About this worksheet
Pip the squirrel buries more than five hundred acorns and turns away Clover the field mouse when frost ruins her seeds. Then the snow comes, every hiding place disappears under it, and a hungry Pip ends up knocking on Clover’s door. She shares what little she has, and in spring dozens of oak trees sprout from the acorns he forgot.
The moral is printed on the page, so the work is in explaining it. Question four asks children to compare how Pip treated Clover with how Clover treated Pip, and question five asks how the oak trees connect to the moral, which takes a bit of thought. A good fall read, and an easy lead-in to a conversation about sharing.
What students will practice
- Explain the moral of a fable in your own words
- Compare how two characters treat each other
- Work out a word meaning from a sentence
Details
- Grade level
- Grade 4
- Subject
- Reading · Comprehension
- Standard
- CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.4.2
- Pages
- 1
- Format
- PDF · US Letter and A4 included
- License
- Free for classroom use · Attribution appreciated
- Last updated
- October 23, 2026
