Making inferences

Name

Make a Cartoon
Read the sentence below each picture. In the bubbles, write what
each character could be saying.

Mr. Giraffe asked Mr. Zebra why

he had stripes. Mr. Zebra didnt
know.

Mr. Giraffe said that he should ask

Mrs. Owl. Mr. Zebra agreed.

Mr. Zebra asked Mrs. Owl why he

had stripes. Mrs. Owl laughed.

Mrs. Owl told Mr. Zebra that the

Magic Fairy painted him that way!

If Mr. Giraffe asked Mrs. Owl why he had such a long neck, what do you think she
would say?
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Mr. Zebra,
why do
you have
stripes?
I
dont
know.

You
should ask
Mrs. Owl.

Yes, I
agree.

Mrs. Owl, why do

I have stripes?

Ha
ha!

The Magic
Fairy painted
you that
way.