THE RAILWAY CHILDREN

Character : Roberta @ Bobbie Responsible Evidence: She takes charge and gets her siblings to think of a way to get their mother the things the doctor said she must have when she is ill. Brave Evidence: She runs onto the railway track to stop the train when a landslide covers the railway line. Determined Evidence: She is determined to get help so that she can help her father who is in jail. She tells the old gentleman about him and with the gentlemans help, her father finally returns to the family.

Themes
1 1. The importance of family love Bobbie and her siblings have loving parents. After their father is taken away, Mother is very sad but she does not tell the children and the children do not ask questions so that their mother will not be upset. The children always work together to solve problems, for example when their mother is ill and needs special food and when they have to save the train. 2 2. Facing lifes challenges with courage The children and their mother face problems bravely. Mother does not show how sad she is and works hard to provide for the children. When a landslide covers the railway tracks, the children act with courage to save the train from Moral Values We learn about: 1. Family love and loyalty The children show their love for their mother by not asking questions about their father. They are loyal to their father and never forget him. 2. Kindness and compassion The station master lets Peter go when he learns that the family is too poor to buy coal. 3. Bravery The children are brave to confess that they have taken the coal and they also tell their mother that they asked a stranger to get the things the doctor asked them to get for her. a terrible accident.