Chapter 7 · The Adventures of Pinocchio

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At first he made a wry face, but, one after another, the skins and the cores disappeared.

Read the sentence aloud. Which words tell you the order things happened in?

Narration Tell back what happens, from Pinocchio falling at the door to the moment he eats the last skin.

When Geppetto asks who ate his feet, Pinocchio says the cat. Is he lying, or does he really not know? What makes you think so? Inference
At first Geppetto is angry, then tears run down his cheeks. What does that show about him? What makes you think so? Character
Geppetto gives all three of his own breakfast pears to Pinocchio. Was that wise, or should he have kept one? What makes you think so? Moral reasoning
Geppetto puts the skins in a row and saves the cores, saying “Who knows?” Why might the author have him do that? Author's choice

Make a Connection Tell about a time you ate or tried something you said you would never eat.

skins: At first he made a wry face, but, one after another, the skins and the cores disappeared. The thin outer covering of a fruit.
cores: At first he made a wry face, but, one after another, the skins and the cores disappeared. The hard middle part of a fruit, with the seeds.
wry: At first he made a wry face, but, one after another, the skins and the cores disappeared. Twisted, to show you do not like something.
staggered: he staggered and fell headlong to the floor. Moved unsteadily and nearly fell.
despair: answered the Marionette in despair, crying and rolling on the floor. A feeling that nothing will get better.
sorrowful: he felt very sad and sorrowful. Full of sadness.
jumbled: Geppetto, who had understood nothing of all that jumbled talk Mixed up and out of order.
dainty: I should never have thought, dear boy of mine, that you were so dainty and fussy about your food. Picky; hard to please.
devoured: Pinocchio had eaten the three pears, or rather devoured them. Ate quickly and greedily.

Pinocchio says of the Cricket, “It was his own fault, for I didn’t want to kill him.” Using two things from the chapter, tell whether that is fair.
Pinocchio says he will not eat the pears unless they are peeled. Using two things from the chapter, tell whether he is really fussy about food.
Geppetto calls Pinocchio “bad, very bad” for being fussy, then peels the pears anyway. Using two things from the chapter, tell what that shows about Geppetto.