The Machine That Put Out the Lamps: discussion sheet

Part 2 · 4.6 minute read-aloud · warnings

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

Start here

What warning appears before the lamps go out, and how do the adults respond?

Go further

How can a warning help before anyone is hurt? What do the adults owe after giving the machine an impossible job?

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.