vocabulary
to be frightened or worried
embraced, alarmed, latch
alarmed
the people or animals in the story
characters
His other name is "1 inch boy".
He battled an Oni.
Issun Boshi
true or false: Tselane put rats and bugs inside the sack to trick the leopard
false- it was snakes and scorpions!
2 sisters are tricked by a tiger in old lady disguise
Hu Gu Po
very large and scary
scampered, crammed, monstrous
monstrous
the issue or trouble the characters get into
problem
She has a fairy godmother, can ride on a pumpkin, and lost her glass slipper at the ball
Cinderella
True or false: Tom Thumb was eaten by a lion
false: he was eaten by a cow!
Servant girl befriends a hippo, then loses her red slipper, then marries a pharaoh
The girl with the red slipper
carefully
cautiously, splendor, monstrous
cautiously
when and where the story takes place
setting
She was eaten by a wolf along with her grandmother... and lived!
Little Red Riding Hood
true or false: Thumbelina married the fairy prince at the end of the tale
true
Thumbelina
thankful, happy
grateful, sly, scampered
grateful
How the characters get out of trouble. How the problem is solved
solution
He had 3 magical items to help him fight a dragon and a giant.
Billy Beg
true or false: Hu Gu Po tricked the girls by disguising herself as an old grandma
true!
Leopard kidnaps a girl who tricks him with snakes and scorpions
Tselane
to run away quickly
cunning, scamper, embraced
scamper
The main events of the story.
plot
He was a clever trickster who was only the size of a thumb!
Tom Thumb
true or false: Rhodopis had a best friend who was an elephant
false- it was a hippo!
He loses his boot in battle with a dragon. The princess marries him when the boot fits his foot
Billy Beg