Then he rushed to the museum, found a scientific man – ‘Trot me out a deadly serpent, just the deadliest you can;

It has got the lot, this, underneath its hinged awning: eggs any way, sausage, old-fashioned burgers and builders' tea.

Of course, many other thought-provoking questions are possible. When using this approach, one would preplan an ending “why” question or questions. It could be some of the ones that follow or others that might be more thought-provoking or age appropriate for a particular group of children.

When the farm-hand went into the cattleshed there was no sign of the bull there.