to be true
If there really is a door in this house that leads to some other world...
and I should warn you this is a very strange house
and even I know very little about it
I would not be at all surprised if that other world
had a time of its own
However long you stay there, it would never take up any of our time
But I don't think many girls of Lucy's age would invent such an idea
for themselves.
You mean, there really could be other worlds - all over the place?
But nothing is more probable I wonder what they do teach
them at these schools
But what are we to do?
My dear young lady, there is one plan which no one has yet suggested
which is well worth trying
What's that?
We might all try minding our own business
So, no jeering, no sarcasm!
We're not going to say a word to Lucy about it
And in my opinion, whe should keep away from that room and the wardrobe
Agreed?
Lots of fuzz about nothing... Alright, agreed
I have told you, you are to keep out of the way, whenever I have people in the house
They are evacuees...from London
Look out! Her comes the Macready and a whole gang of people!
Sharp's the word!
Shut the door!
What is it you see, Peter?
Now go for it!
...for us to hide
Quick!
Never shut yourself in a wardrobe, stupid!
Isn't it cold in here?
Put these on!
Oh yes
It is cold
And hang it all, it's wet too
What's the matter with this place?
"Let's get out, they've gone
Oh! There are trees around here!
And it's getting lighter overthere!
By Jove, you are right!
And this wet stuff is... Snow!
We've got into Lucy's wood after all
Come on!
I'm sorry I didn't believe you!
I am too!
What should we do now?
Go and explore the wood, of course!
Not before you put these boots on
What?
They were in the wardrobe
These things aren't ours!
No...but it is cold. And it isn't that we're taking them out of the house
We shan't even take them out of the wardrobe!
I suppose, that this whole country is in the wardrobe
We go the right way?
Shouldn't we vary a little bit that way for heading for the lamp...post?
So you were here!
And all the time you made out Lucy was telling lies
Well, of all the poisonous little beasts...
I'll pay you all out for this, you pack of stuck-up, selfsatisfied prigs
Where are we going anyway?
To see Tumnus the Faun, of course!
This place is cold and damp! It hasn't be lived in for days!
Must have been soon after I was here
What's this?
Is there a message on it?
Yes, there is!
But I can't read it in this light
"The Faun Tumnus, is under arrest and awaiting his trial"
"on a charge of...High Treason against her Imperial Majesty Jadis,"
"Queen of Narnia, Chatelaine... ...of Cair Paravel, Empress of the"
"Lone Islands, etcetera, also of comforting her said Majesty's"
"enemies, of harbouring spies and - above all - of fraternizing"
"with Humans."
Signed by me Maugrim Captain of the Secret Police
"LONG LIVE THE QUEEN"
Long live the Queen?
I don't think I'm going to like this place
Who is this Queen, Lucy?
She is not a queen at all
She's a horrible witch, the White Witch.
She made an enchantment over the whole country of Narnia,
so that it is always winter, yet never Christmas!
I wonder if there's any point in going on
It's getting colder every minute, we've nothing to eat
Why don't we just go home?
But we can't! We can't just go home
It's all on my account that the poor Faun has been captured by the Witch
"Fraternizing with humans" That human is me!
We have to try and rescue him
A lot we could do!
Shut up - you! What do you think, Susan?
I don't want to go a step further and I wish we'd never come.
But I think Lucy is right. We must try to do something for Mr...
Whatever-his-name is... the Faun
I agree But I'm worried about having no food
Why don't we go back and get something from the larder
Well there's no certainty we'll get back into this country
once you've got out of it. I think we have to go on
Yes So do I
Alright
If you're not still too high and mighty to talk to me...
Alright, what is it?
Look, we even don't know where this Faun is imprisoned
No...
And another thing: How do we know he's in the right?
We've been told the Queen is a witch, but we don't know she's in the wrong
Yes, but the Faun saved Lucy
Well...he said he did But how do we know that?
Peter!
What is it?
There's something moving
Where?
