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This is the chapter's most exciting picture — the assassins burning the very tree Pinocchio climbed for safety. Copying it builds attention to how the danger keeps growing and how Pinocchio is forced to leave the safe place. The passage contains the vocabulary words tree, fire, and flames.
they collected a bundle of sticks, and placing them around the tree, set fire to them. In less time than it takes to tell it, the pine tree took fire and blazed like a candle blown by the wind. Pinocc...
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Discussion Questions
Narration Prompt
Retell Chapter 14 in 4–6 sentences. Begin with Pinocchio talking to himself about the Cricket and end with the assassins still running after him after they fall into the trench.
Discussion Questions
- At the start of the chapter, Pinocchio says he has 'never believed in assassins.' How do you know from what happens next that he was wrong?
- Pinocchio puts the gold pieces in his mouth and under his tongue. What in the story tells you this was a smart idea? What part of his plan went wrong?
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Vocabulary Builder
Item 1
a spirit that some people believe can be seen at night
Item 2
a hard black rock that burns and makes things very dirty
Item 3
the part of the face that opens to eat or speak
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