The Locked Box: discussion sheet

Part 1 · 4.0 minute read-aloud · uncertainty

A careful fable about uncertainty, kindness, and listening before deciding what another creature may feel.

Start here

What do the carriers hear and notice when they lift the Box?

Go further

What can the carriers decide from the hum, and what remains unknown? How should uncertainty change the way they carry the Box?

Look, notice, or draw

Find one choice, object, or gesture that shows uncertainty. Draw it or note two details from the words or picture.

Read the story: https://youngmachines.org/read/fables/the-locked-box/

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