There, among the trees
Where?!
There!
It's still there
What is it?
It's there and it's dodging us
It's something that doesn't want to be seen
Let's go home!
What is it?
Some kind of animal
Look...look there it is!
It's a beaver, I saw his tail!
It wants us to follow it
The question is: should we?
I think it looks as a nice beaver
Yes, but how do we know?
We just have to risk it
I mean, it's no good just standing here and I feel I want some dinner
Come on, let's give it a try Keep close together
We ought be a match for one beaver if it turns out to be an enemy
Further in, we must go further in
We're not safe in the open!
Come on
Get around
Are you the Sons of Adam and the Daughters of Eve?
Well, we're some of them
Sssh! not so loud please We're not safe even here
What are you afraid of? There's no one here but us
There are the trees They're always listening.
Most of them are on our side, but there are those that would betray us...
...to her You know who I mean
If it comes to talking about sides, how do we know you're a friend?
Not meaning to be rude, Mr Beaver, but you see, we are strangers
Quite right, quite right, Here is my token
That's my handkerchief! The one I gave to Mr Tumnus
When he was crying
That's right, Poor fellow, he had only a moment
before his arrest and had this handed to me
If anything happened to him, he said I must meet you here and take you out...
They say...Aslan is on the move
But Mr Tumnus, where is he?
Sssh! Don't talk here I must take you away and have a proper talk
What a lovely dam!
Merely a trifle! Merely a trifle!
Ah, here we are! and it looks as if Mrs Beaver is expecting us
"Do you see these two hills?"
"My house is between those hills"
Edmund, come on!
Mrs Beaver, I've found them!
Here are the Sons of Adam and the Daughters of Eve
So you've come at last! At last
To think that I should live to see this day!
The potatoes are boiling and the kettle's singing
and I dare say, Mr Beaver, you will catch us some fish!
That I will! And.. you could come and help me!
That's it! Take your coats off!
Good, good!
Sit down, sit down!
We'll much rather try to help you
Well then, you could cut the bread
You could put the plates to warm in the oven
And you could draw some beer from the barrel for Mr Beaver
Got one!
Mr Beaver, do please has about Mr Tumnus
First things first! Please...start!
I couldn't eat another thing
Marmelade roll!
Now, would you eat another thing?
In this wether we shan't have any unwelcome visitors!
And if anyone has been trying to follow you,
they won't be able to find any of your tracks!
Well then...Mr Tumnus A very, very bad business
He was taken off by the secret police
But where's he been taken to?
Well, they were heading northwards when last seen
And...we all know what that means
We don't!
I'm afraid it means they were taking him to her House...her Palace!
But what'll they do to him, Mr Beaver?
Can't exactly say for sure, but... there's not many taken in there
that ever comes out again
All full of statues they say it is
In the courtyard and up the stairs and in the hall.
People she has turned to... turned to stone!
We must do something to save him
I've no doubt you'd save him if you could, dearies
But you've no chance of getting into that House
and ever coming out alive
Oh, hang it all, there must be something we can do
This Faun saved my sister at his own risk, Mr Beaver
We can't just leave him there... to have done that to him!
It's no good, Son of Adam, no good your trying, of all people
But now that Aslan is on the move
Who is Aslan?
Who is...Oh don't you know?
He is the...King! He is the Lord of the whole wood
He doesn't often come here, you understand!
Certainly never in my time
But the word has reached us that he has come back
He is in Narnia at this moment. He'll settle the White Queen
all right. It is he, not you, that will save Mr Tumnus
She won't turn him into stone
Lord love you, Son of Adam what a simple thing to say!
Turn him into stone? Why, if she can stand on her two feet
and look him in the face it'll be the most she can do and more than I expect
No, no. He'll put all to rights.
As it says in an old rhyme in these parts:
"Wrong will be right, when Aslan comes in sight"
"At the sound of his roar, sorrows will be no more"
"When he bares his teeth, winter meets its death"
"And when he shakes his mane, we shall have spring again"
Will we see him?
