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This passage shows the three farmers still sitting by the hole with their guns. Roald Dahl uses short, simple words to show us a sad picture: three grown-up men with big guns, sitting in the rain, waiting for a fox who will never come out. The rain is a clue that their plan has failed.
Outside the fox's hole, Boggis and Bunce and Bean sat beside their tents with their guns on their laps. It was beginning to rain.
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Narration Prompt
Tell the story of Chapter 18 in your own words. Who is sitting outside the fox's hole? What is the weather like? What does each of the three farmers say? What does the narrator tell us at the very end of the book?
Discussion Questions
- Boggis, Bunce, and Bean are still sitting by the hole with their guns. But Mr Fox and his family and all the other animals are eating a big feast underground. Why is it funny that the farmers do not know Mr Fox is gone? What in the story tells you the three men have been tricked?
- It is starting to rain on the three farmers. Water is running down their necks and into their shoes. Why do you think Roald Dahl chose to make it rain at the end of the book? What in the story tells you the farmers are uncomfortable and sad?
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Item 1
An opening that goes into the ground or into something.
Item 2
Cloth shelters that can be put up and taken down outside.
Item 3
Weapons that shoot bullets, used for hunting or fighting.
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