Hamlet
protagonist · pig
The middle brother, who builds with sticks. He works harder than Curly and less than Barnaby, which turns out not to be enough.
What they are like
- Kind
- 8/10
- Brave
- 5/10
- Clever
- 5/10
- Honest
- 7/10
- Curious
- 5/10
- Patient
- 4/10
How we meet them
In the middle, as he is in everything. He works harder than Curly and less than Barnaby, and it makes no difference at all.
Personality
Agreeable, a follower, keen to be liked. He takes the middle path in everything, which is his whole problem.
What they want
To keep up with his brothers without falling behind either of them.
How they change
Discovers that half-measures fail exactly as completely as no measures.
How they speak
Agreeably, and trailing off. He is the one who eventually asks the question out loud.
How the story treats them
The story is quietly hardest on him, because half-measures fail exactly as completely as no measures.
One surprising thing
His house took twice as long as Curly's and lasted about four seconds longer. That is the joke and also the point.
If they were real today
He would do most of the revision and be surprised it did not work.
Things they say
- “Will you show us? How to do it properly, I mean.”
Key moments
Finished by teatime
He builds with sticks, which is more work than straw and not enough, and goes to find his brother.
Will you show us?
The middle brother is the one who asks the question out loud, sitting by the fire, and it is the last line of the story.
“Will you show us? How to do it properly, I mean.”
Who they know
Barnabysibling
The brother who did half the work, and the one who did all of it.
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