(copy) Ginger Pye

By: Jocelyn

In the beginning . . .

In the beginning, Jerry had gone to see puppies up for sale at Mrs. Speedy's barn. He had fallen in love with one of the puppies. The only problem was that the puppy cost $1 - so much that Jerry couldn't bear to ask his parents for the money. He decided to make it himself. Though he had no idea how. His sister Rachel found out about his plan and insisted to help. But even with his sister's help, Jerry had no clue how to make the dollar to get the puppy.

Hi! I am Ginger Pye!

The Rising Action...

By: Jia

During the Rising Action, Jerry found out that if he did not have the money for the dog by 6:00 the puppy would be sold. Jerry was frantic as he desperately looked for ways to find the dollar. He knew that he could not ask his parents since the were not very well of people. It just so happened that Sam Doody had a job at the church that needed to be done. He came to the Pye's house and asked for the to dust the pews at church for a dollar, just enough for the puppy. He went to the barn to pick up the puppy. They had made it just in time. As they were walking home the heard footsteps, they decided the footsteps belonged to an unsavory character. . . A few months later they forgot about the unsavory character, and decided to name the puppy Ginger. But then, they started to uncover the distant figure again. During that period of time Rachel, Jerry, and their friend went to the lake to swim. While they were there they found that a person had left their yellow hat. The same yellow hat that belonged to the unsavory character. So, they decide to mark the hat in case they find it again.

By: Ava

The Early Disastrous Climax

In the early climax, the family was eating dinner. Ginger Pye was outside running around in the backyard. While the family was conversing, Uncle Bennie started yelling "I see hot! I see hot!", hot was his way of saying hat. After this, they just ignored him, but, because he kept yelling Jerry thought that it might be the yellow hat of the unsavory character. So, he jumped up and looked through the window to find "a queer sort of yellow hat", the same color that the person he had seen running in the fields at Mrs. Speedy's barn had! If he hurried he might see who the unsavory character was. Knowing this, Jerry tore out of the house as fast as he could hoping to get a glimpse of his face. By the time Jerry could get on top of the fence he saw nobody, not even a trace. He moped back home with his head held low. A few weeks later, the Pyes were eating Thanksgiving dinner while Ginger was out in the backyard. During the festivities Ginger disappeared. He was stolen. The siblings looked everywhere they could possibly imagine he could be. Their efforts resulted in no luck.

The Later, Happy Climax

By: Jia

In the later climax, when it was Jerry's birthday, he and Rachel went down to the train station to watch the Banker's express. The train rarely stopped in Cranbury, so they were very surprised to see it slow down and screech to a stop right in front of their very eyes. They watched it very carefully as it was different that it was actually there. While staring they noticed that Wally Bullwinkle was on the train. They looked at him and realized that he was wearing the yellow hat. Just then the train jolted forward and with the wind came Wally's Yellow hat. As it fell they realized that his hat, that very hat was the one that belonged to the theif. At that moment everything became clear.

Falling Action

By: Jocelyn (and Ava)

At the point in the book where the falling action occurs, Jerry and Rachel see Wally, the thief that stole Ginger, on the Banker's express, leaving Cranbury. They knew by then that Wally had stolen Ginger, and we desperate to get him back before he was lost forever. While Wally blew past them on the train, his yellow hat flew off. Jerry got the idea to check inside the hat, just to be sure that Wally for sure took Ginger. Lone behold, Jerry and Rachel saw a red mark inside of his hat, proving that he was the one following Ginger. They needed to get Ginger back! They ran after the train, but couldn't catch up. Jerry and Rachel soon accepted that they would never get their beloved dog back. Heads down, they headed back home. When they arrived, a full-grown dog was in their yard. The two kids had no idea who the dog was until it started jumping all over them! It was Ginger! Jerry later figured out why he was so big, for he had grown because he was away so long! Uncle Benny had found Ginger, and convinced his mother that they had to take him. In the end, Ginger was found, and with the Pyes, where he belonged.