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Edmund and the Wardrobe
NowthestepsshehadheardwerethoseofEdmund;andhecameintotheroomjustintimetoseeLucyvanishingintothewardrobe.Heatoncedecidedtogetintoithimself-notbecausehethoughtitaparticularlygoodplacetohidebutbecausehewantedtogoonteasingheraboutherimaginarycountry.Heopenedthedoor.Therewerethecoatshangingupasusual,andasmellofmothballs,anddarknessandsilence,andnosignofLucy."ShethinksI’mSusancometocatchher,"saidEdmundtohimself,"andsoshe’skeepingveryquietinattheback."Hejumpedinandshutthedoor,forgettingwhataveryfoolishthingthisistodo.ThenhebeganfeelingaboutforLucyinthedark.Hehadexpectedtofindherinafewsecondsandwasverysurprisedwhenhedidnot.Hedecidedtoopenthedooragainandletinsomelight.Buthecouldnotfindthedooreither.Hedidn’tlikethisatallandbegangropingwildlyineverydirection;heevenshoutedout,"Lucy!Lu!Whereareyou?Iknowyou’rehere."
TherewasnoanswerandEdmundnoticedthathisownvoicehadacurioussound-notthesoundyouexpectinacupboard,butakindofopen-airsound.Healsonoticedthathewasunexpectedlycold;andthenhesawalight.
"Thankgoodness,"saidEdmund,"thedoormusthaveswungopenofitsownaccord."HeforgotallaboutLucyandwenttowardsthelight,whichhethoughtwastheopendoorofthewardrobe.Butinsteadoffindinghimselfsteppingoutintothespareroomhefoundhimselfsteppingoutfromtheshadowofsomethickdarkfirtreesintoanopenplaceinthemiddleofawood.
Therewascrisp,drysnowunderhisfeetandmoresnowlyingonthebranchesofthetrees.
