Bringing the Rain to Kapiti Plain

This story is mostly about how Ki-Pat

• took care of his cows
• got a wife and son
• helped bring the rain
• fed the animals

In the story, what is a plain?

• A big open area
• Something you can fly in
• A place that gets a lot of rain
• A hilly area

Ki-Pat stood on one leg like

• an ostrich.
• a stork.
• an eagle.
• a zebra.

What did Ki-Pat do with the eagle's feather?

• He tickled his cows.
• He wore it in his hair.
• He took it back to his village.
• He made an arrow.

In the story, it says the rain was belated. What does belated mean?

• To be wet.
• To be dry. 
• Heavy rains
• To be late.

How did the rains help the cows?

• It gave them something to splash in.
• It made the grass green.
• It made them clean.

Ki-Pat brought the rain to Kapiti Plain when he

• thought it would never rain again.
• did a rain dance. 
• mooed like a cow.
• shot his arrow into the cloud.

Where did the story take place?

• In Africa
• On a plane
• At a zoo.

What lesson do you think the narrator was trying to teach?

• What animals live on the plains.
• How the rainy season comes to the plains. 
• How to care for animals. 

What words rhyme?

• bat- ball
• herd- overhead
• rain- leg
• feather - weather