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This passage was chosen because it shows Jay Berry's mind at night — he can't stop thinking about monkeys and money. The author lets us picture a long line of monkeys, one after another, each with a price tag on his neck. A beginning writer learns here that a dream can be drawn with careful little details: the line, the leaping, the price tags. This is a picture of a boy's head full of numbers.
Every time I closed my eyes, I'd start seeing monkeys. They would come by in a long line, one behind the other, leaping and squealing. Each monkey had a price tag hanging from his neck, telling how mu...
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Narration Prompt
Retell Chapter 4 in your own words. Include Jay Berry's dream, how he set his traps with apples, how the big monkey stole the apples without getting caught, how the monkey sprung every trap with a stick, how Jay Berry's lunch was stolen, and how the monkeys chased Jay Berry and Rowdy.
Discussion Questions
- Jay Berry is just about to let Rowdy chase a rabbit when he stops and calls Rowdy back. What in the story tells you why Jay Berry changes his mind? Why does Daisy's story about the Old Man of the Mountains make Jay Berry leave the rabbit alone?
- The big monkey takes every apple off the traps without once stepping in a trap. What in the story tells you that the big monkey is smart? What does he do after he has all the apples, and why do you think he does it?
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The two round parts of the face that we see with.
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Small furry animals with long arms that swing in trees and can climb very well.
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A row of things that go one behind the other.
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