Who
Who are the characters in this book?
Fox, Mother Gull, the gull chicks
What does Mother Gull use to build her nest?
twigs and reeds
Where does this story take place?
On the shore of a lake
and an island in the lake
When did Mother Gull lay her eggs?
When she finished building her nest
Why did Mother Gull tell her chicks, “Shhh! Don’t cry…”
So they wouldn’t wake Fox from his nap.
Whose stomach growls from hunger?
Fox’s
What season is it in the story?
Spring
Where did Mother Gull go, in the beginning of the story, when she left her nest of chicks?
To look for food for her chicks
When did Fox think was a good time to grab the gull chicks?
When Mother Gull left to find food for her chicks
Why did Mother Gull go back to fox’s hut after all her chicks were safe?
To teach the fox a lesson by filling his sack with thorny branches
Who looked like a balloon?
The fox
What was Fox’s clever idea to get the gull chicks back?
He would drink all the water in the lake and walk to them.
Where did Fox leave the sack of gull chicks while he napped?
Beside a pile of wood outside his door
When did Fox plan to cook the gull chicks for dinner?
After his nap
Why did fox look like a balloon?
He was full of water from trying to drink the lake dry.
Who watched Fox from the island?
Mother Gull and her gull chicks
What happened when Fox reached into the bag of thorny branches?
He got a paw full of thorns.
Where did Mother Gull take her chicks to keep them safe?
To an island in the lake
When did Mother Gull and her chicks see that Fox was full of water?
When they woke in the morning.
Why didn’t Mother Gull and her chicks ever have to worry about Fox again?
He floated away like a balloon