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This is the moment the farmers’ private hunt becomes a public spectacle. The crater, the crowds, and the stares turn Boggis, Bunce, and Bean into a sight to look at — which is the first time the reader feels the farmers have become ridiculous. The passage contains five of the vocabulary words: crater, crowds, stood, edge, and stared.
The hole the machines had dug was like the crater of a volcano. It was such an extraordinary sight that crowds of people came rushing out from the surrounding villages to have a look. They stood on th...
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Narration Prompt
Tell the chapter back in three or four sentences. Start with the race between Mr Fox’s family and the three farmers’ machines. Say what the hill looked like at the beginning and at five o’clock. Tell who came to watch and what they said. End with how Boggis, Bunce, and Bean felt after being laughed at.
Discussion Questions
- What in the story shows that Mr Fox is brave and loving even when the machines are getting very close behind his family?
- How do you know that Boggis, Bunce, and Bean are getting meaner and angrier as the day goes on — what do they say and do that lets you see this?
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Vocabulary Builder
Item 1
A fast contest to see who can reach something first.
Item 2
Very eager or excited to do something.
Item 3
The outside border of a place, where one thing ends and another begins.
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