Hello everyone.
Welcome back.
I am Minhee Teacher, and today we are reading The Girl Who Drank
the Moon, Part Four: Truth and Fog.
This part is where many pieces begin to connect.
Earlier in the book, the story may have felt like several
separate roads.
Luna has one road.
Antain has another road.
Xan has her memories.
The woman in the Tower has her own pain.
The Protectorate has its rules.
But now, those roads begin to move toward the same place.
The title uses the word fog.
Fog is thick mist that makes it hard to see.
But in this book, fog is not only weather.
Fog is also confusion.
Fog is a false story.
Fog is what happens when people cannot see the truth clearly.
When the fog begins to lift, characters can see more.
But seeing the truth does not automatically make life easy.
Sometimes truth feels scary because it asks us to change.
It asks us to admit that we were wrong.
It asks us to face pain that was hidden for a long time.
Let's explain this with a simple classroom picture.
Imagine your class is solving a mystery puzzle.
At first, every clue looks separate.
One clue is on the desk.
One clue is near the window.
One clue is in a notebook.
But then someone says, "Wait.
These clues are connected." Suddenly the puzzle becomes clearer.
That is what Part Four does.
This part also helps us understand origin stories.
An origin is where something begins.
When we learn the origin of a problem, we can judge the problem
more carefully.
We can ask, "Was this caused by one bad person, or by a whole
system of fear and lies?" Let's learn five useful words.
First, fog.
Fog is thick mist that makes it hard to see.
In this story, fog also means confusion.
Second, truth.
Truth means what is real.
The truth is different from the town's old story.
Third, origin.
Origin means where something begins.
An origin story explains how a problem started.
Fourth, converge.
Converge means to come together from different directions.
Several paths converge in the woods.
Fifth, shocking.
Shocking means very surprising and hard to accept.
Some truths in this part are shocking.
Now let's practice shadowing.
The fog begins to lift.
Truth can be scary at first.
Different paths begin to converge.
An origin story changes our understanding.
A character must be brave when truth appears.
Great reading.
Here is your final thinking question.
What should a person do when a comforting story turns out to be
false?
Think about that question before the final part.
Next time, we will talk about choice, reunion, grief, and hope.
See you soon.