The Little Hero, The Winter Coat and The Wardrobe

I'll be honest. My first encounter with a wardrobe was NOT a very good one. I don't know about other wardrobes, but mine is a man-eater. It all started when I was around six...

My dad was at work. My mom was changing Girl #3's diaper (Girl #4 was non-existent). It was the middle of winter, and I wanted to go play in the snow. (For anyone who knows me personally, this was in the house before I moved across town.) So I headed over to the wardrobe to get my winter coat. However, the handle of our wardrobe is very annoying. I was five, so I guess I pulled a little too hard. The wardrobe came crashing down on me, but somehow, the door swung open just in time. (Aslan, perhaps?) Even though I was safe underneath the tons of winter coats, there was no air. I was suffocating and screaming, but my mom couldn't hear me. Luckily, Girl #2, my darling sister HoHo (not her real name) just so happened to pass by. Hearing my muffled screams, she summoned all the strength in her tiny body to lift the wardrobe. (More magic!) I was alive, but scared to death. Well, not to death. But you know what I mean. I paid back my sister by rescuing her when a cabinet fell on top of both of us. (I don't know how these things happen to me...)

Yet, years later, El and I did make one or two attempts to find Narnia through that same wardrobe. Of course, it wasn't full of winter coats any more. Rather, it was stuffed with table cloths and party favors and lots of junk. It isn't the kind of wardrobe you could step into, needless to say, lock yourself into. Perhaps we're just being silly, but I figure that I'd rather be childish and enjoy life for as long as I can before being burdened down with all the stupid 'grown-up' things that got poor Susan into trouble. But when I find a way into Narnia, you'll all be the first to know.

"A lady of Narnia must try and not fall asleep, even if science class is unbearably boring and she only had 6 hours of sleep the previous night thanks to a good book about a girl who lives in a funeral home."