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Saturday, February 12, 2005 |
| The Chronicles Of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch And The Wardrobe
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Originally the 1st book... The Lion, The Witch & The Wardrobe is now the 2nd in the series. Based in the year 1940 in normal human year count, it tells of 4 brothers and sisters, Peter, Susan, Edmund and Lucy, who were sent to live with Professor Kirk (an older Digory) during the war. On the day of their arrival, the children find themselves trapped in the house because it was raining outside. So they decided to explore the house instead, during which they found a room with nothing but a wardrobe. Lucy decided that it was worth checking out. And so she finds herself in another world, Narnia. There she meets a faun, half goat, half man, named Mr. Tumnus who invites her for tea. She happily agrees, but when it came time for her to go back, the faun reveals that we was actually working for the White Witch who commanded that if any son of Adam (boy) or daughter of Eve (girl) should enter Narnia, they were to be captured and brought to her. But Mr. Tumnus was way to nice and let her go back to her world. Back home, she tried to explain to her siblings where she had gone but they were not convinced and thought it was all make believe. For the next few days, all Lucy did was cry because they refused to believe her. On another wet day, the children were forced to play hide-and-seek indoors. Looking for a place to hide, Edmund followed Lucy to the wardrobe knowing she would surely go there. Unknowingly, he ends up in Narnia as well. But instead of finding Lucy, he finds himself in the presence of the White Witch. Seeing that Edmund was a son of Adam, she tricked him into telling her about his brother and sisters, about where they were from, about how Mr. Tumnus defied her orders. She also made him believe that she was the good and everyone who defied her were traitors, and that she was the rightful Queen of Narnia. The Queen then told Edmund that she wanted to make him her heir and that he would be king. But first, she wanted to meet Edmund’s siblings. On his way back home, Edmund met Lucy. Lucy became very delighted that she now had prove that Narnia existed. When they got back, however, Edmund refused to admit that he was there and that they were only playing pretend. Lucy became infuriated. Seeing that she was so upset, Peter and Susan decided to talk to Prof. Kirk about it. He told them that there was no reason why they should not believe her and that Lucy might just be telling the truth, and there was no mention of the matter anymore after that. The a few days later, some guests were invited to the house and the children wanted to keep out of the way so they tried their best to hide in a room. But it seemed that wherever they went they were followed, so they finally decided to do to the room with the wardrobe. But even then they still heard voices around them so they had no choice but to hide inside the wardrobe and unexpectedly they found themselves in Narnia. There they decided to first find Mr. Tumnus but when they arrived at his house, there was nothing there. Feeling that some bad might have happened, they decided to go look for him only to find themselves meeting Mr. Beaver, who Mr. Tumnus had told to look out for the children. He brought them to a safer location where Mrs. Beaver was waiting and told them what had happened while they had some dinner. He explained that Mr. Tumnus was captured by the White Witch after she had found out that he did not capture Lucy the last time she was around. But it did not really matter because the great lion Azlan was back in Narnia and was bound to set everything right. When he had eventually finished telling the children everything, they find that Edmund had disappeared and ealised that he had gone to meet the White Witch. They had no choice but to pack and leave immediate in search of Azlan. On their way, the children met Father Christmas who gave them some very important gifts, for Peter: a shield and a sword, for Susan: a bow and arrows and for Lucy: a magic horn for seeking help and a bottle of magic healing elixir. At the White Witch’s palace, she the White Witch was enraged that Edmund had not brought along his siblings to see her and also the fact that Azlan was back in Narnia. Seeing her true colours, Edmund realized he had made a serious mistake but it was too late. The White Witch sent some of her helpers to go stop the rest of the children from reaching Azlan. However, the children managed to succeed in finding Azlan and every second that Azlan was around, the White Witch’s powers grew weaker and weaker. Azlan sent his “Talking Beasts” (animals that he gave the power of speech and thought to) to go rescue Edmund and succeeded. The White Witch was of course very unsatisfied. She went to seek revenge and according to Narnian Law, because Edmund was a traitor, he rightfully belonged to the White Witch. So as a bargain, Azlan traded his life for Edmund’s. That night, Susan and Lucy both could not sleep and followed Azlan who was roaming around sadly. He told the children that they could follow him for awhile only, after that they were to stay away no matter what. And then the children witnessed the gruesome killing of Azlan by the White Witch and her men. But by the most sacred magic, Azlan was brought back to life. And he came back in time to join the battle that was led by Peter to fight against the White Witch and in the end they triumphed! Then, Peter was named High King of Narnia, and Susan, Edmund and Lucy were King and Queens under him. They lived in Narnia for a very long time only to return to their world unexpectedly one day on a hunting trip. When they got back to their world, it was as if they had never left, only mere minutes had passed. They told Prof. Kirk about what had happened and he told them not to go looking for Narnia anymore, because Narnia will find them only when they least expect it... |
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WanTse @ 2/12/2005 01:49:00 am
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