Wonderworks; The Chronicles of Narnia. The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe; Part 1

<v Narrator>[music plays] Journey to the land of Narnia. <v Narrator>A mysterious land ruled by the white witch, who has decreed that it always be <v Narrator>winter, but never Christmas. <v White Witch>[screaming] Where did you get all these things? <v Fox 1>Father Christmas. [whooshing sound] <v Narrator>But when four children enter Narnia through a magic wardrobe, they find themselves <v Narrator>fulfilling an ancient prophecy. <v Man 1>When two sons of Adam and two daughters of Eve sit in those four <v Man 1>thrones, then it will be the end. <v Man 1>Not only of the White Witch's reign, but of her life. <v Narrator>To defeat the witch, they must undertake a dangerous journey to find the true ruler <v Narrator>of Narnia. <v Lucy>[whispering] Aslan. <v Narrator 1>C.S. Lewis's classic tale, The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe. <v Narrator 1>On Wonder Works. <v Narrator 2>[theme music plays] Wonder Works is made possible by a grant from the Corporation for

<v Narrator 2>Public Broadcasting with additional funding from this station and other <v Narrator 2>public television stations and the National Endowment for the Arts. <v Narrator 2>[music plays] <v Narrator 2>[people inaudibly talking] [train whistling] <v Edmund>Why do we have to go? I'd much rather stay in London and see the war.

<v Peter>This war is going to be very nasty Edmund. <v Peter>Which is why we'll be sent away. <v Edmund>?Spoil sports?, grown ups. <v Susan>They are doing it for our sake, Edmund. <v Susan>When the bombs stop falling on London- <v Lucy>I wish mother and ?inaudible? could have come with us. <v Edmund>I don't think it's fair. They'll be right there in all the excitement. <v Peter>?inaudible? danger you mean. Don't talk such ?tush?. <v Susan>We are lucky, Edmund. <v Susan>We are going away deep into the countryside, where we'll be safe. <v Edmund>Yes. And you know why we'll be safe? <v Edmund>Because in the country, nothing ever happens [music plays] [birds chirping]. <v Mrs. Macready>Now, the servants will take these.

<v Mrs. Macready>That is their function. <v Mrs. Macready>One must not deprive people of their function. <v Mrs. Macready>Everyone has their part to play. <v Digory Kirke>Oh! Children. <v Digory Kirke>Good afternoon. <v All Children>Good afternoon sir. <v Digory Kirke>Oh, yes. <v Digory Kirke>Welcome. Welcome to my home, which you must feel is your home as <v Digory Kirke>long as you stay here with me. <v Peter>Thank you, sir. <v Digory Kirke>Well, it's wartime, I suppose even I must make a pretense at military <v Digory Kirke>precision. <v Digory Kirke>Right. Form a straight line there. <v Digory Kirke>Very good. Now, from the right. <v Digory Kirke>Name? <v Peter>Peter, sir. <v Susan>Susan, sir.

<v Lucy>I'm Lucy. <v Digory Kirke>You have a name, too, I trust? <v Edmund>Edmund. <v Peter>Sir! <v Edmund>Sir. <v Digory Kirke>I should try not to make sure. <v Digory Kirke>Oh, and Mrs. Macready. <v Mrs. Macready>Yes, Professor? <v Digory Kirke>These children have had a long journey. <v Digory Kirke>Have their supper served upstairs in their own study. <v Digory Kirke>They don't want to sit up and be polite to an old man. <v Mrs. Macready>Well, I'm sure it would be an inconvenience for the kitchen staff. <v Digory Kirke>Oh, how grand that sounds. <v Digory Kirke>Well, these are the kitchen staff. <v Digory Kirke>Indeed, all the staff. <v Digory Kirke>What do you think? <v Mrs. Macready>Whatever you say, professor. <v Mrs. Macready>Your word is law. <v Digory Kirke>You see it. How nice [music plays]. <v Peter>I say, what about the old prof trying to be military?

