Piggy Bank

Aunt Lily gives Annabelle a piggy bank for her eleventh birthday. It represents the first time that Annabelle ever told a lie to her parents. Annabelle accidentally breaks the piggy bank when she drops it trying to get out a penny to appease Betty’s bullying. Annabelle buries the remains of the pig outside, and hides the money from the piggy bank in a boot under her bed. She allows her parents to believe that she has hidden the entire bank away.

Camera

Annabelle's family wins a Kodak camera in a contest. Toby takes pictures with the camera. The camera, Annabelle realizes, allows Toby to shoot wildlife in a different way than with a gun, and brings her closer to Toby as a result. Toby finds the capturing of beauty through the camera to be a way of preserving, rather than destroying beauty as is...