IF you flee to the restroom when the credits come up on "The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe" - a distinct possibility, after sitting for nearly 2 1/2 hours - you will miss a brief epilogue promising a sequel.

They play hide-and-seek a lot, and one by one, they - Peter, the oldest (William Moseley), Susan (Anna Popplewell), Edmund (Skandar Keynes) and the youngest, Lucy (Georgie Hensley) - discover that behind the fur coats in a huge old wardrobe is a portal to a perpetually snow-and-ice-filled land called Narnia.

A hooved, semi-human creature named Tummus (a very good James McAvoy) informs them they have come to fulfill a prophecy that those "sons of Adam" and "daughters of Eve" will save Narnia, which is currently under control of the cruel White Witch, Jadis.