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About This Passage
This passage was chosen because it shows Daisy's playhouse as a quiet, peaceful place where animals are not afraid. The author lets us see a picture one small detail at a time — the oak tree, the crutch, the chipmunks, the birds, the bunny in her lap. A beginning writer learns here that a scene is built from small true things, not from big words.
Daisy was sitting on the ground with her back against the trunk of the huge red oak. Her crutch was lying beside her. As usual, her little friends were all around. Chipmunks were scampering and birds ...
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Discussion Questions
Narration Prompt
Retell Chapter 3 in your own words. Include Jay Berry's song on the way home, his talk with Papa in the field, his talk with Mama at the house, and his visit to Daisy's playhouse where the animals all come to her.
Discussion Questions
- What in the story tells you that Daisy's little animal friends trust her? What do they do when Jay Berry shows up, and how is that different from how they act with Daisy?
- Daisy tells Jay Berry about an Old Man of the Mountains who takes care of the animals and the flowers. What in the story tells you why Daisy believes the hills need someone to take care of them?
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Vocabulary Builder
Item 1
The name of Jay Berry's twin sister, who sits under the red oak with her little animal friends.
Item 2
The main wooden part of a tree that holds up all the branches.
Item 3
A stick with a padded top that a person tucks under the arm to help them walk.
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