Main Idea Discussion Questions - Lion and Tiger bully Ruby Raccoon

November 10, 9:45 AMSchool Conflict Resolution ExaminerDebbie Dunn

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Read Chapter 1 – Lion and Tiger bully Ruby Raccoon

Read Chapter 2 – Lion and Tiger bully Ruby Raccoon

Main Idea Discussion Questions - Lion and Tiger bully Ruby Raccoon

1. How did Grandmother Frog, Grandfather Frog, and Super Spy Squirrel find out the story of what happened to Ruby Raccoon?

Answers: The three of them took a trip back through time.

2. What did the three of them see?

Answers:
a. They saw Lion and Tiger laughing and high-fiving each other. Lion punches Ruby Raccoon in the stomach just about everyday and makes her cry. Tiger acts like the cheerleader, encouraging him to continue.

b. They saw Ruby Raccoon crying.


3. What did Ruby Raccoon learn from her big brother Doug Raccoon and the three kids wearing the Balloon costumes?

Answers:
a. Doug Raccoon told his sister that if he continued to cry every time Lion punched her, he probably would never stop punching her.

b. Ruby Raccoon asked, “Why?”

c. Balloon Kid #1 wears a costume with a fully-inflated balloon on the front. He explained that when Ruby cries, it makes Lion and Tiger feel puffed-up and powerful like a fully-inflated balloon.

d. Balloon Kid #2 wears a costume with a partly-inflated balloon on the front. She explains that if Ruby will force herself not to cry no matter how much it hurts, Lion and Tiger will only feel a little bit puffed-up.

e. Balloon Kid #3 wears a costume with a totally flat and deflated balloon on the front. He explains that if Ruby Raccoon will force herself to giggle like the punch tickled or like they had told her a funny joke, they would get so bored, they would leave her alone. After all, if she giggled like it tickled, Lion and Tiger would feel as flat and deflated as a balloon that has no air in it at all.

4. This is based on a true story of what happened to the author, Debbie Dunn, when she was in the second and third grade. Why did both Ruby Raccoon and the author have to be careful about the way that they laughed?

Answers:
a. Both Ruby Raccoon and Debbie had to make certain they didn’t sound like they were laughing at the bullies. If either of them made it sound like they were making fun of the bully, it would just make the bully or bullies more determined than ever to beat them up.

b. Instead, they had to giggle in a playful way like the bullies told them a funny joke or like the punch really tickled. They needed to try to activate the sense of humor of the bullies - kind of like they were all friends.

5. Both Ruby Raccoon and the author were playing alone when the bullies did their punching. What would be some advantages if they had some friends standing or playing nearby?

Answers:
a. The friends could act as witnesses. In Debbie’s case, they could have told the teachers they saw Debbie being punched. Then the teachers would have known to believe Debbie that she was telling the truth about being punched. Afterward, the teachers could have punished the bullies.

b. One of the friends could even have quietly gone to get a teacher so the teacher would actually see the punch happen with his or her own eyes.

c. It is less likely a bully will attack if you have friends standing nearby since bullies are looking for easy targets.

d. The friends could have told the bullies that it is NOT okay to be a bully.

For more stories about the other animals of this forest, please visit these 10 slideshows on Examiner.com that make up the 7-Act play called “No Bullies In The Kingdom.”

Here are the links to all 10 slideshows.

Costume Slideshow including pictures from Bowdon Elementary School in Carroll County, Georgia

Act 1 of 7 - Carl Coyote Saves The Day

Act 2 of 7 – Lion and Tiger Bully Carl Coyote

Act 3 of 7 – Carl Coyote Becomes a Bully

Act 4 of 7 – Bully Chain of Pain part 1 of 2
Act 4 of 7 – Bully Chain of Pain part 2 of 2

Act 5 of 7 – Eagle & Friends Confront Carl Coyote

Act 6 of 7 – Coyote is Saved from the Hunters  

Act 7 of 7 – Animal Intervention With 2 Bullies Part 1 of 2    
Act 7 of 7 – Animal Intervention With 2 Bullies Part 2 of 2