CHAPTER ONE
ter, Susan, Edmund, and Lucy, and it old in anotcure. te different different ry called Narnia. o reign for years and years; but o aken no time at all. At any rate, no one noticed t told anyone except one very wise grown-up.
t ting on a seat at a railation runks and playboxes piled up round t, on to scravelled togetation, rain ake to one sc rain o anot part of togeto be part of t no t t term-time feelings beginning again, and to say. Lucy o boarding sc time.
It y, sleepy, country station and tform except ttle cry, like someone wung by a wasp.
quot;s up, Lu?quot; said Edmund - and t;Ow!”
quot; on eart;,began Peter, and too suddenly c o say. Instead, ;Susan, let go! are you doing? o?”
quot;Im not touc; said Susan. quot;Someone is pulling me. Oop it!”
Everyone noticed t all te.
quot;I felt just t; said Edmund in a breat;As if I frigs beginning again.”
quot;Me too,quot; said Lucy. quot;O bear it.”
quot;Look s; sed Edmund. quot;All catcogetell by the feeling. Quick!”
quot;Yes,quot; said Susan. quot; op-oh!”
Next moment t, tform, and tation ely vanising, found tanding in a o to move. took a deep breath.
quot;Oer!quot; exclaimed Lucy. quot;Do you t back to Narnia?”
quot;It mig; said Peter. quot;I cant see a yard in all trees. Lets try to get into there is any open.”
ity, and ings from nettles and pricks from truggled out of t. ter, and after a feeps t tiny ripples t it made and no clouds in t ten oclock in tood sniffing in the sea-smell.
quot;By Jove!quot; said Peter. quot;this is good enough.”
Five minutes later everyone ed and er.
quot;tter tuffy train on to Latin and Frenc; said Edmund. And te a long time talking, only splashing and looking for shrimps and crabs.
quot;All t; said Susan presently, quot;I suppose o eat before long.”
quot;eve got t; said Edmund. quot;At least Ive got mine.”
quot;Not me,quot; said Lucy. quot;Mine tle bag.”
quot;So ; said Susan.
quot;Mine are in my coat-pocket, t; said Peter. quot;tll be to be such fun.”
quot;At present,quot; said Lucy, quot;I someto drink more to eat.”
Everyone else no ty, as one usually is after er under a sun.
quot;Its like being s; remarked Edmund. quot;In ter on tter go and look for them.”
quot;Does t mean o all t t; said Susan.
quot;Not a bit of it,quot; said Peter. quot;If treams to come doo to come to them.”
t first across t sand and to t sticks to ones toes, and began putting on their shoes and socks.
Edmund and Lucy ed to leave t, but Susan said to do. quot;e mig; sed out, quot;and ill comes and it begins to be cold.”
out along t . Except for an occasional seagull it place.
tangled t to it at all; and not moved - not a bird, not even an insect.
Siny crabs in rockpools, are all very you soon get tired of ty. t, after ter, felt and s to carry. Edmund doation seat just before took ter took it in turns to carry Peters great-coat.
Presently to curve round to t. About quarter of an er, after t into a point, it made quite a surn.
to t of t t came out of ter anothey were exploring.
quot;I an island or do o it presently?quot; said Lucy.
quot;Dont kno; said Peter and they all plodded on in silence.
t to te sory ted to find t in ted. to some rocks op t;O; said Edmund, quot;its no good. e s be able to get to t all. ere on an island!”
It rue. At t te coast ty or forty yards t ts narro place. After t, t bent round to t again and t and t the island.
quot;Look!quot; said Lucy suddenly. quot;s t?quot; Sed to a long, silvery, snake-like t lay across the beach.
quot;A stream! A stream!quot; sed tired as t no time in clattering doo ter. t tream ter to drink fart at once to t of trees tream self a deep course betooping you could follo up in a sort of tunnel of leaves. t broer, and to the elbow.
quot;No; said Edmund, quot; those sandwiches?”
quot;O ter ; said Susan. quot;e may need ter on.”
quot;I do ;no ty, -y.”
quot;But t; repeated Edmund. quot;till t to remember its a good deal ter in pockets for ; So t out ts and divided to four portions, and nobody e enoug it deal better talked about t meal. Lucy ed to go back to tcil someone pointed out t ts.
Edmund said t gat t remember be able to cook ter t to unless troke of luck to eat eggs ra see any point in saying t loud.
Susan said it y ten tempers very nearly got lost at tage. Finally Edmund said:
quot;Look o be done. e must explore ts and knig and people like t alo live some.
ts and berries and things.”
quot; sort of roots?quot; asked Susan.
quot;I al it meant roots of trees,quot; said Lucy.
quot;Come on,quot; said Peter, quot;Ed is rig try to do sometll be better t into the sun again.”
So t up and began to folloream. It oop under branc masses of stuff like rore t t in tream; and still t all except tream and to get very tired of it colour top of t bank.
quot;I say!quot; exclaimed Lucy. quot;I do believe ts an apple tree.”
It ed up teep bank, forced tanding round an old tree t was o see.
quot;And t tree,quot; said Edmund ;Look there.”
quot;; said Susan, t apple and picking ;t he wood grew up.”
quot;ted island,quot; said Peter.
quot;And ?quot; said Lucy, pointing ahead.
quot;By Jove, its a ; said Peter. quot;An old stone wall.”
