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Barnaby Jenkins Analysis

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When a baby is born, it is most definitely a stork that brings it to its parents. Sometimes, though, the baby never gets delivered to any parents. When that happens, the baby usually stays with the stork for its whole life. This however was not the case with Barnaby Jenkins. He was the first and only parentless man to ever leave his stork. He has gone down in legends as the first man to never meet his parents, and walk alive on the streets of the earth. When little Barnaby (protagonist) was born, he didn't have a name, as he hadn't been given to his parents yet. When the stork, found out that the baby's parents had died, he named him Barnaby, as it means "consolation." The stork wanted to comfort and console the baby, to give him a happy …show more content…

Barnaby nodded, and continued playing. Birdy quietly let out a sigh of relief. He though to himself, He needs to know, but I don't know when to tell him. He can't know now. After all, curiosity killed the cat. (idiom) If he found his way out into the big wide world, he would have nowhere to go, no one to go to. He'd be lost. Birdy made up his mind not to tell Barnaby about the real world. At least, not until the right time. It had been many years since Barnaby had asked Birdy about the world. It seemed as though he'd forgotten about it. However, every day the thought burrowed deeper and deeper into his mind, nestling itself as a constant thought. It never went away. Even when he became old and wrinkly, the question continued to nag at him, until finally, just like when he was younger, the irresistible urge to ask it submerged. "Birdy, may I please see the world?" Birdy, his feathers grayed, realized that it was now the perfect time to give Barnaby what he wished for. He nodded, and hung his old sack on his beak. Barnaby stepped inside and laid down on the worn yet

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