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

The box has three carriers in the story. What does each one hear in its hum?

Go further

The girl never learns what is inside, and still decides how to hold it. What would you decide, and what could change your mind?

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.