Chapters 1-3

Chapter 1:  The Wrong Door

The story takes place a long time ago, when a grandfather was a child. In London, there lives a girl named Polly Plummer. Polly lives in a long row of houses that are all joined together. One morning, she is in the back garden, when a boy scrambles over the wall from the garden next door.

The boy introduces himself as Digory. Digory has lived his whole life, so far, in the country, but his father is now away in India, and his mother is ill. They've come to live with an aunt and a mad uncle. Digory's uncle has a study on the top floor of the house, and Digory is never allowed to go up there.

This is how Polly and Digory come to know each other, and they begin.....

Chapter 2: Digory and His Uncle

Digory screams in horror that Polly has disappeared. Uncle Andrew clasps a hand over Digory's mouth, telling Digory that they don't want to upset Digory's mother. Uncle Andrew's experiment has worked, and Polly has vanished out of this world. Uncle Andrew tells Digory that he has sent her to another world. Digory's godmother had given Uncle Andrew a secret box before she died, but he did not burn it as she had requested. Uncle Andrew didn't open the box for a long time. He found that the box was from the lost city of Atlantis. Uncle Andrew also began studying magic and so he came to have an idea of what was in the box. The box contained something that had been brought from another world..

Chapter 3: The Woods Between The Worlds

Digory immediately vanishes, and everything becomes muddled. The next thing he knows, there is a green light coming down on him from above and a darkness below. Digory thinks he is in water, and he feels himself rushing upward. Digory's head comes out of the water into the air, and Digory scrambles onto the shore. Digory notices that he is not wet or panting for breath from being under the water. Digory is by the edge of a small pool that is surrounded by woods. There are other pools as far as he could see, and the woods are very much alive, even though he can't hear or see any birds, insects, or animals.

Digory has half forgotten how he had come there.