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Reuben
A runaway boy from a gypsy camp who trades his spangled costume for a girl's dress and joins the children on their plunge into the sea.
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Reuben has cut his lucky from the tents and is hiding in bushes with no plan beyond running from rather than toward anything. Practical and a little hardened, he knows caves and hiding places the sheltered siblings…
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The emotional peak occurs as the children shift from forlorn despair ("all is lost") to tense, helpless admira…
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