In our world, Peter is a young English boy, the eldest in a family of four children. The children have been sent out of London because of the air raids that took place there during the war and are staying with an uncle in his home in the country. Peter, as the oldest, takes on the role of parental figure to his younger siblings, attempting to keep them entertained through the long days of summer and keep them from fighting, as siblings tend to do. The role becomes even more important when Lucy discovers the world inside the wardrobe and cannot get anyone to believe her. First Peter attempts to coax the truth out of Lucy; at least, what he believes is the truth that she is making the whole thing up. When this does.....
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