CHAPTERTHREEEDMUNDANDTHEWARDROBE
LUoutoftheemptyroomintothepassageandfouhree。
“It'sallright，”sherepeated，“I'veeback。”
“Whatohareyoutalkingabout，Lucy?”askedSusan。
“Why?”saidLuamazemeyouallbeenw>
“Soyou'vebeenhiding，haveyou?”saidPeter。“PooroldLu，hidingandnobodynoticed!You'llhavetohidelohatifyouletforyou。”
“ButI'vebeenawayforhoursandhours，”saidLucy。
&hersallstaredatoher。
“Batty!”saidEdmund，tappiebatty。”
“Whatdoyoumean，Lu?”askedPeter。
“WhatIsaid，”answeredLucy。“Itwasjustafterbreakfastwhehewardrobe，andI'vebeenawayforhoursandhours，andhadtea，andallsortsofthingshavehappened。”
“Don'tbesilly，Lucy，”saidSusan。“We'veonlyjusteoutofthatroomamomentago，aherethen。”
“She'snotbeingsillyatall，”saidPeter，“she'sjustmakingupastoryforfuyou，Lu?Andwhyshouldn'tshe?”
“er，I'mnot，”shesaid。“It's—it'samagicwardrobe。There'sawoodi，andit'ssnowing，andthere'saFaunandaWitdit'sarnia;eandsee。”
&hersdidnotknowwhattothink，butLucywassoexcitedthattheyallwentbackwithherintotheroom。Sherushedaheadofthem，fluhedoorofthewardrobeandow!goinandseeforyourselves。”
“Why，yougoose，”saidSusan，puttingherheadinsideandpullisapart，“it'sjustanordinarywardrobe;look!there'sthebackofit。”
Theneveryonelookedinahecoatsapart;andtheyallsaw—Lucyherselfsaerfearywardrobe。Therewasnowoodandnosnow，onlythebackofthewardrobe，withhooksoinandrappedhiskomakesurethatitwassolid。
“Ajollygoodhoax，Lu，”hesaidashecameoutagain;“youhavereallytakenusin，Imustadmit。Wehalf-believedyou。”
“Butitwasn'tahoaxatall，”saidLucy，“reallyandtruly。Itwasalldiffereago。Horomise。”
“e，Lu，”saidPeter，“that'sgoingabitfar。You'vehadyourjoke。Hadn'tyoubetterdropitnow?”
Lucygrewveryrediriedtosaysomething，thoughshehardlykshewastryingtosay，andburstintotears。