That day， when it came to the afternoon and there was still no sign of a break in the weather， they decided to play hide.and.seek. Susan was “It” and as soon as the others scattered to hide， Lucy went to the room where the wardrobe was. She did not mean to hide in the wardrobe， because she knew that would only set the others talking again about the whole wretched business. But she did want to have one more look inside it； for by this time she was beginning to wonder herself whether Narnia and theFaun had not been a dream. The house was so large and complicated and full of hiding.places that she thought she would have time to have one look into the wardrobe and then hide somewhere else. But as soon as she reached it she heard steps in the passage outside， and then there was nothing for it but to jump into the wardrobe and hold the door closed behind her. She did not shut it properly because she knew that it is very silly to shut oneself into a wardrobe， even if it is not a magic one.
