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About This Passage
A sentence a young reader can feel growing in their mouth: the word ‘grew’ is repeated three times, and ‘nose’ appears four times. The repetition makes the sentence swell like the nose itself, so the child experiences the joke while copying it. The passage carries three vocabulary words (EYES, NOSE, STOP) and a famous moment from the story.
After he had made the eyes he made the nose; but the nose began to grow, and it grew, grew, grew, until it became a great big nose, and Geppetto thought it would never stop.
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Discussion Questions
Narration Prompt
Tell in your own words what Geppetto makes in Chapter 3, and say what Pinocchio does the moment he can walk.
Discussion Questions
- Pinocchio pulls off Geppetto’s wig the very moment his hands are finished. What in the story shows you that Pinocchio is naughty before he is even all the way made?
- When Geppetto sees Pinocchio wearing his wig, the story says Geppetto looked ‘sad and melancholy.’ How do you know Geppetto is feeling hurt and not just angry?
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Vocabulary Builder
Item 1
The part of the face you breathe through; in this chapter, Pinocchio’s nose grows and grows.
Item 2
The parts of the body you use to see; Pinocchio’s wooden eyes look around as soon as Geppetto makes them.
Item 3
To quit doing something; Geppetto tries to stop the nose and the laughing mouth but cannot.
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