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Cause and Effect Activity

"The Adventures of Pinocchio" by Carlo Lorenzini includes examples of both single and multiple causes and effects.

To complete the following activities, first read the story. Then answer the questions that follow.

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The Adventures of Pinocchio

"Wait a minute and I'll come right back," answered the old fellow, thinking he had to deal with one of those boys who loves to roam around at night ringing people's bells while they are peacefully asleep.

After a minute or two, the same voice cried:

"Get under the window and hold out your hat!"

Pinocchio had no hat, but he managed to get under the window just in time to feel a shower of ice-cold water pour down on his poor wooden head, his shoulders, and over his whole body.

He returned home as wet as a rag, and tired out from weariness and hunger.

As he no longer had any strength left with which to stand, he sat down on a little stool and put his two feet on the stove to dry them.

There he fell asleep, and while he slept, his wooden feet began to burn. Slowly, very slowly, they blackened and turned to ashes.

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