Barnaby
protagonist · pig
The eldest. He builds with brick, and it takes him days while his brothers play. His house is the only one left standing, and he never once says he told them so.
What they are like
- Kind
- 9/10
- Brave
- 7/10
- Clever
- 9/10
- Honest
- 9/10
- Curious
- 6/10
- Patient
- 10/10
How we meet them
Still working, while his brothers call at him from the road. We meet him by what he is refusing to stop doing.
Personality
Patient, methodical, quietly stubborn. Generous rather than smug: when his brothers arrive at the door he lets them in without a word about it.
What they want
To build something that lasts.
How they change
Proved right, and immediately turns it into teaching rather than triumph.
How they speak
In short sentences with long pauses. He never once says he told them so, and the story makes a point of that.
How the story treats them
His brothers think he is dull for most of the story, and by the end they are asking him to teach them.
One surprising thing
He puts the pot on the fire before the wolf arrives at the chimney. Nobody asks him to and nothing suggests it. He simply thought about the roof.
If they were real today
He would have read the instructions, and would not mention it.
Things they say
- “I will play when I have finished.”
Key moments
I will play when I have finished
His brothers call from the road that he is missing the whole summer, and he goes on laying bricks.
“I will play when I have finished.”
He pulled them inside
Two brothers arrive at his door at a run and he opens it, pulls them in, and bolts it behind them without a word about any of it.
A pot already on the fire
Nobody asked him to. He had looked at his own chimney at some point and thought about it, and the water was bubbling before the wolf got to the roof.
Who they know
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