<P> Aslan carries Lucy and Susan on his back as he hurries to Jadis's castle . He breathes upon the stone statues in the courtyard, restoring them to life . </P> <P> Meanwhile, Peter and Edmund lead the Narnians against Jadis, and Edmund is seriously wounded . Aslan arrives with the former statues as reinforcements . The Narnians rout Jadis's supporters, and Aslan kills Jadis . Aslan breathes life into those Jadis has turned to stone on the battlefield, and Lucy uses her magic cordial to revive the wounded, starting with Edmund . The Pevensie children are crowned kings and queens of Narnia at Cair Paravel . Soon afterward, Aslan slips away and disappears . </P> <P> Fifteen years later, the four rulers chase a wish - granting white stag through the forest whereupon they rediscover the lamppost . They soon find their way not through branches but coats . They come back through the wardrobe in the Professor's house and are suddenly children again, dressed in their old clothes . Almost no time has passed in the real world, despite their many years in Narnia . </P> <P> The four children consult the Professor . He forgives them the absence of the four coats they stole, and hints that theirs would prove not to be the first adventure in Narnia, nor by any means the last . </P>

Introduction to the lion the witch and the wardrobe