A young fisherman's meagre catch is stolen by a fox who leads him to the catch of a lifetime.
Teaching ideas
Create an emotions graph tracking the boys emotions through the eventsin the story.
- Waiting with anticipation for the first catch,
- The distress caused by seeing the injured fox,
- Anger at the fox stealing the fish,
- Chasing the fox,
- Surprise and excitement at seeing the giant fish,
- Trying to catch it,
- The catch at the end.
There are many points to discuss such as where the boy is from, why he has to fish for food, what happens t the fox at the end? Why?
Younger children could describe the giant fish, they could also mak rods and paper fish to have a go at catching themselves.
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