by Forrestine G. Hooker
Characters:
Cricket - daughter of an army officer
Lt. Robert Austin - the army officer
Horace P. Jones - army's interpreter
Molly Brown - half-class Indian girl
Jane - cook of Cricket’s family
The Story:
Together with her parents, Cricket travels to transfer from one camp to another. Her father Lt. Robert Austin is from the 10th cavalry of the army. Cricket was a brave little girl; she never gets scared even if the camp and soldiers were attacked by the Indians.
She is naturally friendly and giving to everyone. Cricket always think of others like to her Negro playmates, she gave them candies, cookies even their cook Jane get anger of her. She also makes the other army's wife laugh and entertain with her stories.
Cricket has a special friend; she is an Indian woman who was always defended by her. She is always erroneously suspect to steal dimes and pies but then proved later that she never steals. Cricket really has a pure heart in helping others because she gave away even her father's favorite food.
Lt. Austin daughter also experience a lot of camp incidents. She even had a duckling pet that she named Dawdling and she even arrange an interment when it dies. Time comes that a superior officer wife came and want to have their house because of the beautiful Madeira vines. Cricket saved their house for her mother's sake by cutting all the vines.
Cricket also helps out a half-class Indian maid Molly Brown marry a white man Mr. Hauser. Afterward, Cricket was hostage by Indians and Molly helps her out to get away. And in return, Cricket family did a way to reunite the couple by explaining to Molly that it is not humiliating for a white man to wed an Indian girl like her.
Thoughts:
This is a story that features kindness, thoughtfulness and friendliness of the little brave girl Cricket. She pleased everyone with her natural charm and good traits.
Characters:
Cricket - daughter of an army officer
Lt. Robert Austin - the army officer
Horace P. Jones - army's interpreter
Molly Brown - half-class Indian girl
Jane - cook of Cricket’s family
The Story:
Together with her parents, Cricket travels to transfer from one camp to another. Her father Lt. Robert Austin is from the 10th cavalry of the army. Cricket was a brave little girl; she never gets scared even if the camp and soldiers were attacked by the Indians.
She is naturally friendly and giving to everyone. Cricket always think of others like to her Negro playmates, she gave them candies, cookies even their cook Jane get anger of her. She also makes the other army's wife laugh and entertain with her stories.
Cricket has a special friend; she is an Indian woman who was always defended by her. She is always erroneously suspect to steal dimes and pies but then proved later that she never steals. Cricket really has a pure heart in helping others because she gave away even her father's favorite food.
Lt. Austin daughter also experience a lot of camp incidents. She even had a duckling pet that she named Dawdling and she even arrange an interment when it dies. Time comes that a superior officer wife came and want to have their house because of the beautiful Madeira vines. Cricket saved their house for her mother's sake by cutting all the vines.
Cricket also helps out a half-class Indian maid Molly Brown marry a white man Mr. Hauser. Afterward, Cricket was hostage by Indians and Molly helps her out to get away. And in return, Cricket family did a way to reunite the couple by explaining to Molly that it is not humiliating for a white man to wed an Indian girl like her.
Thoughts:
This is a story that features kindness, thoughtfulness and friendliness of the little brave girl Cricket. She pleased everyone with her natural charm and good traits.