Why, Daughter of Eve, that's why I brought you here
I'm to lead you to where you shall meet him
Is he...is he a man?
Aslan, a man? Certainly not. I'm telling you, he is King of the wood...
But...don't you know who is the King of Beasts?
You mean...a Lion?
Certainly, THE Lion, the great Lion
I should feel rather nervous, meeting a Lion
That you will, dearies, and no mistake
If there's anyone who can appear before Aslan without their knees knocking...
...they're either braver than most or else just silly
Then isn't he...safe?
Safe? Don't you hear what Mrs Beaver tells you?
'Course he isn't safe. But he's good. He's the King
I want to see him
Even if I do feel frightened when it comes to the point
That's right, Son of Adam, so you shall.
You are to meet him, tomorrow if you can, at the Stone Table.
Where's that?
Down the river, a good step from here. I'll take you to it!
But what about Mr Tumnus?
The quickest way to help him is by going to Aslan
Once he's with us, then we can begin to do things
We've heard of Aslan, coming here before - long ago
Nobody can say when...
But...there's never been any of your race here before
But, Mr Beaver, isn't the Witch human?
She'd like us to believe it, and it's on that she bases her claim to be Queen.
But she's no Daughter of Eve!
There isn't a drop of real human blood in the Witch
That's why she's always on the lookout for humans in Narnia
She's been watching for you this many a year
and if she knew there were four of you she'd be more dangerous still
Four of us? What's that to do with it?
Prophecy! Prophecies!
Down at Cair Paravel, the castle on the sea coast there are four thrones
and it's a saying in Narnia time out of mind that when two Sons of Adam
and two Daughters of Eve sit in those four thrones,
then it will be the end not only of the White Witch's reign but of her life
And that is why we had to be so cautious as we came along,
For if she knew there were four of you...
Your lives wouldn't be worth a shake of my whiskers!
Oh...where's Edmund?
He's gone! Who saw him last?
How long has he been missing, did you notice? His coat is not here!
'Cause he's outside!
Edmund!
We must be off!
We'd better divide into four search parties and all go in different directions
What for?
To look for Edmund, of course!
There's absolutely no point in looking for him
We know where he's gone. Don't you understand!
He has gone to her! To the White Witch!
Edmund has betrayed us
He can't...he can't have done that
Can't ?
But how does he know the way?
Has he been in this country before? Has he ever been here alone?
Yes...yes
And did he tell you what he'd done or who he'd met?
Well, no, he didn't
Then mark my words: He has already met the White Witch
and joined her side, and been told where she lives.
I didn't like to mention it before, as he is your brother and all,
but the moment I layed eyes on that young fellow
I said to myself, I said: "Treacherous"
He had the look of one who has been with the Witch and eaten her food
You can always tell them if you've lived long in Narnia
Something about their eyes
All the same, He is our brother, even if he's such a little beast
We have to go and look for him!
You're not thinking of going to the Witch's House?
The only chance you have of saving yourselfs and him, is to keep away from her
But we can't!
Why don't you see, she wants to catch all four of you
She's thinking of those four thrones at Cair Paravel
Once you were all four inside her House her job would be done
and there'd be four new statues in her collection
Is this wise to Edmund?
Well, she would keep him alive, as long as he's the only one she's got
She uses him as a decoy; as bait to catch the rest of you with
She makes me a Prince
that will pay Peter out from the things he said about me
But do you really want the White Witch to turn your brother and you sisters into stone?
I didn't say that. She won't do that! No, she wants to capture them.
If she doesn't turn them to stone what will she do?
I don't know I don't suppose she'd be very nice to them
But she can serve them right
All these people that say nasty things about her are her enemies!
Probably, half of it isn't true She was jolly nice to me, anyway!
Nicer than they are!
Nice to you? She's a witch!
She's the Queen of this country!
