During one of these indoors adventures, they are making their way through the interconnected sections towards an abandoned house, when they wind up in the attic of Digory's *uncle's house*. This is when the plot is set in motion.

In "the deepest, wildest voice they had ever heard," Aslan says, "Narnia, Narnia, awake. Love. Think. Speak. Be walking trees. Be talking beasts. Be divine waters." Thus, "Out of the trees wild people stepped forth, gods and goddesses of the wood; with them came Fauns and Satyrs and Dwarfs. Out of the river rose the river god with his Naiad daughters." There is laughter as well as seriousness, and Aslan is a source of fun as well as duty. The Magician's Nephew is a prequel to the series. The middle third of the novel features the creation of the Narnia world by Aslan the lion, centred on a section of a lamp-post brought by accidental observers from London in 1900. The visitors then participate in the beginning of Narnia's history, 1000 years before The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe [a] (which inaugurated the series in 1950).

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After Digory puts on the yellow ring, he suddenly finds himself emerging in a light-filled wood with many small ponds. Polly is there, and despite both children being in a dreamy haze, they eventually remember what’s happened and make a plan to return home. At the last minute, they decide to explore other pools to see what kinds of worlds might exist there. The children switch to green rings, join hands, and jump into a different pool, which deposits them in a cold, ruined, apparently vacant world called Charn. They wander through crumbling courtyards until they enter a hall filled with the frozen forms of dozens of richly-dressed people. There’s also a little golden bell with a hammer beside it. After a heated argument (Polly senses danger and wants to go home; Digory doesn’t want to be driven mad with curiosity), Digory strikes the bell with the hammer to see what will happen. Moments later, a fierce, beautiful queen is awakened from her enchanted sleep and approaches them. Lewis had his way to tell the story. He thoroughly showed me about this world where the origin of Narnia comes from. Not only I got to know about the wardrobe, but I was introduced to the characer that would be a big part in the next book. The Magician's Nephew should be read before The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe for you to get full knowledge about this world.The two think that the event is over when they hear a sound from the end of the room. The last figure, the fiercely beautiful one, rises from her chair and comes to the children, asking how she has been awakened. Digory takes responsibility for her waking. The woman states that Digory is not of royal blood and asks how he came to the palace. Polly answers that they came by magic. Ignoring Polly, the queen again asks Digory if it is true. He responds affirmatively and the woman grabs him suddenly by the chin and studies him for several minutes before surmising that he is not a magician but rather traveled on another person's magic. Digory tells her that it was Uncle Andrew's doing.

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Curiosity does get the better of her and she asks about Mr. Ketterley (Digory's uncle). Digory explain I could intuitively sense, within the first few chapters, that this book influenced not only J.R.R. Tolkien, but Robert Jordan and J.K. Rowling, as well. I could feel it, I could feel the connection between their writings and this work. They find a bell with a hammer, an inscription inviting the finder to strike the bell. Despite protests from Polly, Digory rings the bell. In the light of the sun, the strangers could see the landscape, barren and devoid of life. Most important, they could all see the singer - a Lion. The witch demands that the magic be prepared so they can take flight. Andrew mentions that he wishes he were younger and had a gun. Andrew commands the children to put on their yellow rings. The children declare that if anyone comes near them, they will disappear. The cabby commands them all to be quiet and listen, for the Lion's song had changed. The spell that bound Jadis was broken by Digory Kirke. He and Polly Plummer had arrived on Charn via the Wood between the Worlds, and they had explored the deserted royal palace. In the room where Jadis slumbered with life-sized images of her royal ancestors, Kirke succumbed to temptation after having read a verse:

Aslan himself is a towering figure in The Magician's Nephew. His song brings form and shape to the world of Narnia, creating seas and lands, plants and animals. The song varies according to what he is creating, but its overall impression is one of joy and magnificence to everyone except Jadis and Uncle Andrew, who loath it. Jadis even throws a piece of a street lamp at Aslan, striking the golden lion in its head. Aslan pays it no notice, and it falls to the ground and grows into the street lamp that Lucy discovers in The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, which will always mark the Lantern Wastes of Narnia. Hardy, Elizabeth Baird (2007). Milton, Spenser and The Chronicles of Narnia: literary sources for the C. S. Lewis novels. McFarland & Company, Inc. ISBN 978-0-7864-2876-2. pp30–34 Jennings, Coleman A.; Sendak, Maurice (2005). Theatre for Young Audiences. Macmillan. pp.46–7. ISBN 0-312-33714-0. Meanwhile, Strawberry carries Digory and Polly to Aslan. The Lion is still in conference with his chosen Beasts and Digory realizes that he cannot interrupt. At Aslan's command, the animals pull aside and Digory approaches, asking if Aslan would help his mother. Aslan looks away and asks the animals if this is the boy who did it. Aslan then turns to Digory and commands him to explain how the witch came to Narnia. The whole story comes out and Digory is told that he must undo what has been done. Aslan turns to the cabby and Polly. The Lion asks the cabby if he would like to live in Narnia. The cabby is reluctant because he is married and does not want to leave his wife. Through magic, Aslan calls the cabby's wife from the other world and the two are together again. Aslan tells them that they are to be the first King and Queen of Narnia. After a brief outline of the responsibilities of the King, Aslan declares that the coronation will be held soon. Aslan asks Polly if she has forgiven Digory for the harm he had done in Charn, and she says that she has. Satisfied, Aslan turns to deal with Digory himself. One of the themes of The Magician's Nephew is the difference between practicality and good. At first Jadis speaks only to Digory: "In Charn, she [Jadis] took no notice of Polly (until the very end) because Digory was the one she wanted to make use of," however, once "she had Uncle Andrew, she took no notice of Digory. I expect most witches are like that. They are not interested in things or people unless they can use them; they are terribly practical."

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It's mildly embarrassing that I've lived almost 32 years and I've only read one book from the Narnia series. Well, I guess I've read two now, but I feel like I should have read those a long time ago. As an adult, it's difficult to even rate this book fairly because the adult version of myself wants to be all critical and make comments about how this isn't Lord of the Rings or Harry Potter, but it's not supposed to be. And that's fine with me.