Predictions: Robert's father knows a lot about animals and life. They're putting up a fence to separate the animals. Robert's dad won't let Robert keep the pig because he doesn't want Robert to get attached to it.
Images:
This is an image of a robin, similar to the one that Robert's father, Haven, talks about. Haven explains to Robert that a Robin's singing is like it's fence. That is how they keep animals and other birds away.
Here, is an image of a fat pig. Pinky, Robert's pig, is supposed to grow to be huge. Fat pigs in the pig world, are the best ones.
This window light in the dark of night is supposed to symbolize how the lost or abandoned cows would find their way. Robert's father talks about this in the story, saying that light at night will attract animals.
Clarify: Farmers in the 1800's, and some still today, paid their dues with crops and even animals. Cow's milk curdles supposedly when they get scared, so Roger has to make a pen from his pig somewhere away from Daisy, the Peck's cow.
Try: Why was Haven putting up a fence? Why did Haven get upset when Robert received the pig? How does cow's milk curdle when they get scared?
Use: When I was 6, my parents gave me a puppy for helping out around the house without being asked and for being a great older sister to my two younger siblings.
Review: In Chapter 3, Robert is finally up on his feet and out of bed after a week. He and his father start off their Saturday by building a fence to separate the animals. After a while, Farmer Tanner, their neighbor, comes along with Apron and two baby bulls. As a token of gratitude, Farmer gives Robert a piglet. At first Haven would not let him keep the pig but after agreeing to help Farmer Tanner with some work in the fall, Haven agreed to keep the pig as long as he took good care of the pig and kept him away from the wolves and out of trouble.