Name _______________________________ Date _________________________
After Morning Girl found Star Boy on the beach she came back home to tell her parents that she had found him. Upon her arrival, the following conversation occurred:
“Did Star Boy tell you how late he would be?” Father wanted to know. “Did you say we had saved his food for him?”
“Probably his stomach was still full from yesterday.” I spoke before I could stop myself, and Father bit his lip. He was about to reply when Mother picked up her bowl and poured water around the edge of the coals.
“Sleep now,” she said through the smoke. Her voice was not exactly angry at me, but it was not proud of me, either.”
Morning Girl – pages 64-65
o Explain what’s going on during this interaction. Be sure to include text-relevant support to explain your reasoning.
o When Morning Girl thought how “Star Boy filled the house by not being inside it,” what did she mean by this observation?
