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The Magician's Nephew was the sixth book published in the The Chronicles of Narnia. It was originally published in 1955 by The Bodley Head, a publishing establishment in England. In more recent editions of The Chronicles of Narnia, the books have been re-ordered with The Magician's Nephew as the first book.

Young Digory Kirke lived in a house in London around 1900 with his sick mother, his Aunt Letty, and his mysterious Uncle Andrew, while his father was in India. One day while exploring the back passages of the house with his friend Polly Plummer, they opened a door and found themselves in Uncle Andrew's Study. Uncle Andrew offered Polly a yellow ring and when she touched it, she disappeared instantly.

Andrew then explained to the astonished Digory that the ring was a magic ring, able to transport a person to another world. Rather than try it himself, he had tricked Polly into going. The only way for Polly to get back was for Digory to go there himself and take Polly a green ring, which could transport them back. Furious at his uncle’s cowardly and manipulative behavior, Digory nevertheless realised he must rescue Polly, so he put two green rings in his pocket before picking up another yellow ring, and also vanished.

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