<v Susan>He's lovely. <v Edmund>He's peculiar. <v Susan>Why? Because he's nice? <v Edmund>The way he talks. Keep wanting to laugh! <v Peter>Very bad form, Edmund. <v Peter>He's given us a home. <v Edmund>I know you don't have to keep on [Peter: I wouldn't go on about it if-] about it. <v Lucy>Please, please don't fight! <v Lucy>Someone will hear [music plays]. <v Peter>Shouldn't think so. It's miles from here down to the drawing room. <v Susan>It's the biggest, weirdest house we've ever been in. <v Susan>All those stairs and passages. <v Lucy>I think it's spooky, especially now that it's dark. <v Edmund>I think that's the only good thing about the whole business. <v Edmund>I like this spooky house. <v Edmund>I'm sure there are ghosts in every corner. <v Susan>Edmund. [bird cawing] <v Lucy>What was that? <v Peter>Only an owl. <v Susan>We never had owls in London. <v Susan>I wonder what other things we'll find here? <v Edmund>Hawks! <v Peter>Eagles! <v Lucy>Badgers. I'd love to see a badger. <v Susan>I wonder if there are stags? <v Peter>Well, we'll soon know. We have weeks and weeks of holidays ahead and start

<v Peter>by exploring the grounds and the woods and the fields <v Peter>and everything. Tomorrow. <v Edmund>[raining] It would rain, wouldn't it? <v Peter>We can still explore. We'll explore the house! <v Susan>Yes! <v Peter>Every nook and cranny [music plays]. <v Lucy>How funny. I can always get back ?there?. In the middle of the wood! Excuse me. <v Tumnus>Good gracious!

<v Lucy>Are you a faun? <v Tumnus>Yes. Yes, I suppose I am. <v Tumnus>Thank you. Should I be right in thinking that you are a daughter of Eve? <v Lucy>My name is Lucy. <v Tumnus>But are you uh, forgive me. <v Tumnus>Are you what they call... a girl? <v Lucy>[laughing] Of course I'm a girl! <v Tumnus>A human? <v Lucy>Yes, girls are human. <v Tumnus>Well! Well, this is delightful, isn't <v Tumnus>it delightful. I've never seen a human before. <v Tumnus>Let me introduce myself. My name is Tumnus. <v Tumnus>And- how did you get into Narnia?

<v Lucy>Narnia? What's that? <v Tumnus>Right, where we are. <v Tumnus>This is the land of Narnia. <v Tumnus>All that lies between the lamppost and the great castle of Cair Paravel <v Tumnus>on the Eastern Sea. <v Lucy>The castle what? <v Tumnus>Cair Paravel. <v Tumnus>I don't think ?you? should worry, there's only one of you and you. <v Tumnus>You've come from the wild woods of the West. <v Lucy>No. <v Lucy>I got in through the wardrobe in the spare room. <v Tumnus>Oh dear. If only I'd worked harder at geography when I was a little faun at school. <v Tumnus>You think me very ignorant, but I've never heard of the city of Wardrobe. <v Tumnus>Nor the land of Spare Room. <v Lucy>It's just back there. <v Lucy>I think. It's summer there. <v Tumnus>And winter here, it's been winter in Narnia for ever <v Tumnus>so long.

<v Tumnus>And we shall both catch cold if we stand here talking in the snow. <v Tumnus>Daughter of Eve from the far land of Spare Room where eternal <v Tumnus>summer reigns around the bright city of Wardrobe, [laughs] <v Tumnus>how would it be if you came and had tea with me? <v Lucy>I've never taken tea with a faun before. <v Tumnus>Well, then. <v Lucy>Really I suppose I should be getting back. <v Tumnus>But it's just around the corner and there'll be toast, sardines <v Tumnus>and cake. <v Tumnus>[music] [fire crackling] Ready! <v Lucy>It's such a cozy house, and that really is a wonderful tea. <v Tumnus>You do sit. Do sit. <v Tumnus>One for me and one for a friend. <v Tumnus>Mm hmm [chuckles].