Pressing t , but it allest trees. And o it t arc once e in it but filled up of all trees. to break some of to get past, and . In rees, only level grass and daisies, and ivy, and grey place,
and ratepped out into t, glad to be able to straigheir limbs freely.
t ting on a seat at a railation runks and playboxes piled up round t, on to scravelled togetation, rain ake to one sc rain o anot part of togeto be part of t no t t term-time feelings beginning again, and to say. Lucy o boarding sc time.
It y, sleepy, country station and tform except ttle cry, like someone wung by a wasp.
quot;s up, Lu?quot; said Edmund - and t;Ow!”
quot; on eart;,began Peter, and too suddenly c o say. Instead, ;Susan, let go! are you doing? o?”
quot;Im not touc; said Susan. quot;Someone is pulling me. Oop it!”
Everyone noticed t all te.
quot;I felt just t; said Edmund in a breat;As if I frigs beginning again.”
quot;Me too,quot; said Lucy. quot;O bear it.”
quot;Look s; sed Edmund. quot;All catcogetell by the feeling. Quick!”
quot;Yes,quot; said Susan. quot; op-oh!”
Next moment t, tform, and tation ely vanising, found tanding in a o to move. took a deep breath.
quot;Oer!quot; exclaimed Lucy. quot;Do you t back to Narnia?”
quot;It mig; said Peter. quot;I cant see a yard in all trees. Lets try to get into there is any open.”
ity, and ings from nettles and pricks from truggled out of t. ter, and after a feeps t tiny ripples t it made and no clouds in t ten oclock in tood sniffing in the sea-smell.
quot;By Jove!quot; said Peter. quot;this is good enough.”
Five minutes later everyone ed and er.
quot;tter tuffy train on to Latin and Frenc; said Edmund. And te a long time talking, only splashing and looking for shrimps and crabs.
quot;All t; said Susan presently, quot;I suppose o eat before long.”
quot;eve got t; said Edmund. quot;At least Ive got mine.”
quot;Not me,quot; said Lucy. quot;Mine tle bag.”
quot;So ; said Susan.
quot;Mine are in my coat-pocket, t; said Peter. quot;tll be to be such fun.”
quot;At present,quot; said Lucy, quot;I someto drink more to eat.”
Everyone else no ty, as one usually is after er under a sun.
quot;Its like being s; remarked Edmund. quot;In ter on tter go and look for them.”
quot;Does t mean o all t t; said Susan.
quot;Not a bit of it,quot; said Peter. quot;If treams to come doo to come to them.”
t first across t sand and to t sticks to ones toes, and began putting on their shoes and socks.
Edmund and Lucy ed to leave t, but Susan said to do. quot;e mig; sed out, quot;and ill comes and it begins to be cold.”
out along t . Except for an occasional seagull it place.
tangled t to it at all; and not moved - not a bird, not even an insect.
Siny crabs in rockpools, are all very you soon get tired of ty. t, after ter, felt and s to carry. Edmund doation seat just before took ter took it in turns to carry Peters great-coat.
Presently to curve round to t. About quarter of an er, after t into a point, it made quite a surn.
to t of t t came out of ter anothey were exploring.
quot;I an island or do o it presently?quot; said Lucy.
quot;Dont kno; said Peter and they all plodded on in silence.
t to te sory ted to find t in ted. to some rocks op t;O; said Edmund, quot;its no good. e s be able to get to t all. ere on an island!”
It rue. At t te coast ty or forty yards t ts narro place. After t, t bent round to t again and t and t the island.
quot;Look!quot; said Lucy suddenly. quot;s t?quot; Sed to a long, silvery, snake-like t lay across the beach.
quot;A stream! A stream!quot; sed tired as t no time in clattering doo ter. t tream ter to drink fart at once to t of trees tream self a deep course betooping you could follo up in a sort of tunnel of leaves. t broer, and to the elbow.
quot;No; said Edmund, quot; those sandwiches?”
quot;O ter ; said Susan. quot;e may need ter on.”
quot;I do ;no ty, -y.”
quot;But t; repeated Edmund. quot;till t to remember its a good deal ter in pockets for ; So t out ts and divided to four portions, and nobody e enoug it deal better talked about t meal. Lucy ed to go back to tcil someone pointed out t ts.
Edmund said t gat t remember be able to cook ter t to unless troke of luck to eat eggs ra see any point in saying t loud.
Susan said it y ten tempers very nearly got lost at tage. Finally Edmund said:
quot;Look o be done. e must explore ts and knig and people like t alo live some.
ts and berries and things.”
quot; sort of roots?quot; asked Susan.
quot;I al it meant roots of trees,quot; said Lucy.
quot;Come on,quot; said Peter, quot;Ed is rig try to do sometll be better t into the sun again.”
So t up and began to folloream. It oop under branc masses of stuff like rore t t in tream; and still t all except tream and to get very tired of it colour top of t bank.
quot;I say!quot; exclaimed Lucy. quot;I do believe ts an apple tree.”
It ed up teep bank, forced tanding round an old tree t was o see.
quot;And t tree,quot; said Edmund ;Look there.”
quot;; said Susan, t apple and picking ;t he wood grew up.”
quot;ted island,quot; said Peter.
quot;And ?quot; said Lucy, pointing ahead.
quot;By Jove, its a ; said Peter. quot;An old stone wall.”
Pressing t , but it allest trees. And o it t arc once e in it but filled up of all trees. to break some of to get past, and . In rees, only level grass and daisies, and ivy, and grey place,
and ratepped out into t, glad to be able to straigheir limbs freely.