Anne of Green Gables
Minnie May Barry
Diana's baby sister
Diana's little sister, whose night of croup changes how Mrs. Barry sees Anne.
Minnie May is a chubby toddler with short curly dark hair and round eyes. She is Diana's much younger sister and the baby of the Barry family. She is lively and fretful, and she is the center of the household's attention.
She is too young to be a character in the usual sense. Her place in the story is a single night, when her illness brings Diana running to Green Gables and puts Anne's old experience with children to use.
In the story
Contains spoilers.
Minnie May comes down with croup on a winter night when the Barry parents are away in town. Diana runs to Anne for help, and Anne takes charge. She says she knows what to do because Mrs. Thomas's twins had croup three times.
Anne gives her ipecac and uses steam from a kettle through the night. By dawn the fever breaks, and the doctor says Anne saved the baby's life. Her recovery ends the ban on Anne and Diana's friendship.
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