# the Babe — Magnolia Leaves character guide

> the Babe in Magnolia Leaves by Mary Weston Fordham.

**Role:** minor

**First appearance:** 0009-the-christ-child

## Who they are

The infant Jesus or a symbolic child figure in nativity poems.

## Relationships

### [Unknown Narrator](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/magnolia_leaves_se/characters/unknown_narrator)

_family_

The Babe is likely a child or infant relative of the Unknown Narrator, indicating a familial bond.

### [Uranne](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/magnolia_leaves_se/characters/uranne)

_family_

The Babe and Uranne share a familial connection, likely as parent and child or close relatives.

## In the story

### [The Christ Child](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/magnolia_leaves_se/chapters/the-christ-child)

The infant Jesus, referred to as the Royal Babe laid in a humble inn.

### [Uranne](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/magnolia_leaves_se/chapters/uranne)

The infant daughter who dies in early spring, leaving the family bereft.

### [Magnolia](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/magnolia_leaves_se/chapters/magnolia)

Infant whose grave is seen; died in purity and ascended to God.

### [Lines to Florence](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/magnolia_leaves_se/chapters/lines-to-florence)

Florence, the deceased child, referred to as 'my darling' and 'my bright treasure'.

### [The Grafted Bud](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/magnolia_leaves_se/chapters/the-grafted-bud)

The deceased child, described as a budded, broken flower, whose spirit fled to realms of light.

### [The Nativity](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/magnolia_leaves_se/chapters/the-nativity)

The infant Redeemer, object of the shepherds' awe.

### [In Memoriam](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/magnolia_leaves_se/chapters/in-memoriam)

Alphonse Campbell Fordham, the deceased child, referred to as 'my darling' and 'my nestling'.

### [Queenie](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/magnolia_leaves_se/chapters/queenie)

Queenie, an infant who stays for only one day before dying.

### [To an Infant](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/magnolia_leaves_se/chapters/to-an-infant)

The infant Charlie who has died and is now in heaven.

### [In Memoriam](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/magnolia_leaves_se/chapters/in-memoriam)

The angel child, Susan Eugenia Bennett, who is led by an angel through Death's Portal.

## Links

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