why did the children started crying when the author narrates about his brother in the essay the essay dream children the reverie
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The children of James Elia, John and Alice, asked him to tell them about his grand -mother and
their great grandmother- Mrs. Field who used to live in a great mansion in Norfolk. The house
belonged to a rich nobleman who lived in another new house. Grandmother Field was the keeper
of the house and she looked after the house with great care as though it was her own. The tragic
incident of the two children and their cruel uncle had taken place in the house. The children had
come to know the story from the ballad of ‘The Children in the wood’. The story was carved in
wood upon the chimney piece. But a foolish rich person later pulled down the wooden chimney
and put a chimney of marble. The new chimney piece had no story on it. Alice was very unhappy
that the rich man had pulled down the chimney piece with the story. She looked upbraiding and
her anger was like her mother’s.
When the house came to decay later, after the death of Mrs. Field the nobleman carried away the
ornaments of the house and used them in his new house. The ornaments of the old house looked
very awkward in the new house, just like the beautiful tombs of Westminster Abbey would look
awkward if placed in someone’s drawing room. Things looked beautiful only if they are in
harmony with the surroundings. John enjoyed the comparison and smiled as if he also felt it
would be very awkward indeed. Grandmother Field was a very good lady. She was also very
religious for she was well acquainted with ‘The Book of Psalms’ in ‘The Old Testament’ and a
great portion of ‘The New Testament’ of ‘The Bible’. Alice here spread her hands as if she was
not interested in the praise of a quality of the grandmother that she herself did not have. Children
find it difficult to learn lessons by heart.
The children of James Elia, John and Alice, asked him to tell them about his grand -mother and
their great grandmother- Mrs. Field who used to live in a great mansion in Norfolk. The house
belonged to a rich nobleman who lived in another new house. Grandmother Field was the keeper
of the house and she looked after the house with great care as though it was her own. The tragic
incident of the two children and their cruel uncle had taken place in the house. The children had
come to know the story from the ballad of ‘The Children in the wood’. The story was carved in
wood upon the chimney piece. But a foolish rich person later pulled down the wooden chimney
and put a chimney of marble. The new chimney piece had no story on it. Alice was very unhappy
that the rich man had pulled down the chimney piece with the story. She looked upbraiding and
her anger was like her mother’s.
When the house came to decay later, after the death of Mrs. Field the nobleman carried away the
ornaments of the house and used them in his new house. The ornaments of the old house looked
very awkward in the new house, just like the beautiful tombs of Westminster Abbey would look
awkward if placed in someone’s drawing room. Things looked beautiful only if they are in
harmony with the surroundings. John enjoyed the comparison and smiled as if he also felt it
would be very awkward indeed. Grandmother Field was a very good lady. She was also very
religious for she was well acquainted with ‘The Book of Psalms’ in ‘The Old Testament’ and a
great portion of ‘The New Testament’ of ‘The Bible’. Alice here spread her hands as if she was
not interested in the praise of a quality of the grandmother that she herself did not have. Children
find it difficult to learn lessons by heart.