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This passage carries the chapter's pivot from confrontation to chase. Copying it builds attention to Collodi's pacing — a single victory followed immediately by an unrelenting pursuit, with the assassins refusing to be 'conquered' even after being hurt. The passage contains the vocabulary words Encouraged, liberated, assassins, and conquered.
Encouraged by this first victory he liberated himself from the hands of the assassins and, jumping a hedge that bordered the road, began to run across the fields with the assassins after him, like two...
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Discussion Questions
Narration Prompt
Retell Chapter 14 in 5–7 sentences. Begin with Pinocchio's monologue dismissing the Cricket's warning and end with the assassins climbing out of the trench, dripping water. Include the cat's paw, the burning pine tree, and the leap across the water.
Discussion Questions
- Pinocchio begins the chapter saying he has 'never believed in assassins' — then meets them within minutes. What in the story tells you Collodi placed Pinocchio's monologue exactly where he did? How does the author use this timing to teach the reader something Pinocchio has not yet learned?
- How can you tell from the bitten-off cat's paw that the assassins are connected to people Pinocchio met before? What does this connection reveal about the difference between people who flatter and people who threaten?
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Vocabulary Builder
Item 1
people who attack or kill others, often by surprise
Item 2
armed robbers, especially those who rob travelers on the road
Item 3
having an empty space inside; describing a voice that sounds deep and empty
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