Chapter Summary: The Hastings
The Hastings
The Hastings first appear in Chapter 4. This occurs when Jim, a man spots the children near a fire pit in the bush. He obviously thought that the smoke that he saw was a fire. Instead he found the four children and an empty fire pit. After this indecent Jim said, 'Come into the house and have some water'.
The children accepted his offer and they came into the house? They were offered breakfast which included bacon and eggs, scones, butter and jam and a drink, which was a glass of milk. Jim's mum then came into the chapter on page 81 who was named Mrs Hastings. She then offered the children a bath, some dinner and a place to sleep. This would of been a great privilege for the children, considering they had been sleeping and living in the bush for the past four days. Mrs Hastings also offered, on page 86, to give the children a few bob and some supplies for the next stage of their journey, as they tried to find their dad along the Great Ocean road. In return for all of the gifts that Mrs Hastings and Jim gave the children, Isa was given a job to …show more content…
This would of had been nice for the children as they probably needed a good wash and scrub. After that Mrs Higgs and Miss Nina provided the children with a good meal to eat and some drink. Soon after Mrs Nina offered some space and shelter to sleep and in return Isa was to finish the Jumper that Mrs Nina started. After a few days Nina and Mrs Higgs provided lots of mending for Isa and shelter for all the children. While the children were entertained with The nanny, Isa was given mending to do and some thread work. Finally in the end of the chapter Nina became really good friends with Isa and as Isa and the children were about to head back on the road, Nina made Isa promise to try and come back. Nina also gave Isa a compass in order for her to know which way she was going whilst looking for her
The Hastings first appear in Chapter 4. This occurs when Jim, a man spots the children near a fire pit in the bush. He obviously thought that the smoke that he saw was a fire. Instead he found the four children and an empty fire pit. After this indecent Jim said, 'Come into the house and have some water'.
The children accepted his offer and they came into the house? They were offered breakfast which included bacon and eggs, scones, butter and jam and a drink, which was a glass of milk. Jim's mum then came into the chapter on page 81 who was named Mrs Hastings. She then offered the children a bath, some dinner and a place to sleep. This would of been a great privilege for the children, considering they had been sleeping and living in the bush for the past four days. Mrs Hastings also offered, on page 86, to give the children a few bob and some supplies for the next stage of their journey, as they tried to find their dad along the Great Ocean road. In return for all of the gifts that Mrs Hastings and Jim gave the children, Isa was given a job to …show more content…
This would of had been nice for the children as they probably needed a good wash and scrub. After that Mrs Higgs and Miss Nina provided the children with a good meal to eat and some drink. Soon after Mrs Nina offered some space and shelter to sleep and in return Isa was to finish the Jumper that Mrs Nina started. After a few days Nina and Mrs Higgs provided lots of mending for Isa and shelter for all the children. While the children were entertained with The nanny, Isa was given mending to do and some thread work. Finally in the end of the chapter Nina became really good friends with Isa and as Isa and the children were about to head back on the road, Nina made Isa promise to try and come back. Nina also gave Isa a compass in order for her to know which way she was going whilst looking for her