Book review 1-07

I read “The Railway Children”. The genre is Human Interest.

There is a family in London. One day, however, the father is taken by two men for an affair and the rest of family has to leave in London. They go to a country, in a little house near a railway line. A poor life begins then.
There are 3 children in the family, Roberta, Peter, and Phyllis. Peter goes to a station and takes some coal for their life, but a station porter captures him. Peter is admonished by him, but he gradually befriends him.
The children often go to a fence looked the railway line from there to see a train. When they wave their hands for the train’s passenger, an old gentleman waves back to them. Afterward, He helps the children when they call for help.
On watching the rail by the fence one day, other fence breaks and rocks fall over at it. They make red flags to stop a train and save from a terrible accident. After that, Roberta finds newspapers and the article surprises her. It says “A man captured for a spy.” She thinks he is her father.
On other day, they save a man in a red shirt who is in trouble in the tunnel. They become well-known. In addition, they meet again the old gentleman. Roberta asks him about the news.
As the time passed, Roberta has a strange feeling in her heart. She thinks something is going to happen. When she goes to the station alone, the three people get off the train. The first and second passengers are woman, but the third passenger is her father! He is not spy, and someone is a real spy. Therefore he comes to see his family. So this story ends happily.

I thought that the children were so brave and kind. Although the family became poor by the father’s problem, the hearts of gold were still inside them. Other people around the family, the station porter and the old gentleman, are also kind for them. Human beings can’t be alive alone. They sometime need other’s help. The result is the story’s happy ending and the good relationships between the family and friends. I learned the importance to help each other through this book.