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Chapter 9: The Story of a Fierce Bad Rabbit

Performer: LibriVox - Brad Bush

Directions

Study the story for one week.

Over the week:

• Read or listen to the story one or more times.
• Review the synopsis.
• Study the vocabulary words.
• Complete the enrichment activities.
• Discuss the review questions.

Synopsis

A fierce, bad rabbit scratches a nice rabbit and steals the nice rabbit's carrot. The nice rabbit hides in hole and is sad. A man with a gun shoots the bad rabbit's whiskers and tail off.

Vocabulary

Fierce: Having or displaying an intense or ferocious aggressiveness.
Savage: Fierce, violent, and uncontrolled.
Gentle: Mild in temperament or behavior; kind or tender.
Creep: Move slowly and carefully, especially to avoid being heard or noticed.

Enrichment

Activity 1: Study the Story Pictures

• Before reading or listening to the story, study and describe the pictures accompanying the story.

Activity 2: Recite the Book Information

• Before and after reading or listening to the story, recite aloud the name of the author, the title of the book, and the title of the chapter.

Activity 3: Narrate the Story

• After reading or listening to the story, narrate the events of the story aloud in your own words.

Activity 4: Draw the Story

• In the story, a hunter shoots the whiskers and tail off a bad rabbit.
• Study the real rabbit below. Find the rabbit's whiskers and tail.

• Draw the bad rabbit with no whiskers and no tail.

Review

Question 1

What does the fierce, bad rabbit do to the gentle rabbit?

1 / 5

Answer 1

Scratches him and takes his carrot.

1 / 5

Question 2

What does the good rabbit do after the bad rabbit takes his carrot?

2 / 5

Answer 2

Hides in a hole and is sad.

2 / 5

Question 3

What does the man do to the bad rabbit?

3 / 5

Answer 3

Shoots him.

3 / 5

Question 4

What does the bad rabbit lose?

4 / 5

Answer 4

His whiskers and tail.

4 / 5

Question 5

What does this story mean?

5 / 5

Answer 5

What goes around comes around.

5 / 5

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1. What does the fierce, bad rabbit do to the gentle rabbit? Scratches him and takes his carrot.
2. What does the good rabbit do after the bad rabbit takes his carrot? Hides in a hole and is sad.
3. What does the man do to the bad rabbit? Shoots him.
4. What does the bad rabbit lose? His whiskers and tail.
5. What does this story mean? What goes around comes around.