Posted by Jon on January 12, 2006 at 16:45:19 from 199.159.117.62 user Jon.
In Reply to: Re: Ages of main protagonists. posted by Robert Hill on January 12, 2006 at 16:10:18:
IIRC Bridget's officially 5 in SW. She does jump around quite a bit though.
I don't think Peggy's size implies the same age - around puberty the girls often get growth spurts earlier than boys, so, depending on everyone's age, she could be younger than John yet still the same size. As to her seeming younger than Susan - Susan was generally presented as the most mature of the entire group (including CF!), and the one most grounded in reality. I believe that Dot's the elder of the Ds, so that doesn't provide much of a reference to Peggy - she's grouped with the "younger ones" because neither she nor Dick know how to sail. I haven't read ML in ages; I don't recall if they said order was "size", "rank" would certainly permit Susan to precede Peggy.