Characters
What is the little boy's name in the story?
Piccolino
What does astonished mean?
Great surprise/ amazement/ wonder
What is Piccolino's village famous for?
It's charms. People were always singing and dancing.
Piccolino and his dad ______ the opera house.
cleaned
What did Piccolino and the maestro do when they couldn't make enough music on their own?
They gathered more musicians.
Is Piccolino's mom or dad in the story more?
Dad
What does prosperous mean?
What did Piccolino notice was creeping into his village?
Purple mist
What did Piccolino do to make the plant "fresher" again?
He played the piano.
What happened when Piccolino opened the doors of the auditorium to let the music out?
The music began to lift the fog.
What is Piccolino's dad called?
Maestro
What does exquisite mean?
Extremely beautiful and delicate
When happened to people when the purple mist/fog came to the village?
They became sad and dispirited.
What was the experiment that Piccolino and the Maestro did?
They gathered sickly plants in the auditorium and played the piano.
What do the villagers realize at the end of the story?
They realize they must remain faithful to what matters most.