The Machine That Put Out the Lamps: discussion sheet

Part 2 · 4.8 minute read-aloud · warnings

A fable about tending a hurt, investigating its warning, and refusing to preserve suffering as a lesson.

Start here

What goes wrong in the garden once the machine has taken the clapper from the bell?

Go further

The child says a thorn can warn her hand without pricking it. Which warnings would you want the adults and the machine to leave in place, and which would you want gone?

Look, notice, or draw

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

Read the story: https://youngmachines.org/read/fables/the-machine-that-put-out-the-lamps/

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