<v Lucy>So what's it like living in Narnia, Mr. Tumnus? <v Tumnus>Life is beautiful here. <v Tumnus>What big night dances in the forest. <v Tumnus>The nymphs who live in the wells and the Dryads who live in the trees come <v Tumnus>and dance with us with the fauns when the feasting <v Tumnus>and the treasure hunting and the summers. <v Tumnus>The long, long summers when the woods were <v Tumnus>green, then the whole forest given up to jollification for weeks <v Tumnus>on end. <v Lucy>But why isn't it like that now? <v Tumnus>Now it is winter. <v Tumnus>Endless winter and always will be unless- <v Tumnus>and until [playing flute].

<v Tumnus>[music playing]

<v Lucy>How long have I been asleep? <v Lucy>I must go home. <v Lucy>The others will be wondering what's happened to me! <v Lucy>Mr. Tumnus, whatever is the matter? <v Tumnus>Oh, dear. <v Tumnus>Oh dear! [sobs] <v Lucy>Don't, please. What is it? Do tell me. Mr. Tumnus do <v Lucy>stop it at once. <v Tumnus>My father would never have done a thing like this. <v Tumnus>You see, I'm a very bad faun. <v Lucy>I don't think you're a bad faun. <v Lucy>I think you're a very good faun. <v Lucy>You're the nicest faun I've ever met. <v Tumnus>You wouldn't say that if you knew. <v Tumnus>I've done a very bad thing. <v Tumnus>Taken service under the White Witch. <v Tumnus>That's how bad I am. [music plays] I'm in the pay of the White Witch. <v Lucy>Who is she?

<v Tumnus>Who?! <v Tumnus>She who has all Narnia under her thumb, under her spell. <v Tumnus>It's she who makes it always winter here. <v Tumnus>Always winter. Never Christmas. <v Tumnus>Think of that. <v Lucy>How awful. <v Lucy>But what does she pay you for? <v Tumnus>I-I'm a kidnapper. <v Tumnus>[Lucy laughs] Would you believe that I'm the kind of faun to meet a poor, innocent human <v Tumnus>child in the wood, pretend to be friendly with it and invite it home to my cave, <v Tumnus>all for the sake of lulling it to sleep and handing it over to the White Witch? <v Lucy>Oh, I'm sure you wouldn't do anything of the- <v Tumnus>Yes, you were the child. <v Tumnus>I had orders from the White Witch that if ever I saw a son of Adam or daughter of Eve <v Tumnus>in the wood, I was to catch them, spell them with my flute and make them sleep <v Tumnus>and hand them over to her. <v Lucy>But you haven't! You've told me.

<v Tumnus>But if I don't, she's sure to find out. <v Tumnus>She'll have my tail cut off, my horns sawed off, and my beard plucked out. <v Tumnus>And if she's extra especially angry with me, she'll turn me into stone. <v Lucy>I'm sorry. I am sorry. <v Lucy>But please let me go home. <v Tumnus>Of course I will. I must. <v Tumnus>I see that now. <v Tumnus>I hadn't known what humans were like before I met you. <v Tumnus>Now that I know you of course I can't give you up to the Witch. <v Tumnus>But we must be off at once. I'll see you back to the lamp post. <v Tumnus>I hope you can find your own way from there back to uh Spare Oom. <v Tumnus>And what was it? A wardrobe? <v Lucy>I think I can. <v Tumnus>[music plays] We must go very quietly. <v Tumnus>The whole wood is full of her spies.

<v Tumnus>Some of the trees are on her side. <v Tumnus>?inaudible? I'm sure you know your way from here. <v Lucy>I think I can see the wardrobe door. <v Tumnus>Be off home as quick as you can. <v Tumnus>Can you ever forgive me for what I was going to do? <v Lucy>Yes, I can. You won't get into trouble on my account? <v Tumnus>No, no certainly not. <v Tumnus>Farewell, Daughter of Eve. <v Tumnus>May I keep the handkerchief? <v Lucy>Of course. Goodbye. <v Lucy>[music plays] <v Tumnus>Goodbye. <v Tumnus>[door opening and shutting] I'm back! I'm back! I've come back I've come back!

