2. What’s the relationship between Don and Sylvia like? How does it change from de beginning to the end? Don Radcliffe and Sylvia were married, but they divorced a year ago. Don is a pilot, so he had a very stressful life, because he had to spend a lot of time travelling, and he didn’t spend enough time at home with his family. This made Sylvia unhappy and caused a lot of problems between them. They have a daughter called Judy. She is fourteen years old, and Don hasn’t seen her since he left to work flying around the islands of the Pacific. The relationship between them changed at the end of the story. When Don was at hospital, Judy and Sylvia visited him, and said that they wanted him to come back home with them.
3. Who has been your favourite character in this story? Give reason for your answer, including a description of that character. My favourite character in this story is Judy, Don’s daughter. She is fourteen years old. She lives with her mother in a farm in the country. Judy has long dark wavy hair and she always wears tied back. She is tall and her father thinks that she is as pretty as her mother. In my opinion Judy is a clever girl because she knows a lot of things about the mine. She is interested in learning about everything, like airplanes, the history of “The Sugar Glider” ... And it isn’t very common in girls of her age. She is also brave; she showed it when she helped her father after the accident. And finally she is very loving with everybody, especially with the old Copeman couple, Paul and Beulah.
6. Write a different ending to the story. Sylvia knew about the accident through the TV news. Then she decided to go to find her daughter and Don. A few days later, in the middle of a big forest when she was looking for them with the police, she heard Judy’s laughter. She knew that they were nearly. She started to shout “JUDY, JUDY”, and she ran and ran. Then she saw her daughter in the distance. Judy saw Sylvia too, and started to run Judy said that her father was injured, and showed the way to the police. Later they were travelling to the hospital on a helicopter. After a week Sylvia went to visit Don, and told him that he could go to her house for a time, and when his leg was better he could go away to fly again. Don told Sylvia that he didn’t want to fly again, he wanted to go back home and get married to her. Judy accepted AND THEY LIVED HAPPILY EVER AFTER…..