By Actions Naughty Table 3: Children’s Independence Reflected in Characterization

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Amelia Jane 10 She was hunting about in Nurse’s work- basket for a thimble to play with, when she came across Nurse’s scissors. Ho Now she could have a fine game of cutting Amelia Jane is able to find a fine game on her own which is playing with the scissors. 12. 13. 30 Then Amelia Jane saw a soda-water syphon left in a corner of the room. She knew how it worked, because she had seen Nurse using one. Oh, what fun it would be to squirt all the toys She stole towards it —picked it up, and dear me, it was heavy She ran at the surprised golliwog, pressed down the handle —and out gushed the soda-water all over him Although the soda-water is heavy, Amelia Jane is still eager to steal and use it to trick the toys. 14. 34 The very next night Amelia Jane took off her shoes because she said her feet were hot. She put the shoes into a corner and then danced round the nursery in her stockinged feet, enjoying herself. Amelia Jane knows that she needs to put off her shoes if she does not feel comfortable. 15. 37-38 Up she got again and took a few more steps towards the teddy bear —but her shoes slipped and down she fell Bumpity- bump She hit her head on the fender Amelia Jane stands up again after her shoes slips and she falls. 16. 64 Amelia Jane practised hard, but she could not get quite so good at it as the cowboy doll. Although she is not good at playing lasso, she has practiced hard. 17. 86 She made a set of nice little chairs, all with seats and backs and four neat little legs. Then she went to the paint-box and got the red paint. She painted those little chairs a bright red, and really, they Amelia Jane is creative. She makes chairs from plasticine and paints them all by herself. 169 No. Category Novel Title Page Quotation Explanation looked simply lovely when she had finished. But, of course, you couldn’t sit down on them because they were only made of plasticine and would crumple up at once 18.

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