book review - the railway children

This story about three children Roberta, Peter and Phyllis. At the beginning, they were not railway children. Roberta was the oldest and the most clever. Then there was a boy, Peter and he wanted to be the boss. Phyllis the youngest. They lived with their mother and father in a big city. There were lucky children. They had everything pretty dresses, warm fires and good food.

Their mother played with them and told them stories and they often laughed. Their father was never angry with them and he was always ready to help them. They were lucky and they were happy.

But one day, it was Peter's birthday. When they celebrated Peter's birthday, their mother came and told to the children, their father going away. Roberta knew that something was wrong. Five days later, they leaving the city. They moved at small house quite dirty but it was pretty. Below the house they could see the railway line and a dark tunnel. They went to look at the railway.

In June it began to rain and the weather turned unusually cold. But they did not have enough money to buy coal because it too expensive. Peter had an idea. He take the coal from the station. One night, Roberta and Phyllis follow him to knew where he got the coal. They saw Station Master caught Peter. Roberta ran out and said to the Station Master don't take Peter to the Police Station and he agree.

After the incident, the children has a new friends Station Master, Perks and was an old man. Every morning they waved at the train and their new friends on the train waved back at them. One day, their mother sick. They did not have money to buy a lot of meat and fruit for their mother. They went to the station and past some note to the man on the station about their mother. That night Perks came to their house with a big box. Inside, there was a lot of food for everybody. It's from that man and the children was happy and wanted to said thank to him.

The children do a lot things and sometimes they played and went to the station. When the children came to live in their new home, they talked about their father all the time but later they did not talk about him as much. Roberta thought that mother was sad when they said his name. One day, Roberta ask Perks for any old newspaper for Peter to read because he had injured and must stayed in bed. Roberta carried the newspaper to home and she looked at them. Suddenly she stopped and she read one newspaper story. There was the name of her father. Now she knew why father did not come home. He was in prison. But she knew a father is not a bad man. She asked her mother about it. Her mother said, they thought is father was a spy after they found some letters but her father did not do anything wrong.

A week later Roberta wrote a letter. It was to the old man. She needed his helped about her father.

Next day, there had an accident in tunnel. The boy was down on the floor at the tunnel and his leg was hurts badly. The children was there. They helped the boy and carried him to their house. The boy name is Jim. Jim stayed with them after the children got permission from his grandfather. Slowly Jim's leg got better. He and the children were good friends now. Everyday they all had lessons with mother and played games outside in the garden. Because of that, the children had no time to go to the railway. They decided to go tomorrow morning. In the morning, they ran down to the railway line. The train went past and they all waved. Jim's grandfather waved back and all the other people on the train waved too.

The next day, Roberta went to the station again. When she got to the station, Station Master smiled at her. She think had something happen. Before she could asked, the train came into station and her father was there. She ran into her father. She very happy. At last, she went to their house with her father. Father knew that now he was home. Home with his wife and his children - his railway children.

p/s: please check my summary and correct me!!=)