The Badger Who Could Not Stop Sorting: discussion sheet

Part 2 · 6.3 minute read-aloud · knowing when to stop

A fable about faithful habits, changing purposes, and knowing when a once-useful job should stop.

Start here

Why does the Badger keep sorting acorns while the water climbs to its knees?

Go further

Hannah tells her father that Grandfather’s instruction is his responsibility now. Is she right? Who owns a rule when the person who made it is gone?

Look, notice, or draw

Find one choice, object, or gesture that shows knowing when to stop. Draw it or note two details from the words or picture.

Read the story: https://youngmachines.org/read/fables/the-badger-who-could-not-stop-sorting/

Readers may answer from the story, invent an example, answer privately, or pass.