Road to Avonlea — Season 1, Episode 2: The Story Girl Earns Her Name

Episode synopsis

Content to stay on at Rose Cottage, with her Aunt's Hetty & Olivia, Sara makes friends with Jasper Dale, 'The Awkward Man' of Avonlea. In the meantime, the school board has decided to hold a 'magic lantern' show and use the proceeds for the school library fund. The man they hire to do this show is in actuality a confidence man, who Sara inadvertently helps skip town with the money. Sara wants to put on a show to replace the missing funds and asks the help of the shy Jasper, who is an inventor and owns a 'magic lantern'. Sara gives a heartfelt recitation of ""The Little Match Girl"", and she is forever known as ""The Story Girl"", in Avonlea.

About Road to Avonlea

In the fictional small town of Avonlea, Prince Edward Island, in the early 20th century, 10-year-old Montreal heiress Sara Stanley is sent by her wealthy father to live with her two maiden aunts, Hetty and Olivia King, to be near her late mother's side of the family.

More episodes from Season 1

• E1The Journey Begins
• E3The Quarantine at Alexander Abraham's
• E4The Materializing of Duncan McTavish
• E5Old Lady Lloyd (aka Song in the Night)
• E6Proof of the Pudding
• E7Conversions
• E8Aunt Abigail's Beau
• E9Malcolm and the Baby
• E10Felicity's Challenge
• E11The Witch of Avonlea
• E12The Blue Chest of Arabella King
• E13Nothing Endures But Change