Scene 1

In the country house, the children are doing their homework

Susan: “Gas-tro-vas-cu-lar”. … Come on, Peter “Gastrovascular.”

Peter: Is it Latin?

Susan: Yes. Edmund: Is it Latin for ‘worst game ever invented’? (Susan closes the book)

Lucy: We could play hide-and-seek.

Peter: But we’re already having so much fun.

Lucy: Please…pretty please…

Peter: One...two...three...four...

Peter (in the background): Eight-four, eighty-five...

(Lucy hides in the wardrobe, leaving the door open of course. She walks backwards until she her
hand pricks the branch of a tree. She turns around and finds herself in a snowy wood. A few minutes
later, she walks up to a lamppost. She hears footsteps. Suddenly, a Faun steps out from among the
trees into the light of the lamppost)
Scene 2: Lucy Meets Tumnus

Lucy: *screams*

Tumnus: AH!

(Tumnus jumps behind a tree and Lucy jumps behind the lamppost. Then she comes out and picks
up his parcels)

Tumnus (slowly walking out as Lucy picks up packages): Uh, CH... gk, ch *random noises*

Lucy: Were you hiding from me?

Tumnus: No...I was just, um...I didn’t want to scare you.

Lucy: If you don't mind my asking...what are you?

Tumnus: Why…I'm a faun! And what about you? You must be some kind of…beardless dwarf?

Lucy: I'm not a dwarf. I'm a girl! And actually I'm tallest in my class.

Tumnus: You are…you are in fact…human?

Lucy: Yes, of course.

Tumnus: What are you doing here?

Lucy: Well, I was hiding in the wardrobe in the spare room, and

Tumnus: Spare Oom… Is that in Narnia?

Lucy: Narnia? What's that?

Tumnus: Dear girl, you're in it! Everything from the lamp post, all the way to Castle Cair Paravel on
the eastern ocean. Every stick and stone you see, every icicle…is Narnia."

Lucy (to herself): This is an awfully big wardrobe.

Tumnus: War Drobe? … I'm sorry, please allow me to introduce myself. My name is Tumnus.

Lucy: Pleased to meet you, Mr. Tumnus! I'm Lucy Pevensie. *extends hand*... Oh, you shake it.

Tumnus: Um…why?

Lucy: I-I don't know! People do it when they meet each other. (Tumnus shakes her hand)

(The two of them laugh and walk offstage together, Lucy looking around amazed)
Scene 3: Edmund follows

(Back to the house, Edmund is looking for Lucy in the game of hide and seek)

Edmund: Lucy, Lucy? (Opens the wardrobe door) Boo! (Edmund enters the wardrobe) I hope you’re
not afraid of the dark. Lucy?

(Edmund finds a tree branch. He walks backwards a trips…into snow)

Edmund: Lucy? Lucy! I think I believe you now!

(Edmund finds the lamp-post. He walks around for a while shouting for Lucy. Finally, he comes to a
road. He hears bells)

Edmund: Lucy?

Ginarrbrik: Yah! (wipping sound)

(A sleigh pulled by white reindeer comes into view. Edmund dives out of the way into the snow and
then the dwarf jumps out and throws a whip around Edmunds legs. Ginarrbrik puts a knife to
Edmund's throat)

White Witch: What is it now, Ginarrbrik?

Edmund: He won't let go!

Ginarrbrik: How dare you address the queen of Narnia?!

Edmund: I didn't know!

Ginarrbrik: You will know her better hereafter! (Ginnarrbrik raises his dagger)

White Witch: Wait!

(Edmund looks up at the Witch)

White Witch: What is your name?

Edmund: Edmund.

White Witch: And how, Edmund, did you come to enter my dominion?

Edmund: I’m not sure. I was just following my sister and--

White Witch: Your sister? How many are you?

Edmund: Four. Lucy is the only one that’s been here before. She said she met a faun called…
Tumnus. Peter and Susan didn’t believe her.

White Witch: Edmund, you look so cold. Will you come and sit with me?

(Edmund sits on the Witch’s sleigh. She puts her mantle around him)

White Witch: I can make anything you’d like.

Edmund: Could you make me taller?

White Witch: Anything you would like to eat.

(A drop comes down and makes the box of Turkish Delight and the Dwarf give it to Edmund)

White Witch: Edmund, I would very much like to meet your family.

Edmund: I guess I could bring them.

White Witch: Beyond these woods, you see those two little hills? My house is right between them.
You'd love it there Edmund. It has whole rooms simply stuffed with Turkish Delight.

Edmund: Couldn't I have some more now?

White Witch: No! …*smiles* Don't want to ruin you appetite. Besides, you and I are going to be
seeing each other again very soon, aren’t we?

Edmund: I hope so … Your Majesty.

White Witch: Until then...dear one. I’m gonna miss you.

(The Witch drives off and Edmund is left alone. Lucy runs up to Edmund and hugs him)

Lucy: Edmund? … Oh Edmund, you got in too! Isn’t it wonderful?

Edmund: Where’ve you been?

