2. Background information
FeboldFeboldson was invented by a Nebraska lumber
dealer named Wayne Carroll. Febold thought he would
die of loneliness because all his neighbors on the great
plains were moving to California to look for gold.
3. Challenges
He wanted people to stay in the Great Plains instead of
moving to California.
He was against nature because it wouldn’t rain.
4. Trait # 1-recourceful
He told people how to get their fence posts in the
ground
He told the pioneers how to fight prarie weather like
dust storms and tornadoes
5. Trait # 2-clever
He thought of evaporating the lake
He knew to get frogs to make noise to get rain
6. Trait # 3-Determined
He didn’t give up when the pioneers wanted to leave
because there was no rain
He kept going when the pioneers wanted to leave
because they couldn’t see
7. Exaggerations
He hypnotized a frog
He evaporated a lake with a bonfire
He cut fog into strips with scissors
A strip of fog scared away the clouds
8. Settings
Lived on the great plains
Only one lake for miles
Very hard ground