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Chapters 1-5

· The following version of this book was used to create this Lesson Plan: Matthee, Dalene. Fiela's Child. University of Chicago Press, 1986. Paperback.

· In Chapter 1, a child disappears on a foggy day.

· When the fog comes in, Elias van Rooyen quits working because the wood is damp and will not yield to the ax.

· He tells his wife he is done working and asks her to bring coffee.

· She asks him if their son, Lukas, is with him.

· Elias tells her no.

· Elias is the only one of the four families who have houses on Barnard’s Island who is not a woodcutter.

· He makes beams and earns real money, unlike the woodcutters who have to barter with the wood buyers.

· Barta sends their oldest son Willem, to tell Elias that Lukas is not in the house.

· Within half an hour everyone is searching for Lukas.

· Elias...

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