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Four-year-old Hetty watches the village smith at work, admires the cart horses and tries to make flowers fly like butterflies. Growing up in Wavertree, England, she is an orphan cared for by the Kanes, who took her in after John found her as a baby on the sands following a storm. Her lively curiosity gives this children's novel an opening full of small discoveries and misunderstandings.
Later scenes bring the difference between cottage life and Wavertree Hall into focus. Hetty wants to remain with Mrs. Kane, learns to help with household tasks and enjoys the company of her dog, Scamp. The Enderbys consider where she should live and how she should be educated, while a maid's sharp remark unsettles her pride. Rosa M. Gilbert connects questions of belonging and social rank with a child's need for affection, making the story a useful choice for readers interested in kindness, adoption and childhood.
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- Author
- Rosa M. Gilbert
- Pages
- 114
- Language
- English
- Genre
- Childrens Classics
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