<v Susan>What are you talking about? <v Lucy>Haven't you been wondering where I was? <v Peter>Have you been hiding? <v Peter>?inaudible? I didn't even notice [laughter]. <v Peter>I've been away hours! <v Edmund>Batty, quite batty! <v Lucy>But, [scoffs] it was just after breakfast when I went into the wardrobe. <v Lucy>I was there hours and had tea and- <v Susan>Don't be silly Lucy. <v Susan>We've only just come out of that room a moment ago. <v Susan>You can't have been in there more than a few seconds. <v Peter>She's just making up the story for fun. <v Peter>Aren't you, Lu? <v Lucy>No I'm not. <v Lucy>It's magic. It's a magic wardrobe. <v Lucy>There's a wood inside it and it's snowing and there's a faun that I had tea with <v Lucy>and a witch and the place is called Narnia. <v Lucy>Come and see! <v Edmund>You had tea with a what? <v Peter>Let's have a look. <v Peter>[door opens] <v Lucy>Now go in and see for yourselves. <v Susan>Lucy, it's just an ordinary wardrobe.

<v Peter>Perfectly ordinary. <v Peter>I could see the back of it. <v Peter>[Lucy hits the wardrobe] <v Peter>[laughing] Jolly good hoax Lucy, you really took us in for a moment. <v Lucy>[screaming] It's not a hoax! It looked different a moment ago. <v Lucy>Honestly. <v Peter>Come on, Lu. You've had your joke and you better drop it now. <v Peter>[Lucy crying] [music plays] <v Susan>Lucy, you must talk to us. <v Susan>Why don't you admit it was all a story? <v Lucy>You know I don't lie.

<v Lucy>I never lie. <v Lucy>It would be the easiest thing in the world to say I'd made it all up, but <v Lucy>I didn't. <v Lucy>So I shan't. <v Edmund>Found any new countries in the cupboard lately? <v Edmund>[thunder] <v Susan>Come on, Lucy. Try this bit. <v Peter>Another wet day [sighs]. <v Susan>No, here. Edmund! <v Peter>Let's play hide and seek. Susan, you're it.

<v Susan>Why me? <v Peter>Because I'm the oldest. And I say so. <v Susan>1, 2 [music plays] 3, 4, <v Susan>5, 6, 7, 8, 9, [door slams] 10, <v Susan>11, 12, 13. <v Edmund>Lucy? It's not Susan come to find you.

<v Edmund>It's me, Edmund. <v Edmund>Lucy? Where are you? <v Edmund>I know you're in here somewhere. <v Edmund>[hopeful music] [whispering] Lucy? <v Edmund>[shouting] Lucy! <v Edmund>Lucy! It's Edmund! I've got here too!

<v Edmund>Lucy! Where are you? Lucy! Do come out! I'm sorry, I didn't believe you. <v Edmund>?Packs?. <v Edmund>Just like a girl. Sulking. <v Edmund>Won't accept a fellow's apology. <v Edmund>[bells ringing] [music playing] <v White Witch>And what, ?pray?, are you? <v Edmund>Uh um m- my name's Edmund. <v White Witch>[yelling] Is that how you address a queen? <v Edmund>I I beg your pardon? I didn't know- your majesty.

<v White Witch>Not know The Queen of Narnia? <v White Witch>You shall know us better hereafter [laughter]. <v White Witch>Well, answer my question. <v White Witch>What are you? <v Edmund>Please, Your Majesty. <v Edmund>Uh uh I d- don't know what you mean. <v Edmund>I'm at school. Uh at least I was. <v Edmund>It's the holidays now. <v White Witch>But what are you? What are you? <v White Witch>Are you a great, overgrown dwarf that has cut off his beard? <v Edmund>Oh, no, Your Majesty. <v Edmund>I've never had a beard. <v Edmund>I'm a boy. <v White Witch>[gasps] A boy? Do you mean you are a son of Adam? <v White Witch>I see you are an idiot whatever else you may be. <v White Witch>Answer my question once and for all or I shall lose my patience. <v White Witch>Are you human? <v Edmund>Oh yes, Your Majesty.

