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About This Passage
This passage was chosen because it shows Brian waking up to a lake full of life — fish, beaver, splashes — right after a terrible crash. It uses three of today's vocabulary words (FISH, BEAVER, LAKE) in one living picture, so children can copy it and feel the lake come awake around Brian.
A fish jumped. Not a large fish, but it made a big splash near the beaver, and as if by a signal there were suddenly little slops all over the sides of the lake—along the shore—as fish began jumping.
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Discussion Questions
Narration Prompt
In your own words, tell what happens to Brian in this chapter — from the sad memory at the start, to waking by the lake, to the flies, to watching the fish. Go slowly and try to put things in the order they happen.
Discussion Questions
- When Brian wakes up and hears the birds singing, he is very surprised. What in the story makes him surprised that birds can still sing after the loud crash?
- The swarm of flies and mosquitoes makes Brian almost cry. How can you tell these tiny bugs are harder on Brian than the pain from the crash itself?
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Vocabulary Builder
Item 1
A large body of fresh water with land all around it. This is the place Brian crashed into and is now resting beside.
Item 2
A hurting feeling in your body. Brian wakes up with this all over him from the crash.
Item 3
An animal with fins and gills that lives in water. Brian watches many of these jumping and splashing near the shore.
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