Lots of Food!

There certainly was lots of eating going on in this week's chapters! Poor Chester! He dreamed he was eating a willow leaf but he woke up to find he had eaten something very different! And what sorts of problems did that cause for Chester's friends and for Mario and his family? Chester must have felt terrible!

In Chapter 7, you heard a little more about the cricket cage and how it looked like a pagoda. Click this link to see some pictures of real pagodas!

Sai Fong told Mario to feed Chester the leaves of a mulberry tree. Visit this site to see what one looks like. Look carefully at the leaves. Do you notice anything unusual about them?

When I read about the Chinese Dinner, I had a text-to-self connection. Remember after dinner how everyone sat around quietly and listened to Chester play his music? That reminded me of Thanksgiving at my house - when the meal is finished and the company is gone and the dishes are done, we sit quietly in the candle-lit living room and listen to music. After an important holiday and a big meal, it's so relaxing! It sounds like it was the same for Sai Fong and the old Chinese gentleman, doesn't it?

Did you find any connections? If so, post them in the comment box, below!