Eustace Scrubb is called
back to Narnia, and along with schoolmate Jill Pole, meet Aslan. Aslan
tells Jill they are to find King Caspain's son, Rilian, who has been missing
for several years. He gives to Jill four signs that will lead them on their
way to find the prince. When they arrive in Narnia, they find that Caspian,
a close friend of Eustace, is now an old man and has left Narnia on a ship
to find Aslan. Jill and
Eustace are told the story of how Rilian's mother was killed during an
outing by a green serpant. Rilian vowed revenge upon the serpant and soon
vanished while searching for the snake. Poll and Scrubb start on their
search for Rilian with Puddleglum, a Narnian marshwiggle. The three soon
find themselves in trouble when they stop at Harfang, a castle of giants.
They are invited to stay for the Autumn Feast. While in the giant's kitchen,
Jill dicovers a cookbook with listings for cooking hgumans and marswiggles.
They all realize they are not just invited to the feast, but are to be
the feast. Jill, Eustace and Puddleglum make their escape from the castle
with the giants close behind. The three escape into a cave which leads
them farther and farther under the earth. Soon, when they are a mile under
ground, they are met by a large group of earthmen who take them still further
toward the center of the earth. The arrive at a large city where they meet
a knight who says the queen of the city is away. The knight tells them
that the queen has rescued him from a powereful spell, but he must be tied
to a silver chair one hour every night for the evil spell still consumes
him at that time. The knight is tied to the chair and begins to fall to
the spell. The three discover that the knight is really Prince Rilian,
and that the spell consumes him for all but one hour of the day. The evil
Queen of the Underland has kidnapped him in order to use him in an attack
against Narnia. The children and marshwiggle free Rilian from his chair
just as the Queen returns to the city. When she sees what has happened,
she turns herself into a green serpant, the same which killed Rilian's
mother. Rilian battles the snake and kills it, his mother avenged. The
four return to Narnia and find that Caspian has returned to Narnia. Aslan
told him to return and when he did, his son would be waiting. Rilian stands
by his father as King Caspian dies. Their job done, the children are returned
to their own world by Aslan.
land
of Narnia, where all animals can talk and are treated equal to humans.
Bree has hidden his true identity from the Tarkaan, for he is a cruel man.
Shasta and Bree agree to leave together for Narnia. Along the way, they
meet Aravis, a Tarkheena, and Whin, a talking horse. Aravis tells them
she was to be married to Ahoshta, a man she had no desire to marry, and
ran away with Whin. All four decide to travel together to Narnia, even
though Shasta and Aravis dislike each other from the beginning. While passing
through the city of Tashbaan, Shasta is mistaken for Prince Corin of Archeland.
He is seperated from the others and is brought to a large palace where
he meets King Edmund and Queen Susan of Narnia. They still think him to
be the son of the King Lune of Archeland, an ally of Narnia. He learns
the Narnians are there because Susan is being courted by Rabadash , the
Prince of Calormen. Queen Susan has no intention of marrying Rabadash,
and they decide to sneak away into the night for they know they will all
be killed if Susan rejects Rabadash. Shasta escapes from the Narnians when
the real Corin arrives. The two agree to tell no one of the secret misunderstanding.
Shasta meets up with Bree, Whin and Aravis later. Aravis tells him she
has dicovered Rabadash's plans to attack Archeland and Narnia. The four
must race to Archeland to warn of the Calormen's invasion. They arrive
in time and the forces of Archeland and Narnia deffeat Rabadash's army
and Rabadash is taken captive.
small
ponds that are gateways to different worlds. The two children decide to
explore the ponds and soon find themselves in the dead world of Charn.
Once there, Digory and Polly discover a castle with several people who
are frozen in time. Digory's curiosity gets the best of him and he rings
a bell which awakens the eveil Queen Jadis from her slumber. Jadis insists
she meet the magician who has awakened her. Digory explains that his Uncle
Andrew is the magician and Jadis is stunned to learn Uncle Andrew does
not rule his land. The children soon realize that the queen is evil and
try to escape by returning to their own world, but Jadis travels with them.
Once in this world, Jadis creates havic. She has no magical power but has
great strength and proceeds to steal gems from a Jewelry store and a horse
drawn cab. Polly and Digory know they must get the Witch( for this is how
they now see her) back to the Wood between the Worlds. As they bring the
Witch back, Uncle Andrew, the horse and cabbie all travel with them by
mistake. The entire group then travel into a pond and find themselves in
a new world. They see a lion moving toward them and singing. as the lion
walks about, several other animals all rise out of the earth. Some of the
animals the lion touches, and they begin to talk. The Witch is horrified
and runs away. Aslan, the lion, tells digory since he has brought an evil
into the new land of Narnia, he must travel far away and bring back an
apple from a special tree. Aslan give the cabbie's horse wings, and Digory
and Polly set out with horse to find the tree. When they find the tree,
they aslo find the Witch is already there. The White Witch tempts Digory
to eat one of the apples himself, since they are so great and powerful.
Perharps, the Witch tells Digory, one of the apples might even cure his
mother. Digory resists the temptation and returns to Aslan. Aslan tells
Digory to throw the apple toward the river and it will grow into a tree,
which it does before their eyes. Aslan tells Digory he may return to his
world with an apple from the tree for his mother. Back in his own world,
Digory gives his mother the apple to eat and she is cured of her illness.
Digory plants the apple core in the back yard. Years latter, when Digory
is a kind old professor, the apple tree in the back yard is blown down
by a storm. The professor has the wood made into a huge wardrode which
he puts into an empty room in the house.