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About This Passage
This is the chapter's climax — Geppetto's tiny boat is being thrown around by the storm waves while Pinocchio stands on a high reef and calls out for his papa. Copying these two sentences helps a young reader feel both the danger of the sea and Pinocchio's love that makes him stay and signal even from a high, scary place.
Meanwhile the little boat, tossed around by the waves, now disappeared between the billows, now floated on top. Pinocchio, standing on a point of a high reef, called his papa by name and made many sig...
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Discussion Questions
Narration Prompt
Tell the story of Chapter 23. What does Pinocchio find where the Fairy's house used to be? Who reads the marble slab for him? Who comes to help him reach Geppetto?
Discussion Questions
- What in the story shows you that Pinocchio felt very sad when he read the words on the marble slab? How can you tell from how long he cried?
- How can you tell the Dove was a very kind friend to Pinocchio? What in the Dove's words and actions shows you he wanted to help?
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Vocabulary Builder
Item 1
A magical creature from stories, often kind and helpful.
Item 2
A smooth, hard stone often used for grave markers.
Item 3
A bird like a small white pigeon.
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