The Witch Wardrobe Chapter Summaries

Chapter 1: Introduced us to the characters Peter, Susan, Edmund, and Lucy. The kids are exploring the house. Lucy stumbles upon the wardrobe, she opens the door to reveal fur coats. She says she loves the feel of fur, so she steps into the wardrobe. She starts walking in it, she feels the soft powdery snow under her feet. She encounters a faun.

Chapter 2: The faun invites Lucy to his cave for tea. He starts to play the flute, she says she must be getting home, the faun starts to weep and tells the girl that he is working for the white witch. He tells her that the witch wants a “daughter of eve.” Lucy makes it back to the wardrobe.

Chapter 3: Lucy tells the others about the magical wardrobe. The other kids don’t believe her. Nice weather

comes for several days, but Lucy can’t enjoy it because the kids think she is lying about the wardrobe. Soon, a rainy day comes, the kids are in the house playing hiding seek. Lucy wanders into the wardrobe, Edmund follows her. Edmund soon learns she isn’t lying about the wardrobe.
Chapter 4: The queen questions Edmund and finally discovers that he is a human child. The queen gives him food. The food is enchanted and makes him keep eating. The queen wants Edmund to bring his sister and brother to Narnia. Edmund finds out from Lucy that the White Witch is the queen of Narnia.
Chapter 5: Edmund and Lucy emerge from the wardrobe. Lucy is eager to tell the others that Edmund has seen the mystical place. But, Edmund denies that he saw anything and he was “playing along” with Lucy. He wanted to seem big and bad to the others. His plan misfired, the others think that he is rudely toying with Lucy’s mind. The kids consult the professor. The professor surprisingly believes Lucy. One day there is a house party, the kids try to avoid it and it leads them to the wardrobe room.
Chapter 6: As the kids enter the wardrobe, they also enter Narnia. The kids start exploring. Edmund admits to the group that he has infact been to Narnia before. Lucy leads the kids to the fauns house. When they arrive they find out that the house has been torn apart. Lucy begs the others to help save the faun. A robin leads them into the woods.
Chapter 7: Edmund doesn’t trust the robin. Whilst Peter and Edmund discuss if the robin is to be trusted it flutters off. They meet Mr. Beaver (A talking beaver.) The group doesn’t trust the beaver. Mr. Beaver shows the group the handkerchief that Lucy gave the Faun.
Chapter 8: Mr.

Beaver tells the kids that the faun was infact taken away by the witch. The children want to visit Aslan, who is the king of Narnia. The kids find out the Alsan is hardly ever in Narnia, and when he is everything is made better. They also find out the He is a lion. The kids are going to meet Aslan, but they have to complete a quest of sorts. Edmund goes missing.

Chapter 9: (The story is now from Edmunds point of view.) Edmund believes that the witch is on the good side. When he gets to the castle he sees all of the statues of people the witch has turned to stone. Edmund meets Maugrim, Edmund tells the witch everything he knows. The witch is startled to found out Alsan is in Narnia, the witch prepares a sled.

Chapter 10: (Back to the POV of the other kids.) The kids travel to the Stone Table. They think the witch is coming but, it turns out it isn’t her. The kids meet Santa, he explains that during Christmas the witch’s power is weakened. Like Santa, he comes bearing gifts. He gives the kids tools, such as swords, bows, and shields. He tells the girls not to fight unless absolutely necessary. He also gave them a horn to use to save them from danger,

Chapter 11: (Back to Edmund’s POV) The witch sets out to find the children herself. Edmund finally realizes that the witch is cruel. The snow begins to melt, spring is beginning to come. The dwarf says that Aslan has caused the seasons to

change.
Chapter 12: (Others POV.) The other kids are having a fun time now that spring has sprung. The children meet Aslan, they are in pure awe of him.