![]() She also points out that for this age group the fantasy world is very real. This is a story for young children-preschool age-Charlotte Huck ( Children’s Literature in the Elementary School) describes 3-5 year olds as having short attention spans, and this story is very quick. "This will never do!: "Well I should hope not!…Why do you insult me by asking such a question?" (squirrel) "No, indeed!" (wren) "Go and look at yourself in the glass…it is clear that no water has come near you for a long time." (cat) "Tell that to the Hens!" (Pig) pig-wash "Small loss!" He of course chooses to be tidy.Īs this is a literary tale I have to stay close to the original words of the tale. Finally the Tidy Angel comes back and asks the boy to choose between coming with her and being tidy or going with the Pig-Brother. Finally a pig comes up and recognizes him saying "Hello, Brother" which infuriates the boy and he gets more and more scared as the pig refuses to acknowledge that he’s a little boy, suggesting that they go roll in the mud and eat pig-wash. They are all appalled that he would think that he could be related to them (being so untidy). The boy tells her that he doesn’t have a brother but she insists that he does, telling him that "you may not know him, but he will know you." The boy meets a squirrel, a wren, and a tommy cat and asks them if they are his brother. Aghast at the state of affairs she finds there, she tells the boy to go out to the garden and wait for his brother while she sets the room to rights. ![]() The Tidy Angel visits a very untidy boy in his nursery. The Tidy Angel comes to the garden and asks the boy to choose between being tidy and going with his "brother." The boy sits in the garden and asks various animals "Are you my Brother?" The Tidy Angel visits the boy in the nursery The other power center of the story then I guess would be when the Tidy Angel comes back and asks him to choose between being tidy or going with the pig brother and the child clings to her leg and says he wants to go "with you, with you!" that seems to be a very dynamic part of the story. I think it’s a very funny bit that kids will like, and will reinforce why it’s important to be tidy so that you’re not mistaken for a pig. This is a literary tale so there is only one version.įor me the power center of the story is the conversation between the Pig-Brother and the boy, because the boy doesn’t want to even ask the Pig if he’s his brother but the pig immediately recognizes him, and in the conversation that follows the boy gets more and more upset that the pig thinks that they’re related. In How to Tell Stories to Children by Sara Cone Bryant.
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