Grace Darling
Story★★★The excitement caused by the heroism of Grace Darling was felt all over England, and even still her name is a household word. So great was her fame that the man- ager of a London theater is said to have offered her a large sum of money to appear on the stage in a wreck scene, rowing a boat of pasteboard. Pictures were painted, poems written, and engravings circulated by thousands. But the object of this wild enthusiasm was as modest as she was brave, and died where she had lived, her father’s companion in the lighthouse off the Longstone Island.
The point
Grace Darling's heroic rescue made her famous throughout England, yet she stayed humble, refusing celebrity and living simply until her death.
Audience
Adults
Tone
Admiring
To tell aloud
under a minute · 101 words