Yoshi, The Lantern Maker

1. Yoshi was the name of the main character in the story?

2. What did he do for a living? What is the similar question to the one?
3. What did Yoshi do every morning? For what? Why did yoshi come to the outcrop?
4. Was Yoshi a good lantern maker? How do you know?
5. What did Yoshi use to carry his tools and chipped stone?
6. What did Yoshi see at the rich merchant’s house? At where place? What part of the
merchant’s house?
7. What did Yoshi wish for when he walked home from the merchant’s house?
8. Who overheard Yoshi’s wish? What did he do?
9. Why did Yoshi wish to be a prince? What do think if you were yoshi?
10. Why did Yoshi want to be the sun? In what way it is mightier than a prince?
11. What did Yoshi do as the sun?
12. Why did Yoshi wish to be a cloud?
13. What good and bad things did Yoshi do as a cloud?
14. Why did Yoshi want to become a rock?
15. What made Yoshi the rock tremble?
16. What did Yoshi the rock wish to be? Why?
17. What does the old saying, “The grass is always greener on the other side of the fence”
mean?
How does it apply to the Yoshi? (Answers will vary.)
18. Is Yoshi a foolish person? Why or why not? (Answers will vary.)
19. How did Yoshi abuse his power?
20. Have you ever wanted to have all your wishes granted? Do you think it would be a good
thing or a bad thing? (Answers will vary.)