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About This Passage
This is the moment Mama first touches the fairy ring. The sentence is quiet on purpose — Rawls slows the words down so a young student can feel how a surprising, wonderful thing makes everything around it go still.
She knelt down, reached out, and touched one of the little toadstools with her hand. A strange silence had settled over the hills.
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Discussion Questions
Narration Prompt
Tell the story of the fairy ring in your own words. Start with Daisy yelling for Mama, then tell what the ring looked like, then what Mama's story was about, then what wish each person made. Use the names Daisy, Mama, Papa, Jay Berry, and Rowdy when you tell it.
Discussion Questions
- What in the story tells you that Papa was really scared when Daisy yelled for help, even though it turned out there was no snake?
- What in the story tells you that Jay Berry loves his sister Daisy more than he loves the idea of a pony and a .22?
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Vocabulary Builder
Item 1
Bent down and rested on one's knees.
Item 2
Toward a lower place or position.
Item 3
Stretched out an arm to try to touch something.
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