The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe the wardrobe. Lucy guides them to Tumnus's cave, but they find it ransacked, with a notice from Jadis (the White Witch) proclaiming his arrest for harbouring humans. Mr. Beaver, a talking animal, finds and befriends the children, and takes them to his den. There, he and Mrs. Beaver tell them of a prophecy that the Witch's power will fail when two Sons of Adam and two Daughters of Eve sit in the four thrones at Cair Paravel. Aslan, the great lion and the rightful King, has been absent for many years but is now "on the move again" in Narnia.
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe that UK adults had read as children, after "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland". (Adults, perhaps limited to parents, ranked "Alice" and "The Lion" fifth and sixth as books the next generation should read, or their children should read during their lifetimes.) "TIME" magazine included the novel in its "All-TIME 100 Novels" (best English-language novels from 1923 to 2005). In 2003, the novel was listed at number 9 on the BBC's survey The Big Read. It has also been published in 47 foreign languages. Lewis wrote that "The Narnian books are not as much allegory as supposal. Suppose there were a Narnian