Aunt Harriet's Railroad Worksheet
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Aunt Harriet's Railroad Worksheet
Aunt Harriet’s Railroad
Cassie and her younger brother Jayden stepped from the station platform into a bright, starry sky. A train waited on a track that seemed to float among the clouds. Beside it stood Aunt Harriet, a calm woman with a steady gaze. “Is this a real railroad?” Jayden asked. “Not the kind with iron rails,” Aunt Harriet replied. “The Underground Railroad linked helpers with places where enslaved people could find shelter as they traveled toward freedom. It was not a train, and it was not underground.” Aunt Harriet told them that she had once escaped slavery herself. Later, she returned again and again to guide other people to safety. The journey was dangerous. People who helped could be punished, and those escaping had to travel quietly and carefully. Cassie noticed a small lantern hanging by the carriage door. “What helped you keep going when you were afraid?” she asked. “Courage does not mean you never feel fear,” Aunt Harriet said. “It means you choose to do what is right, even when you are afraid. And no one makes a brave journey alone. Friends and neighbors helped one another.” Jayden looked toward the distant lights. “So the railroad was really a path made by people helping people?” “Exactly,” said Aunt Harriet. “Every safe home and every helpful hand became part of the route.” Cassie understood: the most important thing on this journey was not the train. It was the courage and care people shared.
Read for meaning
Use evidence from the passage when you can.
- A secret network of people and safe places
- A real train running beneath the ground
- A railroad that carried goods between cities
- A train waited on a track among the clouds
- Friends, neighbors, safe homes, and helpful hands supported the journey
- Cassie saw a lantern by the carriage door
- Never feeling afraid
- Doing what is right even when you are afraid
- Traveling without asking anyone for help
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