During a train ride, three restless young children escorted by their aunt hear a story about good girls in an attempt to keep the children from misbehaving (squirming and asking a hundred questions) on the train car. In the aunt's story, the girls good deeds are rewarded. Nearby, a bachelor offers a story of a girl whose "goodness" ends up costing her life. After hearing the two stories, the children decide that they enjoyed the bachelor's version of the "good girl".
This story is told in an OMNISCIENT point of view. The narrator here is not a character in the story and can let the reader in on the thoughts and feelings of more than one character.
There is a little bit of situational IRONY in the bachelor's story of the good girl.
- What do we expect will ultimately happen to little girls enough worthy of earning a medal for "goodness"?
- What ends up happening to the good girl at the end of the bachelor's story? What caused it?
- Is there something we can learn from this IRONY?
Here is a link to the story with pictures: http://grantfitch.com/sakistoryteller.html
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