The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis

Tumnus not to turn her over to the Witch. Tumnus reveals that the White Witch has installed herself as Queen of the realm and made it so that it is “always winter and never Christmas” in Narnia. He confesses that he is in the unwitting service of the despotic White Witch, the pretender to the throne of Narnia-she has charged him to bring to her any human he encounters. Tumnus attempts to stop her from leaving, and when Lucy asks why he doesn’t want her to go, Mr. Tumnus entertains Lucy with tales of Narnia’s history, but, realizing that it must be growing late, Lucy decides to head home. Tumnus invites Lucy to come back to his cave to get warm and have some tea Lucy accepts. Tumnus tells her that she is in a land called Narnia where humans have rarely been seen. As he picks them up, he asks her if she is a “Daughter of Eve,” or a human. Tumnus, is so excited to see Lucy that he drops all of his parcels.

She soon comes upon a Faun wearing a scarf, carrying an umbrella, and holding packages in his arms. The wardrobe goes back farther than she thought, and as she climbs deeper and deeper into it, she soon finds herself walking on freshly fallen snow when she looks up, she is deep in a snowy wood, and in front of her there is an old lamp-post. She opens it to see what’s inside, and, after finding a row of fur coats, climbs up into it to rub her face into the furs. They arrive at the countryside house of a kind but eccentric Professor, and as the children explore the house, Lucy winds up in a room which is empty except for a large wardrobe. Siblings Peter, Susan, Edmund, and Lucy have been sent away from London during the air-raids at the height of World War II.

The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis