Appendix 4.1
Stories used in the Pilot study
Inference condition
Story about the tangophon (saxophone)
Bob liked blowing balloons, bubbles or candles whenever he had the chance. So, his mother
decided to buy him a "tangophon". The same afternoon, Bob went to a private teacher to
teach him how to play music with that nice "tangophon". He thought it would be nice to be
member of the band of his school. Unfortunately, the next day he got a cold and a cough; he
was feeling weak and he couldn't even move his fingers. So, he couldn't press or keep
anything metal in his hands. This made him to cancel the music lesson. He stayed at home,
laying in bed and dreaming a music lesson. However, after some days he returned to his
music class and enjoyed the lesson.
Story about the tramacle (tricycle)
One sunny day, children decided to go out in the playground to play. They had so many
things to do out there like riding a "tramacle". However, John didn't want to go out because
he was afraid of falling down. The teacher told him that he couldn't fall down if there were
two wheels at the back. John, listened to his teacher. He went out and he rode a "tramacle".
He had a great fun because he was not afraid any more.
Story about the feber (teepee)
One day the children in the school decided to play Indians. The first thing they thought was
to find a place to stay. They thought that they should make a "feber" but they didn't have
animal skins. So they decided to use a type of cloth that looked like an animal skin. All of
them got very excited with the idea. They spent the whole day making the "feber". At the
end of the day they had only just finished with it. But now it was time to go home. All the
children were very proud of what they made. Now they had to wait for the next morning to
come and play in the school with what they made.
Story about the sachets (sandals)
Last summer Lora and her family went on holiday to an island. They were staying at a house