THE RAILWAY CHILDREN

Moral Value 1 - Brave

Example : In chapter 5, the children managed
to save the train and stop a very bad
accident from happening.One day, Roberta,
Peter and Phyllis saw a landslide which
blocked the railway line.The girls used their
red petticoats to make flags.The train was
moving very fast.Bobbie braved herself and
ran on to the railway line and waved her
flags.The train finally stopped just twenty
metres from Bobbie. The children's bravery
saved the people on the train from meeting
with an awful accident and from getting
killed.
Moral Value 2 - Kindhearted
Example : In chapter 3, the children's mother
was ill and had to stay in bed. Dr Forrest
came to check on their mother and told
Bobbie her mother needed milk and fruit and
some other special things to eat in order to
get well. They couldn't afford to buy them, so
the children decided to ask help from the old
gentleman. The old gentleman was a kind
enough to provide them with all the things
they had asked and some they had not.
Moral Value 3 - Stealing Is Wrong
Example : In chapter 2, Peter and his two
sisters stole some coal from the station yard.
They took the coal back to their house.One
day, the station master caught Peter red
handed stealing coal in the station yard.Peter
and his two sisters admitted to helping Peter
with his crime. The station master warned
them not to repeat it again and let them go.
The children realised that stealing was wrong.
They repented and never took any coal from
the station yard again.
Moral Value 4 - Being Good To Others
Example : In chapter 6, the children wanted
to surprise Perks with a birthday.Perks had
stopped celebrating his birthdays due to
poverty and family commitments.Perks was
good to Roberta,Peter and Phyllis. As a way
to repay his goodness, they joined hands to
give him a nice birthday.So, they went around
the village asking people to help them give
Perks a memorable birthday.Many donated
nice things for his birthday. Although at first
Perks was not happy but the kindness and
goodness of his neighbours and the children
touched his heart.In the end, he relented and
celebrated his birthday happily with them.
write about an interesting character.

I read the novel, "The Railway Children" by

Edith Nesbit. In this novel, I find that Bobbie
is a very interesting character.
I find her interesting because, she is a
brave girl. This is shown when there was a
landslide. Half of the hillside crashed down
onto the railway line. The train was in
danger. The children used the girls red
petticoat to make six flags to warn the train.
The train came down the track too fast.
Bobbie ran onto the railway line waving two
flags. The train stopped twenty metres away
from Bobbie. Here, it is very clear that Bobbie
is a brave girl and I am sure not many
children her age would do this.
She is an interesting character because
she is very loving. This is shown when Mother
was ill. The children did not have money to
buy the things listed by the doctor. Bobbie
and her siblings got help. She loved her
mother very much and got all the things in
the doctors list for her mother with the help
of the old gentleman. The old gentleman
gave all the things in the list and some extra
things.
Bobbie has many good qualities and
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The character I dislike is Mother.
Mother has many positive qualities a
mother should have but , I dislike some of her
actions toward the children. One example is
when she fell ill. The doctor listed out all the
things needed for her to get well. They did
not have the money to buy all the things
listed. The children asked the old gentleman
to help them get the things on the doctor's
list. That evening, Perks delivered a large box
to the children's house. It was given by the
old gentleman. Inside the box were all the
things in the list with some extra things.
Mother recovered and the children told her
about what they had done. However, she was
very angry with them. I think this is unfair to
the children. They did what they could so that
Mother get well and I think what they did is
not wrong and should be praised by Mother.
Character Great Courage.
Based on the novel that I have learned , The
Railway Children written by Edith Nesbith, the
character who shows great courage is
Bobbie.
I think Bobbie shows great courage because
she saves the train in chapter 5. Bobbie and
Phyliss use red petticoasts as flags. She
waves it but the train does not stop. Bobbie
runs on to the line. She waves and waves her
flags until the train stops.

The second evidence shows Bobbie has great

courage is when she saves a boy , Jim in
character 8. She goes inside the dark tunnel
to search for the boy. Bobbie asks Peter to
get help. She stay in the tunnel and uses
Peters knife to cut off the boot and her
petticoat. She puts it under the boys leg.

Lastly, the evidence shows Bobbie great

courage when she gets help from the old
gentleman in chapter 3. They writes all things
the doctor oders. She is brave to ask from the
old gentleman stranger. Then he gives the
things the need from the last chapter 3.