Characters
This character is ten years old and is an only child
Winnie Foster
In this setting Winnie was amusing herself by throwing pebbles at the toad
the Fosters' yard/the gate
"a bag of cotton batting with wisps of its contents, like snow, drifting into cracks and corners"
simile
This is who the man in the yellow suit wanted to speak to
Mr. Foster/ Winnie's father
"Look here toad," ..."I don't think I can stand it much longer."
Winnie Foster
This character is a stranger to Treegap and asks a lot of questions
The man in the yellow suit
In this setting Winnie first meets Jesse Tuck
next to the tree/ in the wood
"the fallen tree thrust thick fingers into the water"
personification
The author, Natalie Babbitt, uses a metaphor, comparing the hub of a wheel to this
the wood
"It would be terrible if you drank any of the water. just terrible. I can't let you"
Jesse Tuck
This character played the "elf music" in chapter 4
Mae Tuck
This setting is where we first meet the stranger in the yellow suit.
The Foster's cottage/gate
"the trees along the banks were slowly losing their dimensions, flattening into silhouettes clipped from black paper and pasted to the paling sky"
metaphor
This character saw the Tucks kidnapping Winnie
The man in the Yellow suit
"Why'd you have to wake up?" he sighed. "I was having that dream again,"
Angus Tuck
This character first told Winnie she could not drink from the spring.
Jesse Tuck
This setting has a, "touch me not appearance"
The Fosters cottage
"The hard heels of her buttoned boots made a hollow banging sound against its wet boards, loud in the warm and breathless quiet"
imagery
The specific time of day when the man in the yellow suit appeared for the first time.
At sunset
"Winifred! Don't sit on that dirty grass. You'll stain your boot and stockings."
Winnie's grandmother
This character got bitten by a snake and didn't die
Angus Tuck
The town in which some of the story takes place.
Treegap
"the road went humbly by"
Personification
This surprises Winnie about her kidnapping
They are pleading with her.
Good evening, madam. How delightful to see you looking so fit."
Man in the yellow suit