Text interpretation: The fox and the grapes

Text interpretation activity, aimed at students in the fourth year of elementary school, with questions developed about the text: The fox and the grapes.

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The fox and the grapes

Once upon a time there was a fox who had not taken any hunting to relieve his hunger for many days.
Passing by a place, the fox saw some bunches of grapes hanging. But the bunches of grapes were at the top of the vine, and the fox needed to invent a way to reach them without attracting the caretaker's attention.
Frustrated, the fox thought long and hard until another idea occurred to him. She climbed to the top of a tree, nearby, reaching up there, threw herself to try to reach the grapes so desired. But what she got was a bump on her head, as she ended up falling on one of the stones beside the vine.

She tried to push a large rock under the vine, but she couldn't. The stone was too heavy.
So she had to content herself with pushing a small rock. She climbed on top of it and jumped several times, but it didn't reach the delicious grapes.
The fox looked like he hadn't learned his lesson yet. She tried hard to reach the appetizing grapes.
Night fell and, under the moonlight, the fox was even hungrier, time passed and she couldn't.
Deeply dismayed, she had to give up the grapes and look elsewhere for food. Looking back, the fox said to himself, to console himself:
– Those grapes were really spoiled, they weren't really suitable for lunch!
The moral of the story: it's easy to overlook what you can't get.

(Story adapted from the book. The fox and the grapes – Unforgettable fables. Roberto Belli. Publisher Every Book)

Questions

1) What is the title of the text?
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2) Who has been unable to hunt for many days?
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3) What idea did the fox have for picking the grapes?
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4) What did the fox achieve with this feat?
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5) Did the fox seem to have learned his lesson?
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6) Night fell and, under the moonlight, the fox was even hungrier, time passed and she couldn't. What did she do then?
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7) Looking back, what did the fox say to itself?
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Per Hélia Higa.

At answers are in the header link.

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