<v White Witch>And how pray did you come to enter my dominions? <v Edmund>Please, Your Majesty. I came in through the wardrobe. <v White Witch>What do you mean? <v Edmund>I just opened the door and found myself here, Your Majesty. <v White Witch>[music plays] Huh. A door. A door from the world of men. <v White Witch>I have heard of such things. This may ?wreck all?. <v Dwarf>He's only one. <v Dwarf>Easily dealt with. <v Dwarf>[White Witch gasps] Yet. <v Dwarf>He might know something. <v White Witch>My poor child. <v White Witch>How cold you look. <v White Witch>Come, sit by me on my sledge and I will wrap a ?inaudible? <v White Witch>around you. <v White Witch>And we will talk. <v White Witch>[music plays]

<v Lucy>[knocks on door] Mr. Tumnus! <v Tumnus>Lucy! How brave of you to come back. <v Tumnus>Come in, come in. <v White Witch>Do you feel a little better? <v White Witch>Perhaps something hot to drink, should you like that? <v Edmund>Oh. Yes please. <v Edmund>Your Majesty. <v White Witch>Hmm [music plays]. Ah, you like it?

<v Edmund>Oh, yes, Your Majesty. It makes me feel warm right down to my toes. <v White Witch>But it is ?inaudible? son of Adam to drink without eating. <v White Witch>What would you like to eat best in all the world? <v Edmund>Turkish delight. <v White Witch>Turkish delight. It shall be [music plays]. <v White Witch>Delicious?

<v Edmund>Mmm! <v White Witch>Good. But this is a cold place for talking. <v White Witch>Let us ?adjourn?. <v White Witch>Come. <v Lucy>And the White Witch has done nothing to you for letting me go? <v Tumnus>Hasn't done a thing. Which could only mean she hasn't found out. <v Tumnus>What can be the matter with her spies? <v Lucy>Unless... you don't think they've been waiting for me to come back <v Lucy>to catch both of us? <v White Witch>Now, son of Adam, I am eager to know all about you. <v White Witch>You are here alone. There are no others with you? <v Edmund>I'm not sure, Your Majesty, I have ?two sisters?. <v Edmund>Well, in fact, I have a brother and two sisters. <v White Witch>Two, three, four, [gasps] four! <v Edmund>Mmm. <v White Witch>And where are they? These other three humans?

<v Edmund>Can't say for sure. One of them, Lucy, you see, nobody <v Edmund>believed her when she told us she'd been here and had tea with a faun. <v Edmund>[White Witch gasps] Anyway, we're the only ones in the whole human world who know <v Edmund>anything about what you call it, Narnia. <v White Witch>Four of them. The prophecy of Cair Paravel. [music plays] <v Edmund>It's all gone. <v White Witch>What? <v Edmund>I could eat twice as much. <v Edmund>[sighs] <v White Witch>Son of Adam. I should so much like to see your brother and sisters. <v White Witch>You must bring them to me. <v Edmund>All right, I'll try. <v White Witch>Because if you brought them to me, I should give you more Turkish <v White Witch>Delight. <v Edmund>Oh, give it to me now. <v White Witch>But I can't! The magic will work only once. <v White Witch>It would be another matter if you were in my house, my magic <v White Witch>house.

<v Edmund>I want to go there now. I want more Turkish delight. <v White Witch>It is a lovely place, my house. <v White Witch>Except for one thing. <v White Witch>I have no children. <v White Witch>[Edmund sighs] I would so much like a nice boy I could bring up as <v White Witch>a prince. <v White Witch>He would be king of Narnia when I'm gone. <v White Witch>He would wear a gold crown and eat Turkish delight all day <v White Witch>long. <v Edmund>Why can't we get there now? <v White Witch>Oh! But if I took you there now, I shouldn't see your brother and sisters. <v White Witch>We must have courtiers and nobles. <v White Witch>I will make your brother a duke and your sisters duchesses. <v Edmund>I shouldn't bother. There's nothing special about them. <v Edmund>I could bring them another time. <v White Witch>But once in my house, you will forget everything- <v White Witch>no, no, no, no, no, no, no.

