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Chapter 1: The Island

What is this chapter mainly about?

Why were the four children at the railway station?

What feeling did Lucy and her siblings experience when they were sitting at the station?

Where did the children find themselves after the strange sensation stopped?

What caused the children to stop playing in the sea?

What did the children decide to look for?

There was an "occasional" seagull at the beach.

What does the word "occasional" mean?

It becomes "obvious" to the children that they have walked around more than half of the island.

What does the word "obvious" mean?

What did the children find after following the stream up into the wood?

Peter says that the island must have been "inhabited" a long time ago.

What does the word "inhabited" mean?

Were there any events or parts of the story that weren't clear to you?