The Silver Chair tells the story of Eustace Scrubb‘s second trip to Narnia, accompanied by his friend Jill Pole, who had never been there before. The two of them were running from bullies at their school when they entered a door to hide and found themselves in Narnia.
They traveled for a long time until they came to a castle. The next day, they began investigating a way to get out of the castle. In the process, Jill discovered a giant’s cookbook that was open to a page labeled “Man”. There was a page for Marshwiggle as well, and they immediately escaped the castle through the kitchen door.
On their way again, they fell into a secret opening that led to the Underland. The Earthmen who lived in the Underland took Eustace, Jill, and Puddleglum on a long journey across the Sunless Sea to the Dark Castle, where they would wait for their Queen. A man was there to keep them company while they waited, and they learned that he was the silent Knight who had ridden with the Lady of the Green Kirtle, who happened to be Queen of Underland. After a time, Earthmen came and bound the knight into a silver chair, where they were told to leave him no matter what he said, or he would kill them. But as they watched, the Knight spoke the words of the last sign to them, and they had no choice but to free him. Upon being cut loose, the knight took his sword and destroyed the silver chair, before introducing himself to them as Prince Rilian of Narnia.
The Lady of the Green Kirtle is a human that can also turn into a dragon. She has a beautiful appearance and wears a green cloak. The Lady of the Green Kirtle deceives people to think that she is a lady instead of a dragon. She throws a mysterious powder on the fireplace, and smell comes out. The scent has an enchantment that whoever smells it will follow whatever the Lady of the Green Kirtle says. Eustace, Jill, and Prince Rillian almost fell into the magic, but Puddleglum steps on the fire and extinguishes it. The Lady of the Green Kirtle became angry and transformed into a dragon. But Eustace and the prince fought well and killed the Lady of the Green Kirtle.
When the Queen died, a chasm opened in the earth, leading to the fiery world of Bism. The Earthmen, now disenchanted as well, jumped down into it, for it was their home. Soon the chasm was sealed. The three travelers escaped with Prince Rilian through a tunnel that the Queen was having dug to conquer the land that lay above it. That land was Narnia, and Rilian was returned to the castle to see his father, Caspian X before his death and take his place as King of Narnia.
The End
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