What Other Kids Say About the Story Story: The Queen and the Mouse (*Note: kids' grammar & spelling has been corrected) KATHLEEN, age 9      3-6-99 Why did the Queen protect the mouse? She protected the mouse because it fed her every day and without the food they would have starved. Why did the Fairy need to know that the queen could be a true friend before she would help her and her baby? The fairy needed to know because if she didn't she wouldn't be sure after freeing them that they would be kind to her. B, E, M; ages 7, 8 & 7 Why did the Queen protect the mouse? Because she was nice to her. Why did the Fairy need to know that the queen could be a true friend before she would help her and her baby? So she would not be tricked. Room 5, Mrs. Jarvis; ages 7-8 Why did the Queen protect the mouse? Because the Queen was friends with the mouse. Why did the Fairy need to know that the queen could be a true friend before she would help her and her baby? Because Fairies don't have real friends. The Fairy needed to know that the Queen's friendship was real. Courtney and Kimberly, age 11 & 11 Why did the Queen protect the mouse? They were friends. Why did the Fairy need to know that the queen could be a true friend before she would help her and her baby? So she wouldn't hurt her. Laura, age 10 Why did the Queen protect the mouse when that ruined her baby's chance to be saved? She saved the mouse because the mouse would always entertain her and help when needed. Why did the Fairy need to know that the queen could be a true friend before she would help her and her baby? She needed to know because if she helped her before the queen might take advantage of her. Lacey, age 7 Why did the Queen protect the mouse when that ruined her baby's chance to be saved? Because she liked it. It was a sweet mouse. Why did the Fairy need to know that the queen could be a true friend before she would help her and her baby? She wasn't very perfect. Britanie, age 10 Why did the Queen protect the mouse when that ruined her baby's chance to be saved? Because the mouse had brought a lot more food than the guard. Why did the Fairy need to know that the queen could be a true friend before she would help her and her baby? Because that's true luxury. Charlie, age 9 Why did the Queen protect the mouse when that ruined her baby's chance to be saved? Because she liked the mouse and did not want to see it killed. Why did the Fairy need to know that the queen could be a true friend before she would help her and her baby? Because a fairy has very few true friends. People just want to be fairies' friends because of what a fairy can do for them. Newt, age 9 Why did the Queen protect the mouse when that ruined her baby's chance to be saved? The Queen saved the mouse because they were friends. Why did the Fairy need to know that the queen could be a true friend before she would help her and her baby? The Fairy needed to know because she was going to let them stay at her cottage. Jessica, age 8 Why did the Queen protect the mouse when that ruined her baby's chance to be saved? The mouse was so generouse to keep her company that they became friends and the Queen couldn't bear to see the mouse get hurt or even killed for that matter. Why did the Fairy need to know that the queen could be a true friend before she would help her and her baby? Because a true friend would stay and help the fairy even after she has raised her child instead of leaving afterwards. John, age 11 Why did the Queen protect the mouse when that ruined her baby's chance to be saved? Because it was so dear to her. Why did the Fairy need to know that the queen could be a true friend before she would help her and her baby? Because she needed to be able to trust her. Brianna, age 5 Why did the Queen protect the mouse when that ruined her baby's chance to be saved? Because the mouse had helped her when no one else would. She rewarded the mouse because he had been a good friend to her. Why did the Fairy need to know that the queen could be a true friend before she would help her and her baby? Because friends were hard to come by. ©Copyright 1998-1999 Elaine Lindy -- All rights reserved. E-mail: whootieowl@storiestogrowby.com Mailing Address: P.O. Box 600344 / Newtonville, MA 02460-0004 Web: http://www.storiestogrowby.com