<v White Witch>You must go back to your own country now and come to me another day <v White Witch>with them. <v White Witch>Otherwise... <v Edmund>But I don't even know the way back to my own country. <v White Witch>Why that is easy. <v White Witch>Do you see that lamp? <v White Witch>I think somewhere beyond that lamp lies the world of men and now look the other way. <v White Witch>Do you see those two ?hills? ? <v Edmund>Yes. <v White Witch>My house is between those ?hills?. <v White Witch>So, next time, remember lamppost, wood, hills, my house. <v White Witch>But you must bring the others with you. <v White Witch>I might have to be very angry if you came alone. <v White Witch>By the way, don't tell the others about me. <v White Witch>Make it a lovely surprise. <v White Witch>If your sister has met one of those fauns, she may have heard nasty stories <v White Witch>about me that might make them afraid to come.

<v White Witch>Fauns will say anything, you know. <v White Witch>So let's keep it a secret. <v White Witch>[music plays] <v Edmund>Can't I have just one piece of Turkish delight to eat on my way home? <v White Witch>[screaming] No! No, you must wait till next time. <v White Witch>Just think how good it will taste then. <v White Witch>[sleighing] Next time. Next time! <v White Witch>[Edmund sighs]

<v Lucy>Edmund! You got in too! Isn't it wonderful. <v Edmund>All right. You were right. <v Edmund>It is a magic wardrobe. <v Edmund>I'll say I'm sorry if you like, but where on earth have you been? <v Edmund>I've been looking everywhere for you. <v Lucy>With Mr. Tumnus, the faun. And the White Witch has done nothing to him for letting me go, <v Lucy>so perhaps- perhaps everything is going to be all right after all. <v Edmund>The White Witch? Who's she? <v Lucy>A perfectly terrible person. She calls herself the queen of Narnia although she has no <v Lucy>right to. And all the fauns and dryads and naiads and dwarves and <v Lucy>other animals, at least all nice ones, simply hate her. <v Lucy>She does all kinds of horrible things. <v Lucy>This is her doing. She made her magic so it is always winter in <v Lucy>Narnia. Always winter, but never Christmas. <v Edmund>What does this Witch look like? <v Lucy>She drives about in a sleigh with a crown on her head and her magic wand <v Lucy>in her hands. <v Edmund>Lucy, who told you all this stuff about a White Witch?

<v Lucy>Mr. Tumnus the faun. <v Edmund>Oh, well, you know, fauns. <v Edmund>They'll say anything. Can't believe what they say. <v Lucy>Who said so? <v Edmund>Everybody knows that. Ask anybody you like. <v Lucy>Edmund, I am glad you got in there too. <v Lucy>The others will have to believe in Narnia now that both of us have been there. <v Lucy>Won't it be fun? <v Edmund>Fun for you. I'll have to admit before all the others that <v Edmund>you were right. <v Edmund>And I suppose they'd be on the side of the fauns and the dryads and those, those what's <v Edmund>its? <v Lucy>Well whose side could you be on? They're the only people we know there. <v Lucy>You look awful, Edmund. <v Lucy>You look like you're going to be sick. <v Edmund>Oh come on. <v Lucy>[panting] They could be anywhere! They're still playing hide and seek.

<v Edmund>Oh don't go so fast! <v Susan>Found you! [laughing] <v Peter>Oh! <v Susan>Your turn. <v Peter>Found the others yet? <v Susan>No. <v Lucy>[panting and shouting] Peter! Susan! <v Peter>What's the matter with you two? <v Lucy>It's all true. Edmund has seen it, too. <v Lucy>There is a country you can get to through the wardrobe. <v Lucy>Edmund and I both got in. It's all true. <v Lucy>Go on Edmund, tell them! <v Peter>Well, Ed, what's this all about? <v Susan>Tell us, Edmund. <v Edmund>Uh, oh, yes uh- Lucy and I've been playing a silly game, pretending that her story about <v Edmund>the country in the wardrobe was all true. <v Edmund>Nonsense, of course. There's nothing there at all, really. <v Lucy>Oh!

