Vistas Chapter 5 Should Wizard Hit Mommy? ENGLISH CORE - Vistas Chapter 5 Should Wizard Hit Mommy?

Each new story was a slight variation of a basic tale: a small creature usually named Roger (Roger fish, Roger Squirrel, Roger Chipmunk,) had some problem and went with it to the wise old owl. The owl told him to go to the wizard and the wizard performed a magic spell that solved the problem, demanding in payment a number of pennies greater than the number that Roger Creature had, but in the same breath directing the animal to a place where the extra pennies could be found.

(a) What was the common name given to each creature in the story?

(b) There was something common to all. What was it?
(i) they all belonged to the cat family
(ii) all had some problem or the other
(iii) all were endangered species
(iv) their habitats were to be shifted

(c) The aggrieved creature would follow this order for a problem to his solution.
(i) first go to the wizard
(ii) visit the owl first
(iii) then visit the wizard
(iv) both (ii) and (iii)

(d) For extra pennies, the wizard would direct the animal to which place?

And when Roger Skunk was in bed Mommy Skunk came up and hugged him and said he smelled like her little baby skunk again and she loved him very much. And that’s the end of the story.”

“Because this is very interesting. Roger Skunk’s mommy said, ‘What’s that awful smell?’

“No. Wizards don’t die. Well, he rummaged around and found an old stick called a magic wand and asked Roger Skunk what he wanted to smell like. Roger thought and thought and said, “Roses.”