Haruna English Blog: The Railway Children

The Railway Children

I read The Railway Children written by Edith Nesbit. This story is a drama about one family. The family has father, mother, and three children.

They had lived in London and had everything that they needed. One night, the father talked with the guest and the mother also listened it. When the mother backed to children’s bed room, her face was white.

A few days later, the father went away and the lest of family moved to the house near the railway. Their mother didn’t talk about her husband and she promised not to ask about him with her children. She looked unhappy. The house was cold and there is not much food. They spend there without their father and sometimes the children forgot their father.

The children often visited near the railway and shook hands toward the train. One day, one old gentleman shook hands toward the children. This man is the key person in this story.

When children’s mother was ill, the children made flag with the big letters, LOOK OUT AT THE STATION. The man noticed and received a letter from the child. The letter was written about her ill and what they need food. The man helped them.

When children find out the railway was covered with big rock, they told the train to stop by using red flag. They thanked for saving the train and many people. The old man gave each children watches because he was in the railway company.

One of children was thinking about her father, and found out the news that her father was suspected as a spy. Her mother said her husband didn’t. The children wrote the letter for the gentle man to help her father. The man promised with her.

One day, the girl went to the railway to shack hands again. On the day, everyone shook hands toward her. She thought stranger and visited the station. In the station, her father stood.

This story was happy and warm. The old gentle man was very nice to children. I was glad after reading because their father came back.