Lucy: With Mr. Tumnus! He’s fine. The White Witch hasn’t found out anything about him helping me.

Edmund: The White Witch?

Lucy: She calls herself the queen of Narnia, but she really isn't. … Are you alright? You look awful.

Edmund: Well what do you expect! I mean, It's freezing! How do we get out of here?

Lucy: Come on...this way.

(They run off stage towards the wardrobe entrance. Lights down)
Scene 4: all the children enter Narnia

(Lucy turns on the light and wakes up Peter)

Lucy: Peter, Peter wake up! It's there, it's really there!

Peter: *rolls over still half asleep* Lucy, what are talking about?

Lucy: Narnia! It's all in the wardrobe, like I told you!

Susan: Oh Lucy, you've been dreaming.

Lucy: But I haven’t! I met Mr. Tumnus! Oh, and Edmund went too!

Edmund: Come on!

Susan: You’ve have got to be joking.

Peter: Let’s just go and see.

(The all climb into the wardrobe. Peter is careful to leave the door open a crack.)

Peter: Move back! Stop shoving!

Lucy: Oww! You’re on my foot!

Edmund: Don’t push!

Susan: Watch out! Stop it!

(Peter and Susan trip…into snow! They look back and gasp as they realize they have entered a snowy
wood)

Susan: Impossible!

Lucy (smiling): I’d like you all to meet Mr. Tumnus!

Peter: Well, Mr. Tumnus it is! (Peter walks back into the wardrobe)

Susan: But we can’t go hiking in the snow dressed like this.

Peter: No… but I’m sure the Professor wouldn’t mind us using these.

(Peter starts handing out the fur coats)

Peter: And if you think about it “logically,” we’re not even taking them out of the wardrobe.

(Peter hands a coat to Edmund)

Edmund: But that's a girl's coat!

Peter: I know.
Scene 5: Tumnus’s house is destroyed

(They all run to Tumnus’ house. They go inside and see that the house has been destroyed)

Lucy: Who would do something like this?

(Edmund steps on broken picture of Tumnus's dad. Peter notices a note pinned to the wall. It says
“Warrant of Arrest By Order of Her Majesty.” He begins reading the note)

Peter reads: “The faun Tumnus is hereby charged with high treason against her imperial majesty
Jadis, Queen of Narnia. For comforting her enemies and fraternizing with humans. Signed: Maugrim,
Captain of the Secret Police. Long Live the Queen.”

Susan: Alright, now we should really go back.

Lucy: But what about Mr. Tumnus?

Susan: If he was arrested just for being with a human, I don’t think that there’s much that we can do.

Lucy: You don't understand, do you? I'm the human! She must have found out he helped me.

(Edmund looks away)

Peter: Maybe we could call the police.

Susan: These are the police.

Peter: Don’t worry, Lu. We’ll think of something.

Edmund: Why? … I mean, he’s a criminal.

(Suddenly, they hear a “psst.” They look outside and see a robin)

Susan: Did that bird just 'psst' us?

(susan, lucy, edmund and peter look around confused and scared. Lucy looks around and sees a
beaver.)

Lucy: is that... a beaver? here boy

Mr. Beaver: Well I ain´t ging to smell it if that´s what you want!

Lucy: uh...yea

Mr beaver: lucy? Lucy Pevensie? Is that you?

Lucy: yes it is.

Mr beaver: would you and your friends like to come over for a cup of tea?

(lucy looks at Edmund with a questioning glare. Edmund nods his head)

Lucy: sure, that would be nice

(Mr Beaver, Lucy, Edmund, peter and susan walk to his house)
Scene 6: mr beavers house

Mrs beaver: oh beaver. I was worried sick. if i find out that you’ve been with badger again..... oh
sorry there, I didn’t notice we had company. Come dears let me make you some nice cup of warm
tea.

(mr beaver, mrs beaver, lucy, edmund ,peter and susan drinking tea, silently talking.)

Lucy: may I help you set the table mrs beaver?

Mrs beaver: no, no dear its ok I got it.

(at dinner)

Peter: is there anything we can do to help tumnus

Mrs beaver: there’s lots of hope dear.

(all talking, laughing, mrs beaver and susan clearing plates)

Susan: thank you mrs beaver for this wonderful dinner.

Edmund: yes. Thank you it was really nice.

Scene 7: going to the witches' palace

(peter walking fast and the others trying to catch up with him)

Peter: Hurry up guys

(Lucy, Susan, Edmund and mr beaver panting)

(Edmund walking fast and walking into the distance)

Susan: Edmund! Edd......

Mr beaver: shhh... they might hear you

Lucy: we can't let him go, they might take him, he’s, our brother.

Mr. Beaver: He's the bait! The Witch wants all four of you!

Peter: Why?

Mr. Beaver: To stop the prophecy from coming true! To kill you!

Susan (to Peter): This is all your fault!

Peter: My fault?

Susan: None of this would have happened if you had just listened to me in the first place!

Peter: Oh, so you knew this would happen?

Susan: I didn't know what would happen...which is why we should’ve left while we still could!
Lucy: Stop it! This isn’t going to help Edmund!