diff --git a/src/slice.js b/src/slice.js
index a777c51..9470b3b 100644
--- a/src/slice.js
+++ b/src/slice.js
@@ -91,6 +91,7 @@ class Slice {
       const start = this.start == null ? undefined : this.start;
       const stop = this.stop == null ? undefined : this.stop;
       extracted = array.slice(start, stop);
+      extracted = !Array.isArray(extracted) ? extracted.split('') : extracted;
     } else {
       extracted = this.indices(array)
         .map(index => array[index]);
diff --git a/test/test-slice-string.js b/test/test-slice-string.js
index 0435f2a..7c36d77 100644
--- a/test/test-slice-string.js
+++ b/test/test-slice-string.js
@@ -65,10 +65,17 @@ describe('SliceString', () => {
     assert(output == expectedOutput);
   });
 
-  it('should extract the odd elements from an array', () => {
+  it('should extract the odd elements from a string', () => {
     const input = new SliceString('hello');
     const expectedOutput = 'el';
     const output = input[[1,,2]];
     assert(output == expectedOutput);
   });
+
+  it('should extract the range from a string', () => {
+    const input = new SliceString('hello');
+    const expectedOutput = 'ell';
+    const output = input[[1,4]];
+    assert(output == expectedOutput);
+  });
 });