A Pair of Tricksters Vocabulary into Reading

A trickster is _______________.

• a type of character in stories.

• a type of charity in the world.

• a prideful friend in the story.

• a silly animal in the history.

A trickster's trick might __________________.

• give him a lot of fun.

• get him into a trouble.

• make him look handsome.

• feel him comfortable.

In the story of the hare and the tortoise the hare lost the race because______________.

• the tortoise was very fast.

• the hare made a trick.

• the hare was very prideful.

• the tortoise took a nap.

Around the world different cultures have their own tricksters, some of them are animals and others ____________.

• are people

• looks silly

• are actors

• are fairies

Clowns are very funny. They ___________________.

• make people laugh

• squirt pies with a flower

• play tricks on their enemies.

• help flowers with water

Brer Rabbit tricks his friends into thinking that_______________.

• the moon is bored on the pond

• the moon has fallen into the pond

• his friends dive into the pond

• his friends soaked into the moon

Crow is a Native American trickster who________________.

• steals dark

• flies with a ball

• steals daylight

• steals the north

Anansi the spider is a West African trickster who doesn't want __________________.

• to eat his yummy yams

• to go into the house

• to take off his coat

• to share his yummy yams

According to Irish folktales, a person can ask where the gold is hidden by_________________.

• looking into a leprechaun's eyes

• offering three wishes

• hiding the pot

• asking truthfully

Reynard the Fox is an European trickster who _______________.

• visits friends belonging the honey

• wants the honey that belongs to Bruin the Bear

• eats his own honey

• gives honey to Bruin the Bear