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This passage carries three of the chapter's special words — PICTURE, GALLERY, and PARROT — and it is the moment rainy days stop being sad for Colin. The big house has a room full of old family pictures, a gallery where the children can run and jump, and one special portrait of a little girl with a parrot on her finger. Burnett shows that the inside of the house has its own kind of Magic for a rainy day.
Rainy days lost their terrors that morning. When the footman had wheeled the chair into the picture-gallery and left the two together in obedience to orders, Colin and Mary looked at each other deligh...
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Narration Prompt
Tell the whole story of Chapter 25 in your own words. Begin with the robin's nest and the Eggs. Then tell what Mary and Colin did on a rainy day indoors. End with what Colin decided to do about the curtain over the picture of his mother.
Discussion Questions
- The robin thinks Colin is learning to fly, not learning to walk. What in the story makes the robin think this?
- On a rainy day Mary has a new idea. What does she tell Colin about the house that gives them a new place to play? How do you know it makes Colin excited?
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Item 1
A mate is an animal's husband or wife. The robin's mate is the mother robin who sits on the eggs.
Item 2
Wings are the two feathery arms a bird uses to fly. The robin uses her wings to cover her eggs and keep them safe.
Item 3
To bloom means for a flower to open up. The garden is full of flowers blooming all over.
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