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How does Fergus change or evolve throughout the story ToyFolk?

How does Fergus change or evolve throughout the story ToyFolk by Edith Pearlman

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Fergus is the main character in the story “ToyFolk.” He was a division head for a toy company called ToyFolk. He met an unmarried couple, Anna and Bernard, who ran a toy and repair store in the town in which his company was opening a new factory. He loved his children and was proud of them. When he first visited in Anna's and Bernard’s home, he assumed the blonde girl in the photographs was their daughter who had died at an early age. He learned from Anna that the child was her daughter from her marriage to a man she knew before Bernard. The child's father kidnapped the young girl when he became angry over Anna's relationship with Bernard. Anna punished Bernard for her own sorrow by not having a child with him. When Fergus tried to discuss the situation with his own wife and suggested it was sad Bernard hadn’t had the pleasure of having his own children, Barbara doesn’t answer him. Her silence suggests that she doesn’t think his predicament was all that sad.