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About This Passage
Collodi paints the serpent in one bright sentence — green skin, eyes of fire, smoking tail. Copying this line lets a young reader feel how a single picture can make a creature both scary and a little bit silly at the same time.
It had a green skin, eyes of fire, and a tail that smoked at the end just like a chimney!
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Discussion Questions
Narration Prompt
Tell the story of Chapter 20. Pinocchio left the prison. Where was he going? What did he meet on the road? What happened to the serpent? What happened at the very end of the chapter when he was hungry?
Discussion Questions
- What in the story shows you that Pinocchio was happy to be free? How can you tell that he wanted to see his papa and the Fairy with the blue hair very much?
- How do you know the serpent was a dangerous creature? What makes you think Collodi wanted you to feel both afraid of and a little bit amused by him?
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Vocabulary Builder
Item 1
The color of grass and leaves.
Item 2
The two parts of the face used for seeing.
Item 3
Bright, hot flames that burn.
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