Violet Alden
Quote 4
"What a good place this is!" said Violet. "It is just like a warm little house with one room." (3.19)
Oh yes, Violet—it's just like a warm little house, except for the part where it's an abandoned boxcar in the wilderness. Po-ta-to, po-tah-to, we suppose.
Violet Alden
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Jessie Alden
Quote 5
"We could make a book," said Violet. "We have all the papers left from bundles."
"So we could," replied Jessie.
"But what could we use to make the words?"
"We could use a burned stick out of the fire," said Violet. (10.67-10.70)
Jessie and Henry aren't the only inventive ones. Here, Violet creates a writing utensil out of a charred stick.