It is one of the sad truths of the world that while some people are enjoying sour gummy bears, others might be in circumstances less delicious, such as finding themselves trapped at the bottom of a well with their clothes all muddied, or pursued by hounds across the estate of a mad duchess, or finding out that their parents had only raised them for their long, silken hair, and now that it had grown long enough to be made into a blanket they would surely be slaughtered, or even sitting in a small tin shack listening to the cawing of ravens and the distant chatter of relieved train passengers.

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Activities for the Classroom

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Discussion Questions and Activities

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For Parents, Teachers, Librarians—Talk Art!

James Ransome’s Illustration for Episode Twenty Two

By Mary Brigid Barrett

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