【导读】　《魔法师的外甥》(The Magician's Nephew )，英国作家C.S.路易斯，于1950年代所著《纳尼亚传奇》系列奇幻儿童文学小说第一部。

　　About a week after this it was quite certain that Digory's Mother was getting better.About a fortnight later she was able to sit out in the garden.And a month later that whole house had become a different place.Aunt Letty did everything that Mother liked: windows were opened，frowsy curtains were drawn back to brighten up the rooms，there were new flowers everywhere，and nicer things to eat，and the old piano was tuned and Mother took up her singing again，and had such games with Digory and Polly that Aunt Letty would say "I declare，Mabel，you're the biggest baby of the three."

　　When things go wrong，you'll find they usually go on getting worse for some time; but when things once start going right they often go on getting better and better.After about six weeks of this lovely life there came a long letter from Father in India，which had wonderful news in it.Old Great­Uncle Kirke had died and this meant，apparently，that Father was now very rich.He was going to retire and come home from India forever and ever.And the great big house in the country，which Digory had heard of all his life and never seen would now be their home; the big house with the suits of armour，the stables，the kennels，the river，the park，the hot­houses，the vineries，the woods，and the mountains behind it.So that Digory felt just as sure as you that they were all going to live happily ever after.But perhaps you would like to know just one or two things more.

　　Polly and Digory were always great friends and she came nearly every holidays to stay with them at their beautiful house in the country; and that was where she learned to ride and swim and milk and bake and climb.

In Narnia the Beasts lived in great peace and joy and neither the Witch nor any other enemy came to trouble that pleasant land for many hundred years.King Frank and Queen Helen and their children lived happily in Narnia and their second son became King of Archenland.The boys married nymphs and the girls married woodgods and river­gods.The lamp­post which the Witch had planted (without