How to make predictions in a story

KIM: Tamia the triceratops was very hungry. Oh Max! What happened?

MAX: No food.

KIM: You're right! There's no food for her to eat. Oh dear. What do you think she is going to do?

KIM: Oh yeah! She might search for food. Let's turn the page and see what happens.

KIM: Tamia looked for some food and she found a tree! Max! You were right. But the tree was too tall. Oh Max. Look!

KIM: What do you think is going to happen now? Maybe she could find a ladder? What's that Max?

KIM: It's Dev the diplodocus. Maybe he will help Tamia! Let's see.

KIM: Dev the diplodocus was nearby, (spotted in the picture by my good friend Max), and helped Tamia reach the leaves.

KIM: Wow Max, you were so good at predicting what was going to happen next. Can you predict what is going to happen now?

KIM: Tickle time! hahaha

Pinchy was a dragon. He was a little dragon. He was a nice dragon but sometimes he was a naughty dragon.

You see Pinchy thought that everything belonged to Pinchy.

“This belongs to Pinchy!”

“That’s Pinchy’s too!”

But Pinchy wasn’t mean or nasty all he wanted was to find something that he could play or laugh with. Something that was fun.

One day Pinchy flew past a group of children who were laughing and playing with a shiny blue ball.

They were having lots of fun. Pinchy wanted to laugh, play and have fun too. So…

“Pinchy!” Pinchy swooped down and swiped up the ball quick as a flash.

“Now Pinchy will have fun,” said Pinchy. And Pinchy did…for a short while.

Pinchy bounced the ball, he threw the ball and he even kicked the ball.

But the ball never bounced, threw or kicked itself back.

“Hmm, I think it’s broken,” decided Pinchy.

The next day, Pinchy flew past the same group of children who were, again, laughing and playing, but this time with a long, brown rope.

They were having even more fun than yesterday. Again, Pinchy wanted to laugh, play and have fun too. So…

Can you retell the story to a grown up? What do you think will happen next?

"Pinchy!"

Pinchy zoomed down and plucked the rope right out of the children's hands.

"Now Pinchy will have even more fun than yesterday," said Pinchy.