The city is associated with all that is dreary and sickly and is described in images of confinement, with the children gazing "out of a window" upon a busy street and "a patch of trees and grass with a tall railing round them." By contrast, the countryside is a place of vibrancy and freedom where the children plan to "go wild." Even the name of the farm - Cherry Tree Farm - conjures up a vision of trees hung with ripe cherries a picture of health and abundance. Cherry Tree Farm is owned by their Uncle Tim and Auntie Bess and the children are excited at the thought of being in the countryside, rather than at home in London, for the next few months. In The Children of Cherry Tree Farm, four brothers and sisters (Rory, Sheila, Benjy and Penny), who have been ill, are sent to live on Cherry Tree Farm while their parents go to America on business.
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