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This passage gives the chapter's central wisdom: hunger changes how we taste food. Pinocchio has hated chick peas all his life, but tonight, after a day of grief, exile, and a thousand-mile flight, he eats them ravenously and admits they are delicious. The Dove's reply turns a scene about food into a lesson about gratitude. Copying this passage gives the student a model of how a wise friend can turn an ordinary moment into a moral instruction.
In all his life the marionette had never been able to eat chick peas; to hear the name always made him sick. But that night he ate them ravenously, and when he had nearly finished he turned to the Dov...
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Discussion Questions
Narration Prompt
Retell Chapter 23 in three or four sentences. Begin with what Pinocchio finds where the Fairy's house used to be, continue with the Dove's offer, and end with what Pinocchio does when he sees Geppetto's boat sink.
Discussion Questions
- What in the story shows you that Pinocchio finally understands the cost of running away? How can you tell from how he behaves at the marble slab?
- How do you know the Dove is being kind without asking for thanks? What in the Dove's words and actions shows you he wanted no credit?
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Vocabulary Builder
Item 1
A puppet that is moved by strings; what Pinocchio is.
Item 2
Eating very greedily because of great hunger.
Item 3
Feeling the need or strong wish for food.
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