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This passage is the chapter's moral hinge — Pinocchio remembering Geppetto's advice about good actions, choosing rescue, and then practicing prudence by swimming away again. It contains six chapter vocabulary words and shows compassion paired with sensible caution.
Pinocchio hesitated a little. Then remembering that his papa had told him that a good action is never forgotten, he swam toward Aladdin and, taking him by the tail, pulled him out and landed him safe ...
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Discussion Questions
Narration Prompt
Retell Chapter 28 in three movements: the chase ending in the sea and Aladdin's rescue; the swim to the grotto and Pinocchio's capture in the fish net; the green fisherman's mistaken identifications and the chapter's cliffhanger ending.
Discussion Questions
- Examine the contrast between Pinocchio's first reaction to Aladdin's drowning ('Die!') and his second ('the marionette, who had really a good heart, was moved with compassion'). What in the story tells us his good heart needed a moment to wake up?
- What does Pinocchio remember at the moment he decides to swim back? How can you tell from the words 'remembering that his papa had told him' that Geppetto is teaching Pinocchio even when he is not there?
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Vocabulary Builder
Item 1
A puppet operated by strings — the noun the chapter uses for Pinocchio in moments of action.
Item 2
Feeling moved by another's suffering and wanting to help — what Pinocchio feels at Aladdin's pitiful cry.
Item 3
To make wild motions with arms or paws, often when desperate — what the drowning Aladdin does in the water.
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