The Railway Children - Plot and Summary

Presentation compiled by students of 3 KPG from S.M.K. Raja Puan Muda Tengku Fauziah.

1. PLOT SUMMARY OF THE RAILWAY CHILDREN PREPARED BY : 1) NURUL AINA 2) SUFI AINA NASUHA 3) ATIKAH 4) YANG ARISHA 5) SITI NUR ANISAH

2. WHAT IS PLOT SUMMARY ?

3. EXPOSITION Roberta(Bobbie) , Peter , and Phyllis are children of a fairly wealthy family . They live happy and stable life with their parents . Things change when their father is mysteriously taken away from their home . Then , they moves to a country house nearby a railway line .

4. RISING ACTION The children have various adventures. First,they discover a heap of coal at the station yard. Peter takes some coal home and stacks them at the back of the house but he gets caught by the station master. The children also sit on the fence waiting for the train to pass by. They develop the habit of waving to the train as it goes past . Their friendly gestures make them one special friend in particular,a distinguished old gentleman who eventually gets to know them. Then,mother falls sick.The children seek help from the old gentleman. One day,they stop a train when landslide covers the tracks by creating red warning flags to save it .

5. CLIMAX One day, Perks gives Bobbie some old newspapers and magazines. She is horrified to notice a newspaper headline announcing her father’s conviction and sentence. Knowing that he is innocent,Bobbie resolves to rescue him. She writes a letter to the old gentleman.

6. FALLING ACTION The children continue with their adventures. One day,they watch a ‘Hare and Hounds’ game that leads them to the dark tunnel. One of the ‘hounds’ fails to appear from the dark tunnel. The children go in to investigate. They find the injured ‘hounds’ (Jim) rescue him.

7. RESOLUTION One day,a train from London halts and Bobbie sees a tall figure on the platform . She embraces the tall man who is her father The family is reunited