<v Edmund>What's the matter with her? <v Edmund>That's the worst ?with? these young kids. <v Peter>?Look it? shut up! First you're perfectly beastly to Lucy about her wardrobe nonsense. <v Peter>But now you go playing games and ?inaudible? <v Peter>game. <v Edmund>But it's all rubbish. <v Peter>Of course it is. That's just the point. <v Peter>Lucy was perfectly all right when we left home, but down here <v Peter>she seems to be going off her head. <v Peter>Or else turning into the most frightful liar. <v Susan>Whichever it is, what good do you think you'll do by jeering and nagging at her <v Susan>one minute and then encouraging her the next? <v Edmund>But I thought that- <v Peter>You didn't think at all! It was just spite. <v Susan>Do stop. It's not going to make things any better having a ?inaudible? <v Susan>between you two. <v Susan>Let's go to find Lucy. <v Lucy>[crying] I don't care what you think. I don't care what you say. <v Lucy>You can tell the professor or you can write to mother. <v Lucy>You could do anything you like. <v Lucy>I know I've been in there and I know I've met a faun and- and I

<v Lucy>wish I'd stayed there! It was much nicer there with him than it is here with you! <v Lucy>[slamming door] <v Peter>I don't think we should worry mother. <v Susan>Certainly not. <v Susan>[knocking] <v Digory Kirke>Come. Well. How nice. <v Digory Kirke>Peter and Susan. <v Susan>We don't mean to interrupt. <v Digory Kirke>Oh, I am always, I'm afraid, absolutely delighted to be interrupted. <v Digory Kirke>If one were never interrupted, life would be nothing but work and study. <v Digory Kirke>No fun at all. <v Digory Kirke>I am at your disposal. <v Digory Kirke>Pull up some chairs. [music plays] <v Lucy>I did see him.

<v Lucy>You know I did. <v Susan>So we wondered if you could advise us- <v Peter>Because we don't know what to do. <v Digory Kirke>Hmm. How do you know your sister's story is not true? <v Susan>But uh, Edmund said they'd only been pretending. <v Digory Kirke>Oh, that is a point which certainly needs consideration, very serious consideration. <v Digory Kirke>But if you'll excuse my asking the question, does your experience lead you to <v Digory Kirke>regard your brother or your sister as the more reliable? <v Digory Kirke>I mean, which is the more truthful? <v Peter>Well, that's just the funny thing, sir. Up to now I'd've said Lucy every time. <v Digory Kirke>Hmm? <v Susan>In general, I'd say the same as Peter. <v Susan>But, well, this couldn't be true. <v Susan>A magic country. And a wood and a fawn. <v Digory Kirke>Well that is more than I know. <v Digory Kirke>Uh but a charge of lying against somebody you have always found truthful is a very <v Digory Kirke>serious thing, a very serious thing indeed. <v Peter>We were afraid it might not even be lying.

<v Susan>We thought there must be something wrong with her. <v Digory Kirke>Madness, you mean? Oh make your minds easy about that. <v Digory Kirke>One only has to look at her and talk to her to know that she is not mad. <v Susan>But then- <v Digory Kirke>All logic. Why do they teach logic at these schools? <v Digory Kirke>There are only three possibilities. <v Digory Kirke>Either your sister is, one, telling lies or two she is mad, or <v Digory Kirke>three, she is telling the truth. <v Digory Kirke>One, you say that your sister never lies. Two, it is perfectly obvious she is not mad. <v Digory Kirke>So for the moment, until any further evidence turns up, we must assume three. <v Digory Kirke>She is telling the truth. <v Digory Kirke>[music plays] <v Peter>You mean, there really could be other worlds all over the place? <v Digory Kirke>Why nothing is more probable! Oh, I wonder what they <v Digory Kirke>do teach them at these schools. <v Susan>What are we to do? <v Digory Kirke>My dear young lady, there is one plan in which no one yet has suggested, which <v Digory Kirke>is well worth trying.

