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This sentence is chosen because it is the moment Daisy can finally run. Rawls names real farm plants — clover, alfalfa, timothy — and puts her hand in Jay Berry's so that running becomes a shared joy after all the waiting.
Hand in hand, Daisy and I ran through the clover, the alfalfa, and the timothy — through a field of shocked corn and a pumpkin patch. We leaped high in the air as we jumped over the big yellow pumpkin...
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Discussion Questions
Narration Prompt
Tell the story of Chapter 19 in three or four sentences. Start with Jay Berry seeing the little mare in the barn lot, and end with Daisy and Jay Berry running through the fields together.
Discussion Questions
- What in the story tells you how Jay Berry feels when he sees the little mare standing in the barn lot? Look for what his heart does and what his mouth does.
- What in the story tells you why Daisy wants Jay Berry to promise not to shoot little birds, squirrels, chipmunks, or bunnies? What kind of person is she asking him to be?
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Item 1
An open piece of farm land where crops grow — Daisy and Jay Berry run through one.
Item 2
A small part of a garden or field where one kind of plant grows — the pumpkin kind, for example.
Item 3
Jumped high into the air with both feet at once.
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