The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe

This past weekend I went on a hunt through my parents' house for my copy of The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe. It was tucked away in a box, which was one of many boxes filled my (and Andrew's) old toys and books. Of course, it was in the very last box.

I vaguely remember reading this book. I think I was in Grade 5, maybe Grade 4. Up to that point only four versions had been published: the original, published in 1950, a second version published in 1980, and mine: the television tie-in special edition, published in 1988, and another version published in 1988. I am sure, however, many more have been published since then.

As I mentioned, I have the TV tie-in edition. This particular edition accompanied the then made-for-TV BBC Mini series.

And now, seventeen years later, the motion picture version of The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe is about to be released... which is why I was tearing apart my parents' house looking for my copy of this timeless book. You see, I don't remember the story, at all. All I do remember is that there is a lion, a witch, and a wardrobe which leads to Narnia. And the only other thing I remember is that one of the children had a thing for turkish delight.

I tried turkish delight for the first time when I first read The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe. I remember thinking it was magical and mystical, because you could get all the turkish delight you wanted in Narnia. Of course now all I have to do is go to Purdy's to pick some up...