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You’ve spent a lot of time using a dictionary to determine the meaning of unknown words over the past few months. One thing you’ve hopefully learned is that the purpose it to help you understand what the word means.
“Eat less,” said Fly. “You’d have to go on a diet.”
Any ordinary pig would have rebelled at this point. Pigs enjoy eating, and they also enjoy lying around most of the day thinking about eating again.
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o Using the context, define the word “rebelled”.
o Using a dictionary, define the word “rebelled”.
o Now that you understand the meaning of the word “rebelled,” use it in your own sentence.
The chapter ends with Farmer Hogget and Fly discovering the dead ewe and Babe hovering over its body with a bloodstained snout. All clues seem to indicate that Babe killed the ewe. Predict how you think Farmer Hogget will react to this situation.
