铁道儿童｜The Railway Children

原著作者｜E. NesbitThe story of the Railway Children, begins in a cozy home in LondonRoberta, Peter, and Phyllis, were the three children in the familyTheir father was gentle, their mother wrote stories, and their home had a warm fire, dinner on the table, and everything the children knew and lovedBut one day, two strange men came to the house, and talked with their father in the study for a long timeAfter that day, Father left home, and never returned as he always had beforeMother did not tell the children the truth, She only said that Father had gone away on a long journeySoon, life at home changedMother took the three children away from London, and moved to a small house in the countryside called "Three Chimneys"Life was not as convenient as before, and there was not enough money, Mother had to earn a living by writingThe children did not fully understand what had happened to their family, They only knew that Mother was busier, and life had become harderNext to their new home, there was a railwayGradually, the children became fascinated by the railwayEvery day, they went to watch the trains pass by, looking at the carriages, the smoke, and the people coming and going on the platformThey met Perks, the railway porter, and the station masterThere was also an old gentleman who often took the same train, The children would wave to himThe railway became the most important place in their livesOne day, Mother fell illThere was not enough money in the house, The children did not know what to do, so they thought of the old gentleman on the trainThey wrote him a letter asking for helpThe old gentleman did not blame them, nor did he make the help embarrassing, Instead, he sent a doctor, and brought the things Mother neededWhen Mother later learned about this, she was a little sad, because she did not want the children to ask others for help so easilyBut this also made the children understand, that the family's difficulties were real, Mother had just been trying her best to hide themLater, something even more dangerous happened by the railwayAfter the rain, the hillside collapsed, and mud and rocks fell onto the tracksWhen the children discovered this, the next train was already approachingIf the train continued as usual, there would be a terrible accidentThey did not have proper signal flags, so they tore off their red clothes, and stood by the railway, waving them desperatelyFinally, the train stopped before the danger, and the people on board were savedAfter this, the children became little heroes by the railwayBut the story does not only write about their bravery, It also continues to write about the people they met in lifeThey helped a Russian exileThis man had left his homeland for political reasons, and came to Britain searching for his familyMother took him in, and the children learned that they were not the only family in the world suffering separation and injusticeThey also rescued a boy who was injured in a tunnelThis boy was later sent to their home to recover, Only then did the children learn that he was related to the old gentleman on the trainThe old gentleman thus became more deeply involved in their livesThere was also Perks's birthdayThe children wanted to prepare gifts for Perks, so they collected things from the villagersAt first, Perks was very angry, thinking that others were treating him like a poor person and giving him charityAfter the children explained, he understood that these things were not pity, but genuine gratitude from everyone for his usual helpAll these things happened by the railway, They looked like small adventures, but they were slowly changing the three childrenThey began to understand that in the adult world, there is poverty, misunderstanding, pride, and difficulties that cannot be easily spokenIn the second half of the story, Roberta accidentally saw her father's name in an old newspaperOnly then did she learn that Father had not gone away on a journey, He had been wrongly accused of leaking state secrets, and was imprisonedMother had never told them, because she did not want the children to bear this burdenRoberta did not immediately tell her younger siblingsShe kept this secret in her heart, and then wrote to the old gentleman, asking him to help investigate Father's caseThe old gentleman truly helped themAfter investigation, Father was finally cleared of the chargesAt the end of the story, the children came to the stationThe train stopped, the door opened, and Father stepped offThe one who had been absent for so long, finally returnedThe Railway Children is not about a distant adventure, but about three children living through a difficult time by the railwayThe train brought strangers, brought news, and brought hopeIt passed by their new home again and again, and finally brought Father home too前往小宇宙评论区与主播互动