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Thidwick, The Big-Hearted Moose

Question & Answers

1. What was the name of the main moose?
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2. When Thidwick met the Bingle Bug, what did he ask of him?
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3. Why didn’t Thidwick tell all the animals to get off his antlers?
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4. What do the moose like to eat? __________________________

5. What did the Zinn-a-zu build on Thidwicks antlers? _____________________

6. What happened when the animals voted if Thidwick should cross the
lake?
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7. What did Thidwick start to run from? ______________________________

8. How did Thidwick escape from the hunters?

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Harder Questions
1. What place in line was Thidwick walking? ___________

2. What animals did Thidwick say could hop onto his antlers?
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3. How many hairs of Thidwicks did the Bird use to build his nest? _______
 4. What was the name of the lake? ___________________________

5. Can you name all the animals on Thidwicks antlers?

1. _______________________________
2. _______________________________
3. _______________________________
4. _______________________________
5. _______________________________
6. _______________________________
7. _______________________________
8. _______________________________
9. _______________________________
10. _______________________________
11. _______________________________
12. _______________________________

Did you know!

A Russian adaptation of this book was done in 1986 using painted-on-glass
animation. You can view the film here: http://www.seussdude.com/thidwick-
the-big-hearted-moose.html

Discussion Questions
Have you ever seen a moose?

Why were the animals in the wrong?

What happens when we are generous and other take advantage of it?

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Answers to Questions

1. Thidwick 2. If he could sit and rest on his antlers 3. Cause he was too nice
and said that they were guests so he couldn’t ask them to leave. 4. Moose-
moss 5. A nest using Thidwicks hair 6.They voted that Thidwick should not
cross the lake 7. Hunters (they were trying to kill him) 8. His antlers fell off,
so they didn’t want to kill him.

Answers to Hard Questions

1. Last 2. Only the bingle bug, the others just helped themselves 3. 204
hairs 4. Lake Winna-Bango

Animals on Thidwick: bingle bug, tree-spider, Zinn-a-zu (bird and wife),

woodpecker, family of squirrels, bobcat, turtle, fox, mice, fleas, bear, 362
bears