The Scarlet Ibis

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  1. swamp
    low land that is seasonally flooded
    So I dragged him across the cotton field to share the beauty of Old Woman Swamp.
  2. topple
    fall down, as if collapsing
    He toppled backward onto the earth.
  3. huddle
    a disorganized and densely packed crowd
    Finally I went back and found him huddled beneath a red nightshade bush beside the road.
  4. collapse
    break down, literally or metaphorically
    He collapsed on to the grass like a half-empty flour sack.
  5. haul
    draw slowly or heavily
    "So I won't have to haul you around all the time."
  6. mar
    cause to become imperfect
    It lay on the earth like a broken vase of red flowers, and even death could not mar its beauty.
  7. flutter
    flap the wings rapidly or fly with flapping movements
    At that moment, the bird began to flutter.
  8. peer
    look searchingly
    I peered through the downpour, but no one came.
  9. gear
    a toothed wheel that engages another toothed mechanism
    When he crawled on the rug, he crawled backward, as if he were in reverse and couldn't change gears.
  10. bolt
    a screw that screws into a nut to form a fastener
    And then, like a bursting Roman candle, a gum tree ahead of us was shattered by a bolt of lightning.
  11. reverse
    change to the contrary
    When he crawled on the rug, he crawled backward, as if he were in reverse and couldn't change gears.
  12. divide
    a serious disagreement between two groups of people
    I ran as fast as I could, leaving him far behind with a wall of rain dividing us.
  13. pine
    a coniferous tree
    The rain came, roaring through the pines.
  14. flash
    emit a brief burst of light
    When we reached Horsehead landing, lightning was flashing across half the sky, and thunder was drowning out the sound of the sea.
  15. shelter
    covering that provides protection from the weather
    For a long time, it seemed forever, I lay there crying, sheltering my fallen scarlet ibis

  16. brilliant
    full of light; shining intensely
    He had been bleeding from the mouth, and his neck and the front of his shirt were stained a brilliant red.
  17. burst
    come open suddenly and violently
    And then, like a bursting Roman candle, a gum tree ahead of us was shattered by a bolt of lightning.
  18. familiar
    a friend who is frequently in the company of another
    I began to weep, and the tear-blurred vision in red before me looked very familiar.
  19. stream
    a natural body of water flowing on or under the earth
    There is inside me (and with sadness I have seen it in others) a knot of cruelty borne by the stream of love.
  20. proud
    feeling self-respect, self-esteem, or self-importance
    But all of us must have something to be proud of, and Doodle had become my something.
Created on 八月 15, 2012

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