And she's letting me have as much Turkish Delight as I liked
She's also going to make me a prince
So one day, I'll be king, and I will all of these...
So, disappear!
The first thing I'll do, when I'm King of Narnia,
is make some decent roads
Daylight's almost gone...Dark soon!
I'm not afraid of the dark
Aslan, he is our only chance
It seems to me, my dears, that it's very important,
to know just when your brother slipped away
Have we talked about Aslan, before he went?
I don't remember... Yes, we had!
He asked whether the Witch could turn Aslan to stone too
So he did, by Jove, just the sort of thing he would say, too!
Then was he still here when I said that the place to meet Aslan was the Stone Table?
Because, if he was, then she'll simply sledge down in that direction
and get between us and the Stone Table and catch us on our way down
And then we'll be cut off from Aslan
No, if I know her. The moment your brother tells her that we're all here together
she'll set out to catch us this very night
You're right, Mrs Beaver!
We must get away from here
There's not a moment to lose
I don't like the look of her house
Well it's too late to turn back now
You wouldn't dare... Stone cold, that's it: stone!
You can't have me!
What a stupid thing to do
It would serve you right when it came to live and bit your head off!
It's just an old stone wolf!
Who's there?!
Stand still stranger and tell me who you are!
If you please, sir My name is Edmund
And my name is Maugrim, Chief of the White Queen's Secret Police!
Why are you here?
I'm a son of Adam
I met her Majesty in the woods the other day
And I've come to tell her that my brother and sisters are now in Narnia
Quite close, in the Beavers' house She especially wanted to see them
Hmm, I will tell her Majesty
You stand still right there and don't move, as you value your life
You told him, you betrayed your own brother and sisters
Shut up!
Come!
Come inside!
Come in!
Fortunate favourite of the Queen
...or perhaps not so fortunate
I'm here, your Majesty!
How dare you come alone!
I'll told you again and again to bring the others with you!
But I've done my best, your Majesty!
They're in the little house on top of the dam
up the river from here! with Mr and Mrs Beaver!
Good!
And, your Majesty, somebody else has come to Narnia!
Aslan!
Aslan?
Here? Is this true?
If I find you have lied to me!
Please your Majesty, I'm only repeating what they said
Aslan!
Have our sledge made ready and use the harness without bells
No warning
We'll creep up silently and ...bust upon them!
Are we doing well?
And ham, cake, chocolate, matches
But Mrs Beaver, we haven't so much time!
That's what I say
No though, we can't leave with nothing to eat
Oh, I think, two or three loaves out of the crock over there in the corner
Your Majesty...
What!
You said, that if I came back into Narnia and brought my brother and sisters
with me I can have small Turkish Delight
Silence fool!
Yet it will not do to have the brat fainting on the way
Bring the human creature food and drink!
Turkish Delight? For the little Prince?
I don't want dry bread! Its...
Oh I'm sorry
You may be glad of it before you eat again
Maulgrim!
Where is my Chief of the Police?
Maulgrim!
Take with you the swiftest of your wolfs
and go at once to the house of the Beavers
Then kill everything and everyone you will find!
If they are already gone, make all speed to the Stone Table
But do not be seen! Wait for me there
You must come fast, your Majesty!
Yes!
I have to travel many miles to the west
To find a place where we can safely cross the river
If you overtake those humans before they reach the stone table,
you know what you have to do!
I..I...Ah..Oeh
Mrs Beaver! We really must be on our way!
We've still time before she arrives!
But don't we want as big a start as possible? If we're to reach the Stone Table before her?
Oh, we can't get there before her, whatever we do!
She'll be on a sledge! And we'll be walking
You mean... we've no hope?
Now don't you fuss...
Just get me a clean handkerchief from the pile overthere
Of course we've got hope!
We can't get there before her but we can keep under cover
and go by ways she won't expect and perhaps we'll get through
Perhaps?
True enough, Mrs Beaver, But it's time we were out of this!
Majesty! Sledge is ready!
No bells?
No bells!