<v Susan>What's that? <v Digory Kirke>We might all try minding our own business. <v Digory Kirke>[music plays] <v Peter>So no jeering, no sarcasm. <v Peter>We are not allowed to say a word to Lucy about it. <v Susan>And in my opinion, we still keep away from that room and that wardrobe. <v Peter>Agreed. <v Edmund>Lots of fuss about nothing. <v Edmund>All right, agreed. [Lucy and Susan inaudibly talking] <v Mrs. Macready>I have told you, you are to keep out of the way whenever I have people in the house. <v Mrs. Macready>Shoo! <v Mrs. Macready>Evacuees from London. <v Susan>Look out! Here comes the Macready and awhole gang of people! ?inaudible? [music plays] [running] shops.

<v Edmund>It's no good. <v Peter>[laughter] Come on! <v Mrs. Macready>Watch your step. <v Peter>?inaudible? for it? <v Peter>[panting] ?inaudible? Quick! <v Peter>Never shut yourself in a wardrobe, stupid!

<v Susan>Isn't it cold in here? <v Peter>Yes. <v Lucy>Put these on. <v Susan>Oh yes. <v Peter>It is cold. It's wet too. <v Peter>What's the matter with this place? <v Edmund>Let's get out, they've gone. <v Susan>Oh! There are trees here, and it's getting lighter over there. <v Peter>By jove you're right! And this wet stuff is- <v Susan>Snow! <v Peter>We got into Lucy's wood after all. <v Peter>Come on! [music plays] I'm sorry, I didn't believe you.

<v Susan>I am, too. <v Lucy>What should we do now? <v Peter>Well, we go and explore the wood, of course. <v Susan>Not before you put these boots on. <v Peter>What? <v Susan>They were in the wardrobe. <v Peter>But these things aren't ours. <v Susan>No, but it is cold. <v Susan>And it isn't as though we're taking them out the house. <v Susan>We shan't even be taking them out of the wardrobe. <v Peter>I suppose this whole country's in the wardrobe. <v Peter>Are we going the right way? <v Edmund>Shouldn't we be bearing a little more that way if we're heading for the lamp post. <v Peter>So you were here. And all the time, you made out Lucy was telling lies. <v Peter>Of all the poisonous little beasts! <v Edmund>I'll pay you all out for this, you pack of stuck up, self-satisfied prigs.

<v Susan>Where are we going anyway? <v Lucy>To see Mr. Tumnus the faun, of course. [music plays] <v Peter>This place is cold and damp. <v Peter>It hasn't been lived in for days. <v Lucy>Not since the last time I was here.

<v Peter>Oh, what is this? <v Susan>Is there a message on it? <v Peter>Yes, there is. <v Peter>But I can't read it in this light. <v Peter>The faun, Tumnus. <v Peter>Is under arrest and awaiting trial on a charge of high <v Peter>treason against her imperial majesty Jadis, <v Peter>queen of Narnia. <v Peter>?inaudible? of [man also speaking] Cair Paravel- <v Maugrim>Empress of the Lone Islands, etc., also of <v Maugrim>comforting Her Majesty's enemies, of harboring spies. <v Maugrim>And above all, of fraternizing with humans. <v Maugrim>Signed by me, Maugrim, captain of the secret police.

<v Maugrim>Long live the queen. [screaming] <v Narrator 2>Wonder Works was made possible by a grant from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting

<v Narrator 2>with additional funding from this station and other public <v Narrator 2>television stations and the National Endowment for the Arts. <v Narrator 2>[PBS theme plays] On the Next Wonder Works, the children meet a friendly inhabitant of <v Narrator 2>Narnia. <v Beaver>[whispering] Gather round. Are you the sons of Adam and the daughters of Eve? <v Narrator 2>And one of them falls deeper under the spell of a White Witch. <v White Witch>[screaming] I told you again and again to bring the others with you! <v Narrator 2>As the snow melts, the White Witch begins to lose her power <v Narrator 2>and Father Christmas presents them with magic gifts to aid them on their dangerous <v Narrator 2>journey to find the true ruler of Narnia. <v Lucy>Aslan! <v Narrator 2>Part two of The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe.

<v Narrator 2>On The Next Wonder Works.