Vocabulary
What is a musician?
a person who plays an instrument
What other animals join the donkey?
the dog, the cat, and the rooster
What are the animals planning to do?
The animals are planning to be musicians and play in a band together.
Who do the animals see in the house?
The animals see a family sitting down to eat dinner in the house.
Why do the animals stand on one another and make noise?
The animals want to charm the family into sharing their dinner with them.
Why does the noise scare the family?
The noise scares the family because they have no idea what could be making such a terrible sound.
Who wants to move to Bremen to become a musician?
the donkey
What kind of fiction is this story?
This story is a kind of fiction called a folktale, which is a story that is passed down orally from person to person.
Why does the uncle get scared when he returns to the house to see if everything is okay?
It is dark, and he can’t see. He runs into the animals and thinks they are something else.
Which part of the story tells you that “The Bremen Town Musicians” is fiction, or a made-up story?
Animals cannot actually talk and cannot play in a band.
Why is the family scared?
The family is scared when the animals make noise because they have no idea what could be making such a terrible sound. The uncle is scared because he can’t see and he runs into the animals.