1.
PLOT SUMMARY OF THE
RAILWAY CHILDREN
PREPAREDBY: 1)NURULAINA
2)SUFI AINANASUHA
3)ATIKAH
4)YANG ARISHA
5)SITI NURANISAH

2.
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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.
• 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