Chapter 7

The Adventures of Pinocchio

Scouts · 1st–3rd

Copywork

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?

Discussion

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

1. 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

2. At first Geppetto is angry, then tears run down his cheeks. What does that show about him? What makes you think so?Character

3. 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

4. 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.

Vocabulary

Crossword

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Across

Across 1. The thin outer covering of a fruit.
Across 4. Ate quickly and greedily.
Across 5. A feeling that nothing will get better.
Across 6. Twisted, to show you do not like something.
Across 7. Mixed up and out of order.

Down

Down 1. Moved unsteadily and nearly fell.
Down 2. The hard middle part of a fruit, with the seeds.
Down 3. Full of sadness.
Down 8. Picky; hard to please.

The words in the chapter

skins At first he made a wry face, but, one after another, the skins and the cores disappeared.
cores At first he made a wry face, but, one after another, the skins and the cores disappeared.
wry At first he made a wry face, but, one after another, the skins and the cores disappeared.
staggered he staggered and fell headlong to the floor.
despair answered the Marionette in despair, crying and rolling on the floor.

sorrowful he felt very sad and sorrowful.
jumbled Geppetto, who had understood nothing of all that jumbled talk
dainty I should never have thought, dear boy of mine, that you were so dainty and fussy about your food.
devoured Pinocchio had eaten the three pears, or rather devoured them.

Critical thinking

1. 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.

2. 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.

3. 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.