Where the Woodbine Twineth story
A woman's niece claims to be acquainted with "minute people". Directed by: Alf Kjellin. Story by: James Bridges.
14 total · 1 choice · 8 major · 5 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| childhood imaginary friend | choice | Nell thought her niece, Eva, had imaginary friends (Mingo, Mr. Peppercorn, and Sam), like kids do. |
| anthropomorphic object come to life | major | In one interpretation of the story, Eva's doll, Numa, became a human girl. |
| aunt and niece | major | Nell took in her orphaned niece, Eva. |
| coping with the death of a parent | major | The little girl Eva had lost both her parents and had to go live with her aunt, Nell. |
| guardian and child | major | Nell took in her orphaned niece, Eva. |
| legendary being | major | Eva's imaginary friends turned out to be some perfectly real. They were unspecified folklore-like beings, possibly inspired by faeries. |
| orphanhood | major | The little girl Eva had lost both her parents and had to go live with her aunt, Nell. |
| overactive imagination | major | The little girl Eva's assertions about a community of little people living under the sofa was written off by Nell as the excessive imaginings of a troubled child. |
| what if a loved one became possessed by another being | major | In one interpretation of the story, Nell discovered that her niece had been possessed by Numa. |
| father and daughter | minor | The "old maid" Nell lived with her aging father, Captain Snyder. |