The Brontes' father brought home wooden soldiers for his wife, but instead the girls began to play with them. Charlotte, Emily, and Ann took the soldiers, and wrote about an imaginary world that the soldiers were living in (Cody, The Victorian Web). This development is crucial, because it shows the early literary inspirations of the Bronte sisters, and how at a young age they were able to create fiction, whether or not they knew that is what they were doing. It's fascinating to have record of some early habits of a writer, particularly those who would be considered "the greats," if you will.

Citation:

Cody, David. “Charlotte Bronte: A Brief Biography.” Charlotte Bronte: A Brief Biography, The Victorian Web, 1987, https://victorianweb.org/authors/bronte/cbronte/brontbio.html.