Which Way Does the Wind Blow? Chapter 3
By this time the bear was so angryangry because the fox kept botheringbothering about the wind insteadinstead of admireadmiring his fine grouse, that he openedopened his mouth and roared out, "NORTH!"
Of course, as soon as he openedopened his mouth, the grouse flew away.away. "Now see what you haveyou've done," growleded the bear. "You've made me lose my fine fat grouse."
"I?" said the fox. "How did I make you lose it?"
"You kept askingasking me about the wind until I openedopened my mouth. That isThat's what you did."
The fox laughedlaughed again. "You great, stupidstupid fellow!" he said. "You can notcan't blame me for that. Now if I had had that grouse in my mouth, and you had askedasked me about the wind, I would never have said 'north'."
"What would you have said?" askedasked the bear.
The fox laughed harderharder than ever, then he clenchedclenched his teeth and said, "East!"
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Comprehension Summarise what has happened so far in this fable. Clarify these words: bothering, admiring, roared, fine, clenched. Retell what has happened in this chapter. Was your prediction correct? Make inferences or give opinions about:
Predict what you think might happen next. What question could you ask about this chapter? Visualise these uses of descriptive language: the bear was so angry; roared; laughed harder still; clenched his teeth. Make a connection with this chapter. What is the main idea or theme of this fable? What do you think the author is trying to tell us? |
Word Study Verb endings: What happens when we add s, ed or ing to: admire, fly, lose. Other affixes: What happens when we add other prefixes and suffixes like er to these words: hard. What two words make up these compound words: instead, away. What two words are contracted here: you've, that's, can't.
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