THE RAILWAY CHILDREN synopsis

Based on " THE RAILWAY CHILDREN " by EDITH NESBIT, write about the synopsis of the novel.

     ROBERTA ( also known as BOBBIE, PETER, PHYLLIS lived a comfortable home in London with a wonderful mother and father as well as a maid.

     One day, their father left home with two men. He was actually taken away to prison but the children did not know this at first. When he left and did not come back, they had to move to a poor cottage in the country (rural area) near a railway station. The children became familiar with the passing trains, the workers at the train station and signal-box, and life in a small town while their mother struggled to make ends meet by writing stories.

     They learnt to live with what little they had and they got used to be poor. They also learnt not a steal coal from the railway station; even they had so little to keep warm. They had various adventures - stopping a train when a landside covered, the tracks , finding an injured boy in the train tunnel and getting help, while dealing with the mystery of their father disappearance. Sometimes they argued and had crises , but in the time they made many new friend.

     They also experienced amusing adventures aplenty which happened near the railway and the canal. The children develop the habits of waving to the train as it went past and sometimes the people in the coaches waved back. Their friendly gestures forged a special friendly with one person in particular, who went by in the train. He eventually got to know them, and helped them out in various ways. Then, one day a train called at the station and the children were pleasantly surprised to see their father. They were finally re-united.