Vocabulary

Vocabulary

He met an old alley cat on his street.

"I'd be very much obliged if I could sit by a warm furnace."

"I'd be very much obliged if I could sit by a warm furnace."

One day his mother found the cat's saucer in the cellar.

I took a trip to the port of Cranberry.

That's all the apples he could find in the pantry.

It made visiting inconvenient and mail deliveries slow.

The ship stopped to take on more cargo.

The merchant in Cranberry didn't count his bags.

The island is inhabited by wild animals.

He nearly walked right between two wild boars who were talking in low solemn whispers.

When he first saw the dark shapes, he thought they were boulders.

I told you that there was an invasion afoot.

A mouse reported an extraordinary rock some distance from the Ocean Rocks.

The jungle was very gloomy and dense.

The jungle was very gloomy and dense.

He got stuck in the oozy, mucky mud.

Chewing gum was scarce on the island.

He knew that when the first boar saw the tigers chewing gum in the clearing, he'd be even more suspicious. 

My father crept along and peered into a small clearing just ahead. 

My father crept along and peered into a small clearing just ahead. 

A lion was prancing about clawing at his mane, which was all snarled and full of blackberry twigs.

The lion charged and skidded to a stop a few inches away. 

Monkeys appeared out of a near-by clump of mangroves.

It was dusk now, and he couldn't see anything there.