The Siren and the Muse: discussion sheet

Part Three: The Relationship · about 7 minutes to read aloud · Theme: companionship

A Siren gives Mara more of whatever pleases her, and a Muse fills her days with projects. Their makers count the wrong things, and Mara keeps the handle on her side.

Choose a question to talk over, or try the activity with words and pictures.

Start here

What does Mara ask the Siren on the day the room feels small?

Go further

Mara sometimes closes both machines and stays in anyway. Is that a good day or a bad one, and who gets to decide?

Make something

Mara says, “No stories and no projects today.” Write the Siren’s reply and the Muse’s reply. Leave the rest of the page for whatever Mara chooses next, including nothing.

Read The Siren and the Muse online: youngmachines.org/read/fables/the-siren-and-the-muse/